Around South Sound Blog
This blog about the people, places and happenings in Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater is maintained by Dusti Demarest, The Olympian's features editor and a Thurston County resident for 16 years. Contact her via e-mail at ddemarest@theolympian.com.
LIVING COLUMNS
Learn to plant a rain garden
Free workshop on April 19 will teach you how to design and install landscaping that will manage the rain and protect local water quality.
10 (!) Things To Do This Weekend
There is a virtual cornucopia of things to choose from starting tonight, so you'd better get busy.
7 Things To Do This Weekend
Yeah, you can see "The Hunger Games." But in shows ranging from comical to classical, you can catch your neighbors and some distinguished guests putting on live entertainment this weekend as well.
Top 5 (or 6) Things To Do This Weekend
From virtual skiing to a virtuoso guitarist, South Sound has a little something for everyone this weekend.
'Hunger Games' stars to make Seattle appearance
University Village will host promotional event Saturday for the film, based on the Suzanne Collins novels, that opens in theaters March 23.
A fundraiser in Henry's honor
On Saturday, March 3, Orca Books will host a fundraiser for Feline Friends, the cat shelter where the book store got Henry, the store's beloved pet who died earlier this month.
Olympia's got talent, so show it off
TCTV hosts its annual Show Off! Talent Contest, with tryouts slated for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 3.
This weekend's most delicious fundraiser
"Brownies" are the operative word in Saturday's Books-Brownies-Beans fundraiser for Out of the Woods, put on by the Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation.
You should "like" The Olympian features pages
A reshuffling on Facebook has resulted in a new page devoted to South Sound arts and entertainment, food, home, garden, outdoors, fitness and travel stories.
Check out Arts Olympia show and sale this weekend
The 3-day event at the State Capital Museum Coach House includes the works of about 40 artists in a wide range of media, plus lectures.
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