What’s Happening Sept. 2
Wednesday
Capital City Newcomers: General meeting and luncheon is 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at Pellegrino’s Event Center, 5757 Littlerock Road SW, Tumwater. Speakers will be Thurston/Lewis County Health Officer Dr. Rachel Wood and Dr. Ana Mihalcea from Providence Medical Group. Their visit will focus on healthy living and physical and mental resilience. Information: call president Evelyn Hinken at 360-273-0844.
Something Wicked Improv Troupe: 8 p.m. Sept. 2 at the State Theater, 204 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia. $15. Information: 360-786-0151, harlequinproductions.org.
Thursday
Thin Green Line gathering: Panel discussion on “Running the Risk: Washington’s Fight against Coal Export and Oil Transport” 7 p.m. at The Olympia Center, 222 Columbia St. NW. Speakers will be Eric de Place of the Sightline Institute, R.D. Grunbaum of Friends of Grays Harbor, Arnie Martin of the Grays Harbor Audubon Society and Ali Johnson, president of the Evergreen Students for Climate Action. Free, but organizers ask for an RSVP online at tinyurl.com/TGL-Olympia.
Fireside Book Group at Orca Books: The group, which welcomes new members, will discuss Nick Hornby’s “About a Boy” at 7 p.m. Sept. 3 at Orca Books, 509 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia. Free, plus a 10 percent discount on book-club selections. Information: 360-352-0123 or orcabooks.com.
Friday-Sunday
Harbor Days Maritime Festival and Tugboat Races: Olympia’s annual festival runs 5-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday at Percival Landing and the Port Plaza. On Sunday, tugboats process at noon, then race at 1 p.m. on Budd Inlet. Information: harbordays.com.
Saturday
A Community United in Recovery 5K Walk/Run: 9 a.m. Sept. 5 at Capitol Lake’s Marathon Park. Free.
Sept. 7
Labor Day Picnic: The Thurston-Lewis-Mason Counties Labor Council invites union members and their families to its annual Labor Day Picnic from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 7 at Stan Hedwall Park, 1501 Rice Road (Interstate 5 Exit 76) in Chehalis. Free food and refreshments and children’s entertainment will be available.
The 2015 Rally to Improve Birth: Rally for respectful care in U.S. childbirth begins at 10 a.m. Sept. 7 at Heritage Park in Olympia. Information: improvingbirth.org.
This story was originally published September 1, 2015 at 6:37 AM with the headline "What’s Happening Sept. 2."