What’s Happening for Feb. 1

Friday

2019 Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year celebration: Each year, one teen is selected to be Youth of the Year. Join this event at 7 p.m. at the Lacey campus of South Puget Sound Community College to honor and celebrate five club teens as they share stories of leadership, service and academic performance. Free. Desserts and refreshments will be served. RSVP to bit.ly/2ScTOrs.

Postcard Art Show closing reception: The closing reception for South Puget Sound Community College’s Postcard Art Exhibition will be from 6-8 p.m. at the Gallery at the Minnaert Center for the Arts on campus, 2011 Mottman Road SW, Olympia. Enjoy complimentary food and drinks, and live jazz music. Submit final bids before the silent art auction ends that night.

Friday and Saturday

Father and Daughter Dance gets new name: The Family Fun Dance at Capital High School — until this year known as the Father and Daughter Dance — will feature a 1950s sock hop theme with dancing, activities and ice cream. Organizers expect the traditional turnout of fathers and daughters, but also will welcome mothers, sons, grandparents and guardians. All children ages 3 and older along with the adults who care for them are welcome. The event runs 6-9 p.m. at the Capital Commons, 2707 Conger Ave. NW, Olympia. Cost is $40 per adult/child couple. Parents and guardians can bring additional children for $15 each. Professional photographs will be available for $20. Advance tickets and more information can be found at chspo.org. Proceeds go to Capital High School Parent Organization, the Capital High School Foundation and the CHS Class of 2020.

Friday through Sunday

Olympia School District Education Foundation presents “Mary Poppins:” The yearly musical featuring district teachers, principals and staff raises money for grants to teachers, students and schools. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Feb. 2, and 2 p.m. Feb. 2 and 3, at the Olympia High School Performing Arts Center off Carlyon Avenue. General admission tickets are $12 and reserved seating is $15. Tickets available at the door or in advance at olympiasd.seatyourself.biz. To learn more about the OSDEF, go to osdef.org.

Saturday

Olympia Oshogatsu: The Olympia-Kato Sister City Association and the River Ridge High School Band will host the Olympia Oshogatsu from noon to 4 p.m. at River Ridge, 350 River Ridge Drive SE. This Japanese New Year’s celebration is free. The event will feature the River Ridge Taiko Ensemble, Saint Martin’s University Soran Bushi dance ensemble, calligraphy painting by Chiyo Sanada, mochi pounding, Japanese puppet shows by River Ridge Japanese language students, South Bay Elementary School Choir, information booths, and kids’ activities and crafts. Calligraphy artwork created in performance by Chiyo Sanada will be raffled at the end of the event. All proceeds will help support Olympia-Kato Sister City Association and River Ridge Taiko Ensemble. Information: bit.ly/2G2a8G2.

Slime Saturday: LOTT’s WET Science Center will host a day dedicated to the ooey gooey goodness created by humans, slugs and beings in between. A special presentation is planned for 2 p.m. on the hagfish, which can make 4 cups of slime in a fraction of a second. The free event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the center, 500 Adams St. NE, Olympia.

Pizza Klatch Gayla: The annual fundraiser runs from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. SE, Olympia. The evening will feature Cris Williamson, winner of the 2018 Americana Music’s Lifetime Achievement Award; the Righteous Mothers; comedian El Sanchez; and emcee Aleksa Manila. Pizza Klatch provides lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ+ youths and allies in Thurston County high schools and middle schools. Tickets are $25-$127. Information: pizzaklatch.org or washingtoncenter.org.

Capital Lakefair Royalty Scholarship Coronation: The Capital Lakefair Royalty Scholarship Program Coronation will be at 7 p.m. at the Doubletree by Hilton Olympia, 415 Capitol Way N. Admission is free. The theme for 2019 is “Cut Loose at Lakefair.” The candidates are Bridgette Byerly, River Ridge High School; Taylor Rose Davis, Timberline High; Eleanor Kim, Black Hills; Ruby Roebuck, Avanti; Caroline Shipley-Peters, Capital High; Cassidy Walchak-Sloan, Olympia High; and Emma Waldon, North Thurston High. A queen and court will be selected to represent Lakefair at parades and events across the state. Information: lakefair.org or facebook.com/CapitalLakefair.

Sunday

Legislative Academy on public disclosure: This session of the weekly series will feature a member of the Sunshine Committee talking about legislation affecting public access to state information. The session runs 10-11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way SE, Olympia. Free and open to the public. Series runs through February.

Tuesday

Where’s the Water? The League of Women Voters of Thurston County and The Olympian present the first in a series of public meetings about Thurston County’s water resources at 6 p.m. at The Olympia Center, 222 Columbia St. NW. Kevin Hansen, hydrogeologist for Thurston County, will talk about ground water and stream flows, and David Troutt, natural resources director for the Nisqually Indian Tribe, will talk about how the Interstate 5 bridge over the Nisqually River serves as a dam. Free admission; doors open at 5:30 p.m. Information: bit.ly/2DM84iV.

Thursday

Black History Month History Talk: Quintard Taylor, retired University of Washington professor of American history, will cover “Black History of Washington state” at the noon hour history talk series at the Schmidt House, 330 Schmidt Place, Tumwater. Taylor will address how even though Washington has one of the smallest percentages of African Americans in the nation, black people have been a presence since George Bush arrived here in the mid-1800s. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and close at capacity. Free, but donations to the Olympia Tumwater Foundation are welcome. Information: olytumfoundation.org, or 360-786-8117.