What’s Happening calendar for March 6
Saturday
CANCELED -- Lacey Cultural Celebration: This free family event celebrates all the cultures of the community. Enjoy music and dance from around the world on two performance stages. Experience traditions from other lands through demonstrations and displays. Sample exotic flavors and artwork from food and craft vendors. Hands-on craft activities for the kids, too. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Saint Martin’s University, 500 Abbey Way SE, Lacey. Information: www.ci.lacey.wa.us/events
Career Exploration Day for middle and high school students: More than 1,000 Thurston County eighth- through 12th-grade students are planning to attend Find Your Future career exploration day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tumwater High School, 700 Israel Road SW. Admission is free. Students who preregister can select their top three career choices and the Find Your Future Committee will assign them to two. Parents will simultaneously attend sessions financing college, trends in employment, and planning. Students will hear directly from professionals working in their careers of choice, and each session will have a Q&A period. Information: thurstonchamber.com or call 360-357-3362.
Benefit concert for Olympia’s Fellowship of Reconciliation: Folksinger and storyteller Tom Rawson, singer Piper Josephine and Olympia’s Raging Grannies will perform at 7:30 p.m. at New Traditions Cafe, 300 Fifth Ave. SW, Olympia. Tickets are $20, or $12 for students and those with low income. Get tickets from FOR members, from New Traditions, or call 360-252-0684 or email fsilsby970@gmail.com
Community Meeting on Grand Mound Transportation Projects: Thurston County and Thurston Regional Planning Council invite the public to learn more about transportation and land use projects being considered in the Grand Mound area at an Open House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rochester High School, 19800 Carper Road SW, Rochester. The main purpose of the event is to gather feedback from the public on eight potential transportation projects designed to improve travel within the Grand Mound Urban Growth Area.
Sunday
Prisoner to talk about incarceration and injustice: Dawud al-Malik is one of the longest-incarcerated, then-freed, prisoners in Washington state history, having spent almost 50 years locked up. He was sentenced to death by hanging in 1966 but was released to the general prison population in 1972. He has maintained his innocence throughout and his case is being reviewed. He will speak from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2200 East End. St. NW, Olympia. Information: https://www.facebook.com/events/617023035751018/ or faithinactionministry@ouuc.org
Tuesday
Hear from the first woman to sail solo across the Pacific: The South Sound Sailing Society will host Sharon Sites Adams, who in the late 1960s in a 31-foot ketch became the first woman to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean – before GPS, the Internet, and high-tech monitoring. Her adventures are chronicled in “Pacific Lady: The First Woman to Sail Solo across the World’s Largest Ocean.” Doors of the Olympia Yacht Club at 201 Simmons St. NW will open at 6:30 p.m., the business meeting will begin at 7 p.m., and Adams’ presentation will begin at 8 p.m.
Wednesday
Neighborhood meeting on Kaiserwood Subdivision: Neighbors of a proposed 16.9-acre, 30-home subdivision at 2100 Kaiser Road NW are invited to an informational meeting co-hosted by the city of Olympia and developer Michael Torranceat 5:30 p.m. at the Council Chambers at City Hall, 601 Fourth Ave. E. Preliminary plat approval was granted in 2008, but has expired. The public comment period ends at 4 p.m. March 20. Information: Nicole Floyd at 360-570-3768 or nfloyd@ci.olympia.wa.us
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This story was originally published March 6, 2020 at 5:10 AM.