Want to skate around the ice rink one more time? Your last chance is this weekend
Slip-slidin’ away
There’s one final weekend before Oly on Ice, Olympia’s pop-up skating rink, melts away for another year. (The optimistic might consider this an early sign of winter’s end, though outdoor ice is still a distinct possibility.) The 5,000-square-foot rink (http://olyonice.com), in Isthmus Park, 529 Fourth Ave. W., Olympia, is open through Monday, Jan. 19. Timed tickets for skaters are $11-17, with toddlers younger than 3 admitted for $6. The cost includes 75-minutes on the ice and skate rental, and advance purchase is suggested. Spectators are admitted free, and seating is limited.
Wintry fun indoors
The Hands On Children’s Museum is celebrating winter Saturday, Jan. 17, and Sunday, Jan. 18, with Arctic Adventures (https://www.hocm.org/events-programs/annual-events/arctic-adventures/). The museum will have an indoor sock skating rink (cozier and safer than the outdoor one), a snowshoeing demo with the Olympia Mountaineers and chilly experiments with Dr. Science, along with opportunities to make both penguin puppets and snowflakes. Tickets are $3-$19.95 and admission is free for members and those younger than 18 months.
And on Monday, Jan. 19, the museum, 414 Jefferson St. NE, Olympia, is celebrating Martin Luther King Day with crafts including peace silkscreens and a collaborative “quilt” made of painted popsicle sticks.
Storytime at a bar
StoryOly, Olympia’s monthly story slam, brings together intrepid storytellers willing to share personal tales in front of a live audience — and it all happens at The Brotherhood Lounge, so you can have an adult beverage while you listen. The juicy-sounding theme for this month’s slam (http://www.storyoly.com), happening Tuesday, Jan. 20, is “Passive Aggressive.” The stories begin at 7 p.m. at the lounge, 119 Capitol Way N., Olympia. If you’re interested in volunteering to tell a story, arrive at 6:30. Admission is by donation, with $10-$20 suggested and no one turned way for lack of funds.
Freelance writer Molly Gilmore is not a fan of passive-aggressive people, but it seems to her lately that passive aggression would be a whole lot more tolerable than the active kind that’s happening all too often these days.