Plan your week list of events for Jan. 24

Walk through Olympia

The Capitol Volkssport Club walk will cover 10 kilometers as it winds through neighborhoods, downtown, the Capitol Campus and waterfront; a 5K route is available; 2 p.m. Monday; leave from Bayview Thriftway Deli, 516 Fourth Ave., Olympia; free, unless walking for credit; capitolvolkssportclub.org.

A week on Rainier

United States Geological Survey scientist Matt Bachmann will give a program on the week he spent exploring the ice caves under the summit of Mount Rainier; Bachmann and others on the team found decades of undiscovered artifacts; noon, Tuesday; Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave., Tacoma; free with museum admission; 253-272-3500, washingtonhistory.org.

Open swim for artists

The Cartoonist’s League of Absurd Washingtonians holds a monthly open swim event; a word will be pulled from a fez and must be incorporated into your drawing; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma; 253-272-8801; kingsbookstore.com.

Theler Wetlands bird walk

Join experienced birders Faye Hands and John Riegsecker for a bird walk through this wetlands at the end of Hood Canal; there are more than 2 miles of trails winding through the 139-acre wetlands; 8 a.m.-noon Thursday; meet at the Mary E. Theler Community Center, 22871 state Route 3, Belfair; free.

Explore Wapato Hills Park

A naturalist from the Tacoma Nature Center will lead a family walk through 14-acre Wapato Hills Park; 10-11 a.m. Saturday; Wapato Hills Park, 6231 S. Wapato St., Tacoma; free; sign up at 253-591-6439 or metroparkstacoma.org.

Program on Apollo missions

John Pettit will give a program, “Apollo Missions to the Moon,” at the public night event presented by the Tacoma Astronomical Society; night sky viewing will take place after, weather permitting; 7:30-11 p.m. Saturday; Rainier Building, Pierce College, Fort Steilacoom Campus, Lakewood; free; tas-online.org.

This story was originally published January 23, 2016 at 9:30 PM with the headline "Plan your week list of events for Jan. 24."