Outdoors

Plan your week list of events

Jacob Matuszczak, left, and Jake Gray throw paper airplanes during the last heat of the accuracy competition during Olympic Flight Museum’s Paper Airplane Flight School in 2013.
Jacob Matuszczak, left, and Jake Gray throw paper airplanes during the last heat of the accuracy competition during Olympic Flight Museum’s Paper Airplane Flight School in 2013. Staff file, 2013

Tuesday

Benefit for Estuary Association

Olympia Little Theatre will do a production of “Circle Mirror Transformation” to benefit the South Sound Estuary Association; the association provides beach and marine education programs in the South Sound; 7:55 p.m. Tuesday; Olympia Little Theatre, 1925 Miller Ave. NE, Olympia; $15 per person; 360-915-0773 or sseacenter.org.

Wednesday

Learn about weather patterns

Learn about science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) through hands on activities; this month’s program is about experimenting with weather patterns; for ages 8 and older; 4-5 p.m. Wednesday; South Hill Library, 15420 Meridian E., South Hill; free; 253-548-3303, piercecountylibrary.org.

Cocktails and Fish Tales

A new speaker series by Harbor WildWatch; have food and drinks, then learn about the region’s natural history; for 21 and older; 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday; Morso, 9014 Peacock Hill Ave., Gig Harbor; $5 for non-members; harborwildwatch.org.

Thursday

Walking through Yelm

Join this Capitol Volkssport Club walk through the town of Yelm and on trails; this is an 11-kilometer walk with a 5-kilometer option; be ready to start at 10 a.m. Thursday; Safeway, 1109 Yelm Ave. S., Yelm; free, unless walking for credit; capitolvolkssportclub.org.

Saturday

Lend a hand cleaning beach

Help clean up the beach at Point Defiance; volunteers are needed to work with Metro Parks Tacoma to clean debris and garbage; 9 a.m.-noon Saturday; meet at Point Defiance Marina, 5912 N. Waterfront Dr., Tacoma; free; metroparkstacoma.org.

Paper airplane flight school

Learn how to make paper airplanes, from simple to complex; take part in distance and soft landing contests; 1-3:30 p.m. Saturday; Olympic Flight Museum, 7637-A Old Highway 99 SE, Olympia; $7 per participant and $5 for spectators and general admission; 360-705-3925, olympicflightmuseum.com.

This story was originally published February 13, 2016 at 6:25 PM with the headline "Plan your week list of events."

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