Community Calendar

Man of La Mancha is one of the world’s most popular musicals. Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th-century masterwork Don Quixote and set during the Spanish Inquisition, the original 1965 production won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Cervantes is in prison awaiting trial during the Spanish Inquisition. He and his fellow prisoners perform a play-within-a-play, telling the story of the elderly Alonso Quijana, who renames himself “Don Quixote” and goes on a quest to right all wrongs in the world. The rousing, Spanish-inflected score includes the classic numbers “The Impossible Dream,” “I, Don Quixote,” “Dulcinea,” “I Really Like Him” and “Little Bird.”

Want to learn to paint trees? Join me, award-winning artist Nancy Romanovsky, in my new course starting in October: 6-week in-person painting course.

Learn about tree structure and improve your painting skills while creating your own series of tree studies and paintings. I will be painting in oil, but other opaque media is ok as well (acrylic or gouache).

Meets Fridays from 10 AM – Noon
October 17 – November 21, 2025
YWCA Friendship Hall 220
Olympia, WA

Childhood’s End Gallery presents “Refuge & Remedy: Drawings by Marilyn Frasca”
Marilyn Frasca presents a brand new collection of her monotype and pastel drawings. Explore the artists’ unique open-ended process, developed over 50 years, that unveils dreamlike imagery.

Sept 26 – Nov 16

Fall Arts Walk Artist Reception: 10/3 5-9PM
Arts Walk continued: 10/4 12-6PM

Visit the museum to experience forty years of printmaking with world-renowned artist Anish Kapoor!

Join us August 19, 2025 – March 14, 2026 for the exhibition, “Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation”, a bold and extensive exhibition of Anish Kapoor’s four-decade-long printmaking practice. Kapoor is one of the most influential contemporary artists working today. Renowned for works on an architectural scale such as Cloud Gate (2004) in Chicago’s Millennium Park and Ark Nova (2013), the world’s first inflatable concert hall in Japan, his works both engage public space and envelop the viewer in an interiority. In parallel with his sculptural projects, Kapoor has maintained a career-long commitment to printmaking, which began in the 1970s and continues to this day. While Kapoor’s prints have been featured in group exhibitions, this project will mark the artist’s first solo survey dedicated to this collaborative and often technical practice.

Kapoor’s graphic oeuvre similarly evokes a sense of awe as we contemplate the hallucinatory qualities of heavily pigmented prints that appear to breathe, expand, and dissolve before visitors’ eyes. Elsewhere, especially in his earlier works, Kapoor explores organic and biological forms alongside overarching expressions of presence and absence.

Image: Anish Kapoor, “Flow Red”, edition 32/39, 2019

LOCATION | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus.

Visit the museum to experience an exhibition showcasing the beauty of color through a variety of contemporary artists!

Join us August 19, 2025 – March 14, 2026 for the exhibition, “Color Outside the Lines from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation”. This exhibition examines the ways artists have used color to question institutions, beliefs, and expectations. Some of the artists included here celebrate and amplify colors intrinsic to their cultures, showcasing beauty.

Artists like Faith Ringgold and Christopher Myers, for instance, create works inspired by African quilts and stories; these pieces emphasize the vivid contrasts in color often prevalent in African textiles. Other artists employ color to confront stereotypes and subvert expectations.

Artists include Derrick Adams, Polly Apfelbaum, Antonius-Tín Bui, Iván Carmona (OR), Lauren Hana Chai, Caitlin Cherry, Sam Gilliam, Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, Ana María Hernando, Jenny Holzer, Salomón Huerta, Anish Kapoor, James Lavadour (OR), Christopher Myers, Faith Ringgold, Isaka Shamsud-Din (OR), Andy Warhol, and Stanley Whitney.

Image: Derrick Adams, “Eye Candy”, edition 1/24, 2022

LOCATION | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus.

Monomyth: The Stories I Tell Myself is a personal body of work from artist Ryan Hamburger. Reflecting on themes of Self, Family, Society, and Spirituality, he has built his own mythology – one that draws equally from science fiction and fantasy, ancient religious traditions, and pure distilled symbolism. The narratives displayed are both intimate and expansive, rooted in his personal experiences, yet shaped by the archetypal patterns that have guided storytellers for millennia.
More of Ryan’s discussion can be found at www.LynnHansonGallery.com. Artist Reception will be held Saturday September 13, 2025 from 2 pm to 4 pm. Located in the heart of Pioneer Square, Lynn Hanson Gallery is a contemporary art gallery – a welcoming space full of approachable art. Open First Thursdays from 5 to 8:15 pm, and Friday-Saturdays from 11 am to 4 pm.

IMPORTANT NOTE! Friday’s show will start at 4:00 pm to allow ample time for trick or treating! Sunday’s show will be held at the same time, 5:00 pm.
Come learn all about Halloween’s celestial origins as told through the misty traditions of the ancient Celts, as well as other astronomically spooky things about space.

Tickets are $5 at the door, cash or check only please. No credit can be accepted at this time. Costumes (especially space/sci-fi themed) are HIGHLY encouraged! Come learn a thing or two before you head out to enjoy your own Samhain night!

Acoustic duo highlighting Yami’s vocals accompanied by Ramiro’s nylon string guitar playing a fusion of Latin rhythms, rock, and world music, drawing inspiration from genres like rancheras and bolero.

5PM-8PM
All Ages. No Cover. Dinner show. Walk ins welcome.

Enchanted April, the Tony Award nominated play by Matthew Barber and based on the book by Elizabeth von Arnim. Directed by Todd K. Payne. There will be 8 performances: Oct 31, Nov 1, 6, 7, & 8 at 7pm and Nov 1, 2, & 8 at 1:30pm.

Gesa Power House Theatre welcomes back to the stage Caravan of GLAM on Friday, October 31 at 7PM for their presentation of CABARET OF THE DEAD.

The Caravan of GLAM is a flamboyant cabaret act featuring drag, burlesque, acrobatics, and comedy. Expect the unexpected as each show is customized to the venue and no two shows are ever the same. Join us for a night to remember with a spooky Halloween twist!

The Caravan of GLAM formed in 2013, appeared on America’s Got Talent in 2015, were featured in the documentary film Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe, and were scouted by ABC for a new dance-based reality competition. The Caravan of GLAM tours the United States and Canada, and individual members also perform and tour as solo artists. Recommended age to attend this show is 16+.