Oct 14 Wednesday
Each year, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art presents selections from its growing permanent collection in an exhibition, offering fresh perspectives through thematic exhibitions, recent acquisitions, and curated installations.
Open August 25, 2026 through March 13, 2027, “JSMA Collects” explores the many ways artists, curators, and visitors connect with nature, place, and one another. Works on view reflect the relationships between environments and communities, while spring installations expand the conversation to themes of home, family, and everyday life, inviting reflection on the natural world and our place within it.
From its founding collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European paintings, the museum's holdings have grown to more than 4,000 works of art. Today, the collection spans the eighteenth century to the present and features a diverse range of regional, national, and international artists whose works illuminate the breadth and evolution of visual culture.
IMAGE | Etsuko Ichikawa, Vitrified, 2020
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. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Closed Sundays, Mondays, and during University holidays and breaks.
Nocturnal
Sept 25 - Nov 15, 2026
Inspired by the world that emerges after the light fades, Childhood’s End Gallery presents “Nocturnal” featuring new paintings by Liza Brenner and Jonathan Happ, alongside mixed media sculpture by Loralin Toney.
Arts Walk Reception: Oct 2nd 5-9pmArts Walk continues Oct 3rd 12-6pm
FREE
Childhood’s End Gallery222 4th Ave WOlympia WA 98501
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Pianist Daniel Anastasio leads an interactive performance in an intimate setting, exploring what layers lie beneath the surface of great music. Through a combination of playing and speaking, Daniel reveals how melody, harmony, bass lines, rhythm, and musical structure work together to create moments of extraordinary emotional power. Hear familiar masterpieces in a new way, unfamiliar works with clear attention, and the hidden relationships that transform simple musical ideas into deeply connective works of art.
Featuring music by J.S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Claude Debussy, Martin Bresnick and others, this program invites audiences of all backgrounds to listen with fresh ears, and join in an endless search for deep human connection through music. The evening also includes a special four-hands performances with pianist Yerin Kim.
Tradition meets Modern: Bop, Swing and Standards alongside fresh new takes and original compositions.
Collin Wilson on saxophone, joined by Bill McKay on piano, Jeff Norwood playing bass, and Matt Larsen on drums.
6 PM - 8 PM
All ages, no cover, dinner show!
On Wednesday, October 14 at 7:00PM, Gesa Power House Theatre is proud to present THE FIFTH STEP from National Theatre Live. This is the latest in the Live Cinema Series, sponsored by Lisa Anderson and Stephanie Whitaker.
The Fifth Step, by David Ireland and directed by Finn den Hertog, features Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) and Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in this critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play.
After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.
Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End.
Oct 15 Thursday
Jim Hodges’ “Unearthed” exhibition is a monumental bronze cast of an uprooted tree stump. The truncated form resonates with majesty while also serving as a mournful reminder of humankind’s impact upon the natural world. The sculpture is suspended in stillness, suggesting what might have been above, stretching branches that had reached into the air towards the sun that once contained life in green and barky rough wildness. With this implication, and through our interaction with the sculpture, “Unearthed” opens generative thought toward relationships between environments and their communities. The work beckons us to consider fragility, ephemerality, as well as the sacredness of life.
This work-in-becoming had its first residency in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral in 2019. Imagine that in the confines of that edifice the sculpture absorbed metaphysical power from everyday spiritual practice, from a celebration of life observed in rites of faith, musical performances, readings, by a community’s presence, participation, and social interaction. “Unearthed” has its second residency at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University, providing the academic and regional community an occasion to approach the work through intentional participation.
In time, its roots will be reunited with the ground through burial, transferring its accumulated goodwill charged with incorporeal memories and energies into the Earth. Only its severed trunk will remain visible, indicating a new role in nature.
IMAGE | Jim Hodges, Unearthed, 2015 to present
The night belongs to the undead! Join Richland Public Library’s Cinephiles Club for a special outdoor screening of the 1922 horror classic Nosferatu. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, settle in on the library lawn, and experience this legendary silent film under the night sky. Come for the chills, stay for the atmosphere!
Ages 16+ only.
Snacks provided by the Friends of the Library.
