Thursday at 6pm in Tumwater at the Heritage Distillery by The Valley golf course, local author and newsman John Dodge will present on the Columbus Day Storm of 1962. It was a freak of nature, a weather outlier with deadly winds topping one hundred miles per hour. This October marks the sixtieth anniversary of the storm.

Friday and Saturday in downtown Olympia is the fall Artswalk

The Armstrong community outreach foundation is showing the new movie Lyle Lyle crocodile at Shelton Cinemas Saturday morning at 10am. It’s a great group who has been raising funds around our area for a while now, I’ve talked with one of the organizers, Kim Morris, for many years now.

Skid Row is performing at the Little Creek Casino Events center with Quiet Riot.