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Events and Programs

Community Cinema Olympia

THIRD THURSDAYS @ 6 PM, FREE PUBLIC PROGRAM

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The Capital Museum is proud to be the host of Community Cinema, a ground-breaking public education and civic engagement initiative featuring free monthly screenings of films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. A lecture or open discussion follows each film. There will be adjunct screenings of the films at the History Museum in Tacoma and the State Capital Museum in Olympia.

Presented by the Washington State Historical Society and Independent Television Service (ITVS).

UPCOMING FILMS:

Cheryl Haworth in competition

Cheryl Haworth in competition.

Strong!
THURSDAY, MAY 24 at 6PM

Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a dream to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound U.S. Olympic weight-lifter prepares for Beijing 2008, she struggles with injury, confidence, and her place in a world where larger women are not readily accepted.


Sleek, Shiny and New: Olympia’s Post-World War II Architecture

MONDAY, MAY 21 @ NOON

Architectural historian Michael Houser has helped bring post-World War II architecture out of anonymity by documenting over 300 mid-century modern buildings across the state from small ranch houses to Cold War military facilities. In this program, Houser focuses on the history of mid-century modern architecture in the South Sound.

Whales in Our Midst Exhibit Opening

Orcas in Puget Sound.
(Erik Stockdale photo, Wikimedia Commons)

SATURDAY, JUNE 9 @ 1 PM

Join us for an opening reception that includes family activities, performances, and guided gallery tours.

The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and Its Legacy

MONDAY, JUNE 11 @ NOON

The legacy of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair is the subject of the June offering in our noon lecture series in Olympia. See details below. (WSHS #1998.1.118)

Authors Paula Becker and Alan Stein discuss their new book, The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and Its Legacy, and invite audience members to talk about their own memories of the fair. A book-signing will follow the presentation.

The City Dark

THURSDAY, JUNE 21 @ 7 PM

A documentary film that chronicles the disappearance of darkness. The film follows filmmaker (and amateur astronomer) Ian Cheney, who moves to New York City from Maine and discovers an urban sky almost completely devoid of stars. The film leads viewers on a quest to understand how light pollution affects people and the planet. Weaving together cutting-edge science with personal, meditative sequences reflecting on the human relationship to the sky, The City Dark shines new light on the meaning of darkness.

Sponsored by Steve and Kathryn Wang.

State Capital Museum and Outreach Center
211 SW 21st Avenue
Olympia, WA 98501
(360) 753-2580
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