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We’re halfway through June! Take a peek at the events below and make sure to support local tourism.
MCE: The Golden Age of Broadway, Saturday, June 17, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Broadway …
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6/15/23
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June is starting to be a fun month for the locals. Check the events happening next week to spice up your weekend (or weekday).
Tenino Arts Creative Market, Saturday, June 10, 10 a.m. - 3 …
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6/8/23
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Only 63 events are in The JOLT's Community Calendar this week! Here are some highlights:
Spring Art Walk, Friday and Saturday, April 28-29
The Spring edition of the Olympia Arts Walk will …
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4/27/23
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After being lax during the pandemic year, Olympia Engineering Program specialist Andrew Curtis said the city is now regulating outdoor dining in downtown businesses.
Curtis spoke at the Parking …
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Tenino Depot Museum Pioneer Village- Depot MuseumJuly 22 10:00am-4:00pm, July 23 10:00am-5:00pm, July 24 11:00am-3:00pm
Do you enjoy making antler jewelry, apple cider, making, blacksmithing, …
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The Olympia Site Plan Committee heard a proposal to construct 4,987-square-foot one-story Chick-fil-A restaurant at 2930 Capital Mall Drive Southwest, Olympia, on Wednesday, June 1.
The location …
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Recently some of my family members spent some time in Cabo San Jose, a resort town at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California. I, who did not, received daily updates and photos of exotic …
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Olympia may have a new resto-bar opening soon.
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By Edwin Oscar Gutierrez, Jr.
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3/10/22
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New Traditions Cafe today rejoined its sister operation, New Traditions Fair Trade, as an open and ready business.
The Cafe was closed for six months both because of pandemic restrictions and to …
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By Danny Stusser
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7/9/21
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May 7, 2020, wasn’t the ideal date to open a new restaurant, but sometimes you have to work with the hand you’re dealt.
Nicole Andres has worked as a bartender in the Thurston County …
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By Cody Neuenschwander
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3/26/21
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Thurston County will enter Phase 2 of Washington’s Roadmap to Recovery plan starting Monday, after the state made adjustments to safety metrics and requirements.
Now, rather than having to …
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By Cody Neuenschwander
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1/29/21
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The COVID-19 pandemic has dished up a steady serving of uncertainty — and in some instance, closures — for restaurants near and far. It was in that uncertainty that the folks at Octapas …
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By Cody Neuenschwander
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1/29/21
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Why is this night different from all other nights?
On all other nights, The JOLT reports to you about what already has happened. It’s the news, not fiction. Or it’s feature …
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Serial entrepreneur Leland Harmell and his wife, Sydney, have launched Rainbow Cloud Café, in west Olympia. And their grand opening is this Saturday.
If the business’ name sounds …
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Unless you’re looking for it, you’ll probably miss the hole-in-the-wall that is The Cider Barrel. Not only is it in the middle of the block, the sign is small, and the doors are …
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By Danny Stusser
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9/16/20
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What better time than a during a pandemic, with small businesses and restaurants closing every day, to start a new food-service business? And at only 10 or 12 years of age?
That’s what …
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By Danny Stusser of The JOLT
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9/3/20
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