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The Olympia Film Society hosted the Pride Storytelling Project's timeline exhibit throughout the month of June in the me...
07/09/2026

The Olympia Film Society hosted the Pride Storytelling Project's timeline exhibit throughout the month of June in the mezzanine art gallery. We invite community members to add their own memories to the timeline. We wanted to share a few memories that touched us when we took own the exhibit yesterday. Thank you for sharing these moments with us 💖

The Pride Storytelling Project is a collaboration with Capital City Pride 🌟

It was so fun collaborating with Karina Lyn Photography at Rainbow Reminiscing on a photo booth for the event! Did you s...
07/08/2026

It was so fun collaborating with Karina Lyn Photography at Rainbow Reminiscing on a photo booth for the event! Did you stop by the booth? Check out the gallery and download your photo here: https://karinalynphotography93.pixieset.com/storytellersevent/

The Pride Storytelling Pride is a collaboration with Capital City Pride 🌟

The Pride Storytelling Project celebrated two years of community research and learning at the Capitol Theater on June 7t...
07/08/2026

The Pride Storytelling Project celebrated two years of community research and learning at the Capitol Theater on June 7th. Thank you all who came out to listen, learn, and support this project, and thank you to Stella Lindeman-Sparhawk for taking pictures at our event!

🌟🌟Stay tuned for next steps from this project, including the launch of the Pride Storytelling Project website and podcast 🌟🌟

Excited to see Lisa Brodoff and Lynn Grotsky participating in Humanities Washington's speakers bureau!
06/25/2026

Excited to see Lisa Brodoff and Lynn Grotsky participating in Humanities Washington's speakers bureau!

Thank you to all who came out to reminisce with us Sunday! More photos coming soon and details on how to stay connected ...
06/10/2026

Thank you to all who came out to reminisce with us Sunday! More photos coming soon and details on how to stay connected moving forward 🌟

So much happening around the Capitol Theater and on stage on Sunday at Rainbow Reminiscing! Come at 3pm to check out exh...
06/05/2026

So much happening around the Capitol Theater and on stage on Sunday at Rainbow Reminiscing! Come at 3pm to check out exhibits, q***r history maps, archival publications, a photo booth with Karina Lyn Photography, and a special screening of the 1992 documentary, Small Town Pride, about the first Capital City Pride! Thank you M Freeman for giving us permission to show this film!

Show starts at 4pm ✨

✨Always Here: Teaching Olympia Q***r History with Lucas Claussen

✨Live Podcast Recording with Jonah Barnett and guests and featuring excerpts from interviews from the Pride Storytelling Project

✨Original livescoring of elder interviews with Azadi Amaan

This project is a collaboration with Capital City Pride 💖

Lucas Claussen (he/him) organized a field trip with his 8th grade students last week to learn about local history throug...
06/02/2026

Lucas Claussen (he/him) organized a field trip with his 8th grade students last week to learn about local history through walking tours in downtown Olympia. One group chose to learn about q***r history and met up with Carol McKinley and Llyn De Danaan along the way. Carol and Llyn created a timeline and map of significant moments and spaces in LGBTQ+ history in Olympia that the Pride Storytelling Project has been learning from and building on.

Join us at Rainbow Reminiscing: 50 Years of Oly Pride on June 7 at the Olympia Film Society at the Capitol Theater to hear more from Lucas and his vision to bring more LGBTQ+ history into K-12 curriculum. Llyn and Carol's map will be on display at the theater!

Tickets and Info: https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/rainbow-reminiscing-50-years-of-oly-pride/

‍Lucas is a Q***r Olympia resident, educator, historian, and social justice activist living on the lands of the Squaxin Island and Nisqually people and is originally from western Iowa and the stolen lands of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ and other Indigenous peoples. A graduate of The Evergreen State College (BA) and Eastern Washington University (MA History) he earned his teaching certification at Seattle Pacific University. Lucas' activism has ranged from work around Palestinian solidarity, union organizing, and political and legislative advocacy work at the local and state levels. His historical work focuses primarily on uncovering and highlighting silenced histories. He also has over 20 years of experience in food service at several local historic spaces. You will likely find him searching out Pacific Northwest hot springs or one of Olympia's bakery spots.

The Pride Storytelling Project is a collaboration with Capital City Pride 💖

06/01/2026

Azadi Amaan (they/them) will perform original piano compositions inspired by interviews they conducted with q***r elders at Rainbow Reminiscing: 50 Years of Oly Pride on June 7th at the Olympia Film Society at the Capitol Theater. This is part of a larger project they are working on that they hope to eventually take on tour. Don't miss this special performance that shares excerpts from interviews with Lisa Brodoff, Lynn Grotsky and Melissa Bliss!

Tickets and Info: https://www.olympiafilmsociety.org/movie/rainbow-reminiscing-50-years-of-oly-pride/

Azadi is a q***r, trans, neurodivergent, bi-racial musician, composer, and storyteller whose work embodies the idea of freedom without fear, honoring their East Indian roots. Their work lives at the intersections of social justice, psychology, and music. Azadi's love for the piano journey began early; their vocal cords were damaged in a surgery and they learned to play the piano before they could speak. This transformative language became their medium to translate life experiences into a universal form of expression – sound. In the face of adversity, music has provided Azadi hope. Currently, Azadi has released two full-length albums and is releasing a third album in March 2025. In addition to making music, Azadi enjoys tending to their small homestead farm (with goats and chickens), baking gluten-free treats, and propagating their jungle of houseplants.

The Pride Storytelling Project is a collaboration with Capital City Pride 💖

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