🌱 New Year 2026 - Party Of The Year and 10 more events

Hello Lacey! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Birding at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Natl. Wildlife Refuge at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
• New Year 2026 - Party Of The Year at Beat Drop Kitchen and Event Center

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 44 and low of 28 degrees.
• Wednesday: Increasing clouds, temps: high: 46, low: 30.
• Thursday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 45 and low of 39 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lacey

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• Let's Celebrate
  Painting with a Twist, 5831 Lacey Blvd SE Suite E, Lacey
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 31

• Birding at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Natl. Wildlife Refuge
  Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center , 100 Brown Farm Rd NE , Olympia
  8:00 am
• New Year 2026 - Party Of The Year
  Beat Drop Kitchen and Event Center , 1225 Ruddell Rd SE unit F Unit F , Lacey
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 31

• Savvy Senior
  Du Pont Community Center , 303 Barksdale Ave , DuPont
  1:00 pm
• Olympia Symphony Orchestra - Dance
  Washington Center for the Performing Arts , 512 Washington St SE , Olympia
  5:00 pm
• New Years Eve at the Old General Store Steakhouse & Saloon Dinner & a Dance w/ Chris Guenther
  Old General Store - Wedding and Event Center , 104 McNaught Rd S , Roy
  5:00 pm
• The Jessica Blinn Quartet: Jessica Blinn and Vince Brown at Swing Wine Bar, Olympia
  Swing Wine Bar , 825 Columbia St SW , Olympia
  6:00 pm
• Grand Opening
  Atlas @ Altitude 15 , 225 State Ave NE , Olympia
  7:00 pm
• New Year's Celebration at ASHHO
  ASHHO Cultural Community Center , 5757 Littlerock Rd SW #4 , Tumwater
  7:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Back to School
  Olympia High School Olympia, WA 98501
  8:55 am

Friday January 9

• YMCA: Robotics Demo and STEM Activities
  Thurgood Marshall Middle School Olympia, WA 98502
  4:00 pm

Wednesday January 28

• Floorball (age 18 and up)
  Tumwater School District , 621 Linwood Ave SW , Tumwater
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Any recommendations for sightseeing or fun activities today?
  We have out-of-town family visiting and would love ideas around the Olympia/Lacey area! Thank you in advance! (Nextdoor Campus Prairie)
• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost cat!
  Ryuga was LOST on December 27, 2025 in Thurston County, WA 98513 near River ridge high school Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or… (Nextdoor Classic Heights)

• Saint Martin's University posted a job opening for Provost Vice President for Academic Affairs in Lacey. Apply here.
• Luxury Bath Technologies posted a job opening for In-Home Design Consultant in Lacey. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lacey here.

🗞 Nearby News

Olympia

• Moses Lake lawmaker seeks to extend wildfire aircraft response program (khq.com)
• Seattle weather: Dry streak continues with chilly workweek start (fox13seattle.com)
• Washington Lottery Cash Pop, Pick 3 results for Dec. 28, 2025 (kitsapsun.com)

Tumwater

• Tumwater to purchase 300 acres for conservation with help of local foundation (theolympian.com)
• Vote now for The News Tribune's Athlete of the Week (Dec. 22 to 27) (theolympian.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I hear they’re giving him a really tough sentence.
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