• Olympia’s annual Capital Lakefair will start today, and festivities continue through Sunday. There will be vendors, arts and crafts, music, a parade and more in downtown Olympia, 121 State Ave. N.E., Olympia.
• Join a Winnie-the-Pooh celebration in honor of the new Disney movie today at 10:30 a.m. There will be games and activities including pin the tail on Eeyore, honey hunt, story time and face painting at Garfield Book Co. at PLU, 208 Garfield St. South, Tacoma. It’s free. 253-535-7665, www.garfieldbookcompany.com.
• It’s the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, and Nick Adams, local author and storyteller, is passionate about it. He will talk about his great-great-grandfather’s life as a soldier and how it relates to his book “The Uncivil War” today at 3 p.m. at the Puyallup Public Library, 324 S. Meridian, Puyallup. It’s free, www.puyalluplibrary.org.
Check out the Get Out Blog online for updates and news about what’s happening around the Sound at, blog.thenewstribune.com/getout. For more things to do, go to calendar.thenewstribune.com.
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