The Olympia Arts Walk, which has become a local tradition, will be held for the 50th time this weekend. The twice-annual event will feature hundreds of local artists and musicians and will be hosted by over 100 of the many businesses in downtown Olympia. That's quite a bit more than the first Arts Walk, in which 14 businesses and seven art studios participate. "It has made our community really comfortable with and really literate about the arts, which is not something you see a lot of in communities," Stephanie Johnson, the event's organizer, told The Olympian. You can visit the Arts Walk to 10 p.m. Friday and on Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. If you can't make it to the Spring event, you can always catch the Fall Arts Walk in early October.
