This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Come celebrate and share the books you’ve read this winter! We’ll announce the winners and distribute prizes from Adult Winter Reading. Refreshments provided.
Join in a Discussion of “The Turner House” by Angela Flournoy. This program is part of a year-long series of book discussions exploring black history and culture to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of African American pioneer George Washington, who, together with his wife Mary Jane, founded the City of Centralia in 1875.
Join in a Discussion of “Home” by Toni Morrison. This program is part of a year-long series of book discussions exploring black history and culture to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of African American pioneer George Washington, who, together with his wife Mary Jane, founded the City of Centralia in 1875.
Join in a Discussion of “African American Women Confront the West” edited by Dr. Quintard Taylor, Professor Emeritus & Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History at the University of Washington. This program is part of a year-long series of book discussions exploring black history and culture to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of African American pioneer George Washington who, together with his wife Mary Jane, founded the City of Centralia in 1875.
Join in a spirited book discussion of a selected title each month. New participants are always welcome! The July book is “Beartown” by Fredrik Backman. Copies are available at the Information Desk one month before the discussion.
Join other book lovers for coffee and a chat about books. No assigned reading! You pick! Share what you’ve been reading lately and hear from others about what they’ve been reading. Discussion facilitated by Chehalis Timberland Library Staff.
Please join us on Sunday, January 19 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. for this incredible literary event!
Putsata Reang is an award-winning author and journalist, born in Cambodia and raised in Corvallis, OR. Her writings have appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, Ms, The Seattle Times and the San Jose Mercury News among other publications. She has lived and worked in more than a dozen countries including Afghanistan, Cambodia and Bangladesh.
Putsata is an alum of residencies at Hedgebrook, Kimmel Harding Nelson and Mineral School. She is a current fellow of the Jack Straw Writers program. She graduated with bachelor of arts degrees in English and journalism at the University of Oregon. Her memoir, forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, explores themes of debt and duty as the child of immigrants and the displacement of being a gay refugee
Michele Bombardier’s debut collection What We Do was a Washington Book Award finalist and described by Ellen Bass as “a call to empathy”. Her work has been published in dozens of journals including Alaska Quarterly Review, Atlanta Review, Bellevue Literary Review and others. Michele has been a fellow at Hedgebrook, Mineral School and Centrum. She earned her MFA at Pacific University and is the founder of Fishplate Poetry, a social-purpose organization that offers workshops and retreats while raising money for humanitarian relief, specifically medical care for refugees in the Middle East and Northern Africa. She teaches poetry at BARN in Bainbridge Island and Hugo House in Seattle.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT; however, space is LIMITED so please call Shakespeare & Co. call 360-748-4652 to RESERVE A SEAT.
