This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Beyond Aging is a FREE educational event designed to provide older adults with educational opportunities for better health. The event will feature a life-size, interactive colon for people to walk through, interactive booths for healthy living tips and FREE giveaways, FREE sessions of chair yoga, FREE health seminars and much more.
Join in a spirited book discussion of a selected title each month. New participants are always welcome! The October book is: “The Good Rain” by Timothy Egan. Copies are available at the Information Desk one month before the discussion.
Thank you Lewis County is an event designed to express gratitude to healthcare and service providers helping to address substance use disorders and mental health issues in the community, as well as a space to change the narrative around these issues. There is no admission and the event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on October 12 at George Washington Park in Centralia. Service providers are encouraged to attend so they can be entered in a raffle for a gift from the community.
Drug addiction and mental illness do not just impact to user/victim. The true damage can echo to families, communities and society. Daily there are those among us that serve to help the community and we want to say thank you to them for doing their job. We also want to create a space where people can come together and change the narrative around these issues.
For more information see the Facebook event for Thank You Lewis County.
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.
Meet with others who have dealt with or have a family member with breast cancer.
Join Kristen Rubis for a deeply nourishing evening of breath work, meditation and sacred sound healing.
Kristen performs healing sound through Tibetan metal bowls, crystal quartz singing bowls and other soothing percussive
instruments. All Welcome ~ Namaste.
$30*
*plus tax. Unlimited members receive 10% off
Space is limited. Pre-registration strongly recommended.
Researchers can bring their genealogy questions to get help from members of the Lewis County Genealogical Society. Whether you’re just starting out or are stuck on a difficult problem, the experts are here to help! The workshop is held every third Saturday of the month and this series will be held in the small meeting room.
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, remember some of the remarkable, but often unsung, women of the Pacific Northwest.
Writer Mayumi Tsutakawa presents five “woman warriors” in the arts and journalism whose inspiring stories reach back to the early years of our region. Meet the pioneering photographer Imogen Cunningham, Black American jazz musician Ruby Bishop, Chinese American artist Priscilla Chong Jue, Leftist journalist Anna Louise Strong, and Native American linguist Vi Hilbert. Drawing on her own experience as an activist and writer, she explores how these women inspired others and changed our state and our society.
Learn about the history of the Olympia Brewing Company and the restoration efforts on the old brew house in Tumwater with a presentation from Schmidt House curator Karen Johnson and former Olympia Brewmaster Paul Knight.
Write a novel in one month! Get started this November with National Novel Writing Month, a seat-of-your-pants writing adventure, and churn out a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. Come work on your novel every Saturday in November at the Chehalis library with the moral support of fellow wrimos. Snacks and coffee will be provided by the Friends of the Chehalis Timberland Library to help fuel creativity.
