This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Pilot Your Spring Break Adventure!
Enjoy a spring break packed with awesome activities that launch, fly, and soar up in the air. Pilot a real Huey Helicopter. Make your own wearable wings. Command a mission to the red planet and create a Mars rover. Meet the Raptor Ambassadors and learn about birds of prey. Engineer and launch paper airplanes, make your own airship, and more!
Special events and activities vary daily. See dates and times below. Make your reservations online and save $2!
March 24–April 2
• Make your own wearable wings (March 24–30)
• Design pinwheels & propellers (March 24–30)
• Learn how seeds travel through the air (March 24–30)
• Create a salad spinner nebula print (March 24–26)
• Meet Alice in Wonderland ballerinas from Studio West Dance Academy (March 26, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
• Make and launch paper airplanes (March 27–30, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
• Design your own airship (March 31–April 6)
• Create a Mars rover (March 31–April 6)
• Learn about cockroaches and other winged insects (March 31–April 6)
• Build Kites & Flyers (March 31–April 6)
• Learn about birds, bugs, and blimps (March 31–April 6)
• Pilot a Huey Helicopter with the Olympic Flight Museum (March 31–April 7)
April 3–April 16
• Design your own airship (March 31–April 6)
• Create a Mars rover (March 31–April 6)
• Learn about cockroaches and other winged insects (March 31–April 6)
• Build Kites & Flyers (March 31–April 6)
• Learn about birds, bugs, and blimps (March 31–April 6)
• Pilot a Huey Helicopter with the Olympic Flight Museum (March 31–April 7)
• Learn about animals that defy gravity (April 3–8)
• Meet Raptor Ambassadors with the Falconer (April 8, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
• Paint colorful planets (April 7–13)
• Craft with recycled materials and send it down a zip line (April 7 & 8, 11–13)
• Create a motorized scribble bot satellite (April 14–16)
• Chop, grate, and grind a space diet (April 14–16)
Meet the ballerinas from Studio West Dance Academy’s Alice in Wonderland!
Free with admission or membership. Online reservations recommended.
Come Join Wilde Soul & The Loft in presenting our 2nd Spring Fling Market!
When:
Saturday April 1st from 10~ 4 pm
&
Sunday April 2nd from 10 ~ 4 pm
Where:
The Loft
547 NW Pacific Ave,
Chehalis, WA 98532
Come join us at The Loft and shop our amazing group of vendors and artisans and eat some delicious food! Featuring Farmhouse goods, Handmade Items, Bath Goods, Home Decor, & MORE!
The Loft was built for mercantile and implements in 1906. The Sears came in the 1940’s. Mixed with history of timeless details of brick & mortar with hand-hewn old growth! This building is absolutely stunning! You won’t want to miss this Market!
Admission is FREE
Parking is FREE
We will be doing a door prize of a basket with goodies from our vendors! All the proceeds from the Raffle will go to the Lewis County Animal Shelter! Raffle tickets are $1 each!
Vendor Inquiry:
If interested in vending email Shelby at wildesoulus@gmail.com.
Meet the raptor ambassadors and learn about prey and predators with The Falconer John Prucich!
Free with admission or membership. Online reservations recommended.
Celebrate Earth Day 2023 at the Chehalis River Discovery Trail with Lewis County Stream Team, Noxious Weed Control, and the Chehalis River Basin Land Trust. The work party will meet from 10AM-1PM on Saturday, April 22nd at the trailhead parking lot at the end of Goodrich Road. We will be removing invasive weeds from the trail to improve wildlife habitat. Please contact weeds@lewiscountywa.gov with questions or to RSVP.
Join us for a lesson in beginner bird-watching presented by the Grays Harbor Audubon Society. There will be stories and a hands-in binocular demonstration. All ages welcome!
On Saturday the Audubon will host a guided bird walk in Oakville, details will be announced at the workshop.
The Chehalis River Basin Land Trust will hold a Work Party at the Chehalis River Discovery Trail, near Centralia, from 9 am until 12 noon, on Thursday, June 1st, 2023. We’ll be removing invasive weeds from areas near the trail and helping our recently planted native trees and shrubs to thrive.
The Discovery Trail is at 1545 Goodrich Rd, Centralia. Follow the event signs to parking near the old red barn. Water, snacks, and other cold drinks will be provided (please bring your own bottle for water).
Please dress for the weather and bring sturdy work gloves and footwear. We will have some garden tools and gloves available at the site but feel free to bring your own hand tools.
Please RSVP for this event by email to: “office@chehalislandtrust.org” or by calling the Chehalis River Basin Land Trust (CRBLT) office at (360) 807-0764.
I?t’s time for to celebrate the summer solstice! Whether you call it Midsommar or Litha, the summer solstice is a fantastic time to reflect on everything that is going right in our lives. It’s a time to celebrate the sun, the earth, and sisterhood. Bring back ceremony and ritual to your life. Bring back community and sisterhood, and reclaim your connection to the earth’s cycles.
Including ceremony, a walk through a private forest, freeform dance, share circle, solitary time for reflection and journaling in nature, and finishing with traditional Midsommar refreshments. The day will be filled with traditional Midsommar symbolism and associations, ensuring each part of the day is in full celebration of this most beautiful day and honoring the traditional origins.
T?he event will be kept intimate, focusing on a goal of 9-12 women. So reserve soon if you’re interested!
The Fire Rescue Spectacular, July 8, is the ultimate firefighter and first-responder experience for kids! At the free street fair kids can explore a fleet of emergency vehicles, meet first responders, take the Junior Fighter Challenge, enjoy free ice cream, and so much more!
Presented by Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network in partnership with Olympia Fire Dept., and thanks to Access Partner Macy’s.
Free Street Fair Activities
• Explore Olympia’s fleet of emergency vehicles and meet first responders
• Meet Sparky the Fire Dog & Smokey the Bear
• See vintage fire trucks
• Experience the Spray Gallery
• Take the Junior Firefighter Challenge
• Enjoy special activities, festival food & free ice cream and popsicles
Inside the Museum
• See wacky Dr. Science demos
• Make an emergency candle or fire starter
• Learn how to start a campfire
• Explore first aid techniques
• Rescue toy animals from ice
All activities on the street are free to the public. Special activities in the Museum are free with admission – online reservations recommended.
Join Julian Sammons with the Department of Ecology to learn more about water quality monitoring in our local rivers and streams! Learn about how water quality data is collected for temperature, bacteria, streamflow, and other conditions. Join the discussion on why protecting our water quality is so important and learn about current trends.
Date: Saturday, July 29th from 10AM-12PM
Location: Stan Hedwall Park, 1501 Rice Rd, Chehalis
Contact Kenna.Fosnacht@lewiscdwa.com / 360-996-4560 with questions
