This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Spend a fun evening at the Juice Box Summer Night Market enjoying live music, local art, craft beer, and delicious food! Free and family friendly event.
Vendor spots are still available! Contact thejuicebox.eventbooking@gmail.com if you are interested.
Delight in the fragrance of delicious gingerbread cookies you will bake with Makayla Roberson of Mak’s Snack Shack! While your cookies are baking in the oven, you will decorate previously baked gingerbread cookies with royal icing and fun toppings! One adult chef and one child chef (age 5-8) per registration can enjoy this winter celebration that is sure to awaken your internal baking show contestant!
Come enjoy the Night Market at the Juice Box on Friday, January 12th! Live music by the incredible Benny and Danika. Check out our amazing updated menu and selection of craft beers! Fun for the whole family
This Spring Break, the Hands On Children’s Museum will chomp, stomp, and roar with awesome dinosaur-themed activities and exciting special guests from March 23 – April 14. Examine real fossils with experts from the Burke Museum and Fossil Team PDX. Meet the Raptor Ambassadors with The Falconer and learn about birds of prey and their dinosaur ancestors. Explore epoch extinction events, create prehistoric cave paintings, dig for dino bones, watch wacky Dr. Science demos, join the dino stomp dance party, and more!
Special events and activities vary daily–see dates and times below. HOCM is open Monday-Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., and will be closed Sunday, March 31.
Buy your tickets online to save $1 per ticket, get guaranteed admission, and enjoy quick check-in.
Exciting Spring Break Activities & Special Guests
· Build dinosaur skeletons
· Make dino feet, hats, and enjoy dinosaur coloring sheets in the Art Studio
· Make Pterodactyl flyers for the wind tunnel
· Draw with chalk and walk with giants as we compare ourselves to dinosaurs in the ODC
· Examine feathers, skins, and scales at the science table (March 25–30)
· Design dinosaur decorated rumble bots (March 25–30)
· The Museum will be closed for Easter, March 31
· Uncover ice cube archeology (April 1–4)
· Create prehistoric cave paintings (April 1–4)
· Explore epoch extinction events and make volcanoes erupt (April 1–7)
· Examine dinosaur fossils at the science table (April 1–7)
· Play with loose parts and learn about dino eating habits (April 1–7)
· Meet paleontologist and fossil preparator Kelsie Abrams and see real fossils from the Burke Museum (April 3–4, 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
· Meet paleontologist and founder of Fossil Team PDX Nico Spadafora and enjoy their fossil collection (April 5–6, 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
· Meet the Raptor Ambassadors with The Falconer and learn about birds of prey and their dinosaur ancestors (April 5–6, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
· Launch comet catapults & design colorful asteroids (April 5–7)
· Silkscreen dino prints (April 6–7)
· Watch wacky Dr. Science demos (Intermittent)
· Join in the dino stomp dance party (Intermittent)
· Excavate dino bones in the ODC (weather permitting)
· Learn about the total solar eclipse (April 8)
· Examine fossils of the deep at the science table (April 8–14)
· Design dino pop up cards (April 9–14)
· Create tinfoil dino sculptures (April 9–14)
Chomp, stomp, and roar with awesome dinosaur-themed activities and exciting special guests, March 23 – April 14 at Hands On!
April 3–4, 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., meet paleontologist and fossil preparator Kelsie Abrams and see real fossils from the Burke Museum.
Free with admission or membership. Online reservations recommended.
Chomp, stomp, and roar with awesome dinosaur-themed activities and exciting special guests, March 23 – April 14 at Hands On!
April 3–4, 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., meet paleontologist and fossil preparator Kelsie Abrams and see real fossils from the Burke Museum.
Free with admission or membership. Online reservations recommended.
Chomp, stomp, and roar with awesome dinosaur-themed activities and exciting special guests, March 23 – April 14 at Hands On!
April 5–6, 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., meet paleontologist and founder of Fossil Team PDX Nico Spadafora and enjoy their fossil collection.
Free with admission or membership. Online reservations recommended.
Chomp, stomp, and roar with awesome dinosaur-themed activities and exciting special guests, March 23 – April 14 at Hands On!
April 5–6, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., meet the Raptor Ambassadors with The Falconer and learn about birds of prey and their dinosaur ancestors.
Free with admission or membership. Online reservations recommended.
Chomp, stomp, and roar with awesome dinosaur-themed activities and exciting special guests, March 23 – April 14 at Hands On!
April 5–6, 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., meet paleontologist and founder of Fossil Team PDX Nico Spadafora and enjoy their fossil collection.
Free with admission or membership. Online reservations recommended.
Chomp, stomp, and roar with awesome dinosaur-themed activities and exciting special guests, March 23 – April 14 at Hands On!
April 5–6, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., meet the Raptor Ambassadors with The Falconer and learn about birds of prey and their dinosaur ancestors.
Free with admission or membership. Online reservations recommended.
