This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Join the fun for a special holiday treat, our annual tradition of hosting Pumpkin Train Rides behind our vintage 1916 logging locomotive. Children receive a treat bag, and then get a chance to hunt for their perfect pumpkin. There will also be a costume contest for five age groups: 2 and under, 3-6, 7-12, 13-17, and adults (18+).
No reservations are necessary, but come early to ensure your ride in your choice of open or enclosed cars. Seating is limited to the first 250 passengers. Enjoy harvest time in the Chehalis River Valley during the fall season and join the fun.
Saturday, October 24 at 11:00, 1:00, and 3:00
Sunday, October 25 at 1:00, 3:00
Train ride duration – 30 minutes
Join the fun for a special holiday treat, our annual tradition of hosting Pumpkin Train Rides behind our vintage 1916 logging locomotive. Children receive a treat bag, and then get a chance to hunt for their perfect pumpkin. There will also be a costume contest for five age groups: 2 and under, 3-6, 7-12, 13-17, and adults (18+).
No reservations are necessary, but come early to ensure your ride in your choice of open or enclosed cars. Seating is limited to the first 250 passengers. Enjoy harvest time in the Chehalis River Valley during the fall season and join the fun.
Saturday, October 24 at 11:00, 1:00, and 3:00
Sunday, October 25 at 1:00, 3:00
Train ride duration – 30 minutes
On February 16, at Third Thursday in downtown Centralia, I’m offering an evening of Art Therapy. Two hours of FREE drawing exercises and sketching prompts.
You’ll need a couple of pencils, an eraser, and a sketchbook. That’s all!
Every level of artist is welcome. If you’re rusty, all the better.
We’ll do:
1. Warm-up scribbles
2. A review of simple shapes
3. Drawing prompts
Relax for two hours and get some drawing in with friends. In my opinion, there’s no better therapy.
No RSVP is needed.
Just wander in and join us.
Join us for a day of skill building workshops, networking, and inspiration!
Featuring Keynote Speaker Susan Howlett, nationally known nonprofit speaker, trainer and consultant.
Haiku Contest – Win $500 for your nonprofit
Free Professional Headshots
Continental Breakfast and Lunch included
Interactive workshop sessions on a wide range of topics including fundraising, working with a Board of Directors, volunteer recruitment & management, sustainability, leadership, communications and more!
Learn more and register online at www.nonprofitleaders.info Registration $30 through August 13. Scholarships are available. See www.nonprofitleaders. Info for more information.
The Veterans Memorial Museum is pleased to join with the Lewis County Veterans Parade Committee and the City of Chehalis to bring the Veterans Day parade to Chehalis! The Veterans Day Parade includes 80+ participants, including veterans organizations and the support of many community organizations.
Please join us on Sunday, November 10 for a powerful reading by local poets Suzanne Simons and Larry Kerschner.
Suzanne Simons believes in the power of poetry, and other practices of non-violence and creativity to bring about change. A long-time faculty member in poetry and community studies at The Evergreen State College, Suzanne has worked with incarcerated populations at the Washington Correction Center in Shelton and helped establish the city of Olympia’s poet laureate position. Her work has appeared at the Josephy Cultural Center in Oregon, in stone at Olympia’s downtown skate park, and in the pages of Passager, Western Friend, and Aethlon: The Journal of Sports and Literature. Suzanne’s oldest son serves as a sergeant in the U.S. Army Special Forces.
Larry Kerschner spent 14 months in the Infantry in Vietnam. He’s been a registered nurse for 35 years – the last 25 years as a Family Nurse Practitioner in rural communities. Larry began writing poetry as a child and has been writing intermittently ever since. He is politically active with Veterans For Peace, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action and Pacific Life Community.
Larry has numerous chapbooks, and his work has been published in: Kickass Review; National Catholic Reporter; Crab Creek Review; Drama Garden; Half Drunk Muse; Voices in Wartime; Outsiders writers; Peace in Our Times; The Veteran, and a number of online sites.
This is a FREE EVENT; however, space is limited, so be sure to reserve a seat.
Military families get 1/2 price admission on Veterans Day.
Activities include:
*PlayWise: Outside Inside: Natural Materials Collage
*Letters to Veterans
*Silkscreen Gift Making
*Frogs & Bogs
*Crazy Cranberry Construction
*Turkey Building Challenge
*Art Cards
*Drawing & Coloring
*Tree of Thankful Thoughts
*3D Sculptures with Recycled Materials
*Hula Hoops
