This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Riveropolis, a traveling fantastical waterways exhibit will be at Hands On this summer! Flowing water play inspires endless investigation and experimentation. Build bridges and boats at nearby tinkering stations and get your hands wet exploring the properties of water.
Sponsored by Small to Tall Pediatric Dentistry
The wheel has turned again and brought us to the time of the first harvest. Join us as the story of Lugh is woven and the beginnings of this celebration are revealed. Join us for the gathering of the tribes as we celebrate with food, community and weave intentions into a web of our own making.
We are a community, a group of people, alike yet different. There’s no shame in depending on each other. There’s heroism in ordinariness and connectedness and using relationship skills to get through difficult times. Look at the things in your living room or refrigerator and realize they were made by thousands of people on different continents. We are all interconnected. What one does affects the others, either positively or negatively. If the web is plucked, it sends ripples out in all directions, but as long as the strands remain intact, the web will not fall apart. We are individuals, strong in our own right. Yet there is a special strength, a bond when many people come together to weave intentions.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make pickles? Well, you are in luck, as the activity we are going to do to celebrate the first harvest as a community is making pickles. No prior experience is necessary. We will have a donation box to cover the cost of the ingredients and the canning jars.
What you need to bring:
As this is a potluck, you will need to bring a potluck dish. Please post the dish that you are bringing so they are not duplicated. As this is a first harvest festival, think of the bounty of this time of year such as fruits and vegetables from your garden. If you have special dietary needs make sure to bring something that you can eat in case others do not. I will be providing the main meat dish and a couple of gallons of tea as well as flavored waters.
Two quart-sized canning jars with lids.
You should bring a chair as there are limited ones here to sit in the circle with.
Please bring a cup for toasting.
A drum circle always follows so please bring your drums, your noisemakers and your voices and sing them strong.
Looking forward to meeting new friends and greeting old ones… Welcome to the Sanctuary.
Bring your Redneck vehicles, big or little, rusty or shiny, loud or quiet, and join Team Laugh Out Loud for a fun-filled afternoon. Prizes for Biggest, Loudest, Most Redneck, Least Redneck and People’s Choice, and a kids’ “vehicle” division.
Lots of activities for the kids: sunflower seed spitting contest, kiddie tractor pull, sack races, tug-o-war, candy walk and more. Vendors, music and a silent auction. Proceeds this year to benefit The Cat’s Meow, low and no-cost spay/neuter services, and socialization and adoption of feral kittens.
Come join us at the Sanctuary as Jester, a local mead maker, guides us through a workshop on the creation of mead, the world’s oldest form of fermentation.
Together, we will make a batch of mead from beginning to end and Jester will reveal the secrets behind every step of this age-old skill.
Cost of the workshop is $25.
From this workshop you will learn;
• Sanitization practices
• Yeast preparation
• Mixing initial must (must is the honey and water mixture)
• How to ferment mead properly
What you need to bring
For a 1 gallon carboy plus airlock, you will need to bring:
1 Towel to wrap carboy after class
1 gallon of jugged spring water.
3 lbs of honey (natural not creamed)
1-1.5lbs of desired fruit (if wanting a fruit mead) must bring own knife
(When using any size carboy, use above and calculate – a five gallon carboy will take five times the amount.)
I have 8-1 gallon carboys available for $15 a piece at the workshop. If you would like one of these please let me know.
They can be found online (by clicking here) for $10.88.
There is still time to be part of Mulan Jr with TOAD. While we will be preparing for Mulan the musical, we will also be playing theater games, learning all about theater terms, painting, costumes and so much more – all while building some of the best friendships around.
Camp days are Monday – Friday July 16 – August 5 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for ages 6-16.
Performance dates will be August 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. with a Sunday matinee Aug. 5t at 2:00 p.m.
Riveropolis, a traveling fantastical waterways exhibit will be at Hands On this summer! Flowing water play inspires endless investigation and experimentation. Build bridges and boats at nearby tinkering stations and get your hands wet exploring the properties of water.
Sponsored by Small to Tall Pediatric Dentistry
There is still time to be part of Mulan Jr with TOAD. While we will be preparing for Mulan the musical, we will also be playing theater games, learning all about theater terms, painting, costumes and so much more – all while building some of the best friendships around.
Camp days are Monday – Friday July 16 – August 5 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for ages 6-16.
Performance dates will be August 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. with a Sunday matinee Aug. 5t at 2:00 p.m.
Riveropolis, a traveling fantastical waterways exhibit will be at Hands On this summer! Flowing water play inspires endless investigation and experimentation. Build bridges and boats at nearby tinkering stations and get your hands wet exploring the properties of water.
Sponsored by Small to Tall Pediatric Dentistry
Enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and movement games followed by 30 minutes of unstructured play. This is an early learning program. This event is part of the Summer Library Program, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.
Trivia, Trivia, Trivia It’s fun and it’s free every Tuesday night, your table is your team, win prizes, enjoy discounts. Come have fun with our host Drew.
