This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Encourage literacy skills through art, music, stories, and play for children ages 2 to 6. This event is part of the Summer Library Program, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.
Explore activities that develop science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills. For grades 1-6. This event is part of the Summer Library Program, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.
An Independence Day Celebration … mid-19th century style!
Explore activities that develop science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills. For grades 1-6. This event is part of the Summer Library Program, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.
Explore activities that develop science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills. For grades 1-6. This event is part of the Summer Library Program, a Timberland Regional Library district-wide program.
Putting up the bountiful harvest for a long winter. Activities and discussion of how to put up and store foods in the mid-19th century. Panel of our Living Historians. Mary Borst had a lovely, in that day, very modern cook stove. Joseph also built her a state of the art pantry, which kept things cool ~ one of my personal favorites in the house.
Join storyteller and Quinault Tribal Ambassador Harvest Moon to hear tales from the Northwest Coast Indian tradition. This program is part of Timberland Reads Together, featuring “There There” by Tommy Orange and Native Voices, focused on Indigenous Peoples history and culture.
Make your own boat and test out its sea-worthiness in our fountain! Younger children will enjoy testing objects at our sink or float station.
Living Historian Beverly York will present Friendship Quilts, how the pioneers moving west would take a part of their friends and family history with them. Volunteer Coordinator Sara Light-Waller will show how to put a signature on the quilt block, as they did in the mid-19th century.
Bring a favorite stuffed toy for a sleepover at the library, arrive by 5:30 p.m. Tuck your friend in and say goodnight. Come back the next day after 10:00 a.m. to pick up your friend and find out what mischief everyone got into during their night at the library. Photos will be posted on the Chehalis Timberland Library Facebook page. This is an early learning program. For children ages 3-11.
