Chehalis Centralia Events Calendar

This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.

Apr
28
Sat
Lewis County Mytholgy @ Lewis County Historical Museum
Apr 28 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The Lewis County Historical Museum is hosting “Lewis County Mythology.” Guest speakers will include: Cliff Barackman from Animal Planet’s “Finding Bigfoot;” Scott Taylor, BFRO member and Bigfoot researcher; Patty Valdez, team lead for South Sound Paranormal Research; and Vince Ynzunza, host of Pacific NorthWEIRD. From Bigfoot encounters to flying saucers, you’ll learn a lot about the unusual side of Lewis County.
Thank you to: Holiday Inn Express, Twin Cities Trading Post, LTJ Builders and Pacific NorthWEIRD for their sponsorship.

Lewis County Mytholgy @ Lewis County Historical Museum
Apr 28 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The Lewis County Historical Museum is hosting “Lewis County Mythology.” Guest speakers will include: Cliff Barackman from Animal Planet’s “Finding Bigfoot;” Scott Taylor, BFRO member and Bigfoot researcher; Patty Valdez, team lead for South Sound Paranormal Research; and Vince Ynzunza, host of Pacific NorthWEIRD. From Bigfoot encounters to flying saucers, you’ll learn a lot about the unusual side of Lewis County.
Thank you to Holiday Inn Express, Twin Cities Trading Post, LTJ Builders and Pacific NorthWEIRD for their sponsorship.

Mar
23
Sat
A Deadly Wind: The 1962 Columbus Day Storm @ Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library
Mar 23 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

On October 12, 1962, a windstorm fueled in part by the remains of Typhoon Freda struck the Pacific Northwest with deadly winds topping one hundred miles per hour.

The storm killed dozens, injured hundreds, damaged more than fifty thousand homes, and leveled enough timber to build one million homes. Join us for an author talk with John Dodge, former investigative reporter for The Olympian, as he reads passages from his new book about Typhoon Freda, “A Deadly Wind: The 1962 Columbus Day Storm.” This talk will include a slideshow and a question and answer session. A signing will follow the presentation, and copies of the book will be available for purchase.

Jun
8
Sat
“New Church” ~ June Bride @ Historic Borst Home Museum
Jun 8 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
"New Church" ~ June Bride @ Historic Borst Home Museum

The Borsts and other families built a “New Church” in c. 1872 … to gather together in fellowship and for weddings. Two of the Borst children were married in that church. As well as many other life events. Etta Keller, Reenactor has made a lovely mid-19th century wedding dress and will talk about weddings in that day. Miss Etta will lead the talk.

Jul
4
Thu
Pioneer Independence Celebration @ Historic Borst Home Museum
Jul 4 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

An Independence Day Celebration … mid-19th century style!

Aug
10
Sat
The Harvest Kitchen @ Historic Borst Home Museum
Aug 10 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
The Harvest Kitchen @ Historic Borst Home Museum

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.

Sep
7
Sat
Harvest Moon: Storyteller @ Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library
Sep 7 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Harvest Moon: Storyteller @ Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library

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.

Sep
14
Sat
Friendship Quilts ~ Signature Blocks @ Historic Borst Home Museum
Sep 14 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Friendship Quilts ~ Signature Blocks @ Historic Borst Home Museum

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.

Oct
12
Sat
Borst Family Story, Part II @ Historic Borst Home Museum
Oct 12 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Our own Jean Bluhm (aka: Mary Borst since 1985) will share her findings of
more of the Borst Family story. Do join us for seasons end and celebration.
Refreshments are served and all are welcome to join our volunteers to keep our
history alive for future generations. See you there!

Oct
19
Sat
Washington’s Undiscovered Feminists @ Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library
Oct 19 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, remember some of the remarkable, but often unsung, women of the Pacific Northwest.

Writer Mayumi Tsutakawa presents five “woman warriors” in the arts and journalism whose inspiring stories reach back to the early years of our region. Meet the pioneering photographer Imogen Cunningham, Black American jazz musician Ruby Bishop, Chinese American artist Priscilla Chong Jue, Leftist journalist Anna Louise Strong, and Native American linguist Vi Hilbert. Drawing on her own experience as an activist and writer, she explores how these women inspired others and changed our state and our society.