This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Love Your Body. Love Your Life!
Have you been curious about Nia but not been ready to jump into a class? This is the workshop for you! You’ll dance, move, laugh and shake and put pleasure into your workout!
Experience Nia in this 2 hour workshop designed specifically for beginners. We’ll introduce the basic concepts and principals of Nia and get moving in a beginning-level Nia class.
All levels of fitness are welcome and no experience required!
$15: Early Bird (ends 5/6)
$20: General (begins 5/7)
Join us for a fun day of running/walking, bbq, lawn games and more! Race will begin at 10 am in front of the Gym. Registration is available on our Facebook Page, online or in the Student Center on Campus. T-shirts are included with pre-registration! Race day registration is available. Check in begins at 9 am in the Gym Lobby.
Course consists of 3 laps around our historic campus. Top finishers will receive custom medals. Cost is $20 for general registration, $15 for Centralia College Students, and $8.00 for kids under 10 (kids can participate free if they do not want a t-shirt).
For more information please contact Staci Jacobson at 360-736-9391 ext. 630 or at sjacobson@centralia.edu. See you there!
Come celebrate the joy of reading and books. Bring your favorite book or select one from the shelves and enjoy it in our comfortable Readathon area where complimentary refreshments will be available. Take a break from your book and enter a drawing, craft a bookmark, or have your photo taken on social media.
Join us for a reading party in honor of National Readathon Day 2016. Celebrate the joy of silent reading at the library – bring your favorite book or select one from the shelves. Complimentary tea and coffee will be served and you can enter to win raffle prizes, craft a bookmark, post a photo on social media, and share the love of reading and books in this community celebration
Join the Breastfeeding Coalition of Lewis County for a free community screening of MILK, a documentary on the politics, commercialization and controversies surrounding birth and infant feeding.
Thursday, May 26
Screening begins at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Centralia College Campus, WSC 121 (Science Center)
Q&A with Director, Naomi Weiss, to follow!
Suggested donation of $5 welcome (cash only, please). All proceeds support breastfeeding promotion activities in Lewis County.
Join us for this introductory workshop and experience this captivating and empowering dance for women of all ages, shapes and sizes. Dance to the music of powerful Middle Eastern drum rhythms that connect to the heartbeat, inviting you to move. Explore the beauty and power of Tribal Belly Dance and the Divine Feminine Self while you dance, play and connect in safe and supportive community. Please wear comfortable clothing such as yoga pants, a fitted tank top or tee shirt, and a sash or scarf around your hips (optional). $10 Early Bird* (ends 5/27) $15 General* (begins 5/28) *plus tax. Unlimited Members receive 10% off
The purpose of this group is to offer support and encouragement to anyone that has undergone an amputation or is facing an amputation as well as their caregivers and loved ones. The meetings will provide a place to share experiences, ask and answer questions, and provide educational opportunities through community resources and experts in the field. Join this group to get connected to other individuals who know what life is like as an amputee.
Join us to attack the invasive blackberry and Scots broom that threaten our beautiful natural area. We’ll also remove plant protectors that are no longer needed.
Bring work gloves, garden clippers and a water bottle; bring your lunch if you’d like to relax after the work and enjoy the trail (and maybe watch the eagles!!).
We will provide weed wrenches for the BIG stuff, and lots of encouragement.
First Degree Black Belt, Jason Alan Griffin (JAG) is bringing Woodstock to Centralia with a Nia class featuring artists that performed at the original Woodstock Music Festival. It’ll be a groovy throwback to 1969 with Jefferson Airplane; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Melanie; Jimi Hendrix; Blood, Sweat & Tears and many others.
The focus is on FreeDance and the intent is to sense the Magic of Movement to Music. The class will begin with an exciting FreeDance playshop that will ignite your creative energy.
Friday, July 22nd, 2016
5:30pm to 8:00pm
$35* (plus tax – Unlimited Members receive 10% off)
This is Woodstock and the theme is love and peace and celebrating the Joy of Movement – so consider wearing peace signs, tie-dye, flowing sun dresses, vests with fringe, lots of love beads and flowers in your hair.
**JAG travels with his dog, River, who sleeps in his crate during class. Please ignore him so he can stay calm.*
Enjoy beautiful music under the trees with musicians from Bethel School of the Arts in downtown Centralia. Sing and play along, or just take in the sounds of sights in our second annual Music on the Hill interactive concert.
Venture into the woods, hunt for natural and interesting things, then use your creativity to make something from your imagination with artists from the Bethel School of the Arts.
