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

We’re back from extinction and we’ve changed our name!
Join us for a Dino-mite night at our Adults Only (21+) special event! Same great fun with an all-new-name HOCM After Hours. (Move over Adult Swim!) This is the perfect time for fossils, friends, and old fashioneds! Dig up your curiosity, dust off your khakis, and shake your bones to DJ Wes Jamieson. Unearth the secrets of paleontology with fossil experts from the Fossil Team PDX. Meet birds of prey with the Raptor Ambassadors and The Falconer. Try your hand at whiskey trivia, learn about distilling and craft your own infusion. Go back in time to the dawn of the dinosaurs and make a dino egg bath bomb and create a wax fossil cast.
Check out our website for more details and activities!

Dr. J H Roundtree (Mary Borst’s father) opened the first pharmacy in Centralia, “J H Roundtree’s “Drugs & Medicines in Centralia, WT (Washington Territory). Our 2 pm talk will be on who he was, where he was educated and his influence in our community. All are welcome to join us. Tour this wonderful historical site and bring friends/family.

Jean Bluhm is our Guest Speaker for May and will share about the rest of the Borst Family and community in her books: Joseph Borst Family Tree (1564 – 2022); The Borst Home Guide; Book 3 People who lived in … Borst Home Museum; and, Book 4 The Borst Museum Expanded. A deeper Look into the Past (on how the buildings help us see our past). Jean is always a pure delight.

Why Celebrate the our Independence Day? Who Signed the Declaration of Independence? How did they see celebrations for future generations? Flags of
our fledgling nation and Flag Etiquette … Songs of our beginning …
4th of July is on Thursday this year … Go see a parade in your community, enjoy a
picnic or BBQ … Enjoy your freedom with friends and family, readying for our 250th upcoming celebration.

Set Free NW will be celebrating our 2nd Annual Open House on Saturday September 7th from 11AM- 4 PM. This event will be held at 3149 Jackson Hwy, Chehalis, WA. There will be hamburgers, hotdogs, kids’ games, giveaways, live music, car/ bike show, and much more! This event is free and open community wide and will be advertised in the greater Lewis County area and on the radio stations as far as Portland Oregon.
The purpose of this event is to build a solid relationship with our community and surrounding areas. Set Free NW is a faith-based recovery center designed to assist men and women who are struggling with substance abuse and those who are in life crisis. Our residential facility is structured to provide hope and healing through the life changing power of Jesus. Visit us on Facebook at Set Free NW and SetFreeNW.org for more information.

Country Dancing for 60 years! Come learn how and enjoy a family friendly dancing to country music. Grange members make a light repast (lunch of sandwiches, dessert, coffee/tea and soda pop). A Raffle is held. Suggested Donations: $6 at the door and maybe $5 or so per meal enjoyed. All while shuffling across the dance floor to delightful
country music classics.
Cursive is making a comeback … Why? What is it’s history? We will explore the why and how. With an opportunity to try it yourself. Open House, Carriage House, Pioneer Church, One Room Schoolhouse and Heirloom Gardens. Talk and penmanship at 2 pm at the One Room Schoolhouse.

Join the parents of the Adna Senior Class of 2025 in raising funds to support the Safe and Sober Night after graduation! On September 21 from 4 to 6 p.m., Bub’s Pub in Centralia will be serving up their delicious burger baskets complete with fresh-cut fries and a pint of beer (domestic or microbrew) for just $20. Ten dollars of the meal will go to fund the Adna Class of 2025’s Safe and Sober Night.
Along with the burgers and brew, be sure to bring cash or card for the live auction and 50/50 raffle. Bid on donated items from local business owners, including a 30-minute session with Kopper Mohney Photography, coffee for a month from Skull and Crossbones Coffee, a load of rock within ten miles for delivery from Dunnagen Development, a basket of fireworks worth $300, Seahawks tickets and so much more.
Bub’s Pub Sports Bar and Grill
1326 Harrison Avenue, Centralia