This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Enjoy a spring break packed with awesome activities March 21 – April 16! Meet a vulture and an eagle owl up close. Greet bunnies and quail. Visit a Puget Sound touch tank and explore real dinosaur bones. Grate, grind and chop your way through our kitchen tool maker bench and build a collaborative town from recycled kitchen utensils. You can even silkscreen your own superhero cape. Delight your kids with daily new adventures sponsored by T-Mobile.
Special events and activities vary daily. See dates and times below. Online reservations required.
Dramatic Dr. Science demos! April 2 & 5–9 (11:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.)
Meet costumed Butterfly Magic Heroine from Part of Your World Princesses, April 3 (11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
Live animals: meet a bunny & vulture and eagle owl with the Falconer, April 6 (Bunny 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Falconer 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
Cool critters with Puget Sound Estuarium, April 9 (11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
Danger Room Comics, April 9–10 (1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Learn different animation techniques
Create a comic in the Character Drawing Studio, April 4–7 (all day)
Explore the superhero obstacle course, April 1–10 (all day)
Silkscreen a hero cape, April 8–10 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
For additional weeks of activities, please see our website.
Starting April 1: FREE family passes will be available at T-Mobile stores in Tumwater, Olympia, and Lacey, while supplies last.
Free to the public. Art demonstrations, art show and sale. Works include paintings, sculpture, glass, jewelry, pottery, mixed media, fiber art, carved wood, basketry, enameling, collage, photography and much more!
Join Nature Nurture Farmacy for an Earth Day celebration on Friday the 22nd of April from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Find garden kit giveaways and raffles. Plus, Ravens Wind Farm mushrooms will be there, garden education and more!
Free to the public. Art demonstrations, art show and sale. Works include paintings, sculpture, glass, jewelry, pottery, mixed media, fiber art, carved wood, basketry, enameling, collage, photography and much more!
Celebrate Earth Day! Work party at Borst Park on Saturday, April 23rd with Lewis County Stream Team and Noxious Weed Control.
What: Learn about noxious weeds and riparian zone management from professional guest speakers, take part in removing invasive Italian arum and replanting native species. Snacks, shovels, and work gloves will be provided. This is a great opportunity to see the changes at the park, connect with your community and give back to the environment for Earth Day 2022.
Where: Borst Park, 2030 Borst Ave, Centralia, WA 98531. Meet near the Borst Home located past the baseball fields.
When: Saturday, April 23rd from 10AM – 3PM.
What to Bring: Long sleeves and work boots are recommended. Optional to bring your own shovels and hand tools.
Who: Sponsored by Lewis County Noxious Weed Board, Centralia City Parks, Lewis County Stream Team, Master Gardeners, and Borst Arboretum Botanical Society. Native plants were donated by Buds and Blades Landscape Company.
Volunteer Sign-Up: Please contact Weeds@Lewiscountywa.gov or call 360-740-1218.
Free to the public. Art demonstrations, art show and sale. Works include paintings, sculpture, glass, jewelry, pottery, mixed media, fiber art, carved wood, basketry, enameling, collage, photography and much more!
Join us for this amazing array of over 60 vendors and artisans. Grab a coffee and bite to eat from the food vendors and enjoy shopping. Free Admission. Free Parking
World Fish Migration Day is celebrated to raise global attention
to restore river connections for migrating fish to achieve healthier
fish stocks and more productive rivers.
Come celebrate salmon and our other native migratory fish on
Saturday, May 21, 2022! Walks will be held on the Chehalis River
Discovery Trail, Centralia at 10:00am and 1:00pm. COVID-19
protocols in place — 6ft+ distancing, masks optional; group sizes
limited.
Pre-registration required. To register for the 10:00am or 1:00pm walk,
or for more information, please contact: Kenna Fosnacht, Lewis
Conservation District at Kenna.fosnacht@lewiscdwa.com. Specific
meeting location and other info will be provided upon registration.
Borst Family (c. 1860) hired Mercer Girls from Seattle to Teach the families in Centralia. Our Living Historians will present what that included. Open House at the historic site is from 1:30 til 3:30 pm. With the Program @ 2 pm.
Come Join Wilde Soul & The Loft in presenting our Summer Market!
OVER 20 NEW VENDORS ADDED!
When:
Saturday June 4th from 9~4 pm
&
Sunday June 5th from 9 ~ 4 pm
Where:
The Loft
547 NW Pacific Ave,
Chehalis, WA 98532
Come join us at The Loft and shop our amazing group of vendors and artisans and eat some delicious food!
The Loft was built for mercantile and implements in 1906. The Sears came in the 1940’s. Mixed with history of timeless details of brick & mortar with hand-hewn old growth! This building is absolutely stunning! You won’t want to miss this Market!
Admission is FREE
Parking is FREE
We will be doing a door prize of a basket with goodies from our vendors! All the proceeds from the Raffle will go to the Lewis County Animal Shelter! Raffle tickets are $1 each!
Vendor Inquiry:
wildesoulus@gmail.com or Message me!
