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.

Nov
9
Sat
Invasive Removal Work Party @ Discovery Trail
Nov 9 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Invasive Removal Work Party @ Discovery Trail

Join other volunteers to attack blackberry! This is WORK, but when you leave you know you have done something to help this riparian area along the Chehalis River. A healthy river in your backyard is worth a little work.

Coffee, water and snacks provided. Please dress for the weather, bring leather gloves if you have them. Suggested for 12-year-olds and up.

Nov
18
Mon
Tarot and Coffee and Books, Oh My! @ Shakespeare & Company: Coffee and Used Books
Nov 18 @ 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Tarot and Coffee and Books, Oh My! @ Shakespeare & Company: Coffee and Used Books

Hosted by Coffee Table Tarot. Grab a tasty treat or cup of coffee or tea and find Angel in Tarot Corner under the stairs.

Dec
1
Sun
Holiday Pop-Up Artisan Market at Santa Lucia Cafe @ Santa Lucia Cafe
Dec 1 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Holiday Pop-Up Artisan Market at Santa Lucia Cafe @ Santa Lucia Cafe

Join Gaean Allusions Pottery and other local artists at Santa Lucia for two weekends of holiday shopping fun with a variety of handmade gifts!

The event is free and open to the public.

Dec
7
Sat
Holiday Pop-Up Artisan Market at Santa Lucia Cafe @ Santa Lucia Cafe
Dec 7 @ 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Join Gaean Allusions Pottery and other local artists at Santa Lucia for two weekends of holiday shopping fun with a variety of handmade gifts!

The event is free and open to the public.

Dec
8
Sun
Holiday Pop-Up Artisan Market at Santa Lucia Cafe @ Santa Lucia Cafe
Dec 8 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Holiday Pop-Up Artisan Market at Santa Lucia Cafe @ Santa Lucia Cafe

Join Gaean Allusions Pottery and other local artists at Santa Lucia for two weekends of holiday shopping fun with a variety of handmade gifts!

The event is free and open to the public.

Dec
14
Sat
Blessings from Ben 2nd Annual Holiday Event in Honor of Benjamin Eastman
Dec 14 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Blessings from Ben 2nd Annual Holiday Event in Honor of Benjamin Eastman

Share the love this holiday season and join Blessings from Ben for the second annual holiday event in honor of Benjamin Eastman. This fun family-friendly charity event is on December 14 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. at 156 Peters Road in Randle.

Come gather around the bonfire and listen to holiday music until dusk when the lighting of the star and share the love sign on the hilltop overlooking Randle.

The event is free and open to all ages. Please, bring a toy or stocking stuffer that will be donated to the local Toy & Joy Drive for the community.

Each child in attendance receives a small gift. Free hot chocolate, coffee and smores. Santa will be there for photos. There are also Blessings from Ben Christmas bears for sale.

A drawing will take place for a cool hoverboard and fun drone. Raffle tickets are $1 each and go on sale starting November 18 until the December 14 event. Buy tickets online at the Blessings from Ben Facebook page through PayPal or individually from B.j. Eastman, Christy Hampton, Cathy Eastman or Rhonda Wharton-Bridges.

All proceeds will go to the non-profit organization Blessings from Ben to support student-athletes and local grieving families after the loss of a child.

Jan
19
Sun
Cultivating Voices: Putsata Reang & Michele Bombardier @ Shakespeare & Company: Coffee and Used Books
Jan 19 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Cultivating Voices: Putsata Reang & Michele Bombardier @ Shakespeare & Company: Coffee and Used Books

Please join us on Sunday, January 19 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. for this incredible literary event!

Putsata Reang is an award-winning author and journalist, born in Cambodia and raised in Corvallis, OR. Her writings have appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, Ms, The Seattle Times and the San Jose Mercury News among other publications. She has lived and worked in more than a dozen countries including Afghanistan, Cambodia and Bangladesh.

Putsata is an alum of residencies at Hedgebrook, Kimmel Harding Nelson and Mineral School. She is a current fellow of the Jack Straw Writers program. She graduated with  bachelor of arts degrees in English and journalism at the University of Oregon. Her memoir, forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, explores themes of debt and duty as the child of immigrants and the displacement of being a gay refugee

Michele Bombardier’s debut collection What We Do was a Washington Book Award finalist and described by Ellen Bass as “a call to empathy”. Her work has been published in dozens of journals including Alaska Quarterly Review, Atlanta Review, Bellevue Literary Review and others. Michele has been a fellow at Hedgebrook, Mineral School and Centrum. She earned her MFA at Pacific University and is the founder of Fishplate Poetry, a social-purpose organization that offers workshops and retreats while raising money for humanitarian relief, specifically medical care for refugees in the Middle East and Northern Africa. She teaches poetry at BARN in Bainbridge Island and Hugo House in Seattle.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT; however, space is LIMITED so please call Shakespeare & Co. call 360-748-4652 to RESERVE A SEAT.

Jan
26
Sun
A Girl & A Gun @ Centralia Rifle Club & Junior Division
Jan 26 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

A Girl & A Gun is a woman’s only firearms training organization. Come learn to shoot a pistol, and eventually a rifle, in a safe and encouraging atmosphere. If you do not own a firearm let me know so one can be made available to try. Bring your firearm (if you have one), the correct ammo for it, eye and hearing protection. All women are welcome.

Feb
5
Wed
Meeting of the Friends of the Chehalis Timberland Library @ Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library
Feb 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The Friends of the Chehalis Timberland Library is a group of community members who fundraise to support the library’s programs and services. Anyone is welcome to join. The Friends meet the first Wednesday of every month to discuss fundraising projects and upcoming library events.

Mar
4
Wed
Meeting of the Friends of the Chehalis Timberland Library @ Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library
Mar 4 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The Friends of the Chehalis Timberland Library is a group of community members who fund raise to support the library’s programs and services. Anyone is welcome to join. The Friends meet the first Wednesday of every month to discuss fundraising projects and upcoming library events.