Chehalis Centralia Events Calendar

Hang out and craft! The last Thursday of the month has a different craft activity for teens. No skill required. Listen to music and make something fun! Snacks and supplies provided by the Chehalis Friends of the Library.

Find out the difference between endoskeleton and exoskeletons as we compare bugs, birds, bats and other animals, inside and out.

Sponsored by: Olympia Regional Spine Group (ORSG)

First 2 guests FREE, each additional guest just $2

Whether you are participating in Nanowrimo or just thinking about writing a book,the Olympia Romance Writers of America are here to help! Join authors Jami Davenport, Debby Lee, Rhonda Gilmour, and Kathy L Wheeler for a presentation to help you get writing! Learn how to plan your novel and get tips on writing faster.

Go on a journey with internationally acclaimed musician and dancer, Lis Addison, and experience how chant/song and dance/movement have been and are used as sacred tools for spiritual connection, healing, guidance and unity

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
2:00 to 5:00 p.m.

$55* Early Bird (ends 10/26)
$65* General (begins 10/27)
* Plus tax. Unlimited members receive 10% off

Topics include:
• Vibrational Healing
• Creating Unity with Song and Dance
• Activating Your Chakras and Light Body
• Ancient and Future Healing Rituals
Outcomes:
• move stuck energy
• release old trauma
• empower your voice
• improve self-worth
• develop social cohesion, unity and a feeling of belonging with others in the group

Lis Addison is an award-winning and internationally recognized Composer, Vocalist, Dancer and Electronic Musician who does her own production. She is best known for her trancey electonic compositions that support sacred healing chants and songs, and like time travel, transport the listener into the Realms of Light. Her compositions range from meditative to ecstatic and are designed to inspire, empower and support healing for the individual and the natural world.

Addison’s music can be heard on conventional and internet radio and in dance, yoga, healing and meditation centers from Alaska to Zimbabwe. Her music has received favorable reviews in Africa, Canada, Europe, India, Korea, Mexico, Russia and the US and she has performed extensively throughout the United States.

Addison is a pioneer in the field of electronic music having received her MFA in electronic music and recording in the late 1980s where she began her exploration of vocals, electronics and rhythm. As the field has grown, so has she, releasing 10 albums and scoring soundtracks and sheet music. Addison is also a dancer and teaches that the meditative state is not the only way to healing so she gets people up moving, chanting, singing and dancing with her signature practice Kinetic Voice (KiVo). When not recording, she convenes dance and chant circles in the US, Europe and Africa.

This workshop will address the dynamics and challenges of parenting in single/co-parenting and blended families. The unique parenting skills for creating respectful and functional family systems will be discussed.

Seeking adventurers to embark on this epic quest! Come play Dungeons and Dragons on first and third Thursdays. Beginners welcome! Snacks provided by the Friends of the Chehalis Timberland Library.

Write a novel in one month! Get started this November with National Novel Writing Month, a seat-of-your-pants writing adventure, and churn out a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. Come work on your novel every Saturday in November at the Chehalis library with the moral support of fellow wrimos. We will kick off on Saturday November 2nd with a presentation from author Jami Davenport on planning a novel and tips for writing faster. Snacks and coffee will be provided by the Friends of the Chehalis Timberland Library to help fuel creativity.

Join other book lovers for coffee and a chat about books. No assigned reading! You pick! Share what you’ve been reading lately and hear from others about what they’ve been reading. Discussion facilitated by Chehalis Timberland Library Staff.

Please join us on Sunday, November 10 for a powerful reading by local poets Suzanne Simons and Larry Kerschner.

Suzanne Simons believes in the power of poetry, and other practices of non-violence and creativity to bring about change. A long-time faculty member in poetry and community studies at The Evergreen State College, Suzanne has worked with incarcerated populations at the Washington Correction Center in Shelton and helped establish the city of Olympia’s poet laureate position. Her work has appeared at the Josephy Cultural Center in Oregon, in stone at Olympia’s downtown skate park, and in the pages of Passager, Western Friend, and Aethlon: The Journal of Sports and Literature. Suzanne’s oldest son serves as a sergeant in the U.S. Army Special Forces.

Larry Kerschner spent 14 months in the Infantry in Vietnam. He’s been a registered nurse for 35 years – the last 25 years as a Family Nurse Practitioner in rural communities. Larry began writing poetry as a child and has been writing intermittently ever since. He is politically active with Veterans For Peace, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action and Pacific Life Community.

Larry has numerous chapbooks, and his work has been published in: Kickass Review; National Catholic Reporter; Crab Creek Review; Drama Garden; Half Drunk Muse; Voices in Wartime; Outsiders writers; Peace in Our Times; The Veteran, and a number of online sites.

This is a FREE EVENT; however, space is limited, so be sure to reserve a seat.