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Christopher Leebrick dazzles audiences with his storytelling and his vast repertoire of tales and legends from around the world.

Fairytale fancy costumes are encouraged; guests can parade down a red carpet, then capture the moment in the library’s photo booth. Those who forget their crowns, wands or other magical items may create them anew at a crafts-making area. A faerie godmother has been booked for the evening, and there are rumors of cupcakes. Everyone is welcome.

All Timberland Regional Library programs are free and open to the public.

The Aberdeen Timberland Library is located at 121 E. Market Street. For information, contact the library at 360-533-2360.

Poet and Aberdeen High School graduate Koon Woon will read poems selected from his two books. The program celebrates National Poetry Month.

A longtime resident of Seattle, Woon was born near Canton, China in 1949.  He emigrated from China to the United States in 1960 at age 11 and spent his school years in Grays Harbor. He attended Grays Harbor College, then transferred to the University of Washington.

Woon’s first full-length book of poetry, “The Truth in Rented Rooms,” was published in 1998. The collection won an award for literary excellence from Pen Oakland. His 2013 book, “Water Chasing Water,” won an American Book Award. He is currently working on a family memoir. The story begins with his great-grandfather’s immigration, in the 1880s, as an indentured worker for the logging industry in Hoquiam. Later, in the 1960s and ‘70s, the family owned and operated the Hong Kong Café on Aberdeen’s Simpson Avenue.

During his visit, Woon hopes to see some of his old friends from Aberdeen High School. He would also like to meet with young Grays Harbor writers. In May, he will give readings and workshops at the Skagit River Poetry Festival in La Conner.

National Poetry Month was started by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 and is held every April. Schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets come together to celebrate poetry’s vital place in American culture.

Woon will bring copies of his latest book to sell and sign at the event. Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Aberdeen Timberland Library. All Timberland Regional Library programs are free and open to the public.

The Grays Harbor unit 428 of the American Contract Bridge Association hosts a game every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Aberdeen Square Building. Partnerships are not guaranteed, but visitors are welcome.

Thanks to television syndication, the Public Broadcasting System, movies and even a hit Broadway musical, the groundbreaking British comedy troupe, Monty Python, is known to almost every man, woman and child in the USA. At 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9, their classic big screen debut will be shown on the biggest screen in Grays Harbor, as “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” comes to Hoquiam’s historic 7th Street Theatre.

The 1975 film has achieved true cult status and has been variously described as hilarious, wildly original and one of the most inspired pieces of celluloid silliness among cinematic classics. It is basically a parody of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, viewed through the weirdly, wonderfully warped lens of the comedic legends who made up Monty Python.

The movie stars the entire Month Python troupe. Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam play multiple roles, with all five sharing the screenwriting credits. Jones and Gilliam served as co-directors. The film is a crazy quilt of trademark Python sketch humor, endlessly recurring inside jokes, and the surreal humor that made Monty Python a worldwide comedic phenomenon. Because it is set in the British Middle Ages, it remains as fresh and timeless today as when it was originally produced, more than 40 years ago. It true Python style, it takes its painfully low budget and turns what would normally be seen as a severe shortcoming into one of the film’s funniest ongoing routines.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. showings. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug in Hoquiam and City Drug in Aberdeen, and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.

Thanks to television syndication, the Public Broadcasting System, movies and even a hit Broadway musical, the groundbreaking British comedy troupe, Monty Python, is known to almost every man, woman and child in the USA. At 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9, their classic big screen debut will be shown on the biggest screen in Grays Harbor, as “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” comes to Hoquiam’s historic 7th Street Theatre.

The 1975 film has achieved true cult status and has been variously described as hilarious, wildly original and one of the most inspired pieces of celluloid silliness among cinematic classics. It is basically a parody of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, viewed through the weirdly, wonderfully warped lens of the comedic legends who made up Monty Python.

The movie stars the entire Month Python troupe. Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam play multiple roles, with all five sharing the screenwriting credits. Jones and Gilliam served as co-directors. The film is a crazy quilt of trademark Python sketch humor, endlessly recurring inside jokes, and the surreal humor that made Monty Python a worldwide comedic phenomenon. Because it is set in the British Middle Ages, it remains as fresh and timeless today as when it was originally produced, more than 40 years ago. It true Python style, it takes its painfully low budget and turns what would normally be seen as a severe shortcoming into one of the film’s funniest ongoing routines.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. showings. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug in Hoquiam and City Drug in Aberdeen, and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.

The Grays Harbor unit 428 of the American Contract Bridge Association hosts a game every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Aberdeen Square Building. Partnerships are not guaranteed, but visitors are welcome.

Water X, in association with the International Jet Sports Boating Association, is proud to announce that rounds one and two of the Northwest Region 3 IJSBA watercraft racing and freestyle championships will be held on April 16 and 17 at Vance Creek Park in Elma. This exciting event will feature some of the fastest jetski racers in the nation. This will be a closed course buoy race on Beautiful Bowers Lake.  Racers will compete to earn points for the Northwest Region Championships along with earning their spots to compete in the world finals competition that is held in Lake Havasu Arizona in October of 2016.

This exciting event will feature some of the fastest jet ski racers in the nation. This will be a closed course buoy race on Beautiful Bowers Lake. Racers will compete to earn points for the Northwest Region Championships along with earning their spots to compete in the world finals competition that is held in Lake Havasu Arizona in October of 2016.

This event is free to the public and is a fun and family friendly event. Races will start at 10 am both days. For more detailed information, please visit our Facebook event page at Grays Harbor Watercross.

Water X, in association with the International Jet Sports Boating Association, is proud to announce that rounds one and two of the Northwest Region 3 IJSBA watercraft racing and freestyle championships will be held on April 16 and 17 at Vance Creek Park in Elma. This exciting event will feature some of the fastest jetski racers in the nation. This will be a closed course buoy race on Beautiful Bowers Lake.  Racers will compete to earn points for the Northwest Region Championships along with earning their spots to compete in the world finals competition that is held in Lake Havasu Arizona in October of 2016.

This exciting event will feature some of the fastest jet ski racers in the nation. This will be a closed course buoy race on Beautiful Bowers Lake. Racers will compete to earn points for the Northwest Region Championships along with earning their spots to compete in the world finals competition that is held in Lake Havasu Arizona in October of 2016.

This event is free to the public and is a fun and family friendly event. Races will start at 10 am both days. For more detailed information, please visit our Facebook event page at Grays Harbor Watercross.

The Grays Harbor unit 428 of the American Contract Bridge Association hosts a game every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Aberdeen Square Building. Partnerships are not guaranteed, but visitors are welcome.

Check out dozens of local vendors at the Treasure Harbor Flea Market in Aberdeen this weekend! Find antiques, collectibles, vintage, and quality secondhand bargains. There’s something for everyone! Free admission and parking.

Join the Aberdeen Stream Team in cleaning up Aberdeen’s urban creek – Alder Creek. Gloves and refreshments will be provided. Plan on bringing long-sleeves and sturdy shoes. You’ll get wet and muddy, but have fun, too!

The event starts at 10 am on Saturday, April 23rd — just after Earth Day! This is a great way to give back to your community and make Aberdeen a cleaner place.

The last of 10 movie Westerns directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” comes to Hoquiam’s historic 7th Street Theatre, April 23 and 24.

The 1962 film, which also stars James Stewart, Vera Miles, Edmond O’Brien, Andy Devine and Lee Marvin, as the sadistically wicked Liberty Valance, shows at 7:30 pm Saturday, April 23 and 2:00 pm Sunday, April 24.

The movie is part Western, part political drama and part morality tale, unfolding mostly in flashback as Stewart’s character sets straight the legend of the man who took on the scourge of a small Western town.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. showings. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug in Hoquiam and City Drug in Aberdeen, and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.

The last of 10 movie Westerns directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” comes to Hoquiam’s historic 7th Street Theatre, April 23 and 24.

The 1962 film, which also stars James Stewart, Vera Miles, Edmond O’Brien, Andy Devine and Lee Marvin, as the sadistically wicked Liberty Valance, shows at 7:30 pm Saturday, April 23 and 2:00 pm Sunday, April 24.

The movie is part Western, part political drama and part morality tale, unfolding mostly in flashback as Stewart’s character sets straight the legend of the man who took on the scourge of a small Western town.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. showings. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug in Hoquiam and City Drug in Aberdeen, and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.

The Grays Harbor unit 428 of the American Contract Bridge Association hosts a game every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Aberdeen Square Building. Partnerships are not guaranteed, but visitors are welcome.

Check out the Treasure Harbor Flea Market in Central Park, open Friday through Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The free, family-friendly flea market features antiques, collectibles, quality secondhand items, handmade, and more! Many vendors under one roof.

Find one-of-a-kind treasures, and great deals on your way to the beach. Something for everyone!

Join us as we honor Elma’s Citizen of the Year. You won’t want to miss this evening of fun festivities! The Citizen of the Year Awards Banquet includes:

• a prime rib and prawns dinner
• Social hour
• live musical entertainment
• silent auction
• our grand finale, the awards presentation

Help the Elma Chamber of Commerce honor these special people who contribute so much of their time, talent, and energy to help make our community great.

Tickets can be purchased at Dennis Company, Elma Variety Store, Elma HealthMart Pharmacy or the Elma Visitors Station. To charge by phone, call the Elma Chamber of Commerce at 360-482-3055.

The Grays Harbor unit 428 of the American Contract Bridge Association hosts a game every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Aberdeen Square Building. Partnerships are not guaranteed, but visitors are welcome.

Join your neighbors in search of treasures at the indoor community garage sale in Elam.

Proceeds from food sales will benefit local scholarships.