Aberdeen Events Calendar

This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Grays Harbor County including Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Westport, Ocean Shores, Elma, Montesano and beyond.

Have an event that isn’t listed? Please email events@GraysHarborTalk.com with the following information:

  • Name of Event
  • Date, time and location (name of business if applicable and complete address)
  • Organizer(s) name
  • Cost
  • URL to purchase tickets
  • Website URL
  • SHORT description of event
  • Photo

Our editors will review and post within a few business days.

Oct
28
Tue
Author Visit: Douglas Rhoades, “Labels, Leadville & Lore” @ Montesano Timberland Library
Oct 28 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Come hear from author Douglas Rhoades who discovered a trove of 19th century canned food labels, took them to PBS’s Antiques Roadshow, and turned it all into a book. This program is part of Timberland Reads Together, Timberland Regional Library’s one book-one community reading initiative for 2014.

Oct
29
Wed
Dialogues with Doc: Aristotle @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Oct 29 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

William “Doc” Carter is back by popular demand with the third of four programs on Greek philosophy classics: Aristotle, The Nature of Tragedy from the ‘Poetics.’ Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Aberdeen Timberland Library.

Oct
30
Thu
Mother Goose Play Group @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Oct 30 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

From birth to 6, accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver. Join in songs, rhymes, stories, group games and free play. Chat with other caregivers as children explore books, toys and blocks. Arrival and departure times are flexible.

Knit Circle @ Hoquiam Timberland Library
Oct 30 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Every Thursday in October from 2 to 4 p.m., share your love of knitting, or simply come learn knitting basics. Yarn provided for new knitters, but please bring needles.

Harry Potter Movie Marathon @ Elma Timberland Library
Oct 30 @ 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Join us in the Elma Timberland Library Meeting Room the last week of October for a Harry Potter Movie Marathon. We will be showing two movies a day ending with the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2? on Saturday. Wednesday the 29th we will take a short break from the marathon for a special Frakentoys laboratory, where we will “transfigure” stuffed animals to make our own unique creature creations to take home.

Grays Harbor County CASA Flex Training In-Class Sessions @ South Shore Mall Community Room
Oct 30 @ 5:30 pm – Oct 31 @ 8:30 pm

There are 400 foster children in Grays Harbor.  They need a voice in court.  Please be that voice.

It takes about 10 hours per month to make a difference in the life of a child. CASA provides all training at no charge.

 

 

A Night at the Library: Monster Makeovers, Pizza and a Movie @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Oct 30 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Teens! Come to the Library … if you dare. Learn how to create disgusting wounds, be monstrous, then watch a scary movie and eat some pizza. Creatures must be present to vote on which movie to be terrified by. Sponsored by the Friends of the Aberdeen Timberland Library.

Oct
31
Fri
Trick-or-Treat @ Westport Timberland Library
Oct 31 @ 10:00 am – 5:30 pm

Stop by anytime on Halloween and craft your own treat. Treats provided by the Friends of the Westport Timberland Library.

Family Story Time @ Montesano Timberland Library
Oct 31 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

For children age 6 and younger and their families. All ages are welcome. Join in a program of stories, rhymes, songs and movement games.

Trick-or-Treating @ SouthShore Mall
Oct 31 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Enjoy safe, dry, indoor trick-or-treating during SouthShore Mall’s trick-or-treat event this Halloween.

Harry Potter Movie Marathon @ Elma Timberland Library
Oct 31 @ 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Join us in the Elma Timberland Library Meeting Room the last week of October for a Harry Potter Movie Marathon. We will be showing two movies a day ending with the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2? on Saturday. Wednesday the 29th we will take a short break from the marathon for a special Frakentoys laboratory, where we will “transfigure” stuffed animals to make our own unique creature creations to take home.

Teen Halloween Party @ Ocean Shores Public Library
Oct 31 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Teen Halloween party and scary movie. Wear your costume! There will be prizes for ‘Best Costume’ and ‘Scariest Costume.’ Snacks and drinks for everyone, and of course, CANDY!  Movie is “The Possession” (PG-13). Refreshments provided by the Ocean Shores Friends of the Library.

Nov
1
Sat
Harry Potter Movie Marathon @ Elma Timberland Library
Nov 1 @ 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Join us in the Elma Timberland Library Meeting Room the last week of October for a Harry Potter Movie Marathon. We will be showing two movies a day ending with the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2? on Saturday. Wednesday the 29th we will take a short break from the marathon for a special Frakentoys laboratory, where we will “transfigure” stuffed animals to make our own unique creature creations to take home.

Nov
4
Tue
Grays Harbor County CASA Flex Training In-Class Sessions @ South Shore Mall Community Room
Nov 4 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

There are 400 foster children in Grays Harbor.  They need a voice in court.  Please be that voice.

It takes about 10 hours per month to make a difference in the life of a child. CASA provides all training at no charge.

 

 

 

 

Nov
6
Thu
Mother Goose Play Group @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Nov 6 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

From birth to 6, accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver. Join in songs, rhymes, stories, group games and free play. Chat with other caregivers as children explore books, toys and blocks. Arrival and departure times are flexible.

Author Talk: Bill Lindstrom @ Westport Timberland Library
Nov 6 @ 1:00 pm

Meet longtime Daily World City Editor Bill Lindstrom, who spent 28 years writing and researching his book.

Grays Harbor County CASA Flex Training In-Class Sessions @ South Shore Mall Community Room
Nov 6 @ 5:30 pm – Nov 7 @ 8:30 pm

There are 400 foster children in Grays Harbor.  They need a voice in court.  Please be that voice.

It takes about 10 hours per month to make a difference in the life of a child. CASA provides all training at no charge.

 

 

 

Nov
8
Sat
Bill Lindstrom Book Signing @ Chehalis Valley Museum
Nov 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Longtime Daily World City Editor Bill Lindstrom will answer questions and sign, personalizing it to your request.

Bill Lindstrom Book Signing @ Matlock Grange
Nov 8 @ 5:30 pm

Longtime Daily World City Editor Bill Lindstrom will sign books and answer questions. A premiere viewing of the re-enactment of the Bauer boys shooting will also be shown. Hotdogs and snack available

“The Great Escape” @ 7th Street Theatre
Nov 8 @ 7:30 pm
"The Great Escape" @ 7th Street Theatre | Hoquiam | Washington | United States

Based on a true story, the 1963 has a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war in an ‘escape proof’ POW camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the film offers laughs as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure and suspense as they use boats, trains and planes to flee occupied Europe.

 

Nov
9
Sun
Bill Lindstrom Book Signing @ Chehalis Valley Museum
Nov 9 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Longtime Daily World City Editor will answer questions and sign books, personalized as you request it.

“The Great Escape” @ 7th Street Theatre
Nov 9 @ 2:00 pm
"The Great Escape" @ 7th Street Theatre | Hoquiam | Washington | United States

Based on a true story, the 1963 has a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war in an ‘escape proof’ POW camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the film offers laughs as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure and suspense as they use boats, trains and planes to flee occupied Europe.