This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Grays Harbor County including Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Westport, Ocean Shores, Elma, Montesano and beyond.
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Amanda Park Timberland Library presents Mushroom Hunting for Beginners, 10:30-11:30 a.m., October 17 for adults and teens. An expert mycologist will show you how to get started hunting for mushrooms. She will bring samples of local mushrooms and talk about edible mushrooms and those you should leave behind. For more information call 360-288-2725.
Everyone is welcome to attend this monthly event. Visit the Aberdeen Timberland Library’s website here for current reading list information and additional event details.
An expert mycologist will show you how to get started hunting for mushrooms. She will bring samples of local mushrooms and talk about edible mushrooms and those you should leave behind. For more information call 360-533-2360.
Landslide expert Stephen Slaughter will discuss Washington’s dynamic landscape and why it makes landslides one of the State’s most commonly occurring and devastating natural hazards. Slaughter works in the Landslide Hazards Program at the Department of Natural Resources. For more information call 360-533-2360.
Back to the Future II
Showing at exactly 7:28 p.m. on October 21, 2015
Click here for more information.
Come talk about writing with one of America’s top Fantasy/Sci-fi writers, Anthea Sharp. This event is part of Timberland Reads Together — a one book, one community reading program. For more information call 360-273-5305.
Writer Joanne Clarkson will help participants create personal memoirs – merging memory, emotion and meaning. This event is part of Timberland Reads Together – a one book, one community reading program. For more information call 360-249-4211.
Comedy Night is back at the Bishop Center with Susan Rice returning to our stage. Others joining her are Adam Kessler, Joanie Quinn and Brett Hamil, all very funny comedians who have performed throughout the Northwest.
Not suitable for young audiences.
Join Washington State’s Poet Laureate Elizabeth Austen for a poetry workshop. Bring a photo of a loved one for the writing exercise. Beginning writers welcome. Space is limited. Register online, at the Library or call 360-533-2360 x2007. This event is part of Timberland Reads Together — a one book, one community reading program.
The Port of Grays Harbor, along with the Grays Harbor Council of Governments, cordially invite the public to attend an open house regarding the Port’s Recreation Lands and Facilities Plan.
he open house is the public’s opportunity to learn more about proposed future plans for the Port’s various recreation sites and provide feedback to help shape the Plan’s final goals and objectives. The Port is developing a Recreation Lands and Facilities Plan so that it may become eligible for state and federal funding in the future. The open house is one of several public participation opportunities offered during the planning process. The Plan is scheduled to be adopted by the Port Commission in early 2016.
Why kids should get all the holiday fun? The Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad is hosting our second annual Santa Express Silver Edition train ride, exclusively for riders 21 and over! You’ll feel like a kid again as you take a festive, peaceful ride along the Upper Nisqually Valley while sipping cocoa, nibbling on cookies, listening to Christmas music and visiting with Santa. This year, Heritage Distilling Company will be onboard to assure your ride is merry and bright. Enjoy special hot chocolate, spiked cider, and loaded eggnog at a no-host cash bar. It’s great for couples. It’s fun for friends. And it’s only for riders 21 and over! Seating is limited and our Santa Express rides fill up fast, so book your seats as soon as possible.
Grab your best girl, because Seabrook and Wishkah River Distillery invite you back to 1933 to celebrate the “End of Prohibition” at the Town Hall on the 82nd anniversary of that joyous day which made all of our lives just a little more enjoyable.
Master Distiller, Josh Mayr and his crew will be pouring samples of their distinguished line of spirits. They will also be serving craft cocktails for purchase, all evening.
Starting at 7pm, Jacob Miller and The Bridge City Crooners will fill the hall with the sounds of Vaudeville, West Coast ragtime and swing. So find your fedora, polish your wing-tip shoes and spiff up that bow-tie, we have a night of revelry and merriment planned for you.
Here’s a quick link to make sure your shoes are dance-ready.
Tickets are $25 and entitle you to eight tickets (extra tickets will be available for an extra charge).
Although donating blood hardly sounds like a fun way to prepare for the holidays, the Elma Grange is encouraging Grays Harbor residents to give a gift that matters this Christmas season.
Curtis Peek, RN of SPMC, was named Nurse of the Year in the category of emergency care by March of Dimes Washington Chapter.
Join us to celebrate his accomplishment!
Commuters, residents and businesses who use the US 12/Schouweiler Road intersection just west of Elma are invited to learn more about alternatives under consideration to help improve traffic flow and reduce the potential for collisions.
The Washington State Department of Transportation will host a public open house to offer a number of possible enhancements to the intersection. Suggestions from participants will be considered as WSDOT shapes the final plan for the intersection.
