Aberdeen Events Calendar

Reach the Beach Washington welcomes riders from across the PNW on September 30, 2023 to enjoy a fast and flat century ride starting in Lacey, WA and ending with a celebration on the beach in Westport, WA. Riders can choose distance options ranging from 25, 44, 77, or 100 miles.

This unique and challenging ride, is the signature event of the American Lung Association and supports our mission to prevent lung disease and help the millions of people who are affected by lung disease in the U.S.

Getting involved as a bike rider or as a fundraiser is a wonderful way to show your support for someone in your life who has been suffering with a lung disease or in memory of someone loss. Ride on your own or gather your family and friends to ride on a team together!

See you at the beach!

Roxanne Lowe, President of the Grays Harbor and WA State Genealogy Societies, will present a program on writing your own obituary at the McCleary Museum and Event Center.

Saturday, October 21, 2023

Venue
Rotary Log Pavilion (event At Breweries In Aberdeen And Hoquiam; See Description), Aberdeen, 98520
Price
$30/1, $50/2, $100/5
On Oct 21st from 4 – 9 pm The Aberdeen and Hoquiam Rotary will be having their Poker Pub Crawl at various local breweries. Game Tickets are $30/1, $50/2, $100/5

On Oct 21st from 4 pm – 9 pm The Aberdeen and Hoquiam Rotary will be having their Poker Pub Crawl. Hoquiam Brewing Company, The Tap Room, Mt. Olympus Brewing, Steam Donkey Brewing and 8th Street Ale House. Game Tickets are $30/1, $50/2, $100/5. All proceeds go to scholarships for local students! Win one night and dinner at the Quinault Beach Resort & Casino and other great prizes, No purchase is necessary to win. GH Transit will run two additional buses that will operate between downtown Aberdeen and downtown Hoquiam. The normally scheduled Route 20 bus will also be available. Ride the bus – it’s FREE!

SPAGHETTI DINNER FUNDRAISER FOR HOMELESS SUPPLIES

You are invited to a Spaghetti Fundraiser Dinner at the First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen, 420 N Broadway, Aberdeen, WA on Sat, Oct 21, 2023 from 5 – 7 pm. Tickets: $10 per Adult & $7 per Child (under 12). The dinner includes spaghetti, salad, bread & dessert. Gluten free option is available.

TICKET PAYMENT/DONATION OPTIONS

For Debit/Credit Card Payment – please use the following event link to purchase your tickets online – https://www.aberdeenpres.org/…/spaghetti-dinner….

Also, you can use the Paypal Giving Fund link below to make an online donation in any amount to support our mission.
https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/4594350.

This payment method has no fees, so your donation will fully benefit our mission to purchase supplies for the homeless. Once we receive your donation, we will send you an email with the Tickets as an attachment that marked Paid on the status.

For Cash Payment – Please do so on the night of the Spaghetti Dinner on Sat, Oct 21, 2023.

For Check Payment – Please make check payable to First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen. Memo: Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser. Address: 420 N Broadway, Aberdeen, WA 98520. Also, you can drop off the check in the mailbox located at the church parking lot entrance.

We greatly appreciate your support.

North Beach PAWS, a private, independent, all-volunteer, no-kill animal shelter dedicated to saving the lives of unwanted and homeless dogs and cats, is set to hold a gala dinner auction at the Ocean Shores Convention Center on Saturday, November 4. The event signals the return of North Beach PAWS’ signature fundraiser and will help homeless and abandoned animals as well as support the day-to-day operation of the shelter.
The North Beach PAWS Dinner Auction, featuring an appearance by the Ocean Shores Pirates, will be emceed by Mike Valdez, with Eric Bjella serving as auctioneer. Grays Harbor College Civic Choir Director Kari Hasbrouck will perform live.
“We are very excited about holding our annual Dinner Auction once again! After several years of dealing with COVID and needing to avoid social settings, it is finally possible to gather safely and have this annual Fundraising event for North Beach PAWS,” said Lorna Valdez, president, North Beach PAWS. “We hope you and your family members and friends will join us for an evening of fun and the opportunity to bid on some lovely items in our Silent and Live Auctions and in doing so help support our Shelter. We look forward to seeing you there!”
Numerous local businesses and organizations such as Five Star Dealerships, Seabrook, and the Quinault Nation have donated auction items for the event.
Tickets are $45/each and can be purchased at Jip and Gwenners Pet Boutique, Ocean Sunset Drug, Flying Cats Gift Shoppe, the Dusty Trunk, the Ocean Shores Convention Center box office, and the North Beach PAWS garage sale (Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.).

North Beach Genealogy Society invites you to join us on November 21st at 1 pm at the Ocean Shores Public Library. All levels of interest in Family History are welcome. Our November speaker will be Michael Turner, presenting “Ethnicity Estimates – Why do they mismatch our Paper Trails?”

The Harborside Chats are guided dialogues fostering civil conversation and addressing vital issues within Grays Harbor County. Our mission is to amplify diverse voices and share constructive ideas with the goal of reducing civic division and political polarization in our communities. To learn more about The Dialogue Project, please visit our website:  https://www.drcghp.org/dialogue-project

Ways to Engage

Multiple Avenues, One Mission!

• Attend the Cosmopolis Chat and future guided conversations!
• Scout or sponsor event locations for upcoming dialogues!
• Volunteer as an Event Assistant!
• Donate to support the Dialogue Project!
• Amplify the project as a Dialogue Project Ambassador!

Please join us, and invite your network to this unique, innovative event designed to connect our community and collaborate on solutions for all!

Communities Thrive When Dialogue Is Alive!

Fish Wars: Tribal Rights, Resistance, and Resiliency in the Pacific Northwest-Kestrel Smith
In the 1960s and 70s, tribes throughout the Pacific Northwest launched protests and acts of civil disobedience to pressure the government to recognize their fishing rights. Now known as the “Fish Wars,” the lessons from these events remain relevant today.? In this talk, professor Kestrel A. Smith surveys the evidence and events before and after the Fish Wars, which rocked Washington State for decades. Encompassing tribal sovereignty, treaties, statehood, and the fish themselves, the Fish Wars are a powerful reminder of our interconnectedness. Understanding these events is a first, and essential, step in achieving social, cultural, and political justice.

And It Has Pockets! The Battle for Women’s Clothing Equality – Diane Johnston
How many times have you heard someone wearing women’s clothing exclaim, “And it has pockets!” Comparisons have shown that modern garments designed for women have about half the storage space of clothing designed for men. From their invention, pockets in women’s fashion have represented independence—so much so that in the 18th century, laws were enacted to strip women of their personal liberty by making the contents of their pockets the property of their husband. The right to have pockets went hand-in-hand with the right to vote. And people today are still speaking out about the inequality between men’s and women’s clothing based on this simple storage system.

Join costume designer Diane Johnston to dig into the pockets of the past, tracing the history of the humble pocket to determine if the battle for equality may still be decided by a few inches of extremely influential fabric.

Westport’s famous Ocosta Booster Club Crab Feed is legendary! The 2024 extravaganza is Saturday, March 9 from noon to 6pm. This over-the-top fundraiser began in 1993. All proceeds benefit scholarships and programs for Ocosta School District students from Westport, Grayland, North Cove and Tokeland, Washington.

Westport, arguably Washington’s best beach community, is famous for many things. Yet, this annual event is one of the most popular drawing visitors from around the state to an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord of Dungeness crab, cocktail sauce, spaghetti, garlic bread, and coleslaw. Beer, wine, cocktails, and sodas are sold separately.  

Event organizers said, “Our generous fishing families donate over 3000 pounds of fresh local Dungeness Crab.” This level of community support with a cadre of volunteers make this event worth staying the weekend in Unforgettable Grays Harbor County.

All ages are invited to attend this epic dinner at the Ocosta Rec Hall located at 45 Ocosta 6^th Street. Although this is an Aberdeen address, the rec hall is located between Westport and Aberdeen, just a few blocks off State Route 105. 

Guests ages 13 and up can enjoy this feast for $40, it is $20 for those ages 6 to 12, kids age five and under are free. Tickets are available only at the door. The Booster Club accepts cash and credit cards. 

For advance tickets go to https://facebook.com/events/s/26th-annual-all-you-can-eat-cr/966985567712750/

If someone wanted to make a donation, they could send a check to Ocosta Booster Club, P.O. Box 1741, Westport, WA 98595. Email is ocostaboosterclub@gmail.com

Avalon Glassworks from West Seattle is returning to the Museum of the North Beach in Moclips for their annual art glass float sale on Sunday, March 24 from 10:00am to 3:00pm.

The 2024 special edition Moclips float is called “Wild Iris” with colorful twisting bands of yellow,  blue and green on a clear background.  Each float measures 4″ in diameter and is stamped “Moclips-By-The-Sea” on the sealing button.

The float sells for $45.00 with 50% of the proceeds going to the Museum.  This is the 20th special edition Moclips glass float produced by Avalon.

Meet the artists Jon & Shannon Felix, owners of Avalon Glassworks. They will be selling other incredible hand-blown art glass floats and special beach related sealife in glass.  Visit their website at www.avalonglassworks.com.

If you cannot make it to this event, the museum does accept pre-orders. Contact the museum at 360-276-4441 or email moclipsdude@gmail.com.  If you would like a “Wild Iris” float mailed to you, please include your zip code when pre-ordering.

Humanities Washington Speaker Event: Heaven on the Half Shell: Washington State’s Oyster Odyssey.-David George Gordon
Get to know the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved bivalve: the oyster. In this talk, author David George Gordon discusses three species— the Olympia, Eastern, and Pacific oysters— along with the people who have cultivated these delicacies for many generations.

Learn about the Native American sea gardens and clam beds that existed 11,500 years ago, as well as the contemporary efforts in our state to cultivate oysters, both native and introduced. Along the way, learn about the many surprising innovations that have made oysters such an enduringly popular and environmentally sustainable food. As the old saying goes: when the tide is out, the table is set.

Humanities Washington Speaker Event: Un-American Activities: The Blacklist Era and Hollywood-Robert Horton
“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?”

The answer to this question—or the refusal to answer it—cast hundreds of lives into turmoil at the dawn of the Cold War. The Red Scare that erupted in the 1940s allowed the House Committee on Un-American Activities to grab headlines by parading prominent Hollywood figures before the cameras. Witnesses could either defy the hearings at the risk of their own careers, or “name names”—inform on their colleagues and friends. The resulting blacklist threw many moviemaking professionals out of work.

This presentation, illustrated with film clips, tells the stories from this heartbreaking and scandalous era, and how notables such as Humphrey Bogart, Elia Kazan, and Charlie Chaplin were swept up in the frenzy. We’ll also ask a question: With today’s politics at a boiling point, are we living in such a period again?

This is a fundraiser with food, music, games, arts & crafts, a beer garden & more! Free field games, bubbles and arts/crafts for kids, live music and dancing! $15 per plate and tickets available for the activities.

All funds raised benefit the Save Saron’s West Wall and Stained-Glass project

Humanities Washington Speaker Event:
Hunting, Fishing, and Native Sovereignty-Aaron Whitefoot
What happens when the sovereignty of one nation conflicts with the laws and practices of another?

The Treaty of 1855 is a document signed by Native American leaders, Washington Territory’s Governor Isaac Stevens, and Oregon Territory’s Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Joel Palmer. Palmer and Stevens pushed for “exploitative treaties” by “cajoling and threatening the delegates,” according to historians at the National Park Service. Despite resistance from Yakama Chief Kamiakin, Nations were confined to reservations and other areas were opened for white settlement, including “ceded land.” While the Yakamas could continue to hunt and use this land, the treaty removed the Yakamas’ exclusive use of it, granting wide access to of the land to white settlers.

Northwest treaty rights continue to be frequently discussed in communities and courtrooms. In his talk, Yakama hunter and fisherman Aaron Paul Whitefoot discusses the history and tensions that linger from this treaty. While exercising the hunting and fishing rights reserved for him by the treaty, Whitefoot often clashes with state game wardens trying to implement state laws on ceded land. Learn how this struggle is emblematic of the larger history of colonialism, sovereignty, the value of nature, and traditional cultures.

Join us for a yummy breakfast of Swedish Pancakes! Proceeds benefit the West Wall & Stained-Glass project here at Saron-1st. Tickets are available through the office and at church functions for $10 each or $30 for 4

Humanities Washington Speaker Event:
Race, Gender, and Monsters: What Vampires and Werewolves Reveal About Ourselves and Our Culture- Bernadette Calafell
Why do some monsters seem to resonate through time?

What do they say about our social and cultural anxieties around difference—in particular race, class, gender, sexuality, nationality, and ability?

This talk explores the shifting meanings vampires and werewolves have taken in popular culture, with a particular focus on the 1980s through the 2000s. In addition, these figures will be compared to the early Universal horror film monsters Dracula and The Wolf Man. Discover how the monsters we love tell us a great deal about ourselves and our changing cultural ideas about difference.

Humanities Washington Speaker Event:
What is a Chief? How native Values Can Teach Resilience-John Halliday
Most museums display no more than 10 percent of their holdings, often citing “not enough space” as the reason. But there are also a wide range of cultural, philosophical, political, environmental, historic, and even superstitious reasons why museums keep some objects from public view.

In this talk, explore a wide range of hidden objects found in the back rooms of museums in our state and around the country. Examples include a Spokane institution that holds Bing Crosby’s toupées and a museum in Lynden that’s home to a 150-year-old pickle. When possible, we will have local museum curators on hand to answer questions, participate in our discussions, and unbox a few hidden treasures.

As part of First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen’s mission to the community, our church will hold a spaghetti dinner and craft fair on Saturday, November 2 nd from 5:00-7:00 pm. Funds raised will be used to purchase stocking caps, socks and gloves for those in need. The dinner will include spaghetti, salad, bread, dessert, and beverage. Vegetarian & Gluten Free options are available. The cost is $10 for adults and $7 for children 12 and under. Crafts for the event are being made and donated by the congregation.

Tickets can be purchased at the church office or at the door the day of the event.

There is no cost to attend the craft fair. For more information, visit our website at aberdeenpres.org.

Join Us for the Rotary Club Charity Pub Crawl!? Drink, Laugh, and Give Back! ?

Grab your friends, raise a glass, and support a great cause at our annual Rotary Pub Crawl for Charity! All proceeds go towards Local Business Week programs, helping make a difference in our community.

? Start Location: You can begin at any of the participating pubs. The lineup of participating pubs include: Hoquiam Brewing Company, 8th Street Ale House, Steam Donkey Brewing, Mt. Olympus Brewing and The Tap Room.

What to Expect:

As you roam from pub to pub you will have a chance to connect with fellow community members and Rotary supporters. Bring your office group, friends and family. You will have a great time, knowing every sip you take is helping a great cause!

We have some excellent prizes including a Golden Ticket at the Driftwood Theater!

?? Tickets:

Ticket prices (your poker cards) are $30 for1, $50 for 2 and $100 for 5

Purchase tickets at any of the participating pubs the night of the event.

We will also have a QR code on the https://www.aberdeenrotary.com web site

Limited spots available!

Let’s drink for a difference and make this an unforgettable night!

Humanities Washington Speaker Event: Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State’s Museums-Harriet Baskas
Most museums display no more than 10 percent of their holdings, often citing “not enough space” as the reason. But there are also a wide range of cultural, philosophical, political, environmental, historic, and even superstitious reasons why museums keep some objects from public view.

In this talk, explore a wide range of hidden objects found in the back rooms of museums in our state and around the country. Examples include a Spokane institution that holds Bing Crosby’s toupées and a museum in Lynden that’s home to a 150-year-old pickle. When possible, we will have local museum curators on hand to answer questions, participate in our discussions, and unbox a few hidden treasures.

This is an online event may view the presentation from home or visit the library to view this online event.