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:

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  • Website URL
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Aug
21
Wed
Family Storytime @ Elma Timberland Regional Library
Aug 21 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

This engaging program includes rich stories, rhymes, songs, and movement games for the whole family! All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult.

Aug
23
Fri
Native American Storytelling with Itsa Shash @ Hands On Children's Museum
Aug 23 @ 10:30 am
Native American Storytelling with Itsa Shash @ Hands On Children's Museum

Listen and participate in Native Storytelling with Indigenous Storyteller Itsa Shash.

July 5 (Stories at 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. & 6 p.m.)

August 23 (Stories at 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m. & 1:30 p.m.)

Itsa Shash is an Indipino storyteller, poet, and musician descended from Indeh (Apache), Nahua, Chichimeca, and Filipino peoples. Itsa has been bringing social stories and music to schools and social gatherings nationwide since he was 4 years old. It is a means to celebrate culture, empower community, and share wisdom and joy.

Free with Hands On Children’s Museum admission or membership. Online reservations recommended.

Native Guest Series Sponsored by Nisqually Indian Tribe.

 

Native American Storytelling with Itsa Shash @ Hands On Children's Museum
Aug 23 @ 12:00 pm
Native American Storytelling with Itsa Shash @ Hands On Children's Museum

Listen and participate in Native Storytelling with Indigenous Storyteller Itsa Shash.

July 5 (Stories at 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. & 6 p.m.)

August 23 (Stories at 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m. & 1:30 p.m.)

Itsa Shash is an Indipino storyteller, poet, and musician descended from Indeh (Apache), Nahua, Chichimeca, and Filipino peoples. Itsa has been bringing social stories and music to schools and social gatherings nationwide since he was 4 years old. It is a means to celebrate culture, empower community, and share wisdom and joy.

Free with Hands On Children’s Museum admission or membership. Online reservations recommended.

Native Guest Series Sponsored by Nisqually Indian Tribe.

 

Native American Storytelling with Itsa Shash @ Hands On Children's Museum
Aug 23 @ 1:30 pm
Native American Storytelling with Itsa Shash @ Hands On Children's Museum

Listen and participate in Native Storytelling with Indigenous Storyteller Itsa Shash.

July 5 (Stories at 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. & 6 p.m.)

August 23 (Stories at 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m. & 1:30 p.m.)

Itsa Shash is an Indipino storyteller, poet, and musician descended from Indeh (Apache), Nahua, Chichimeca, and Filipino peoples. Itsa has been bringing social stories and music to schools and social gatherings nationwide since he was 4 years old. It is a means to celebrate culture, empower community, and share wisdom and joy.

Free with Hands On Children’s Museum admission or membership. Online reservations recommended.

Native Guest Series Sponsored by Nisqually Indian Tribe.

 

Aug
24
Sat
Saturday Matinee @ McCleary Timberland Library
Aug 24 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join us each Saturday for movies at the library on the big screen. Bring a comfy pillow and bottled water. Popcorn will be provided. Call or stop in for this month’s titles. For all ages.

Aug
28
Wed
Family Storytime @ Elma Timberland Regional Library
Aug 28 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

This engaging program includes rich stories, rhymes, songs, and movement games for the whole family! All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult.

Aug
29
Thu
Animal Encounters @ Hands On Children's Museum
Aug 29 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Animal Encounters @ Hands On Children's Museum

Get up close to local farm animals from Animal Encounters!

Join us for an unforgettable experience where you can meet and greet farm animals up close and learn neat facts about them. Each one lives in a loving, lifetime home, ensuring they are happy, healthy, gentle, and ready to meet you!

Come make memories and forge new friendships with furry friends.

Aug
31
Sat
Saturday Matinee @ McCleary Timberland Library
Aug 31 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join us each Saturday for movies at the library on the big screen. Bring a comfy pillow and bottled water. Popcorn will be provided. Call or stop in for this month’s titles. For all ages.

Sep
4
Wed
Family Storytime @ Elma Timberland Regional Library
Sep 4 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

This engaging program includes rich stories, rhymes, songs, and movement games for the whole family! All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult.

Sep
7
Sat
Saturday Matinee @ McCleary Timberland Library
Sep 7 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join us each Saturday for movies at the library on the big screen. Bring a comfy pillow and bottled water. Popcorn will be provided. Call or stop in for this month’s titles. For all ages.

Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library
Sep 7 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library

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.

Sep
11
Wed
Family Storytime @ Elma Timberland Regional Library
Sep 11 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

This engaging program includes rich stories, rhymes, songs, and movement games for the whole family! All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult.

Sep
14
Sat
Saturday Matinee @ McCleary Timberland Library
Sep 14 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join us each Saturday for movies at the library on the big screen. Bring a comfy pillow and bottled water. Popcorn will be provided. Call or stop in for this month’s titles. For all ages.

Sep
18
Wed
Family Storytime @ Elma Timberland Regional Library
Sep 18 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

This engaging program includes rich stories, rhymes, songs, and movement games for the whole family! All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult.

Sep
21
Sat
Saturday Matinee @ McCleary Timberland Library
Sep 21 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join us each Saturday for movies at the library on the big screen. Bring a comfy pillow and bottled water. Popcorn will be provided. Call or stop in for this month’s titles. For all ages.

Sep
25
Wed
Family Storytime @ Elma Timberland Regional Library
Sep 25 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

This engaging program includes rich stories, rhymes, songs, and movement games for the whole family! All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult.

Sep
28
Sat
Saturday Matinee @ McCleary Timberland Library
Sep 28 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join us each Saturday for movies at the library on the big screen. Bring a comfy pillow and bottled water. Popcorn will be provided. Call or stop in for this month’s titles. For all ages.

Oct
2
Wed
Family Storytime @ Elma Timberland Regional Library
Oct 2 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

This engaging program includes rich stories, rhymes, songs, and movement games for the whole family! All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult.

Oct
5
Sat
Saturday Matinee @ McCleary Timberland Library
Oct 5 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join us each Saturday for movies at the library on the big screen. Bring a comfy pillow and bottled water. Popcorn will be provided. Call or stop in for this month’s titles. For all ages.

Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library
Oct 5 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library

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.

Oct
9
Wed
Family Storytime @ Elma Timberland Regional Library
Oct 9 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

This engaging program includes rich stories, rhymes, songs, and movement games for the whole family! All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult.

Oct
12
Sat
Saturday Matinee @ McCleary Timberland Library
Oct 12 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join us each Saturday for movies at the library on the big screen. Bring a comfy pillow and bottled water. Popcorn will be provided. Call or stop in for this month’s titles. For all ages.