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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A get together of local history and memorabilia. Hotel Emerson was opened in April 1924 and will be 93years old on the 30th of the month. Stop in and tour the lobby and what is now the Hoquiam Senior Center, which was a part of original hotel building.
Several local buildings will be represented at this event.
To date the following have made a commitment to attend and share the time relating stories of the buildings and history of Hoquiam events.
Their will also be several Hoquiam Memorabilia Collectors attending and sharing stories and their memorabilia of local historic events. Bring your stories and memorabilia and share. Please contact me if you would like to participate.

What gives us a sense of place and belonging on the Harbor? Participate in a community mapping project to tell your story of what makes the Harbor…home. To participate, visit here to add to our online map or pick up a mapping kit at the Hoquiam Library beginning on Saturday, April 15.
We will compile community contributions from the mapping activity into a self-guided tour. The link to the tour will be available online or pick up a paper copy at the Hoquiam Library.
Join us for a reception at the Polson Museum on April 29 at 2:30 p.m. to discuss insights and perspectives sparked by the activity and learn about other historic walking tours in the area.

Origins. Remnants. Renaissance. Peel back the layers of meaning of places and spaces of special significance to the Harbor region’s identity along a self-guided tour. Then, join us for a reception at the Polson Museum with local historians and discussions of insights and perspectives sparked by the tour. Tour guides and information will be available on April 29 beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Hoquiam Library.
Voices from the Harbor is an event series produced with funding from Humanities Washington. Layers of Meaning: Experiencing the Built Environment is the second event in a three part series.

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.
STEM is not just for kids! Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math with a variety of tech toys. Play with Ozobots, build a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robot, and learn some basic coding. We’ll supply the toys, but bring your smartphone to try out Virtual Reality with Google Cardboard!
Help choose books for the 2017-2018 series this month. The group chooses its titles by consensus.
Quinault Beach Resort and Casino celebrates their 17th anniversary this year and what better way to celebrate than at the annual Cookin’ The Blues Festival, conveniently held on the weekend of June 17.
For more about the event, read here.

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.
Quinault Beach Resort and Casino celebrates their 17th anniversary this year and what better way to celebrate than at the annual Cookin’ The Blues Festival, conveniently held on the weekend of June 17.
For more about the event, read here.
Quinault Beach Resort and Casino celebrates their 17th anniversary this year and what better way to celebrate than at the annual Cookin’ The Blues Festival, conveniently held on the weekend of June 17.
For more about the event, read here.
The 2017 Annual Garden Tour features five delightful gardens a short drive away in the Raymond area of Pacific County. Choose your own starting point, and visit all or as many gardens as you want. This is a self-guided tour. All proceeds benefit the WSU Master Gardener educational program of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties.
Tickets are available at Aberdeen, Marshall’s Garden & Pet; Hoquiam, Harbor Drug & Gifts; Montesano, Valu Drug; Elma Variety Store; Grayland, the Rose Cottage; Ocean Shores, Galway Bay/Celtic Imports and Mermaid Cove; Raymond, Dennis Company and Everyone’s Video & More; South Bend, Elixir Café and Floral Design.

With an electrifying score that swings from folk to rock, Spring Awakening follows the unforgettable journey of a group of students in late 19th century Germany as they move from adolescence into adulthood. Facing both the devastation and the wonder of sexuality and self-discovery, the characters navigate through their coming-of-age despite parents and authority figures who are intent on withholding information and suppressing thought and expression. Adapted from Frank Wedekinds 1891 expressionist play abouth the trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, which was banned in its time, this modern masterpiece is an exhilarating fusion of morality, seuality and rock & roll.
PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED-Sexual Themes, Strong Language
Sponsored by Marion J Weatherwax Endowment & Ingram, Zelasko, & Goodwin, LLP

With an electrifying score that swings from folk to rock, Spring Awakening follows the unforgettable journey of a group of students in late 19th century Germany as they move from adolescence into adulthood. Facing both the devastation and the wonder of sexuality and self-discovery, the characters navigate through their coming-of-age despite parents and authority figures who are intent on withholding information and suppressing thought and expression. Adapted from Frank Wedekinds 1891 expressionist play abouth the trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, which was banned in its time, this modern masterpiece is an exhilarating fusion of morality, seuality and rock & roll.
PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED-Sexual Themes, Strong Language
Sponsored by Marion J Weatherwax Endowment & Ingram, Zelasko, & Goodwin, LLP

With an electrifying score that swings from folk to rock, Spring Awakening follows the unforgettable journey of a group of students in late 19th century Germany as they move from adolescence into adulthood. Facing both the devastation and the wonder of sexuality and self-discovery, the characters navigate through their coming-of-age despite parents and authority figures who are intent on withholding information and suppressing thought and expression. Adapted from Frank Wedekinds 1891 expressionist play abouth the trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, which was banned in its time, this modern masterpiece is an exhilarating fusion of morality, seuality and rock & roll.
PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED-Sexual Themes, Strong Language
Sponsored by Marion J Weatherwax Endowment & Ingram, Zelasko, & Goodwin, LLP

With an electrifying score that swings from folk to rock, Spring Awakening follows the unforgettable journey of a group of students in late 19th century Germany as they move from adolescence into adulthood. Facing both the devastation and the wonder of sexuality and self-discovery, the characters navigate through their coming-of-age despite parents and authority figures who are intent on withholding information and suppressing thought and expression. Adapted from Frank Wedekinds 1891 expressionist play about the trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, which was banned in its time, this modern masterpiece is an exhilarating fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll. PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED-Sexual Themes, Strong Language
Sponsored by Marion J Weatherwax Endowment & Ingram, Zelasko, & Goodwin, LLP

If you need a break between boating on the lake or cruising with the top down, dust off that motorcycle and ride over to Quinault Beach Resort and Casino’s Hog Wild Coastal Rally weekend. Whether your bike is new or vintage, chromed or matte black, real or imagined, this is the weekend for you. And daydreamers: stay tuned for the chance to turn that fantasy into a 2017 Indian Dark Horse reality. For more information, go here.