Aberdeen Events Calendar

The 7^th Street Theatre’s 12th Annual “Take Your Honey to Hoquiam” Valentine’s event features the 1993 romantic comedy, “Groundhog Day,” starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell.

“Take Your Honey to Hoquiam” is a dinner-and-movie promotion that also includes two local florists. When you buy dinner for two at any of the participating restaurants and pubs, or make a qualifying purchase from either florist, during the week of February 7, you will receive two free tickets to the movie. Each participating restaurant and sponsor has 50 free movie tickets available through this promotion.

The participating restaurants and sponsors are: 8th Street Ale House, Al’s Humdinger, Casa Mia, Deidra’s Deli at Farmer’s Market, Foggy’s Bar & Grill, Golden Dragon, Grizzly Den, Harbor Blooms Floral & Gifts, The Jitter House, Passport Café, Rose’s Tienda & Taqueria, Simply Said Flowers, and Simpson Avenue Grill.

“Groundhog Day” is the last film and among the best that director, writer and actor Harold Ramis worked on with actor, comedian and all-around goofball Bill Murray. With a shared legacy that includes the movies, “Caddyshack,” “Stripes” and both “Ghostbusters,” Ramis and Murray had become experts at delivering wildly imaginative, thoroughly enjoyable craziness.

This time out, Murray plays a cynical local TV weatherman who is none too happy with being sent yet again to Punxsutawney, PA, to cover Groundhog Day. Forced by an impending blizzard to stay the night, Murray spends the next day figuring out that, incredibly, ridiculously, he seems doomed to repeat Groundhog Day over and over and over. MacDowell plays Murray’s TV producer and eventual love interest, and as if there wasn’t enough silliness to satisfy everyone, Murray’s old “Saturday Night Live” pal, Chris Elliot, is on board also. Rated PG, the movie is family friendly.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. showings. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug in Hoquiam and City Drug in Aberdeen, and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.

The 7^th Street Theatre’s 12th Annual “Take Your Honey to Hoquiam” Valentine’s event features the 1993 romantic comedy, “Groundhog Day,” starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell.

“Take Your Honey to Hoquiam” is a dinner-and-movie promotion that also includes two local florists. When you buy dinner for two at any of the participating restaurants and pubs, or make a qualifying purchase from either florist, during the week of February 7, you will receive two free tickets to the movie. Each participating restaurant and sponsor has 50 free movie tickets available through this promotion.

The participating restaurants and sponsors are: 8th Street Ale House, Al’s Humdinger, Casa Mia, Deidra’s Deli at Farmer’s Market, Foggy’s Bar & Grill, Golden Dragon, Grizzly Den, Harbor Blooms Floral & Gifts, The Jitter House, Passport Café, Rose’s Tienda & Taqueria, Simply Said Flowers, and Simpson Avenue Grill.

“Groundhog Day” is the last film and among the best that director, writer and actor Harold Ramis worked on with actor, comedian and all-around goofball Bill Murray. With a shared legacy that includes the movies, “Caddyshack,” “Stripes” and both “Ghostbusters,” Ramis and Murray had become experts at delivering wildly imaginative, thoroughly enjoyable craziness.

This time out, Murray plays a cynical local TV weatherman who is none too happy with being sent yet again to Punxsutawney, PA, to cover Groundhog Day. Forced by an impending blizzard to stay the night, Murray spends the next day figuring out that, incredibly, ridiculously, he seems doomed to repeat Groundhog Day over and over and over. MacDowell plays Murray’s TV producer and eventual love interest, and as if there wasn’t enough silliness to satisfy everyone, Murray’s old “Saturday Night Live” pal, Chris Elliot, is on board also. Rated PG, the movie is family friendly.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. showings. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug in Hoquiam and City Drug in Aberdeen, and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.

Metal Church is coming home to Aberdeen! Reunited with lead vocalist Mike Howe and better than ever… These guys have not performed together on stage since 1994 and have chosen the Harbor as their first live show. New album to be released in March. Tickets on sale now.

James Clarkson spent 20 years on the Aberdeen police force. Before that, he was a military police investigator, so solving mysteries has been at the heart of his long law enforcement career. These days, Clarkson’s investigations focus on outer space, the possibility of life on other planets, and of earthly visits from non-human space travelers.

Clarkson will talk about his work as a UFO investigator at two Grays Harbor County Timberland libraries on February 27.

Clarkson has written several books on this subject, “Tell My Story: June Crain, The Air Force & UFOs,” and “Westport UFO Crash Retrieval Event: A Case Study.”  Both books are available at the Timberland Regional Library. The Friends of the Westport and Aberdeen Timberland libraries are sponsoring these programs.

All Timberland Regional Library programs are free and open to the public.

James Clarkson spent 20 years on the Aberdeen police force. Before that, he was a military police investigator, so solving mysteries has been at the heart of his long law enforcement career. These days, Clarkson’s investigations focus on outer space, the possibility of life on other planets, and of earthly visits from non-human space travelers.

Clarkson will talk about his work as a UFO investigator at two Grays Harbor County Timberland libraries on February 27.

Clarkson has written several books on this subject, “Tell My Story: June Crain, The Air Force & UFOs,” and “Westport UFO Crash Retrieval Event: A Case Study.”  Both books are available at the Timberland Regional Library. The Friends of the Westport and Aberdeen Timberland libraries are sponsoring these programs.

All Timberland Regional Library programs are free and open to the public.

The next classic film scheduled for the historic 7^th Street Theatre in downtown Hoquiam offers a double-double whammy of two film noir icons behind the camera and fascinating on-screen portrayals of a pair of “Strangers on a Train” The 1951 film will have showings at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 5 and 6.

Iconic detective fiction writer Raymond Chandler teamed with director Alfred Hitchcock in the story of two “Strangers on a Train,” who become involved in murder and betrayal. Farley Granger and Robert Walker are the two baddies.

Although not as famous as many of Hitchcock’s films, “Strangers” is nonetheless revered as one of his very best and most unusual efforts. A fan review calls it “his most riotous, unrestrained film, a gleeful mélange of vicious black comedy, exciting suspense, mocking manipulation, and astonishing flights of fancy.”

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. showings. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug in Hoquiam and City Drug in Aberdeen, and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.

The next classic film scheduled for the historic 7^th Street Theatre in downtown Hoquiam offers a double-double whammy of two film noir icons behind the camera and fascinating on-screen portrayals of a pair of “Strangers on a Train” The 1951 film will have showings at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 5 and 6.

Iconic detective fiction writer Raymond Chandler teamed with director Alfred Hitchcock in the story of two “Strangers on a Train,” who become involved in murder and betrayal. Farley Granger and Robert Walker are the two baddies.

Although not as famous as many of Hitchcock’s films, “Strangers” is nonetheless revered as one of his very best and most unusual efforts. A fan review calls it “his most riotous, unrestrained film, a gleeful mélange of vicious black comedy, exciting suspense, mocking manipulation, and astonishing flights of fancy.”

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. showings. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug in Hoquiam and City Drug in Aberdeen, and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.

Enjoy a night of clean, family-friendly comedy and music… and don’t forget to save room for dessert. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Free childcare will be available.

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Christopher Leebrick dazzles audiences with his storytelling and his vast repertoire of tales and legends from around the world.

Fairytale fancy costumes are encouraged; guests can parade down a red carpet, then capture the moment in the library’s photo booth. Those who forget their crowns, wands or other magical items may create them anew at a crafts-making area. A faerie godmother has been booked for the evening, and there are rumors of cupcakes. Everyone is welcome.

All Timberland Regional Library programs are free and open to the public.

The Aberdeen Timberland Library is located at 121 E. Market Street. For information, contact the library at 360-533-2360.

Poet and Aberdeen High School graduate Koon Woon will read poems selected from his two books. The program celebrates National Poetry Month.

A longtime resident of Seattle, Woon was born near Canton, China in 1949.  He emigrated from China to the United States in 1960 at age 11 and spent his school years in Grays Harbor. He attended Grays Harbor College, then transferred to the University of Washington.

Woon’s first full-length book of poetry, “The Truth in Rented Rooms,” was published in 1998. The collection won an award for literary excellence from Pen Oakland. His 2013 book, “Water Chasing Water,” won an American Book Award. He is currently working on a family memoir. The story begins with his great-grandfather’s immigration, in the 1880s, as an indentured worker for the logging industry in Hoquiam. Later, in the 1960s and ‘70s, the family owned and operated the Hong Kong Café on Aberdeen’s Simpson Avenue.

During his visit, Woon hopes to see some of his old friends from Aberdeen High School. He would also like to meet with young Grays Harbor writers. In May, he will give readings and workshops at the Skagit River Poetry Festival in La Conner.

National Poetry Month was started by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 and is held every April. Schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets come together to celebrate poetry’s vital place in American culture.

Woon will bring copies of his latest book to sell and sign at the event. Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Aberdeen Timberland Library. All Timberland Regional Library programs are free and open to the public.

Thanks to television syndication, the Public Broadcasting System, movies and even a hit Broadway musical, the groundbreaking British comedy troupe, Monty Python, is known to almost every man, woman and child in the USA. At 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9, their classic big screen debut will be shown on the biggest screen in Grays Harbor, as “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” comes to Hoquiam’s historic 7th Street Theatre.

The 1975 film has achieved true cult status and has been variously described as hilarious, wildly original and one of the most inspired pieces of celluloid silliness among cinematic classics. It is basically a parody of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, viewed through the weirdly, wonderfully warped lens of the comedic legends who made up Monty Python.

The movie stars the entire Month Python troupe. Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam play multiple roles, with all five sharing the screenwriting credits. Jones and Gilliam served as co-directors. The film is a crazy quilt of trademark Python sketch humor, endlessly recurring inside jokes, and the surreal humor that made Monty Python a worldwide comedic phenomenon. Because it is set in the British Middle Ages, it remains as fresh and timeless today as when it was originally produced, more than 40 years ago. It true Python style, it takes its painfully low budget and turns what would normally be seen as a severe shortcoming into one of the film’s funniest ongoing routines.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. showings. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug in Hoquiam and City Drug in Aberdeen, and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.

Thanks to television syndication, the Public Broadcasting System, movies and even a hit Broadway musical, the groundbreaking British comedy troupe, Monty Python, is known to almost every man, woman and child in the USA. At 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9, their classic big screen debut will be shown on the biggest screen in Grays Harbor, as “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” comes to Hoquiam’s historic 7th Street Theatre.

The 1975 film has achieved true cult status and has been variously described as hilarious, wildly original and one of the most inspired pieces of celluloid silliness among cinematic classics. It is basically a parody of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, viewed through the weirdly, wonderfully warped lens of the comedic legends who made up Monty Python.

The movie stars the entire Month Python troupe. Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam play multiple roles, with all five sharing the screenwriting credits. Jones and Gilliam served as co-directors. The film is a crazy quilt of trademark Python sketch humor, endlessly recurring inside jokes, and the surreal humor that made Monty Python a worldwide comedic phenomenon. Because it is set in the British Middle Ages, it remains as fresh and timeless today as when it was originally produced, more than 40 years ago. It true Python style, it takes its painfully low budget and turns what would normally be seen as a severe shortcoming into one of the film’s funniest ongoing routines.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. showings. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug in Hoquiam and City Drug in Aberdeen, and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.

The last of 10 movie Westerns directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” comes to Hoquiam’s historic 7th Street Theatre, April 23 and 24.

The 1962 film, which also stars James Stewart, Vera Miles, Edmond O’Brien, Andy Devine and Lee Marvin, as the sadistically wicked Liberty Valance, shows at 7:30 pm Saturday, April 23 and 2:00 pm Sunday, April 24.

The movie is part Western, part political drama and part morality tale, unfolding mostly in flashback as Stewart’s character sets straight the legend of the man who took on the scourge of a small Western town.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. showings. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug in Hoquiam and City Drug in Aberdeen, and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.