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.

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Jan
12
Thu
Four-Film Documentary Series: Cowspiracy @ Bishop Center
Jan 12 @ 6:30 pm
Four-Film Documentary Series: Cowspiracy @ Bishop Center | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

 “Cowspiracy,” investigates the sustainability secret.

Each film will be screened backstage at the Bishop Center; seating will be arranged pub-style and movies will be viewed on an enormous screen. The tickets are $10 per film, which includes popcorn and a slice of pizza; beverages will be available for purchase.  A discussion among the film-watchers will follow each movie.

Jan
13
Fri
Rainy Day Reading Reviews @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Jan 13 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Rainy Day Reading Reviews is a program developed by the Aberdeen Timberland Library to engage local booklovers. Here’s how it works: a library patron or friend is asked to read a book of her or his choosing, prepare a review of the book, then offer the review – in person and out-loud – at a public gathering. It’s all about reading, reflecting and sharing.

January 6 – Robin Moore reviews “The Last Hurrah” by Edwin O’Connor 
January 13 – Martha Hill reviews “Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds” by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto 
January 20 – Patricia Warren reviews “Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World” by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
January 27 – Nancy Neisinger reviews “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” by Candice Millard
February 3 – Pam Earnest reviews “The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo” by Tom Reiss
February 10 – Bill Garrison reviews “Joseph Anton: A Memoir” by Salman Rushdie
February 17 – Mona Gallo reviews “Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River” by William Dietrich
February 24 – Bill Carter reviews “The Iliad” by Homer
A Pirates Life for Us! @ Ocean Shores
Jan 13 @ 8:00 pm – Jan 15 @ 11:00 pm

A Pirate’s Life for Us is weekend filled with fun where you can dress like a pirate, talk like a pirate, and drink like a pirate, if you’d like. There are a variety of events, including a pot luck on Friday, gear and garb on Saturday, a free swap meet and swimming with the mermaids, a photo shoot, a pub crawl, and more. Bring three cans of food for the food bank or PAWS.

Jan
14
Sat
Ain’t No Place: A Poetry Workshop in Westport @ Westport Timberland Library
Jan 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

In writing poetry, Tod Marshall believes in determining the “where” of his creation: “Connecting creativity to place can allow the imagination to grow in unexpected ways.”

Washington State’s Poet Laureate will give a workshop at the Westport Timberland Library. He will invite participants to explore ways of bonding imagination to landscape, taking inspiration from the natural beauty of Western Washington.

Jan
18
Wed
Grays Harbor Duplicate Bridge Club @ Aberdeen Square
Jan 18 @ 12:30 pm

The Grays Harbor unit 428 of the American Contract Bridge Association hosts a game every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Aberdeen Square Building. Partnerships are not guaranteed, but visitors are welcome.

Jan
20
Fri
Rainy Day Reading Reviews @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Jan 20 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Rainy Day Reading Reviews is a program developed by the Aberdeen Timberland Library to engage local booklovers. Here’s how it works: a library patron or friend is asked to read a book of her or his choosing, prepare a review of the book, then offer the review – in person and out-loud – at a public gathering. It’s all about reading, reflecting and sharing.

January 6 – Robin Moore reviews “The Last Hurrah” by Edwin O’Connor 
January 13 – Martha Hill reviews “Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds” by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto 
January 20 – Patricia Warren reviews “Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World” by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
January 27 – Nancy Neisinger reviews “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” by Candice Millard
February 3 – Pam Earnest reviews “The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo” by Tom Reiss
February 10 – Bill Garrison reviews “Joseph Anton: A Memoir” by Salman Rushdie
February 17 – Mona Gallo reviews “Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River” by William Dietrich
February 24 – Bill Carter reviews “The Iliad” by Homer
7th Street Theatre Classic Film Series: Rocky @ 7th Street Theatre
Jan 20 @ 7:30 pm

It’s not a bit of brilliant, new, 21st Century insight that movies are in the business of selling dreams made to seem real. The perspective is as old as cinema itself, and sometimes, the more outlandish the dream and the more outrageous the film version of reality; the better the results.

But once in a while a film comes along that turns the idea upside down or inside out. The movie itself makes an impossible dream become an incredible reality. By any measure, “Rocky” is a champion in that field. It is the first of 17 movies for 2017, showing at 7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday, January 20 and 21, at downtown Hoquiam’s historic 7th Street Theatre.

In 1975, when Sylvester Stallone was a struggling actor and newlywed with $106 to his name, he became convinced that his only chance at success was to write a screenplay that would feature him in the lead role. After watching a closed-circuit telecast of unheralded club fighter Chuck Wepner defying the odds and all predictions by battling boxing legend Muhammad Ali into the 15th round, Stallone was inspired. He wrote the first draft of “Rocky” in three and a half days and held out for a deal that would let him play the uneducated but kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer, Rocky Balboa.

The 1976 film was a monster hit, won three Academy Awards including Best Picture, and put Stallone’s career on the fast track to superstardom. Although winning neither, his dual Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Screenplay put Stallone in a very rare club. Only two others had received Academy Award nominations for acting and writing in the same film: Charles Chaplin and Orson Welles. Forty years and six more “Rocky” movies later, Stallone joined an elite group of only six actors who have received two Oscar nominations for playing the same character in different films, his for “Rocky” and a Best Supporting Actor look for 2015’s “Creed.” Doors open at 7:00 pm for the 7:30 pm showings.

Jan
21
Sat
Elma Winter Wine Festival @ Grays Harbor Fair & Event Center
Jan 21 @ 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Come and enjoy wine tasting, beer garden, wine sales, food booths, gift & merchandise, silent auction, booths and live entertainment throughout the day. Pre-sale Package admission includes (1) entry, (1) keepsake wine glass and (5) drink tickets all for only $15. Pre-sale tickets available through January 20, 2017. Charge by phone through the chamber at 360-482-3055 or purchase from the many outlets. You must be 21 years of age or older to attend.
Entertainment kicks off at 1:00 p.m. with Caryn Jamieson a vocalist from Portland, Oregon who also has local roots, followed at 4:00 p.m. by Backfire, a country rock band from Lewis County.  Elma Chamber is excited to present Heart by Heart at 7:30 p.m., thanks to Aberdeen Honda, the Vaughan Company, Eagles Landing and Whitneys Chevrolet.  Heart by Heart features original Heart band members Steve Fossen on Bass and Mike Derosier on Drums, Seattle guitar legend Randy Hansen, Seattle D.J. Bob Rivers on keyboard, Vocalists Somar Macek and Lizzy Daymont.  You will truly think you are in a live Heart performance listening to songs like “Magic Man”, “Barracuda” and “Crazy on You”! 
Visit the Courtyard area for seating to enjoy your favorite wine and beer and be entertained beginning at 1 p.m. by Ryan Baker.  This locally known musician who is sponsored by Pacific Beach & Beyond Vacation Rental will provide great listening music for your wine and food experience.
Make plans to stay overnight at Stay Beyond Inn & Suites and you will receive a 10% discount on the room along with two wine festival entrance tickets, free shuttle to and from the festival and discount coupons from local businesses.  And for RVers, Elma RV Park is offering a 15% discounts for Wine Festival attendees.  The shuttle will also pick you up at Elma RV Park.   
               
Local Author Talk: Gene Woodwick @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Jan 21 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Lots of people in Grays Harbor County know Gene Woodwick. For years, she has written articles about life in Washington’s north coast region for The Daily World and The North Coast News. Her six books vividly capture slices of local life and history. Library patrons in Aberdeen may also know Woodwick from her past participation in the annual Rainy Day Reading Reviews program.
Woodwick’s latest publication, “Island Girl,” is a memoir about growing up on Fidalgo Island (Skagit County, Washington) in the early 1950s.
7th Street Theatre Classic Film Series: Rocky @ 7th Street Theatre
Jan 21 @ 7:30 pm

It’s not a bit of brilliant, new, 21st Century insight that movies are in the business of selling dreams made to seem real. The perspective is as old as cinema itself, and sometimes, the more outlandish the dream and the more outrageous the film version of reality; the better the results.

But once in a while a film comes along that turns the idea upside down or inside out. The movie itself makes an impossible dream become an incredible reality. By any measure, “Rocky” is a champion in that field. It is the first of 17 movies for 2017, showing at 7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday, January 20 and 21, at downtown Hoquiam’s historic 7th Street Theatre.

In 1975, when Sylvester Stallone was a struggling actor and newlywed with $106 to his name, he became convinced that his only chance at success was to write a screenplay that would feature him in the lead role. After watching a closed-circuit telecast of unheralded club fighter Chuck Wepner defying the odds and all predictions by battling boxing legend Muhammad Ali into the 15th round, Stallone was inspired. He wrote the first draft of “Rocky” in three and a half days and held out for a deal that would let him play the uneducated but kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer, Rocky Balboa.

The 1976 film was a monster hit, won three Academy Awards including Best Picture, and put Stallone’s career on the fast track to superstardom. Although winning neither, his dual Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Screenplay put Stallone in a very rare club. Only two others had received Academy Award nominations for acting and writing in the same film: Charles Chaplin and Orson Welles. Forty years and six more “Rocky” movies later, Stallone joined an elite group of only six actors who have received two Oscar nominations for playing the same character in different films, his for “Rocky” and a Best Supporting Actor look for 2015’s “Creed.” Doors open at 7:00 pm for the 7:30 pm showings.

Jan
24
Tue
Community Personal Preparedness Forum @ Hoquiam Library @ Hoquiam Library
Jan 24 @ 6:00 pm

COME LEARN ABOUT:
Site specific risk and hazards for emergency and natural disasters.
How to better prepare yourself to reduce the impact of any disaster event in your community, home, family and pets too!!!
Disaster medication preparation. – (Sharon Wallace, Ph.D., RN)
Learn how to get involved in your community.

Personal Preparedness Forum @ Personal Preparedness Forum - Held at Hoquiam Library
Jan 24 @ 6:00 pm

Grays Harbor Emergency Management
Personal Preparedness Forum
**THIS IS A FREE EVENT OPEN TO ALL**

COME LEARN ABOUT……..
1. Site specific risk and hazards for emergency and natural disasters.
2. How to better prepare yourself to reduce the impact of any disaster event in your community, home, family and pets too!!
3. Disaster medication preparation. (Sharon Wallace, Ph.D., RN)
4. Learn how to get involved in your community.

Jan
25
Wed
Grays Harbor Duplicate Bridge Club @ Aberdeen Square
Jan 25 @ 12:30 pm

The Grays Harbor unit 428 of the American Contract Bridge Association hosts a game every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Aberdeen Square Building. Partnerships are not guaranteed, but visitors are welcome.

Jan
27
Fri
Rainy Day Reading Reviews @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Jan 27 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Rainy Day Reading Reviews is a program developed by the Aberdeen Timberland Library to engage local booklovers. Here’s how it works: a library patron or friend is asked to read a book of her or his choosing, prepare a review of the book, then offer the review – in person and out-loud – at a public gathering. It’s all about reading, reflecting and sharing.

January 6 – Robin Moore reviews “The Last Hurrah” by Edwin O’Connor 
January 13 – Martha Hill reviews “Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds” by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto 
January 20 – Patricia Warren reviews “Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World” by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
January 27 – Nancy Neisinger reviews “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” by Candice Millard
February 3 – Pam Earnest reviews “The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo” by Tom Reiss
February 10 – Bill Garrison reviews “Joseph Anton: A Memoir” by Salman Rushdie
February 17 – Mona Gallo reviews “Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River” by William Dietrich
February 24 – Bill Carter reviews “The Iliad” by Homer
Ain’t It A Pretty Night: Opera in English @ Bishop Center for Performing Arts
Jan 27 @ 7:00 pm
Members of Grays Harbor College’s new Opera Workshop perform for the first time on Friday evening, January 27, at the Bishop Center. Formed last Fall, the vocal performance is entitled “Ain’t It A Pretty Night: Opera in English,” featuring arias, choruses and scenes from timeless American and British operas.  All tickets are $5, available at the Bishop Center door prior to the concert.
Joy and Ian Dorsch direct the Opera Workshop and Kira Theine accompanies the group. Soloists for the Friday performance include Alexa Amarok, Michael Amendola, Adam Cooper, Kendra Gross, Analei Holt, Keola Holt, Katya Lohngoen, Ken McDonald, Jerrod Phelps, Jasmin Torres, Andrea Vingo and Jeremy Wright.  Workshop vocalists from both the College and the community will perform excerpts from Floyd’s “Susannah,” Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance,” Copeland’s “The Tender Land,” Barber’s “Vanessa” and Menotti’s “The Old Maid and the Thief.”  
Feb
1
Wed
Grays Harbor Duplicate Bridge Club @ Aberdeen Square
Feb 1 @ 12:30 pm

The Grays Harbor unit 428 of the American Contract Bridge Association hosts a game every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Aberdeen Square Building. Partnerships are not guaranteed, but visitors are welcome.

Feb
3
Fri
Rainy Day Reading Reviews @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Feb 3 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Rainy Day Reading Reviews is a program developed by the Aberdeen Timberland Library to engage local booklovers. Here’s how it works: a library patron or friend is asked to read a book of her or his choosing, prepare a review of the book, then offer the review – in person and out-loud – at a public gathering. It’s all about reading, reflecting and sharing.

January 6 – Robin Moore reviews “The Last Hurrah” by Edwin O’Connor 
January 13 – Martha Hill reviews “Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds” by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto 
January 20 – Patricia Warren reviews “Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World” by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
January 27 – Nancy Neisinger reviews “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” by Candice Millard
February 3 – Pam Earnest reviews “The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo” by Tom Reiss
February 10 – Bill Garrison reviews “Joseph Anton: A Memoir” by Salman Rushdie
February 17 – Mona Gallo reviews “Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River” by William Dietrich
February 24 – Bill Carter reviews “The Iliad” by Homer
First Friday @ Downtown Aberdeen
Feb 3 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

 

For complete event information, click here.

Feb
8
Wed
Grays Harbor Duplicate Bridge Club @ Aberdeen Square
Feb 8 @ 12:30 pm

The Grays Harbor unit 428 of the American Contract Bridge Association hosts a game every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Aberdeen Square Building. Partnerships are not guaranteed, but visitors are welcome.

Feb
10
Fri
Rainy Day Reading Reviews @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Feb 10 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Rainy Day Reading Reviews is a program developed by the Aberdeen Timberland Library to engage local booklovers. Here’s how it works: a library patron or friend is asked to read a book of her or his choosing, prepare a review of the book, then offer the review – in person and out-loud – at a public gathering. It’s all about reading, reflecting and sharing.

January 6 – Robin Moore reviews “The Last Hurrah” by Edwin O’Connor 
January 13 – Martha Hill reviews “Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds” by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto 
January 20 – Patricia Warren reviews “Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World” by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
January 27 – Nancy Neisinger reviews “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” by Candice Millard
February 3 – Pam Earnest reviews “The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo” by Tom Reiss
February 10 – Bill Garrison reviews “Joseph Anton: A Memoir” by Salman Rushdie
February 17 – Mona Gallo reviews “Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River” by William Dietrich
February 24 – Bill Carter reviews “The Iliad” by Homer
Feb
11
Sat
Pair of Hearts Ball @ Quinault Beach Resort & Casino
Feb 11 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The Pair of Hearts Ball is a fundraiser benefitting the Children’s Advocacy Center of Grays Harbor. Expect music, an auction and dinner. For more information, visit the GHCAC website or the event Facebook page.

Feb
15
Wed
Grays Harbor Duplicate Bridge Club @ Aberdeen Square
Feb 15 @ 12:30 pm

The Grays Harbor unit 428 of the American Contract Bridge Association hosts a game every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Aberdeen Square Building. Partnerships are not guaranteed, but visitors are welcome.