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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Learn about cool critters of the intertidal zone with educators and a touch tank from the Puget Sound Estuarium!
Summer Adventures Sponsored By Small to Tall Pediatric Dentistry
Enjoy the chance to get up close and personal with raptors! Discover the ancient art of falconry and the important role these birds play in nature. Plus, find out the fascinating connection between birds of prey and dinosaurs! It’s going to be a hoot!
Summer Adventures Sponsored By: Small to Tall Pediatric Dentistry
McCleary to Elma
McCleary to Montesano
McCleary to Westport
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.
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.
North Beach PAWS, a private, all volunteer, no-kill animal shelter headquartered in Hoquiam, is hosting its second low-cost vaccination clinic of 2024 scheduled for Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the South Beach Regional Fire Authority Training Center located at 805 WA-105 in Westport. Vaccinations and microchips are $20 each. Core vaccines include rabies, DAPP, and Bordetella for dogs, and rabies and FVRCP for cats. Flea treatment for cats will also be available for $20. North Beach PAWS recently held a vaccination clinic at The Feed Bin in Rochester where approximately 60 animals received vaccinations and/or microchips.
No appointments are needed or will be accepted, the event is first-come, first-served. Dogs must be on a leash and cats must be in carriers.
Remaining North Beach PAWS 2024 Vaccination Clinics:
• Saturday, June 15 in Westport at the South Beach Regional Fire Authority Training
Center from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Sunday, July 14 in Montesano at Farm and Home from 1 – 4 p.m.
• Saturday, August 10 in Aberdeen at Grays Harbor College from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Saturday, September 21 in Ocean Shores at ACE Hardware from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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
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.
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.
All sorts of genres, fiction and nonfiction, paperback and hardback. Military fiction, arts & crafts, religious & spiritual, sports, romance, gunsmithing, plant care, cookbooks, murder mysteries, board games, etc. We want to rehome as many books as possible to prevent them from being disposed of. Fill your bags and boxes and cars! Take home books for your neighbors and friends!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
