In addition to Sequim Lavender Weekend, which takes place today through Sunday, other events are planned across the North Olympic Peninsula.
• Concerts in the Barn will host events at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The featured guest artists are members of the Carpe Diem String Quartet — Charles Wetherbee, violin, Marisa Ishikawa, violin, Korine Fujiwara, viola, and Ariana Nelson, cello.
The Carpe Diem String Quartet, a Festival favorite, opened the season with pianist George Lopez.
All concerts are free to the public. Concertgoers are encouraged to reserve their place in the barn or on the lawn in advance through TicketStripe. To access the TicketStripe site, select “Free Tickets Required” on the homepage at www.concert sinthebarn.org or “Concert Reservations” under the Programs & Donors tab.
Barn audience must wear masks during the performance.
Patrons who prefer outside seating are welcome to sit on the lawn; outside guests are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets for seating. Amplifiers surround the barn so outside patrons can hear the performance wherever they choose to sit.
The farm opens to visitors at noon each concert day. At 1 p.m., the barn doors open so barn patrons can reserve their seats. Walk-up patrons will be seated according to remaining space.
On Saturday, the Carpe Diem String Quartet will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet in D major, K.575; Emilie Mayer: String Quartet in E minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E. Flat major, Op. 74 “Harp.”
On Sunday, the Carpe Diem String Quartet will perform: Josef Haydn: String Quartet in G major, Op. 76; Emilie Mayer: String Quartet in E minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E. Flat major, Op. 74 “Harp.”
• Backwoods Hucksters at PT Brewing Co will host a Barn Dance at 7 p.m. Friday at Victor’s Lavender Farm, 3743 Old Olympic Highway in Sequim.
The Backwoods Hucksters feature Joey Gish on fiddle and Sean Divine on harmonica, backed by Cort Armstrong (guitar), Paul Stehr-Green (bass) and Adam Amr (drums).
Admission is free. Food and beverages, including Maribel’s homemade tamales, lavender sausages and an assortment of wine, beer and hard cider, will be for sale.
• ARTJam, featuring 12 artists working in pain, wood, clay, collage, metals and pastels, will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday at Rock Hollow Farm, 505 E. Silberhorn Road in Sequim.
The event is fee and open to the public.
• Shula Azhar Belly Dance Showcase will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Studio Bob, 118½ E. Front St. in Port Angeles. A $5 donation is suggested.
The dance will feature Kanikah & Talia along with modern music.
Shula Azhar is well known for their dynamic choreographies and ornate costumes in an array of different Middle Eastern dance styles including Egyptian Cabaret, Saidi, American Cabaret, Lebanese, Turkish Rom & Cabaret, Persian, Bollywood, Khaleeji and fusion style.
The Loom Bar will be open with wine, beer, soda, coffee, tea and snacks available for purchase, and there will be open dancing to try some belly dance moves after the show.
• The Port Townsend Heritage Association will lead walking tours of uptown Port Townsend at 11 a.m. Sundays through Aug. 28.
The tours meet in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson St.
The 90-minute tours are about 1½ miles long and are mostly level, according to an association press release.
Tickets cost $10 per person and are free for children younger than 12.
Tickets can be purchased at the beginning of the tour or online at www.ptheritage.org.
• Bob Cain will present “Fall and Winter Gardening” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
The lecture, part of the Clallam County master gardeners Digging Deeper series, will move back to Zoom this week.
Cain will share tips on growing vegetables on the North Olympic Peninsula in fall and winter.
Cain will discuss environmental factors affecting growth, plant selection and timing, use of insulating materials to extend the season as well as common pitfalls and strategies to mitigate them.
For more information and the meeting link, visit https://extension.wsu.edu/clallam.
• The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will conduct a JeffCo Repair Event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.
The community event is in the art building at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St.
Members of the public are encouraged to bring broken household items to the event for volunteers to attempt to repair.
JeffCo Repair, funded by a grant from the Washington Department of Ecology, is a way to divert repairable appliances from the landfill.
The center plans to schedule more repair events throughout the county beginning in October.
For more information or to volunteer, email Mandi Johnson at mjohnson@ptmsc.org or visit www.ptmsc.org/jeffco-repair.
• The Chimacum Grange will host a pancake breakfast from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday as part of Chimacum’s 11th Interdependence Day celebration.
The meal will be served at the grange hall, 9572 Rhody Drive.
The menu includes spelt buttermilk pancakes, pork sausage, coffee and orange juice for $5 per person, children eat free.
The pancakes will be made with spelt flour donated by the Finnriver Grain Co. and other ingredients donated by the Chimacum Corner Farmstand; the sausage has been donated by Doyle Yancey of Egg and I Pork.
Victuals are available for only 100 diners, according to a grange press release.
• The Strait Turners chapter of the American Association of Woodturners will host Turn-a-Thon from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The wood-turning celebration will be at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road.
Club members will be outside the center demonstrating wood-turning techniques on four lathes throughout the day.
Community members will have an opportunity to try operating a wood lathe.
Turned wood items and a variety of local and exotic hardwoods will be available for purchase.
For more information, call Brian Johnson at 828-989-3350.
