Opera, games among Peninsula entertainment

Opera and games are among the entertainment offered this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.

• Simulcast of Metropolitan Opera’s “Fedora” is planned at the Naval Elks Lodge ballroom in Port Angeles on Saturday.

The Live at the Met production presented by the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts (JFFA) and Ghostlight Productions brings the opera to the Elks, at 131 E. First St., from New York City’s Metropolitan Opera.

Show time is 9:55 a.m. for “Fedora,” the story of a Russian princess who falls in love with her fiancé’s murderer.

Tickets are $24 general, $18 for seniors and $14 for students and children. Patrons can order refreshments including coffee and mimosas.

To purchase tickets in advance, visit https://jffa.org/met; they will also be sold at the door on Saturday morning.

Teen game night will be hosted by the North Olympic Library System at the Sequim Pubic Library from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today.

Teens in seventh through 12th grades will be treated to pizza, board games and creating art at the library at 630 N. Sequim Ave.

For more information, call 360-417-8500, email teens@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.

• A jigsaw puzzle contest is planned at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Port Angeles public library, part of the North Olympic Library System.

In the competition at the library, at 2210 S. Peabody St., teams of up to four members will have until noon to complete a 500-piece puzzle.

The contest is open to adults, teens and children 10 and older.

Contestants may come as a team or meet up to form a team at the contest.

For more information, call the library at 360-417-8500, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.

• A genealogical lecture by Claudia Breeland is planned at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Breeland will present “Finding and Using Historic Newspapers” over Zoom. The public can join the Zoom session or watch it at the society’s research center, 403 E. Eighth St., Port Angeles.

To request the meeting link, call the center at 360-417-5000 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday or email clallamresearcher@gmail.com.

For more information, visit www.clallamcogs.org.

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