Various activities set for Port Angeles’ Day of Play

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department will host its Day of Play from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Activities will take place at a variety of venues across the city.

The Day of Play brochure also will serve as a Kids Passport. Get it stamped at participating activities and turn it in at the Parks and Recreation office by 5 p.m. Aug. 1 for a chance to win prizes.

The brochure can be downloaded from the Parks and Recreation website or picked up at 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

A limited numbers of brochures will be available at Day of Play activities.

Prizes include $25 Swain’s gift cards, a three-month YMCA membership, tokens for free Welly’s ice cream, a free membership at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, a pair of tickets to an upcoming event at Studio Bob, tickets for an upcoming performance at Field Arts & Events Hall and a four-hour rental of the Loomis Cabin at Lincoln Park.

Day of Play activities include:

• Shore Aquatic Center, 225 E. Fifth St., will host a free, open swim from 9 a.m. to noon.

• Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association will offer free rowing at Hollywood Beach, 121 Railroad Ave., from 9 a.m. to noon.

• The Port Angeles Farmers Market will host a free planting station at the Gateway Transit Center, 122 E. Front St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• The Port Angeles Main Library, 221 S. Peabody St., will host a free outdoor concert by Eli Rosenblatt at 10:30 a.m.

• The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., will host a scavenger hunt in Webster’s Woods from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• The Port Angeles Yacht Club, 1305 Marine Drive, will offer free boat rides in the harbor as well as knot-tying and boating safety presentations.

• Studio Bob, 118½ E. Front St., will host its recycled materials art project form noon to 6 p.m.

• Welly’s, in the Port Angeles Wharf, 115 E. Railroad Ave., will host Coloring Search and Find to find items hidden in its mural from noon to 9 p.m.

• Nic’s Legendary Entertainment will host miniature golf and other yard games next to the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield, 302 Race St., from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

• Red Line Laser Tag will host an event at the Vern Burton Center, 308 E. Fourth St., from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

• The Juan De Fuca Foundation for the Arts will host a free concert by The Works at City Pier, 315 N. Lincoln St., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

For more information, call Parks and Recreation at 360-417-4550, email parksandrecreation@cityofpa.us or visit https://cityofpa.us/1287/Port-Angeles-Day-of-Play.

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