A ballet performance, a storytelling about a 500-mile journey across Spain and volunteer tree planting highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula.
• The Winter Ballet Gala, hosted by the Port Angeles City Ballet, will be on stage at 2 p.m. Sunday at Port Angeles High School’s Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles.
Tickets are $25 to $75 per person by calling the ballet at 360-809-9394 or by visiting www.pacityballet.org.
The gala will feature classical and contemporary dance combined with a live orchestra performance in collaboration with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra and Music on the Strait.
The program has been curated by Jonathan Pasternack, director of the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra; James Garlick, musical director at Music on the Strait; and Kate Robbins, director of the Port Angeles City Ballet.
The gale will feature guest instrumentalists and dance artists from some of America’s and Europe’s leading orchestras and ballet companies, including the English National Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre and the Julliard School.
• Saltfire Theatre will stage a production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” with performances at 7 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Feb. 9 at the JFK Building on Fort Worden.
Advance tickets are $25 per person at www.saltfire theatre.org/tickets.
The production is directed by Genevieve Barlow and features the work of 34 local artists as cast, crew and design team.
Some matinee performances may be announced at a later date.
• Nessa Goldman will host Out Loud Story Slam at 7 tonight at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave.
The show will feature 10 storytellers from the audience who each will share a five-minute, true personal story on the theme, “Fortune.”
Tickets are $15 at www.olympictheatrearts.org or $20 at the door.
The stories, and their tellers, will be judged by the audience and the winner will be invited to a future Grand Slam storytelling event.
For guidance on storytelling or for more information, email outloudstoryslam@gmail.com.
• John Teichert will present “Hiking El Camino de Santiago” at 7 tonight at the Port Angeles Senior and Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St., Port Angeles.
Teichert will recount the 500-mile pilgrimage across Spain from the border with France to Santiago de Compostela.
The presentation is part of the 2025 Adventure Travel series, which will conclude with “The Michinoku Trail, Japan,” by Ann and Mike Nolan, on Jan. 31.
Admission is by a $10 donation. For more information, email info@ olympicdiscoverytrail.org or visit www.olympic discoverytrail.org.
• The Port Townsend Urban Sketchers will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the library at Manresa Castle, 651 Cleveland St., Port Townsend.
After sketching, the group will reconvene in the library at noon to show their work, share ghost stories and take a photo.
The event is open to all skill levels.
For more information, visit www.urbansketchers porttownsend.wordpress.com.
• The North Olympic Salmon Coalition and the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe are seeking volunteers to help plant native trees from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The plantings are part of the Dungeness River Riparian Project at Serenity Lane, designed to help improve water quality and salmon habitat.
The organizers will provide tools and gloves although participants are welcome to bring their own.
Volunteers should bring warm, waterproof clothes and boots, water and a lunch; snacks and hot drinks will be provided.
Volunteers should RSVP at www.nosc.org/events.
For more information, call 360-504-5611 or email outreach@nosc.org.
• The Harmonica Pocket will present “Snowing Ice Cream” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the temporary location of the Sequim Branch Library, 609 W. Washington St., Sequim.
The free family concert will be an interactive performance combining books, ukuleles and playful seasonal songs.
Children and their grownups will learn finger plays and sing-alongs while they enjoy jokes about snowmen, mittens and ice cream falling from the sky.
For more information, call the library at 360-683-1161, email youth@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
• Olympic Christian School will host the third Clallam County School Choice Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Attendees will be able to explore K-12 schooling options available in Clallam County, including public schools, private schools, home schooling and online schools.
During the fair, family activities, such as face painting and balloon twisting, will be provided by Face Paint Seattle. DJ Martinez will provide music and Pacific Shutterbug will set up a photo booth.
• The Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association will host a jam session from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, Chimacum.
Performers with other acoustic instruments, such as guitars, banjos, basses, dobros, mandolins, autoharps, ukuleles and dulcimers are welcome to attend.
The jam session is free, although donations to support the district’s scholarship program are welcome.
• The Port Angeles Community Players will conduct auditions for its production of “The Man in the Green Truck” at 3 p.m. Saturday on the main stage at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
The play, written by John Bertholl of Sequim, will be presented in late March.
Director Barbara Jo Maier will cast eight roles, including at least two men and two women, with other roles open to either gender.
The play will be read from scripts on stage, so no memorization is required. The rehearsal schedule, which will start in March, will be minimal.
“The Man in the Green Truck,” based on Bertholl’s experiences with taking care of his aging parents, focuses on the challenges of becoming the decision-maker for aging and ailing parents.
The story, “What do we do as we care for the parents who loved us?” is one we might all recognize, if not now, then some day.
• Forks Community Hospital staff will present “How to Use MyChart” from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Jim and Nikki Klahn Community Meeting Room at the Forks Branch Library, 171 S. Forks Ave.
MyChart is a secure online patient portal that allows individuals to access their medical records and manage other aspects of their health information.
Forks Community Hospital staff will demonstrate how to navigate MyChart, view test results and summaries, complete questionnaires and message your care provider.
The free two-hour presentation will include a Q&A session and time to practice with MyChart.
Participants can bring their personal devices or use a laptop provided by the library.
For more information, call the library at 360-374-6402 or visit www.nols.org.
