Kids’ Fishing Day, a purse auction and a number of plant sales are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Information also is available on the interactive calendar at www.peninsula dailynews.com.
PORT ANGELES
Plant sale
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Garden Club will host its 29th Spring Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will be at the Port Angeles Senior and Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
It will include perennials, bulbs, shrubs, houseplants, and herb and vegetable starts.
Several prizes will be raffled off, including a trip for two to Victoria, B.C., with round-trip walk-on fare for the Black Ball Ferry, transportation and admission to Butchart Gardens and a night at the Grand Pacific Hotel.
Raffle tickets are available from club members and at the Port Angeles Farmers Market; winners do not need to be present.
For more information, visit www.portangeles gardenclub.org.
Contra dance
PORT ANGELES — Michael Karcher will be calling a contra dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
The dance will be at the Black Diamond Community Hall, 1942 Black Diamond Road.
Music will be performed by Jane Landstra and the Country Capers.
The evening will begin with a contra dance workshop at 7 p.m.
Admission is $8 per person, $4 for children younger than 18.
For more information, visit www.blackdiamond dance.org.
Purse auction
PORT ANGELES — Soroptimist International or Port Angeles Jet Set will host a Cinco de Mayo purse auction from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The fundraiser will be at the Port Angeles Yacht Club, 1305 Marine Drive.
Tickets for the fundraiser are $25 per person and can be purchased online at www.sijetset.com or from any Jet Set member.
Proceeds from the event will support awards and scholarships for women and girls in the local community.
Scholarship auditions
PORT ANGELES — Monday Musicale will hold auditions for its 2019 scholarship applicants at 2 p.m. Sunday.
The auditions will be at the First Presbyterian Church of Port Angeles, 139 W. Eighth St.
Clallam County high school students will audition for one of three scholarships.
The public is invited to attend the free auditions.
Newcomers’ luncheon
PORT ANGELES — Deon Kapetan, director of the Sequim Irrigation Festival, will address the Olympic Newcomers’ Club brunch at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
The brunch will be at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi Drive.
Kapetan will discuss the history of the festival.
The meal will include fresh fruit, sweet breads and rolls, eggs, red potatoes with onions, French toast, biscuits and gravy, bacon and ham for $21 per person.
Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP by today.
For more information or to RSVP, call 630-992-5613, email warren.newcomers@gmail.com or visit www.olympicnewcomers.org.
Senior dance
PORT ANGELES — Cat’s Meow will perform for a swing dance from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The dance will be in the Port Angeles Senior and Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
Refreshments will be served from 8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Admission is $5 per person; first-time attendees are admitted free.
Orchard lecture
PORT ANGELES — Entomologist Richard Lewis will present “Bugs: The Good, Bad and Beautiful” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
The lecture will be presented to a meeting of the Olympic Orchard Society in the commissioners’ room at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St.
For more information, call Marilyn Coutoure at 360-681-3036 or email mcoutoure_222@yahoo.com.
Kiwanis to meet
PORT ANGELES — Jerry Allen of the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe will address a meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Port Angeles at noon Thursday.
The weekly meetings are held at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi Drive.
Allen will provide an update on the progress of the 7 Cedars Resort.
The public is invited to attend the free meeting; food and beverages are available for purchase.
JOYCE
Benefit breakfast
JOYCE — The Port Angeles Lions Club will host a benefit breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.
The meal will be served at the Crescent Bay Lions Clubhouse, 181 Holly Hill Road.
The menu includes pancakes, French toast, biscuits and gravy, hash browns, breakfast meats and beverages.
The meal costs $7 per person, $4 for children; proceeds go to the Crescent Bay Lions for community programs.
FORKS
Rummage sale
FORKS — The St. Anne Luncheon, Rummage, Plant and Bake Sale is set from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The annual sale will be in the St. Anne Church Social Hall, 511 Fifth Ave.
Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information, call John Aldana at 360-640-1020.
Kids’ fishing day
FORKS — Fishing Day for Kids will be from 6 a.m. to noon Sunday.
The annual event will be at the Bogachiel Hatchery rearing pond on Bogachiel Way.
The free event is open to children 12 years and younger.
Coffee, hot chocolate and donuts will be served.
Children are invited to bring their own tackle or borrow from the Sportsmen Club. They will be limited to five fish each.
Bingo night
FORKS — West End Sportsmen will host bingo night at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The fundraiser will be at the club at 243 Sportsmen’s Club Road.
Proceeds will benefit hunter education program and the annual Kids’ Fishing Day.
SEQUIM
Discussion group
SEQUIM — The Great Decisions Discussion Group will meet from 10 a.m. to noon today.
The discussion group meets in the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Great Decisions discussion groups, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association, are free and open to the public.
The group will discuss the challenges facing the European Union.
For more information, call George Noa at 360-808-9911, email geonoa@yahoo.com or visit www.fpa.org.
‘First Date’
SEQUIM — Performances of “First Date” will continue this week with shows at 7:30 tonight and Saturday night, a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday and a Talk-Back performance at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Performances are at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave.
Tickets are $24 per person, $22 for OTA members.
For more information, call the theater at 360-683-7326 or email marketing@olympictheatrearts.com.
Plant sale
SEQUIM — A plant sale and car show are planned from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
The fundraiser will be at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.
Plants available will include vegetable starts, tomatoes, herbs, annual and perennial flowers, sedums, house plants, African violets and shrubs.
Sequim Valley Car Club will display antique and vintage vehicles in the church parking lot.
Thrift shop open
SEQUIM — The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild will open its thrift shop from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The shop is at 204 W. Bell St.
This month, the shop features a crank telephone, an antique rocker, leather bar stools and a Victorian floor lamp.
For more information, call 360-683-7044.
Garden Club talk
SEQUIM — Gail Cortese will present “Starting Over: How Brierwood Farm became Brierwood Cottage” at a meeting of the Sequim Prairie Garden Club from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday.
The public is invited to attend the free meeting in the Pioneer Memorial Park clubhouse, 387 E. Washington St.
Cortese will discuss how her family reproduced their Pennsylvania home and gardens in Sequim.
Wellness forum
SEQUIM — Dr. Joshua Jones will present “What’s New in Mental Health and Wellness” at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The lecture will be at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.
The free presentation is part of the WOW! Working on Wellness Forum series sponsored by the Dungeness Valley Health and Wellness Clinic.
Jones is the chief physician officer at Olympic Medical Center.
For more information, call 360-582-0218.
Marine lecture
SEQUIM — Genevra Harker-Klimes will address a meeting of the Sequim Bay Yacht Club from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The free lecture will be presented at the John Wayne Marina, 2577 W. Sequim Bay Road.
Harker-Klimes, the director of the Coastal Sciences Division of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Sequim, will discuss environmental monitoring around marine energy devices.
For more information, call Andrea Williams at 530-945-9234 or email drandreawilliams@aol.com.
PORT TOWNSEND
Benefit show
PORT TOWNSEND — Caspar Babypants will perform at 5:30 p.m. today to benefit a movement to create a playground accessible to all children.
The show will be at Salish Coast Elementary School at 1637 Grant St. Doors will open at 5 p.m.
Admission will be a suggested donation of $10; children younger than 2 will be admitted free of charge.
Snacks and raffle prizes will be offered at the concert.
Proceeds will benefit JUMP — Jefferson Universal Movement Playground. Organizers aim to build a playground accessible to all, including children with disabilities, at HJ Carroll Park in Chimacum.
For more information, see www.jumpplayground.org.
Conversation cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — Conversation Cafe will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.
The group meets at Alchemy Restaurant, 842 Washington St.
This week’s topic is “Prejudice.”
Family movie
PORT TOWNSEND — A free screening of “Spirited Away” is planned at 6:30 tonight.
The film will be shown in the Carnegie Reading room at the Port Townsend Public Library, 1220 Lawrence St.
The 2001 animated film is rated PG.
Plant sale
PORT TOWNSEND — The Swan School will host its seventh Plant-a-Palooza plant sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
The sale will be at the school at 2345 Kuhn St.
The sale will include annual flowers, succulents, edibles, perennials and hanging baskets.
Proceeds go toward the school’s experiential learning program.
For more information, call the school at 360-385-7340 or visit www.swan school.net.
Gemboree
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Rock Club will host its 2019 Gemboree from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The free event will be at the Port Townsend Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St.
It will feature demonstrations of faceting, wire wrapping, beading, beach glass, jewelry making, repoussage and silver clay, as well as a silent auction of rocks.
Book lover’s cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — The Book Lovers’ Cafe will discuss “Less” by Andrew Greer from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday.
The free group meets monthly in the Charles Pink House, 1256 Lawrence St.
In June the group will discuss “A Gentleman In Moscow” by Amor Towles.
For more information, call Melody Eisler at 360-34403054 or email meisler@cityofpt.us.
Barstool bingo
PORT TOWNSEND — The Humane Society of Jefferson County will host Barstool Bingo from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
The fundraising event will be at the Hilltop Tavern, 2510 W. Sims Way.
Two cards per game all night can be had for $10. Proceeds benefit the society.
For more information, call Ellen Heinemann at 360-385-4539, email friends@hsjcwa.org or visit www.hsjcwa.org.
Urban sketchers
PORT TOWNSEND — The Urban Sketchers will sketch at the Point Hudson Marina from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
The group will meet near the Shanghai Restaurant, 265 Hudson St.
All levels of sketchers are welcome to attend the free gathering.
For more information, call Barbara Kurland at 360-316-9947 or email barbkurland@gmail.com.
Sing-a-Ling
PORT TOWNSEND — Keeth Apgar will present Sing-a-Ling from 10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Thursday.
The program for toddlers and pre-schoolers will be at the Port Townsend Public Library, 1220 Lawrence St.
Toastmasters to meet
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Toastmasters Club will meet from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday.
The club will meet in the learning center at the Port Townsend Public Library, 1220 Lawrence St.
The theme for speakers will be “Spring and Other New Beginnings.”
The public is invited to this free meeting.
For more information, visit jeffco.toastmasters clubs.org.
Kayaking lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — John McCormack will present “Kayaking the Inside Passage” from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.
The free lecture will be at the Port Townsend Public Library, 1220 Lawrence St.
McCormack will discuss solo kayaking, camping, marine hazards, native resurgence, wildlife and the consequences of extractive industries on the coastal environment.
For more information, call the library at 360-385-3181 or email ptlibrary@cityofpt.us.
CHIMACUM
Plant sale
CHIMACUM — The Tri-Area Garden Club’s annual plant sale is set from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will be in front of the commons at Chimacum High School, 91 West Valley Road.
It will include perennials, grasses, shrubs and succulents.
Proceeds will fund grants for local organizations’ horticultural projects.
For more information, call 360-912-5673 or email maggiegravegirl@gmail.com.
Plant sale
CHIMACUM — The Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation will conduct its 2019 plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The annual sale will be at the large pavilion at HJ Carroll Park, 9884 state Highway 19.
The sale will include landscape trees and shrubs, ground cover, bulbs, annuals, perennials, succulents, fruiting and edible plants and native plants.
Proceeds help to support the foundation’s public education programs and garden projects in Jefferson County.
For more information, call Cat North at 360-379-5610 or visit www.jcmgf.org.
Spring auction
CHIMACUM — The Port Townsend Cooperative Playhouse will host an auction from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
The annual fundraiser will be at Finnriver Farm and Cidery, 124 Center Road.
In addition to the auction, the event will include live music and a dessert raffle.
Tickets are $25 per person and include seasonal hors d’oeuvres and a drink token; proceeds benefit the playschool.
For more information, email communications@ptplayschool.org or visit www.ptplayschool.org.
Grange meeting
CHIMACUM — Brian Tracer will discuss fire danger in East Jefferson County and prevention strategies at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The presentation will be at Chimacum Grange, 9572 Rhody Drive.
Tracer is assistant fire chief and fire marshal for East Jefferson Fire-Rescue.
The meeting will begin with a potluck social at 6:30 p.m.
Working buffers
CHIMACUM — Carrie Brausieck will present “The Working Buffer Opportunity: Creating Ecologically Sound and Economically Viable Stream Buffers on Agricultural Lands” at 6 p.m. Thursday.
The lecture, sponsored by the Jefferson County Conservation District, will be at the Chimacum Grange, 9572 Rhody Drive.
Brausieck will discuss the work of the Snohomish Conservation District to develop stream buffers that produce a yield but still provide fish habitat.
The free presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
For more information, visit www.jeffersoncd.org.
PORT LUDLOW
Pottery sale
PORT LUDLOW — The Port Ludlow Hands on Clay artists will host an open house and spring sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The open house will be at the Port Ludlow Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place.
For more information, call Pamela Raine at 206-465-5846.
Gardens to open
PORT LUDLOW — Chimacum Woods will host open gardens from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The public is invited to the rhododendron nursery at 2722 Thorndyke Road.
Visitors may take a free self-guided tour through the eight-acre garden or a guided tour with Bob Zimmerman.
PORT HADLOCK
Boatbuilding tour
PORT HADLOCK — The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding will host tours of its campus from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. today.
The free tours will be conducted at the school’s Port Hadlock Heritage Campus, 42 N. Water St.
No reservations are required for the tours, which are conducted on the first Friday of each month.
Benefit concert
PORT HADLOCK — Sigrid Cummings and Singers in the Rain will perform a benefit concert from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The concert will be at Community United Methodist Church, 130 Church Lane.
Suggested donation is $10 per person, all proceeds benefit Bayside Housing and Services.
For more information, visit www.hadlockchurch.com.
Tech Tuesday
PORT HADLOCK — A class on virtual reality and how it can be used is set from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday.
The class is part of the Tech Tuesday series at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave.
Tech staff will be available from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. after the class for drop-in tech assistance with phones, tablets or other devices.
For more information, call 360-385-6544 or visit www.jclibrary.info.
Meet the reptiles
PORT HADLOCK — The Olympic 4-H Reptile club will show a variety of exotic reptiles from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The presentation will be in the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave.
Participants will be able to touch the animals.
For more information, call 360-385-6544 or visit www.jclibrary.info.
Spirit of Land
PORT HADLOCK — Camilla Blossom Bishop will present “Connecting with the Spirit of Land” from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Bishop will speak at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave.
Bishop is the author of “Sacred Spirit of the Gorge — Columbia River Gorge Flower Essences and Essences of Place” as well as the creator of “Sacred Spirit Deck” wildflower cards.
For more information, call 360-385-6544 or visit www.jclibrary.info.
Art and music
PORT HADLOCK — An art and music meditation program is planned from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday.
The free, adult program will be at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave. Space is limited.
The program will begin with a short inspirational reading followed by a hands-on painting session with peaceful music.
All materials will be provided.
For more information or to reserve a seat, call 360-385-6544 or visit www. jclibrary.info.
Discussion group
PORT HADLOCK — The Great Decisions Discussion group will meet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.
The group will meet at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave.
The group will discuss “The United States and Mexico — Partnership Tested.”
Great Decisions discussion groups, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association, are free and open to the public.
For more information, call 360-385-6544 or visit www.jclibrary.info.
Book discussion
PORT HADLOCK — A discussion of “The Leisure Seeker” by Michael Zadoorian is planned from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Thursday.
The discussion group will meet at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave.
Signup is required; copies of the book are available to borrow.
In June, the group will discuss “Pilgrim’s Wilderness” by Tom Kizzia.
For more information, call 360-385-6544 or visit www.jclibrary.info.
NORDLAND
Plant sale
NORDLAND — The Nordland Garden Club will host a plant sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will be at the club at 320 Garden Club Road.
Proceeds will support the club’s community activities.
For more information, call Bev Schaaf at 360-379-3458 or email bevschaaf@gmail.com.
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