The holiday gift-buying season has begun in earnest on the North Olympic Peninsula, with a multitude of bazaars offering handicrafts, speciality items and Christmas decorations.
For more information on a tribute to John Lennon at The Upstage theater in Port Townsend — as well as other arts and entertainment events — see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, appearing in this edition.
Other weekend events are in the “Things to Do” calendar, available online at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
Here are some of this weekend’s other highlights:
PORT ANGELES, SEQUIM
Fundraiser
The Daily Grind espresso stands in Sequim and Port Angeles will hold their second annual Salvation Army Adoption fundraiser today and Saturday.
All tips and other donations will be used to adopt and provide gifts for families this holiday season from the Salvation Army.
The Sequim Daily Grind is located at 615 E. Washington St.
The Port Angeles Daily Grind is located at 1919 E. First St.
PORT ANGELES
Christmas Cottage
PORT ANGELES — Handmade gifts and holiday decorations will be offered for sale at the 30th annual Christmas Cottage this weekend.
Vendors will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St.
Admission will be free.
More than 25 artists will offer locally made and handcrafted holiday and home decorations, gifts, baked goods and Christmas ornaments.
Items will be grouped according to category, and there will be one central cashier station for checkout.
Hot cider and cookies will be provided.
Homemade soups and sandwiches will be sold for lunch.
Santa will be available for photos from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Organizers will collect canned food donations for Rose House, a residence for victims of domestic violence.
Proceeds from the soup and sandwich sales will also be donated to Rose House.
Angelic Festival
PORT ANGELES — Queen of Angels will hold its annual Angelic Festival at the Queen of Angels gym today and Saturday.
The festival will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days at 209 W. Eleventh St.
The event will include toys, a kids corner, gift baskets, handicrafts, a country store, a silent auction, white-elephant gifts, religious articles and nativities and homemade gifts.
Entertainment will be provided and lunch served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Free coffee will be served.
For more information, phone 360-457-0910.
Holiday fashions
PORT ANGELES — Prizes will be given away and wine and chocolate served during a Holiday Bash Fashion Show and Party on Saturday.
The party will be at Sassy Kat Salon and Clothing Boutique, 105 E. First St., from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
It is being co-hosted with another downtown business, Cottage Queen, a women’s clothing and accessories store at 119 W. First St.
Customers will receive a free gift with each purchase.
For more information or to RSVP, phone the salon at 360-417-0800.
‘Flag Down Hunger’
PORT ANGELES — Lakeside Industries and Swain’s General Store are holding a “Flag Down Hunger Drive” at Swain’s parking lot, 602 E. First St., from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
For every five pounds of food or $10 donation, donors will be entered into a raffle to win a load of gravel, to be delivered within the Port Angeles and Sequim area.
Food donors also will receive a coupon for $10 off a $50 purchase at Swain’s. The coupon will be good only Saturday.
Cash or check donations will be accepted along with cookware.
Donations will be given to the Port Angeles Food Bank.
Sea otter talk
PORT ANGELES SEmD James L. Bodkin will share stories about sea otters at the Arthur D. Feiro Marine Life Center tonight.
Bodkin’s talk will be at 6:30 p.m. at the center on City Pier.
A $5 donation is suggested.
The program is free to center members.
Bodkin, who is with the Alaska Science Center, will tell of lessons that have been learned from more than 50 years of research on sea otters and the role they play in the nearshore marine ecosystems they occupy.
For more information or to reserve a seat, phone 360-417-6254.
Club walk slated
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers will host a club walk and meeting Saturday.
The Port Angeles Historical Walk will include routes of six kilometers and 10 kilometers and will begin at the Red Lion Hotel lobby, 221 N. Lincoln St., at 9 a.m.
A meeting will follow the walk at Downriggers Restaurant, 115 E. Railroad Ave.
A carpool will leave the Sequim QFC parking lot at 8:30 a.m.
For more information, phone Mary Allen Clark at 360-452-0593.
Movie screening set
PORT ANGELES — New Life Open Bible Church, corner of Sixth and Peabody streets, will hold a free screening of the movie “Soul Surfer” at 6:30 p.m. today.
“Soul Surfer” is rated PG.
It is an American drama film about the life of surfer Bethany Hamilton.
At the age of 13, Hamilton lost her arm to a shark attack.
The film details the events surrounding this attack and her struggle during the aftermath.
For more information, phone 360-457-8888.
Harvest Dinner set
PORT ANGELES — A Harvest Dinner hosted by the Esther Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, will be held Saturday.
The meal will be from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge, 622 S. Lincoln St.
Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, gravy, green beans, cranberry gelatin salad, rolls, homemade pies, coffee, tea, lemonade and milk will be served.
The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 5 to 10, and free for youths 4 and younger.
For tickets, phone Vickie Larson at 360-457-9444.
Christmas bazaar
PORT ANGELES — The Agnew Helpful Neighbors Club will hold a Christmas bazaar at 1241 N. Barr Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Besides holiday gifts, arts and crafts will be offered, along with a lunch of homemade stew, pies and sandwiches.
For more information, phone 360-452-2872.
Google for genealogy
PORT ANGELES — Jim Johnson will present “Using Google for Genealogy” on Saturday.
The Clallam County Genealogical Society will host the presentation from 9:45 a.m. to noon at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
The event is free and open to the public.
Johnson is the director of Heritage Quest Library in Sumner.
He will provide tips for performing successful Google searches.
Johnson also will bring books from his organization’s genealogical bookstore for purchase.
Besides being a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Johnson also belongs to the Puyallup-Sumner Genealogical Society, Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society and the New England Genealogical Society.
For more information, phone 360-417-5000 or visit www.olypen.com/ccgs.
SEQUIM
Trinity screens film
SEQUIM — The film “What’s Cooking” will be screened at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., at 7 p.m. today.
The free movie, rated PG-13, will be accompanied by popcorn and followed by an opportunity for discussion.
“What’s Cooking” concerns four couples, all neighbors, with differing ethnic and religious backgrounds.
The showing is sponsored by the church’s Christian Education Committee.
For more information, phone 360-683-5367.
Ladies of Elks bazaar
SEQUIM — Sequim Ladies of Elks will host a holiday bazaar Saturday.
The bazaar will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road.
The event will include more than 20 vendors, a raffle and a baked goods sale.
A lunch of homemade soups and sandwiches will be available.
Parkwood bazaar
SEQUIM — A Holiday Bazaar will be held at the Parkwood Community Clubhouse on Saturday.
The bazaar will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 261520 U.S. Highway 101.
School play performed
SEQUIM — Sequim High School will present William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” starting at 7 p.m. today.
Performances will be at the school’s Performing Arts Building, 533 N. Sequim Ave., at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and again at 7 p.m. Nov. 18-19.
A 4 p.m. matinee will be held Thursday, Nov. 17.
Tickets are $8 or $6 with a Sequim High School ASB card.
They will be available 30 minutes before the play.
The play portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the duke of Athens, Theseus, and the queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta.
These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, who are manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set.
Grange breakfast
SEQUIM — Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, will host a pancake breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.
Ham, eggs, juice and all the pancakes you can eat will be available for $5; the cost is $3 for youths 10 and younger.
For more information, phone 360-681-4189.
Book discussion
SEQUIM — Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz will be discussed at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Love, loss, guilt and lies are the narrative strands running throughout this tale of three women and a shocking turn of events that changes their lives forever.
The novel is about the ties that bind families and the insidious secrets that can tear them apart.
Multiple copies of the book are available at the Sequim Library and can be requested online through the library catalog at www.nols.org.
Preregistration for this program is not required.
For more information, visit www.nols.org and click on “Events” and “Sequim,” phone branch manager Lauren Dahlgren at 360-683-1161 or email Sequim@nols.org.
PORT TOWNSEND/JEFFERSON COUNTY
Equine clinic set
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County 4-H Horse Project will hold a two-day equine dental clinic with veterinarian Richard Vetter of Performance Equine Dentistry.
It will be at Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St., today and Saturday.
Horses, ponies, donkeys and miniature horses are being scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, phone Betty Mysak, Jefferson County 4-H Horse Project leader, at 360-379-6931 or email mysak@cablespeed.com.
Tectonics lecture
CHIMACUM — Ray Wells of the U.S. Geological Survey will discuss “Revolutionary Tectonics in the Pacific Northwest” at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, at 4 p.m. Saturday.
The presentation will focus on the role of rotating microplates and megablocks in the Earth’s crust along the zone where the Juan de Fuca Plate converges with, and plunges under, the larger North American Plate.
This zone, known as the Cascadian Convergence, lies about 100 miles west of the coastline to the Cascade Mountains.
Wells has used field geology, magnetic rock properties — or paleomagnetism — and GPS to solve large-scale problems in determining the Earth’s ongoing structural evolution.
Wells has produced a simple, hands-on block model of the Pacific Northwest that illustrates the crustral plate movements.
During his talk, Wells will demonstrate the model, which has now been distributed and is used in 165 classrooms around the region.
This one-hour lecture, sponsored by the Quimper Geology Group, is free and open to the public.
Donations will be accepted to defray expenses.
‘Postmortem’ continues
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend High School fall play, “Postmortem” by Ken Ludwig, will continue its run today.
Performances will be held at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and again at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 17-19.
A matinee performance will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
An understudy performance will be held Nov. 17.
The murder-mystery thriller set in 1922 concerns the cast of William Gillette’s Broadway revival of “Sherlock Holmes” assembling at a riverfront estate.
A seance is held with signs pointing to Gillette’s impending murder by one of his guests.
He sets out to solve the mystery in the manner of Sherlock Holmes.
Thriller writer reads
PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend attorney Jason Kays will read and sign copies of his new thriller, Virtual Vice, at Artisans on Taylor, 911 Water St., at 7 p.m. today.
Much of the book is set in Port Townsend.
EMI recording artist Jimmy Manolides also will perform piano music at the event.
The book is available from independent bookstores and on Amazon.com.
Kays was born in Port Angeles and attended Washington State University and Seattle University Law School. He set up his law practice in Port Townsend in 1997.
Fundraiser planned
PORT TOWNSEND — A benefit in support of Sharon Trent will be held at Artisans on Taylor, 911 Water St., from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
Trent is battling cancer.
A silent auction will be held and refreshments provided by the Rosewind Cohousing Community.
Bird lecture slated
PORT TOWNSEND — Admiralty Audubon board member David Beatty will present “I Saw a Bird Today” at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.
Beatty will discuss how to recognize neighborhood and shoreline birds, with a focus on how seasonal changes and habitat preferences make identification more accurate.
The event is free and open to the public.
Restaurant launches
PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend’s Sam Force and Jesse Rose will open Necesito Burrito, below street level at 940 Water St., today.
The new Mexican restaurant will offer burritos, tacos, tortas, combination plates and salads.
Gluten-free tortilla shells will also be available.
The business plans to be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.