Music from classical to funk.
Lectures on orcas, vegetables and history.
Comedy shows and political action.
Variety marks the offerings on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For more information on other arts and entertainment, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, in today’s PDN.
Other events are in the “Things to Do” calendar, available online at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
PORT TOWNSEND/JEFFERSON COUNTY
Flagler concert set
NORDLAND — The Friends of Fort Flagler’s summer concert series continues with Shady Grove at Fort Flagler State Park’s Battery Bankhead, 10541 Flagler Road, at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Shady Grove performs a variety of folk songs from the 1960s, including favorites of the Kingston Trio and the Brothers Four.
This all-acoustic group features three-part vocal harmonies accompanied by guitar, banjo, mandolin and upright bass.
Cost is $8 for adults, $15 for families and free for children 13 and younger.
For more information, email fofflagler@gmail.com.
Puffin cruise set
PORT TOWNSEND — A cruise to see the tufted puffins of Protection Island is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
The cruise aboard the Glacier Spirit will depart from Point Hudson Marina and venture close to the island at the mouth of Discovery Bay.
Nesting pairs of tufted puffins are in full breeding plumage and close to Protection Island now, said Anne Murphy, executive director for the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, adding that the center cannot guarantee puffin sightings.
Naturalists will provide onboard commentary during the cruise.
Proceeds benefit the center’s educational programs.
The cruise is $55 per person or $50 for members of the center, Burke Museum, Audubon Society or Washington Ornithological Society.
Reservations are required and may be made by phone at 360-385-5582 or 800-566-3932 or by email at cruises@ptmsc.org.
Information about the center at Fort Worden State Park also is available by phone, by emailing info@ptmsc.org or visiting www.ptmsc.org.
Free lunch Friday
PORT HADLOCK — Free Lunch Friday will be offered for children and teens in Port Hadlock at Irondale Church, 681 Irondale Road, on Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to noon through Aug. 31.
There will be a healthy variety of food served.
A collaboration of four churches in Port Hadlock, Community United Methodist Church, Irondale Church, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and Peach Lutheran Church are sponsoring the program.
No reservations are needed.
For more information, phone 360 385-1720.
Potluck celebration
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will mark its 30th anniversary with a public potluck at 5 p.m. Sunday.
The potluck will be at the Kitchen Shelter on the beach at Fort Worden State Park.
“We’re excited to mark this important milestone for our organization with a 30-day celebration,” said Anne Murphy, executive director of the center.
“Look for a story each day for 30 days posted on our blog, Facebook and Twitter,” she said.
“These stories will offer 30 reasons to give $30 to celebrate 30 years.”
Internment lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — Clarence Moriwaki, president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Exclusion Memorial Association, will speak at the Jefferson County Historical Society First Friday Lecture.
He will speak at 7 p.m. today at the Port Townsend City Council chambers at 250 Madison St.
Admission is by donation, which supports programs of the historical society.
Moriwaki’s talk will complement the exhibit “Ansel Adams: A Portrait of Manzanar,” which can be seen at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History through Aug. 18.
The lecture and the exhibit explore the prejudices and fears that led the U.S. government to confine American citizens and legal immigrants of Japanese ethnicity in relocation centers such as Manzanar in California.
Moriwaki previously has served as CEO of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington, public relations manager for the Portland (Ore.) Rose Festival, media specialist for Sound Transit, board member of the ACLU of Washington and deputy communications director for the Governor’s Office.
His awards include the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award presented by the National Parks Conservation Association to the outstanding conservationist of the year and the Kitsap County Human Rights Commission Wall of Fame Award for outstanding leadership.
Museums are free
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Historical Society offers Jefferson County residents free admission to the Jefferson Museum of Art & History, the Rothschild House Museum, and the Commanding Officer’s Quarters the first Saturday of every month.
Saturday’s free admission is sponsored by the Port Townsend Arts Commission.
Draw a line in the sand
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will host a hands-across-the-planet event to “draw a line in the sand against expanding offshore oil drilling and champion clean energy for a sustainable planet” Saturday.
The event will be on the beach at Fort Worden State Park north of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Marine Exhibit on the pier.
Participants are asked to meet at 11:45 a.m. with the event starting at noon.
“This event will happen on beaches and in cities across the world,” said Anne Murphy, executive director for the marine science center.
“Hands Across the Sand is a movement comprised of people from all walks of life and crosses all borders and political affiliations.
“We’re pleased to join with them.”
Hands Across the Sands will begin in New Zealand at noon in that time zone and continue by sending a wave of Joining Hands around the world until it concludes in Hawaii.
Supply appreciation
PORT HADLOCK — Hadlock Building Supply, 901 Ness’ Corner Road, will hold its annual customer-appreciation day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Hamburgers and hot dogs will be provided by Port Hadlock’s Valley Tavern.
Music will be from Louie’s World Entertainment.
Vendors and product experts, as well as sales, specials and prizes, are planned.
The grand prize is a Traeger grill and accessories, worth more than $1,200. Visitors must be present to win.
For more information, phone 360-385-1771.
Letter-writing
PORT TOWNSEND — A letter-writing event asking members of Congress to shrink military expenditures will be held at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
It will serve as a commemoration of the 67th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, Japan,
The Port Townsend Friends Meeting (Quakers), Quimper Unitarian Universalists and Veterans for Peace are hosting the letter-writing.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a candle to commemorate those who have died in wars.
These candles will provide illumination inside a coffin sculpture that has images regarding the human suffering war creates on its glass walls.
Port Townsend peace activist Doug Milholland plans to give the sculpture to the commander of the Trident Nuclear Submarine Base at Bangor on Monday, the 67th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.
Comics at Upstage
PORT TOWNSEND — The A.K.A. Comedy Tour brings three stand-up acts from across North America to the Upstage, 923 Washington St., at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
A.K.A. stands for Ass-Kicking Asian, and the lineup at the Upstage at 923 Washington St. includes Ed Hill from Vancouver, B.C., Raj Sivaraman from Boston and a man who calls himself “The Zhangster” from San Francisco.
The cover charge is $10 at the Upstage, which is an all-ages venue. Discretion is advised, though, since the comedy may include adult material.
To find out more, visit www.asskickingasians.com or phone promoter Steve Strout of Olympic Peninsula Comedy at 360-643-0009.
Boat school festival
PORT HADLOCK — The Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building, 42 Water St., will hold its 31st Anniversary Boat School Rendezvous from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
The school’s boat-building, metal and blacksmith shops will be open for tours, and there will be sawmill demonstrations at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Used boat-building tools will be sold as a fundraiser for the school’s scholarship fund.
The school’s community boat-building program, an accredited program for middle and high school students, will offer free sailing/rowing adventures throughout the day.
Mystery Bay Seafood will cook locally caught seafood, and the Ajax Cafe will host a beer garden.
For more information, visit www.nwboatschool.org.
Land trust hosts walk
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Land Trust will host a free, guided walk in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Participants will meet at 49th and Hendricks streets in Port Townsend.
The walk will focus on parasitic plants.
For more information, phone 360-379-9501, ext. 107.
PORT ANGELES
Talent show deadline
PORT ANGELES — Today is the deadline to sign up for the second annual Community Talent & Variety Show at the Clallam County Fair.
The talent show will be at the fairgrounds, 1608 W. 16th St., from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19.
Any kind of performing entertainment acts — instrumental, vocal, magic, dance, juggling, comedy —encouraged to enter.
The talent showcase will be on the Wilder Auto Community Stage in the center of the fairgrounds, and cash prizes will be awarded to the top three acts.
For a full list of rules and to download entry forms, visit the Clallam County Fair home page at www.clallam.net/Fair.
For more information, phone the fair office at 360-417-2551.
Art Blast concert
PORT ANGELES — Everett-based funk and hip-hop group 20 Riverside will perform at a special River Story Art Blast event at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 7 tonight.
The group is a six-person band of multi-instrumentalists blending the classic rock and brassy horns of Chicago, the funky grooves of Tower of Power and the hip-hop rhythms and socially conscious lyrics of The Roots.
The opening reception for the late-summer Art in the Library exhibit will be at 6:30 p.m., immediately preceding the 20 Riverside show.
The art exhibit, an open-call juried show, will feature selected works of local artists, depicting river settings and/or exploring themes of renewal, restoration and transformation through river based imagery.
The artwork will remain on display through Sept. 10.
The event is free and open to the public.
Limited library services will be available.
For more information, visit www.nols.org, or email Margaret Jakubcin at AssistantDirector@nols.org or phone 360-417-8505.
Help playground
PORT ANGELES — Volunteers are needed to assist with annual maintenance on Port Angeles’ Dream Playground this weekend.
The Dream Playground Foundation, a local nonprofit tasked with the upkeep and eventual replacement of the Dream Playground, organizes the annual maintenance weekend.
Each year, volunteers help by applying new sealant to the wood surfaces, adding and raking ground cover, painting and doing minor repairs.
As many volunteers as can be found will be welcomed.
The maintenance will require the closure of the facility today through Sunday while maintenance is done and while fresh wood sealant and paint are drying.
Work hours will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or 4 p.m. each day.
It is possible that everything will be completed by Saturday afternoon if there are enough volunteers.
The Dream Playground, which is in Erickson Park on Race Street across from Civic Field was built in only five days in 2002 by nearly 2,000 community volunteers.
To volunteer, email Foundation board member Steve Methner at Methners@gmail.com or phone 360-457-6456.
Rock, paper . . .
PORT ANGELES — The third round of the first Summer Classic Paper, Rock, Scissors Tournament will be held at Bar N9ne, 229 W. First St., from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Proceeds from the event support the Olympic Peninsula Mountaineers youth lacrosse program.
Entry fee is $100 for a four-person team.
The event is open to ages 12 and older.
Items also will be accepted for a raffle held during the tournament.
For more information, phone 360-232-4506 or 360-452-3150.
Mass rehearsals slated
PORT ANGELES — Mass choir rehearsals will be held Saturday and again Saturday, Aug. 11, for the “Celebrate Port Angeles!” anniversary concert on City Pier.
The rehearsals will be at 2 p.m. both Saturdays at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave.
Anyone wishing to sing in the choir is welcome to come to the rehearsals.
Music will be provided.
The concert will be on the Port Angeles City Pier at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24.
People from across the North Olympic Peninsula are participating.
Organizers are looking for 350 voices to sing in the choir.
The Peninsula Singers, under the direction of Dewey Ehling, and the Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers, under the direction of Lee Moseley, will be performing the first part of the concert, and the mass choir, along with grand piano, keyboard and brass quartet accompaniment, will perform the final portion of the program.
Orca whale lecture
PORT ANGELES — Marine mammal veterinarian Pete Schroeder and Northwest Fisheries Science Center orca researcher Brad Hanson will discuss “Orcas in the Salish Sea: A Lecture and Conversation” from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today.
Hanson will speak in The Landing mall conference, Room 205, 115 E. Railroad Ave.
A $5 donation is suggested.
Southern Resident orcas — known as J, K and L pods — were listed as endangered species in 2005.
Since that time, extensive research has been conducted on both these fish-eating resident orcas and the mammal-eating transient orcas that use this area.
The pair will focus on the health and survival of orcas in the Salish Sea — what they have learned in the past decade and what questions remain.
The lecture is sponsored by the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary and the Arthur D. Feiro Marine Life Center.
For more information, phone 360-417-6254.
Singer-songwriter
PORT ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Paul Chasman offers his reflections on love and politics in an intimate concert at 7 p.m. today.
He will perform at Wine on the Waterfront, the all-ages venue upstairs in The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave.
The cover charge is $3 for an evening of original music, including “Song for the Wolf,” a number about Sarah Palin, and a tongue-in-cheek singalong about Mitt Romney.
For more information, phone 360-565-8466.
Saturday night revival
PORT ANGELES — A “good old summer hootenanny” is on tap Saturday night, promise the three players known as Deadwood Revival.
Singer-guitarists Kim Trenerry and Jason Mogi and bassist-vocalist Paul Stehr-Green will stir up roots, rock and bluegrass — from the Beatles to Steve Earle — beside the dance floor at the Junction Roadhouse, 242701 W. U.S. Highway 101, at 9 p.m.
The cover charge is $5, and the Junction can be reached at 360-452-9880.
SEQUIM
Sequim center sale
SEQUIM — The Sequim Senior Activity Center’s seventh annual benefit sale will be held in Suites E104-E105 in the QFC Shopping Center, 990 E. Washington St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Saturday.
The sale promises 8,000 square feet of bargains on furniture, clothing, household and kitchen goods, plants, bake sale and craft items, artwork, tools, shoes, baskets, toys, DVDs, office supplies, collectibles, a whole room of books and more.
Proceeds benefit the center’s nonprofit operations, with 10 percent going to the center’s scholarship fund for Sequim High School seniors.
Annual center memberships will be available for $40 at the door.
For more information, phone 360-683-6806.
Gluten-free baking
SEQUIM — Learn about gluten-free baking with Laurey Hansen-Carl at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Hansen-Carl will demonstrate making gluten-free cakes, cookies and bars.
Participants also can bring their favorite recipes, and she will share ideas on how to convert them to gluten-free.
Hansen-Carl earned a bachelor’s degree in home economics education from Oregon State University in 1968.
She has 40 years of experience in creative baking, and a switch to a gluten-free diet four years ago inspired her to apply the food science principles she knew to create healthy, mostly sugar- and dairy-free products.
Winter veggie talk
SEQUIM — Master Gardener Bob Cain will present “The Winter Vegetable Garden” during a Class Act at Woodcock Garden event at 10 a.m. Saturday.
He will speak at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road.
Cain will describe how to prepare a winter vegetable garden, what to plant and when and how to extend the growing season using varieties that perform well in this area during the fall and throughout the winter.
Bob Cain is president of the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County and is also garden manager for the Demonstration Garden on Woodcock Road.
For more information, phone Muriel Nesbitt, program coordinator of the WSU Master Gardeners of Clallam County, at 360-565-2679.
Book-signing set
SEQUIM — Authors Mary Ellen McCaffree and Anne McNamee Corbett will discuss and sign copies of their new book, Politics of the Possible, during a First Friday Art Walk event at Pacific Mist Books from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
The book retraces Washington state politics in the 1960s, when “our government and political system worked at its optimum — and led to sweeping bipartisan reforms,” according to the authors.
McCaffree served four terms in the state Legislature during this period.
Corbett spent two sessions at the state Legislature, as a reporting intern for The Seattle Times and as a staff writer in the Senate Office of Public Information.
Pacific Mist Books is located at 121 W. Washington St.
For more information, phone 360-683-1396.
KSQM Pet Day
SEQUIM — Sequim radio station KSQM and Costco are working together to host KSQM Pet Day at Costco, 955 W. Washington St., from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
More than 20 informational booths will be on hand, including those with details on adoption, trainers, grooming, supplies and identification tags.
The Emerald City K-9 Freestyle Dancers will perform from 11:30 a.m. to noon, and BeauJes Dog Training will hold a demonstration from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Kelbi from Kelbi’s World will perform inside the store from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Costco will offer a $20 Costco cash card for new members, along with drawings and prizes.
The event is part of KSQM’s fourth annual Pet Week.
For more information, visit www.ksqmfm.com.
Genealogy quiz set
SEQUIM — The Computer Genealogy Users Group will meet at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. today.
The program “Genealogy Pop Quiz” will be given by Kit Stewart.
It was part of an eight-week genealogy course that Kit taught in Juneau, Alaska, as well as a lighthearted look at genealogical questions — with all answers furnished
The meeting is free and open to all who are interested in computer genealogy.
Thrift shop open
SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop, located on Second and Bell streets, will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will feature lots of summer clothing, furniture, jewelry, kitchen and home accessories, and all white-tag items will be marked at half-price.
Volunteers are wanted for the shop.
For more information, phone 360-683-7044.
Crab feed set Saturday
SEQUIM — The Sequim Valley Lions’ second annual Crab Feed will be held at the Islander Pizza and Pasta Shack, 380 E. Washington St., from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
A crab dinner, along with shrimp, garlic bread, coleslaw, corn on the cob and watermelon, will be $25 per person.
The Old Sidekicks will perform live music at the event.
Proceeds benefit Lions Club community projects.
Jazz in the gardens
SEQUIM — Jazz will bloom at McComb Gardens Nursery just outside Sequim as clarinetist Craig Buhler, pianist Linda Dowdell, bassist Ted Enderle and drummer Tom Svornich arrive Sunday.
The music, much of it from Buhler and friends’ new CD, “Ripples,” will start at 1 p.m. at the nursery at 751 McComb Road off Old Olympic Highway.
Admission is free to the hourlong performance, and directions can be had by phoning McComb Gardens at 360-681-2827.
FORKS/WEST END
Comedy benefit
FORKS — A live comedy show fundraiser is planned for the Forks Elks Lodge, 941 Merchants Road, at 7 p.m. Saturday.
DJ music will follow the comedy show until 1 a.m.
The benefit is for Skyler Jewett, a 7-year-old Forks resident battling lymphoma.
Tickets are $15 per person, and all attendees must be 21 or older.
All tickets must be preordered by phoning Tricia Deckard at 360-640-8222.