A student film festival in Sequim, an “eggstravaganza” at the public pool in Port Angeles and a boat show and marine swap in Port Ludlow are among the offerings on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
Information about activities related to the visual and lively arts can be found in Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, in today’s PDN.
Other major weekend events are spotlighted in “Things To Do,” and — by area — below:
SEQUIM
Film festival benefit
SEQUIM — The Sequim Education Foundation’s sixth annual Student Film Festival and spaghetti dinner benefit is tonight.
The dinner and screening of short student films will be at Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
The spaghetti dinner will be in the school cafeteria from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The film festival will start in the school’s performing arts center at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for ages 18 and younger.
Filmmakers compete to win scholarship awards, and the audience gets to pick their favorite film.
The combo dinner/movie ticket enters the holder in a drawing to win a handmade quilt or other prizes.
Tickets are available for pre-purchase at Pacific Mist Books, 121 W. Washington St.
Film-festival-only tickets will be available at the door.
For more information, phone Elna Kawal at 360-683-3027 or email elna@kawal.net, or visit www.sequimed.com.
Girl Power event
SEQUIM — Sequim High School and Soroptimist International of Sequim will hold a Women In Networks event, “Girl Power,” on Saturday.
“Girl Power” will be from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Sequim Middle School cafeteria, 301 W. Hendrickson Road.
The event was originally scheduled for Feb. 26 but was postponed because of inclement weather.
All young women attending Sequim High School are eligible to take part in the event.
The cost is $5, which includes participation in the seminar, lunch, a T-shirt and an emergency whistle.
Presenters will be Becca Korby, executive director, Healthy Families of Clallam County; Lorraine Shore, community policing services coordinator with the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office; officers and Detectives Sean Madison and Darrell Nelson from the Sequim Police Department; Kathleen Timperio, Peninsula College; Ashley Merscher, 2004 graduate of Sequim High School; and nutritionist Erika Van Calcar.
To register, phone Mitzi Sanders, career director at Sequim High School, at 360-582-3600 or by email at Mitzi@sequim.k12.wa.us.
Thrift shop
SEQUIM — The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild Thrift Shop will offer a half-price sale Saturday.
The shop at Second and Bell streets will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
All white-tagged items will be half-price.
For more information, phone 360-683-7044.
Benefit breakfast
SEQUIM — The Lady Elks of Sequim plan a benefit breakfast Sunday.
The breakfast will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, Sequim.
Admission will be $5, with children 6 and younger admitted free.
The fundraiser benefits the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society.
Link sausage, scrambled eggs, orange juice, pancakes and coffee and tea will be served.
Moss basket class
SEQUIM — Henery’s Garden Center, 1060 Sequim-Dungeness Way, will host two classes on making a moss basket.
Classes will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
The cost for the class will be $30 to $40, depending on size of basket and number of plants used.
Henery’s will supply all necessary materials.
Attendees can use Henery’s greenhouse to incubate the basket to increase its rate of growth.
For more information or to make a reservation, phone 360-683-6969.
MAC cleanup set
SEQUIM — The Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley invites volunteers to help the MAC by getting their hands dirty today.
The “DeWitt Spring Clean” will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the DeWitt Administration Center, 544 N. Sequim Ave.
Help is needed pulling weeds, trimming hedges, and loading debris to be hauled away.
Cleanup volunteers should bring their own gardening gloves, buckets, trimmers, pruning shears, shovels, rakes, sawzalls, and any other yard tools.
Trucks and trailers also are needed to assist in hauling away yard waste and other debris.
For more information on the cleanup, phone MAC collections manager Alicia Gilstrom at 360-681-2257.
Take care of trees
SEQUIM — Seattle horticultural consultant, writer and instructor Christina Pfeiffer will present “Care & Selection of Trees” at McComb Gardens, 751 McComb Road, at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Pfeiffer is certified with the International Society of Arboriculture and is active with the Washington Park Arboretum.
The seminar is free and open to the public.
Spring flea market
SEQUIM — The Sequim Prairie Grange’s annual Spring Flea Market will be held at the Grange Hall, 290 Macleay Road, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
There will be a variety of vendors, and tailgaters are welcome.
Grange members will have a bake sale and serve lunch.
For more information, phone Bob Clark at 360-683-4431.
Car wash for grad night
SEQUIM — The parents of the Sequim High School Class of 2011 will hold a benefit car wash Saturday.
The car wash will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Tarcisio’s, 609 W. Washington St.
Proceeds will to toward a drug- and alcohol-free graduation night party.
Food forum on tap
SEQUIM — “What Do You Know About the Food You Eat?”, a free educational forum, will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The forum will focus on genetically engineered foods, possible related health issues and the impact of genetically modified organisms on local farmers.
Speakers are Michelle Simpson, citizen advocate; Dr. Tom Locke, health officer for Jefferson and Clallam counties; Patty McManus-Huber — who with her husband, Nash Huber, operates Nash’s Organic Produce — and William Aal, Washington Biotechnology Action network and co-chairman of Agra-Watch.
A question-and-answer period will follow the presentations.
The event is sponsored by League of Women Voters Clallam County and co-sponsored by the North Olympic Land Trust and the North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development.
For more information about the forum, phone Lounette Templeton at 360-504-2060.
Sequim spring cleanup
SEQUIM — A cleanup only for residents of the incorporated area of Sequim is planned today and Saturday.
Trash will be accepted during the city’s annual Spring Clean Up program from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day at the Sequim City Shop at 169 W. Hemlock St.
The city of Sequim will accept one vehicle load of trash in exchange for two cans of food for the local food bank and a coupon that was mailed to Sequim residents in the city’s utility billing April 1.
No refrigerators, freezers, paints or hazardous materials will be accepted. The city also does not accept yard waste.
It will accept appliances such as washers, dryers, ranges, microwaves and other items such as furniture and tires.
The city will accept one vehicle load per coupon. Additional loads will cost $10 to $25, depending on the size of the load.
The city asks people to recycle computers and televisions at Goodwill or at EcycleNW in Blyn. For more information, visit www.ecyclewashington.org.
For more information about the cleanup, phone the city Public Works Department at 360-683-4908.
Sustainable agriculture
SEQUIM — The Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley is going green with a presentation Saturday highlighting sustainability in local agriculture.
Scott Chichester, the vegetable production manager at Nash’s Organic Produce, will discuss “Seeds, Soil and Sustainability” at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, 2781 Towne Road, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Chichester will speak on how soil and seed — key elements in food production — are used in local agriculture to increase sustainability while creating a local food system.
Admission for the presentation is $5 for MAC members and $8 for nonmembers.
Registration is not required, and payment will be collected at the door.
The presentation continues a series of Earth Day-inspired events for the MAC in April.
The nearly 70-piece exhibit “The Art of Sustainability,” which explores the environmental, economic and social consciousness of local artists, is on display through April 30 at the MAC Exhibit Center, 175 W. Cedar St., Sequim.
For more information about upcoming MAC programs and events, phone the MAC Exhibit Center at 360-683-8110 or visit www.macsequim.org.
Buzz into bee lecture
SEQUIM — Veteran Master Gardener Cindy Ericksen and beekeeper Mark Urnes will present “Bee-Happy Habitat” on Saturday.
The lecture will be at 10 a.m. at the Washington State University Clallam County Extension Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road.
The two will discuss managed and wild bee populations in the local area and the diminishing, fragmenting and degrading bee habitat.
They also will provide a description of plant traits that attract bees and will suggest plants that provide both nectar and pollen sources and landscape considerations that address shelter and water needs of pollinators.
The presentation is part of the Class Act at Woodcock Garden series, sponsored by the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County.
Presentations are held the first and third Saturdays of the gardening season.
The series is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-417-2279.
PORT ANGELES
Benefit Dump Day
PORT ANGELES – The city of Port Angeles’ annual Benefit Dump Day will be held at the Regional Transfer Station, 3501 W. Lauridsen Blvd., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
City and county residents can take advantage of this event to clean up their homes, yards and neighborhoods.
Yard waste, tires, large appliances and other metals will be recycled.
Cash donations of $10 per load will be accepted for the Port Angeles Food Bank in lieu of regular transfer station fees.
Only cash and checks — no credit cards or food donations — will be accepted.
Loads are limited to one per household and can be no greater than a full-size pickup truck or a 5-foot-by-8-foot trailer.
Tires, metals and yard waste must be separated for recycling, and there is a limit of up to four tires and four appliances per household.
Before going to the dump, visit www.2good2toss.com and see if you can give it away or sell items.
This website is sponsored by the Solid Waste Division for all Clallam County residents.
For more information, phone the Solid Waste Division Recycling at 360-417-4874 or visit www.cityofpa.us/transferstation.htm.
Royalty Tea
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Fair Royalty Scholarship Princess Spring Tea will be held in the Home Arts Building at the Clallam County Fairgrounds, 1608 W. 16th St., at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The royalty candidates for 2011 will be presented along with reigning Queen Marissa Wilson and Princess Stephanie Lindquist.
This is a judged event where three candidates will be chosen to run for fair royalty.
Coronation will occur during the Clallam County Fair on Monday.
Tickets are $5 for the general public.
The event is free for any past Clallam County Fair Royalty member.
For more information, phone Laurie Davies at 360-681-2024.
Eggstravaganza
PORT ANGELES — It will be an extravagant “eggstravaganza” at the William Shore Memorial Pool on Sunday.
Eggs can be gathered at the pool at 225 E. Fifth St. from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Nearly 1,000 plastic eggs will bob in the water. Some prize eggs will have special surprises inside, while others can be redeemed for candy and other goodies. Games will be offered.
Admission will be $5. Tickets can be purchased at the pool as late as 10 a.m. Sunday.
For more information, phone 360-417-9767 or visit www.williamshorepool.org.
Surplus sale, swap
PORT ANGELES — The North Peninsula Building Association annual Builders Surplus Sale will have a new addition this year: a tool swap.
The Surplus Sale and Tool Swap will be held at the Clallam County Fairgrounds, 1608 W. 16th St., from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Attendees will enter through the green gate, which leads to the sheep barn, the location of the sale.
Directional signs will be posted.
Building association members and the general public can bring tools to donate to the surplus sale, or they can leave tools to be sold during the sale.
Tool drop-off will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Tool owners who drop items for sale will receive 60 percent of the funds from tools sold during the event.
For more information, email info@npba.info or phone 360-452-8160.
Spring flea market
PORT ANGELES — Dry Creek Grange’s annual Spring Flea Market will be held at the grange, 3520 W. Edgewood Drive, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.
Table rental is available for $15, and tailgate spaces are $10.
Proceeds will go toward grange maintenance.
To reserve a table or tailgate space, phone 360-452-2279 or 360-452-4919.
Elwha Mule Barn Day
PORT ANGELES — Olympic National Park and Backcountry Horsemen of Washington will host Elwha Mule Barn Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.
It will be held at the Elwha Mule Barn, located four miles within Olympic National Park’s Elwha Valley on Olympic Hot Springs Road at the base of the Whiskey Bend Road, just past the Elwha Ranger Station.
Events will include a mule packing demonstration — including packing history, techniques and methods — along with hands-on training on leave-no-trace backcountry ethics.
Attendees should bring a pack lunch.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit www.pbchw.org or phone Tom Mix at 360-582-0460.
Pizza, pop, tools
PORT ANGELES — Girls in middle school will be introduced to power tools during “Pizza, Pop and Power Tools” on Saturday.
The event will be from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Center Technology Building, 905 W. Ninth St.
The event is designed to show middle-school-age girls that power tools and the construction industry are no longer just the domain of men.
The first 20 who register for the event will spend the day learning about the construction trades, participating in games related to the day’s theme, making a project to take home and will receive a gift bag and meet women who have been successful in the construction field.
A pizza and pop lunch will be provided.
All registered participants must have parental permission to attend.
The event will be monitored by college staff and volunteers from community businesses and organizationn.
For more information on how to register, phone Anne Grasteit, at 360-681-5127 or email agrasteit@pencol.edu.
Music auditions
PORT ANGELES — High school seniors intending to major or minor in music in college can audition with Monday Musicale for scholarships of up to $3,000 Sunday.
Auditions before three professional musicians will be held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 Lopez Ave., at 2 p.m.
Each student will perform a classical piece of no more than 10 minutes.
The performances are free and open to the public.
Applications can be picked up at Sequim or Port Angeles high schools.
For more information, phone 360-681-7135.
Flea market slated
PORT ANGELES — The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Queen of Angels Conference will hold a flea market sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The flea market will be at Queen of Angels Catholic Church, 209 W. 11th St.
More than 30 tables will have items for sale. Coffee will be served.
For more information, phone Sandy Ruddell at 360-460-9222.
Swing into spring
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School Jazz Band and the Port Angeles Senior Center will present a “Swing Into Spring” dance Saturday.
The dance will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the senior center ballroom, 328 E. Seventh St.
Jazz band members will perform music for the dance.
The dance is open to the public.
Admission is by donation.
Light refreshments will be available for purchase.
For more information, phone Mark Urnes at 360-477-7934.
Rider dancer tea
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School Rider Angels Dance Team will present its second annual “Tea with the Angels” fundraiser Saturday.
The tea will be at 2 p.m. at the Port Angeles High School Student Center, 304 E. Park Ave.
There will be performances by the Rider Angels,a silent auction and a fashion show courtesy of Black Diamond Bridal.
Admission is $5 per person.
Proceeds will go toward the Rider Angels scholarship fund.
Tickets may be purchased from dance team members or by phoning Juanita Chamberlain at 360-461-4327.
Bake sale set
PORT ANGELES — The Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary will hold a bake sale at the Veterans Center, 216 S. Francis St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, phone Darlene Hopper at 360-670-9612.
EAST JEFFERSON COUNTY
Ludlow boat show
PORT LUDLOW — Signaling the unofficial start of the boating season, the Port Ludlow Marina annual boat show and marine swap will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The event will feature scores of privately owned boats in the water and on trailers.
The marine swap will offer a wide array of all things nautical in The Resort At Port Ludlow pavilion.
Marina crew members will fire up the barbecue and serve hot dogs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
To register for the boat show or marine swap, e-mail Kori Ward at kward@portludlowresort.com.
District cleanup
PORT TOWNSEND — Main Street project volunteers plan spring cleaning of both the uptown and downtown districts Saturday.
The cleanup is planned from 9 a.m. to noon. Volunteers will meet at Adams Street Park.
Tunnel Vision run/walk
PORT TOWNSEND — The Friends of Fort Worden will hold a Tunnel Vision 5K Fun Run/Walk at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday.
The walk will begin at 10 a.m. near the upper campground.
Runners will follow roads and trails through historic gun batteries and a 160-foot tunnel.
Registration is $15. Proceeds will benefit the Friends of Fort Worden.
For more information, visit www.fwfriends.org or phone Roy Oesterhaus at 360-698-4724 or email royruns@gmail.com.
Singing workshop
PORT TOWNSEND — Evie Ladin will conduct a singing workshop and concert at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., on Sunday.
An “Old-Time Harmony Singing Workshop” will be from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., followed by an ice-cream social from 6:30 p.m. and the concert at 7 p.m.
Cost for the workshop and concert is $15; cost for each alone is $10.
For more information email info@evieladin.com.
Digital family histories
PORT TOWNSEND — Anna Du Pen will present a free program, “Creating, Saving, Printing and Passing on Your Family Legacy,” at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
The talk will be during the monthly meeting of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, Chimacum.
For more information, visit www.wajcgs.org.
Global lens returns
PORT TOWNSEND — The Global Lens Film Series will return to the Rose Theatre, 235 Taylor St., beginning Saturday.
“A Useful Life,” a film from Uruguay in Spanish with English subtitles, will be shown at 10 a.m.
Admission is $5 or free for students.
For details, phone the film institute office at 360-379-1333 or visit www.catalogue.globalfilm.org.
Author reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Erin Belieu, the prize-winning poet and artistic director of this week’s Centrum Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, will give a free reading at 7:30 p.m. today at the Northwind Arts Center.
The public is welcome to come hear Belieu at the center at 2409 Jefferson St., just off Sims Way.
For more details about Belieu’s poetry reading, phone 360-379-1086 or visit www.NorthwindArts.org.
WEST END
Healing event
PORT ANGELES — Survivor’s Outdoor Experience will hold its inaugural “Healing Adventure” at Olympic Park Institute today through Sunday.
The 16 participants are people who have been diagnosed with cancer and their partners.
The weekend is fully booked, said Jack Ganster, executive director of Survivor’s Outdoor Experience, on Thursday.
For more information about Survivor’s Outdoor Experience, phone Ganster at 360-477-1619 or email jhgisjack@yahoo.com.
Storytime
Both the Clallam Bay and Forks public libraries will present “Big Boats, Little Boats” during storytime today.
The Clallam Bay presentation will be at 10 a.m. at the library at 16990 state Highway 112.
The Forks Storytime will be at 2 p.m. at the library at 171 S. Forks Ave.
The free event will include stories, music and a seaworthy craft.