PORT ANGELES — Singer/songwriters, musicians, comedians, poets and lovers of prose are invited to Open Stage at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The Open Stage is at The Loom, the lounge adjacent to Studio Bob upstairs at 118½ E. Front St.
The free gathering, which made its debuts last month, is set for the third Wednesday of each month, said Bob Stokes, who is coordinating the event with Doug Parent and Merryn Welch.
At the Open Stage, there’s no charge to perform or to watch and listen, while food and drink will be available from The Loom’s bar, Stokes added.
Performers can feature original work or pieces written by someone else that have particular meaning to them, Stokes said.
Performances are expected to be in reasonably short time frames of about five to 10 minutes.
The Loom will have a small sound system available for use.
For more information, phone Stokes at 415-990-0457.
West End board
SEKIU — The Clallam Bay/Sekiu Community Advisory Council of the Clallam County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
The meeting at the Sekiu Community Center will be held to hear community reports from various groups, and the new operators of Olson’s Resort, Brandon and Dawn Mason, will discuss their plans for the business.
OMC board meet
PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center commissioners will hold a special meeting today to conduct an executive session on the performance of a public employee.
The meeting, held in executive session under the Open Public Meetings Act, will be at noon in Linkletter Hall in the lower conference area of the hospital at 939 E. Caroline St.
No formal action will follow the executive session.
Vegetarian potluck set for Sunday
PORT ANGELES — The OlyPen Vegetarian Education Group will host its monthly vegetarian community potluck at Renaissance, 401 E. Front St., at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Vegetarians, vegans or anyone curious about living a plant-based lifestyle are encouraged to come, share a favorite plant-based recipe and make new friends.
The group requests that each dish include an ingredient list or recipe to share.
Participants should bring personal serving utensils, eating utensils and plates.
RSVPs are appreciated.
A Sequim rideshare is available.
Potlucks are held the last Sunday of every month.
For more information, phone 360-912-1303 or email olypenveg@gmail.com.
Book-to-film talk
SEQUIM — The North Olympic Library System’s book-to-film discussion group, Page2Screen, will discuss The Road by Cormac McCarthy at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25.
The group is free and open to the public and meets the last Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m., alternating monthly between the Port Angeles Library and the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
The next and last discussion for the year is at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., on Dec. 30 on Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.
For more information, visit www.nols.org and click on “Events” and “Port Angeles” or “Sequim,” or phone Patrick Driggers or Leo Skye at 360-417-8500.
Environmental film
Peninsula College’s Magic of Cinema film series and Peninsula College in Forks are collaborating to provide a screening of a new environmental documentary film, “Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek,” on Thursday and Friday.
The Thursday screening is on the Peninsula College campus in Port Angeles, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., in the Maier Performance Hall at 7 p.m.
Admission is $5 for the general public and free to students with a valid Peninsula College ID.
The Friday screening is at Peninsula College in Forks, 481 S. Forks Ave., at 7 p.m.
Admission is free.
“Come Hell or High Water” follows Derrick Evans, a Boston teacher who moves home to coastal Mississippi, when the graves of his ancestors are bulldozed to make way for the sprawling city of Gulfport.
Over the course of a decade, Evans and his neighbors stand up to powerful corporate interests and politicians and face Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil disaster in their struggle for self-determination and environmental justice.
For more information, visit www.pencol.edu or www.facebook.com/PeninsulaCollege.
Lunch talk on nuclear energy today
PORT TOWNSEND — James Conca, a senior scientist at UGA Ventures in Richland, is the key speaker at the Energy Lunch Program, to be held at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., at 12:30 p.m. today.
All are welcome.
“Why New Nuclear Energy Should Be in Our Future” focuses on global energy issues, the real costs of energy, comparison of energy sources and finding a just and a sustainable energy mix for Washington state and the world.
Conca writes a weekly column about nuclear energy and the environment for Forbes magazine at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-Conca.
Grange potluck
JOYCE — Crescent Grange No. 1123 will hold its monthly community potluck at the grange hall, 50870 state Highway 112 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Kathleen Walton will give a slide show of her trip around the Balkans.
There will be a silent auction.
Bring canned goods for community holiday baskets.