PORT TOWNSEND — The First Tuesday Salon, a monthly discussion of a current movie, is slated for this Tuesday night after the Starlight Room’s 7:30 p.m. screening of “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).”
In “Birdman,” Michael Keaton portrays Riggan Thomson, a washed-up Hollywood actor who once played the superhero Birdman in three blockbuster movies.
More than 20 years later, Riggan wants to reinvent his career by writing, directing and starring in a stage adaptation of Raymond Carver’s short story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.”
Directed by Alejandro Inarritu, the film also features Zach Galifianakis as Riggan’s best friend, Edward Norton as a prima donna method actor and Naomi Watts as a first-time Broadway actress.
The Port Townsend Film Institute sponsors these discussions at the Starlight Room, upstairs at 237 Taylor St.
For more about the salon and other film institute activities, phone 360-379-1333 or see www.ptfilmfest.com.
Chinese feast
PORT TOWNSEND — Seats are still available for the Chinese feast to benefit the Jefferson County Community Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls on Saturday, Jan. 17.
Tickets are $75 per person for the eight-course dinner, to be served at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St.
Proceeds will benefit the Fund for Women and Girls, so $40 of the ticket price is tax-deductible.
For information about the fund, see www.JCCFgives.org.
Alice Hayes, a longtime supporter of the fund, will prepare the home-style feast with Patti Reynolds, Phil Walkden, Theresa Saludo and Ben and Mary Massie.
Each guest will leave with chopsticks and a gift made by artist David Haakenson from DoeRun Studios in Quilcene.
To make reservations using a credit card, phone 360-385-1729, or mail a check to the Jefferson County Community Foundation, 201-B Patison St., Port Hadlock, WA 98339.
Flight landing practice set this week
COUPEVILLE — Field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field in Coupeville are scheduled Monday through Friday.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, training is scheduled in the late afternoon into the early evening.
On Thursday and Friday, training is in the late afternoon.
Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to station’s comment line at 360-257-6665 or via email at comments.NASWI@navy.mil.
All other questions can be directed to the public affairs office at 360-257-2286.
Senior nutrition
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Senior Nutrition Site dinners will be served at 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
A suggested donation is $5 for those who are 60 or older.
People younger than 60 can attend for $8.
Reservations should be made 24 hours in advance to 360-457-8921.
Menus are subject to change.
■ Tuesday: Carrot salad, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts with gravy and brownies.
■ Wednesday: Tossed salad, chicken enchiladas, refried beans, mixed fruit and baked custard.
■ Thursday: Spinach salad, spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans, garlic bread and fruit cup.
■ Friday: Broccoli salad, fish and chips, cantaloupe, garlic bread and peaches ‘n’ cream.
Scout tree recycling
SEQUIM — Boy Scout Troop 1498 is providing a post-Christmas pickup service for recycling trees for a suggested donation of $10.
Phone 360-775-8074 to schedule pickup for either Saturday or Sunday, Jan. 11.
Auditions slated
SEQUIM — Olympic Theatre Arts will hold auditions for its Second Stage production of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” in the OTA center’s Gathering Hall, 414 N. Sequim Ave.
Auditions are at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18.
The cast calls for three to four women in their 20s to 60s.
A script is available for advance review in the OTA office, open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
The play will be presented in the OTA Gathering Hall for two weekends: at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 27-28 and March 6-7, and at 2 p.m. Sundays, March 1 and 8.
For more information, phone the OTA office at 360-683-7326 or phone director Sharon DelaBarre at 360-683-6592.
Fly-fishing seminar
PORT LUDLOW — Skip Morris, an internationally renowned fly fisher and fly tier, will present a one-day fly-fishing seminar to benefit the management of Teal Lake, located in Port Ludlow.
The seminar will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place.
The price for the seminar is $30 a person ($15 for those 17 and younger) in advance or $35 a person ($20 for those 17 and younger) at the door. The price includes lunch.
Hosted by the Port Ludlow Fly Fishers Club, Morris describes techniques for fly fishing gained through years of hands-on experience.
The seminar will have three PowerPoint presentations and a fly-tying demonstration.
The morning sessions will cover:
■ “Fishing the Surface of a Trout Lake” on the techniques, tackle and flies that catch trout that are feeding in the top layer of a lake.
■ “Fishing the Depths of a Trout Lake” on fishing with sinking lines and floating lines using weighted flies on very long leaders.
Following a lunch served at the venue, the afternoon sessions will cover:
■ “Fly Fishing for Bass and Panfish” on fly fishing for large-mouth bass, small-mouth bass and panfish.
■ “Tying Flies for Trout Lakes” on how to tie and when to fish the flies he uses most often in both Olympic Peninsula and Western Washington trout lakes.
All proceeds from the seminar will go to the the Port Ludlow Fly Fishers (PLFF) Teal Lake fund for its continued management and maintenance.
Early registration is encouraged to guarantee a space for the seminar.
Make checks payable to PLFF Teal Lake Fund and mail them to PLFF, 81 Puget Loop, Port Ludlow, WA 98365.
For more information, phone Bill Master at 360-437-7976.
Harmonica Pocket
The duo The Harmonica Pocket will return to the North Olympic Library System for two performances Wednesday, Jan. 14.
The pair will appear first at 10:30 a.m. at the Sequim Library and again at 6:30 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library.
With swinging story-songs, hula hoops and a suitcase of props, Port Townsend’s The Harmonica Pocket mixes music, dance and imagination games into a “joyful jambalaya,” according to a news release.
Their acoustic show is sprinkled with wah-wah guitar, ukulele, jaw harp, harmonicas, skits, creative dance, hula hoops and spinning flags.
The Port Angeles Library is located at 2210 S. Peabody St., while the Sequim Library is at 630 N. Sequim Ave.
For information about this and other programs for youths, contact the Port Angeles Library at 360-417-8500, ext. 7705, or the Sequim Library at 360-683-1161; visit www.nols.org; or email youth@nols.org.
