While many will celebrate the Fourth of July at events planned throughout the holiday weekend, other summer activities — ranging from hikes and runs to fairs and workshops— are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula.
For more on the “Vocal Roots and Honky-Tonkin’,” Centrum’s daylong concert and dance at Fort Worden State Park — as well as other stories on the visual and lively arts on the Peninsula — see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, in today’s PDN.
Other major weekend events are spotlighted — by area — below:
PORT ANGELES
Kids musicians set
PORT ANGELES — Musician Johnny Bregar will perform as part of One World, Many Stories, the North Olympic Library System’s Summer Reading program, on Saturday.
Bregar will perform at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 10:30 a.m.
His songs are about everyday life as a child. His music has received positive reviews from NPR’s All Things Considered as well as ParentMap, Zooglobble.com and Parenting Magazine.
On Wednesday, Tim Noah, an Emmy award-winning songwriter, will perform at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 10:30 a.m. and the Port Angeles Library at 2 p.m.
In case of rain, the Sequim event will be held in the Sequim Middle School cafeteria, 301 W. Hendrickson St.
For more information about the reading program, visit www.nols.org, phone the library at 360-417-8502 or email kids@nols.org.
Taproom opens today
PORT ANGELES — Barhop Taproom, 110 N. Laurel St., will start serving microbrews on tap from Barhop Brewing at 2 p.m. today.
Customers can also purchase beer to go at the taproom.
Barhop Brewing is a licensed microbrew located behind Harbinger Winery, four miles west of Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101.
Wines from Harbinger Winery also will be available by the glass or bottle.
Guests who want to enjoy food with their beverage are invited to bring in food from the taproom’s partner restaurants: Michael’s, Bella Italia, SoHo Bistro and LD’s Woodfire Grill.
Barhop Taproom will feature seven of owner-brewer Ton Curry’s handcrafted, artisan microbrews.
Business hours are from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.
For more information, phone 360-504-2454 or visit www.barhopbrewing.com.
SEQUIM
MAC Swap meet slated
SEQUIM — The Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley will hold a neighborhood swap meet in front of the MAC’s DeWitt Administration Center, 544 N. Sequim Ave., from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The property is across from the brick-building portion of Sequim High School.
For more information about the MAC, visit www.macsequim.org.
Bob’s hold barbecue
SEQUIM — KQSM-FM will hold its second annual Bob’s-R-Q, a traditional barbecue with all the fixings, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The free barbecue will be held in the KSQM parking lot in Kite Girl Plaza, 577 W. Washington St.
Hot dogs, beans and soda will be served.
For vintage car enthusiasts, the Sequim Valley Car Club will offer a car show, with awards given at the end of the day.
Other activities include a karate demonstration from Sequim Martial Arts, Les Wambolt and his Old Tyme Country Band, singer Amanda Bacon and the Sequim City Band clarinet ensemble.
Medicinal herb lecture
SEQUIM — Patricia Star-Bowen will talk about 23 herbs that thrive in the Pacific Northwest climate and are growing in the medicinal herb beds at the Clallam County Master Gardener Woodcock Demonstration Garden on Saturday.
Her presentation will be at 10 a.m. at the Woodcock site, 2711 Woodcock Road.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
A free plant clinic from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. follows the presentation.
People with plant problems are asked to bring in bagged samples of healthy and damaged areas of plants, including stem, leaves, flowers, fruits or cones, and living specimens of pests.
For more information, phone 360-417-2279.
PORT TOWNSEND/JEFFERSON COUNTY
Arts and crafts fair
NORDLAND — The Nordland Garden Club will host its annual Artist and Crafters Fair from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The fair will be at the Nordland Garden Club Clubhouse at the end of Garden Club Road on Marrowstone Island.
A variety of premium art, baked goods and preserves will be offered.
Boat workshops set
PORT TOWNSEND — A brand-new summer series of workshops will begin inside the boat shop of the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The topic of the first workshop is “Steam Bending Oak Frames for Carvel Planking.”
Attendees will learn how wood strips are curved into shape without breaking.
Workshops are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 3.
Cost is $30 person, paid in advance or the morning of the workshop.
No experience is necessary to sign up.
Instructors will host free demonstrations of some of the skills that will be taught during the workshops at 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
Demonstrations are free and open to all.
To sign up for workshops, phone Scott Jones at 360-385-3628, ext. 123, or email scott@nwmaritime.org.
Deer Run
INDIAN ISLAND — The annual Deer Run on Naval Magazine Indian Island is Saturday.
The 1.5-mile or 5K run, hosted by the Navy on the southern end of the island through a forested area, will begin at 10 a.m.
Runners and walkers can enter the main Indian Island gate at 9 a.m. Those registering the day of the run must be at the main gate at 8:30 a.m. Photo identification is required for entry at the security gate.
Runners will meet at Crane Point, then walk up the hill to the course.
The race is open to the public and to all age groups. Pets and strollers are permitted on the 1.2-mile course, which is on a paved surface. The Navy requests no cameras.
Registration online is closed Thursday. Registration the day of the event is $2 more and must be paid in cash.
The entry fee the day of the run is $22 with a T-shirt or $16 without a shirt for those older than 16.
For ages 16 and younger, the fee will be $16 with a T-shirt and free without.
For information, visit www.active.com and then search for Deer Run, or phone 360-396-5227.
Puffin Cruise
PORT TOWNSEND — The first of five summer evening Puffin Cruises is Saturday.
Cruises to see the tufted puffins of Protection Island are scheduled from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. this Saturday as well as July 9, 23 and 30 and Aug. 6.
All cruises, which are aboard the Glacier Spirit, 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 marine science center, adding that the center cannot guarantee puffin sightings.
Naturalists provide on-board commentary during the cruises.
Proceeds benefit the center’s educational programs.
Cruises are $55 per person — $50 for members of the center, Burke Museum, Audubon Society or Washington Ornithological Society.
Reservations are required for each trip 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 in Fort Worden State Park also is available by phone, by emailing info@ptmsc.org or by visiting www.ptmsc.org.
Party in Chimacum
CHIMACUM — An “Inter-Dependence” Day Party will be held at Chimacum Corner Farmstand, 9122 Rhody Drive, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
The event will include music from The Pitfalls, free Elevated Ice Cream for the first 300 guests, goats and rabbits for the kids and local food carts serving $5 entrees.
Forum theater set
PORT TOWNSEND — The Mandala Center for Change will present “Waging Peace — Designing Justice” — a public forum/theater/performance and community dialogue at 7 p.m. today.
The event will take place at the Masonic Center,1338 Jefferson St.
This forum/theater event is the culmination of a weeklong intensive training in Theater of the Oppressed techniques and is created and performed by the participants including several members of the Mandala Center’s local Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble.
Under the guidance of facilitator Marc Weinblatt, the audience will choose from several pre-scripted short plays depicting social issues relevant to the community at large.
The selected plays will be performed a second time, at which point the audience will be invited to stop the action and improvise their solutions to the problems at hand.
Themes from past year’s performances have included racism, sexism, homophobia, globalization, the education system, disability and the war in Iraq.
Admission is free, with donations benefiting the Boiler Room, Port Townsend’s youth-drive coffee house and community center.
For more information, phone 360-344-3435 or email info@mandalaforchange.com.
Motorcycles rally in PT
PORT TOWNSEND — About 150 Honda Goldwing motorcycles will visit Port Townsend this weekend as part of the Goldwing Touring Association’s 24th annual Washington State Rally.
Several events are planned Saturday.
A display of bikes will be available for public judging in a “Show and Shine” event on Madison Street in front of City Hall at 10 a.m.
There are 11 award categories for the Show and Shine.
The Northwest Wings Drill Team will perform uptown on Lawrence Street between Harrison and Fillmore streets at noon.
A light parade, featuring Goldwings decorated with neon lights and glow sticks and led by an East Jefferson Fire-Rescue truck will leave the Jefferson County Fairgrounds at 9:45 p.m.
