NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Nov. 20.
A SHOREBIRD WALK and a “dive-in movie” are among the activities planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about “The Game’s Afoot” comic thriller at the PA Community Playhouse and other arts news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment magazine included with today’s PDN.
Information also is available in the interactive calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
SEQUIM
Digging the Dungeness
SEQUIM — The Puget Sound Partnership will host awards for the upgrade of 728 acres of shellfish beds on Dungeness Bay during a celebration from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. today.
Awards will be given at the Sequim Transit Center, 190 W. Cedar St.
Clallam County, the Clallam County Conservation District, the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe, the Dungeness Agricultural Water Users Association and Matt Heins, manager of Dungeness Farms, will be honored for their efforts behind the upgrade.
For information, contact Gretchen Glaub at gretchen.glaub@psp.wa.gov or call 360-742-6177.
Open house tonight
SEQUIM — The Blue Whole Gallery open house, an event celebrating the venue’s holiday art sale, will be from 5 to 8 tonight.
The Blue Whole, 129 W. Washington St., initially planned the open house for Tuesday but postponed it because of stormy weather.
Admission is free to the reception, which will feature festive food and drink, prize drawings and conversation with the Blue Whole’s member artists.
Visitors also will have a chance to see the range of art for sale: jewelry, fused glass, ceramics, ornaments, gourds, wood sculpture, paintings, photography, digital art, fiber art and holiday cards.
The holiday art sale will stay open through Dec. 28 at the Blue Whole. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays. It will be closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
For more information, phone 360-681-6033 or see ww.bluewholegallery.com.
Candy sale
SEQUIM — Soroptimist International of Sequim will sell See’s Candies outside the Sequim Walmart Supercenter from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.
The sale outside the store at 1110 W. Washington St. is part of ongoing fundraising, organizers said.
It will help support scholarship funding for high school seniors as well as women returning to school or continuing their education, provide personal items for victims of domestic violence and provide funding and support to community agencies.
Great decisions
SEQUIM — The Sequim Great Decisions Discussion Group will meet from 10 a.m. to noon today.
The discussion will be at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
New members are welcome.
The topic this week is “Obama’s World: Judging His Foreign Policy Record.”
The suggested background reading for this discussion is the special section “Obama’s World” from the Foreign Affairs magazine’s September/October edition, published by the Council on Foreign Affairs.
For information, contact John Pollock at 360-683-9622 or email jcpollock@olypen.com.
Shorebird walk
SEQUIM — The Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge will host a shorebird walk at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The event is free and open to the public.
It starts at the kiosk/entrance station at the end of Voice of America Road.
The two- to three-hour walk will be led by a naturalist from the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society.
Walkers are encouraged to wear sturdy shoes and bring binoculars or spotting scopes.
This is the final event in a yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1915.
For more information, phone 360-457-8451 or email david_falzetti@fws.gov.
Greywolf bazaar
SEQUIM — Greywolf Elementary School will host a holiday bazaar from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The school is located at 171 Carlsborg Road.
For information, contact Dede Bessey at 360-670-1320.
Weight loss
SEQUIM — Fit4Life Studio, 1245 W. Washington St., will host a free lecture by Molly Troxler on weight loss from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
Troxler will tell how she lost 100 pounds, share some of her recipes and bring samples to try.
For more information, phone Pauline Geraci at 360-464-5231 or email pmgeraci@gmail.com or visit www.fit4lifesequim.com.
Thrift shop open
SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild’s thrift shop will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Featured at the store at 204 W. Bell St. will be a vintage 1940s wedding gown and hairpiece, Christmas decorations, warm clothing, jewelry, dishware and crystal serving pieces.
All white-tagged items will be marked half-price.
Consigners and volunteers are always needed, store volunteers said.
For more information, phone 360-683-7044.
Open house, book fair
SEQUIM — Dungeness Speech and Language at 803-C Carlsborg Road will host an open house from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Usborne Books, a publisher of children’s books, will be featured.
Visitors can meet speech language pathologists and learn strategies for using books to boost language skills in babies, toddlers and young children.
Refreshments will be available.
Veterinary clinic
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Equine Network will host a veterinary clinic at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Fees will apply at the clinic at 554 Roupe Road.
Services available will be teeth floating, castration, vaccines and worming.
For information, call 360-207-1688.
Aviation enthusiasts
SEQUIM — EAA Chapter 430 will hosts its November meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Brion Toss of Yacht Riggers of Port Townsend will talk about rigging boats and how that correlates to rigging planes at the meeting at Hangar 15 at Sequim Valley Airport, 468 Dorothy Hunt Lane.
PORT ANGELES
Farewell to Veenema
PORT ANGELES — Retiring Russ Veenema’s 15 years as executive director of the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce will be celebrated at a farewell party from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
The party will be at the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St., and will feature snacks, beverages and a no-host bar.
Although not required, participants are invited to bring bottles of wine to “Fill the Barrel” as a gift for Veenema.
Veenema, 62, will retire at the end of the year. An announcement of a replacement is expected in January.
Microbes and health
PORT ANGELES — Seattle scientists Anne Bikle and David R. Montgomery will read from their book, The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health, at 7 tonight.
Admission will be free to the reading at the Port Angeles Library at 2210 S. Peabody St.
Montgomery and Bikle will discuss how microbes affect human health and why it’s key to feed the soil with them.
Copies of their book will be available for purchase and signing by the authors.
For more information, contact Port Book and News at 104 E. First St. or 360-452-6364.
‘All in the Timing’
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School Drama Club will continue to present “All in the Timing,” David Ives’ set of six comic sketches, through Sunday.
Shows at the Performing Arts Center at Port Angeles High, 304 E. Park Ave., start at 7 p.m. today and Saturday. The final performance will be at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is $8 general, $7 for students and free for children younger than 10.
Nightly performances began Tuesday.
For more information, phone Port Angeles High at 360-452-7602 or email klovall@portangelesschools.org.
Back in town
PORT ANGELES — Two former members of The Lonely H band will perform at the Metta Room at 9 tonight.
Ben Eyestone and Eric Whitman, who began their careers with the Port Angeles band The Lonely H while they were in high school, are on tour with country singer Nikki Lane.
The cover charge at the Metta Room, 132 E. Front St., will be $5.
Crime, drugs protest
PORT ANGELES — A protest against crime and illegal drugs is planned from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Participants will meet at noon at Jessie Webster Park at East Second and South Eunice streets, then walk to the empty lot of East First Street, across the street from Swain’s General Store, said organizer Chelsea Ward.
Protesters will make their own picket signs and plan to occupy the empty lot to protest and pass out fliers to local businesses for about two hours.
The protest is meant to increase awareness of illegal drug use, theft and other crimes that are taking place in Port Angeles, Ward said.
Biker Toy Run
PORT ANGELES — The annual Salvation Army Biker Toy Run from Blyn to Port Angeles will be Saturday.
Registration will be from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101 in Blyn. The fee is $10 per bike.
The ride to the Salvation Army at 206 S. Peabody St. will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Lunch at the center will be at 12:15 p.m.
The event will benefit the Salvation Army toy drive. The charity annually gives away toys to families in need.
For more information, call 360-460-7083.
‘Dive-In’ movie
PORT ANGELES — William Shore Memorial Pool, 225 E. Fifth St., will show a movie during a swim from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
“The Lego Movie” is a family film.
Admission will be $3.25 for youth and $5.25 for adults. Pool passes will be accepted.
Spectator benches will be available for those who do not care to swim.
For more information, phone 360-417-9767 or visit www.williamshorepool.org.
Decorated trees
SEQUIM — Olympic Theatre Arts’ O’Tannenbaum Dinner and Auction is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Eleven decorated holiday trees will be on display at the dinner and auction at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave.
Tickets are $75 per person, including champagne, dinner and wine.
The holiday trees, festive wreaths and getaway packages will all be up for bid, with proceeds to benefit Olympic Theatre Arts’ musicals, plays and other activities through the year.
For more information, phone 360-683-7326 or visit www.olympictheatrearts.org.
Hope After Heroin
PORT ANGELES — The Hope After Heroin youth group will host a Walk Against Drugs on Sunday.
The walk will begin at noon at the Fairmount Grocery, 1137 U.S. Highway 101, and head north on Fairmount Avenue to Lauridsen Boulevard, then east to C Street, north to Eighth Street, west on Eighth and then north on Lincoln Street to the Clallam County Courthouse at 223 E. Fourth St., where a rally is planned.
A shuttle service will be available at 11:30 a.m. in the Safeway parking lot across the street from the courthouse for those who want to park near there.
Participants are asked to not park in the Fairmount parking lot, said Tina Sperry, the adult adviser to the youth group.
Trash bags and gloves will be available so participants can pick up any trash encountered along the walk, Sperry said.
Movie discussion
PORT ANGELES — Joyous Refuge Meditation Circle will show the Japanese movie “Departures” in the Raymond Carver Room of the Port Angeles Library from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday.
The film screening at the library at 2210 S. Peabody St. is free and open to the public.
The movie, presented with subtitles, concerns a young cellist who stumbles into a career as an encoffiner — someone who prepares bodies for their journey to the next world.
A short discussion will follow the movie.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, email home@joyousrefuge.org or phone 360-477-5954.
JOYCE
Lions breakfast
JOYCE — The Crescent Bay Lions Club will host a benefit breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.
Breakfasts are held every Sunday through May 8 except Dec. 20 and Dec. 28 at the club on state Highway 112 and Holly Hill Road.
The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children 12 and younger.
The menu includes eggs cooked to order, hot cakes, French toast, biscuits and gravy, hashbrowns, ham, sausage, bacon and coffee.
Proceeds help Crescent Bay Lions members support Crescent school yearbooks, scholarships for Crescent High School seniors, holiday food baskets, glasses for the needy and other community projects.
FORKS
Turkey Bowl
FORKS — The first Turkey Bowl will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Forks High School stadium.
Tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for children. Those younger than 5 will be admitted free to the stadium at 261 Spartan Ave.
Proceeds will benefit United Way charities.
“The event promises to be big, entertaining and possibly muddy,” organizers said.
Concessions will be available.
Library storytime
FORKS — The Forks Library offers winter storytimes for preschoolers at 10:30 a.m. each Friday.
Weekly storytimes for preschoolers up to 5 years old take place at the library, 171 S. Forks Ave.
Storytimes feature rhymes, songs, dancing and books for young children.
For information, call 360-374-6402, ext. 7791.
Evening of music
FORKS — Prince of Peace Lutheran Church will host an evening of music by singer-songwriter Michael Stephen Rivers at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is free; donations will be accepted.
The church is located at 250 N. Blackberry Ave.
In addition to performing, Rivers works as a vocal coach and is the director for the Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers.
For information, call 360-374-6343.
Marathon bingo
FORKS — The Forks Elks Lodge will host a Marathon Bingo fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Proceeds from the fundraiser at 941 Merchants Road will benefit Forks Junior High and High School students and their science field trip to Florida next June.
PORT TOWNSEND
Two-step time
PORT TOWNSEND — The Discovery Dance club invites everybody to a country two-step lesson and dance to the music of Three Chords and the Truth at the Port Townsend Elks Club, 555 Otto St., tonight.
Instructor Janice Eklund will lead the lesson at 7 p.m.; then the band, which specializes in country, Western swing and honky-tonk tunes, will start at 8 p.m.
Admission is $10, and singles, couples and youngsters are welcome.
For information, visit www.olympicpeninsuladance.com.
Last day for tickets
PORT TOWNSEND — Today is the final day to reserve tickets for the Almost Annual Dinner and a Murder, the Port Townsend Kiwanis Club’s fundraising show.
The Port Townsend Mystery Players will bring to life “Murder Dot Com,” a comic mystery, for just two performances: Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4 and 5, both with dinner catered by the Belmont Restaurant of Port Townsend.
The venue is the Oscar Erickson Building at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St., and the evening will include time for drinks, socializing, a silent auction and displays from Kiwanis, Head Start and other organizations.
Tickets are $55 per person, with proceeds to benefit the Port Townsend Kiwanis Club and Olympic Community Action Programs, aka OlyCAP.
To make reservations, contact Mary Crozier at 360-531-0200 or maryc@ptpc.com, or visit www.brownpapertickets.com.
‘Take It’ at PT High
PORT TOWNSEND — “You Can’t Take It with You,” the classic Kaufman-Hart comedy, is on stage in the Port Townsend High School auditorium, 1500 Van Ness, tonight and Saturday.
This student-produced show, the culminating project of senior Noah Phillips, unfolds at 7:30 tonight and at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Admission to the evening shows is $5 for students or $10 for adults, while the matinee is a pay-what-you-wish performance sponsored by the Port Townsend Arts Commission.
For information, phone Port Townsend High School at 360-379-4520 or see http://highschool.ptschools.org.
Business symposium
PORT TOWNSEND — Business to Business, an all-day symposium, will be presented in two locations today.
Business to Business, or B2B, is designed by the CoLab of Port Townsend to help small businesses share resources.
The free symposium will be at the CoLab at 237 Taylor St., where participants can try out a co-working space and consult with business experts, and at the Business Resource Center, 2409 Jefferson St., where three forums are planned.
Reservations are advised for all the consultations and forums. See www.ptcolab.com/b2b/agenda.
For more information, go to www.ptcolab.com or call 360-385-9655.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — Conversation Cafe meets at 11:45 a.m. every Friday at Alchemy Restaurant.
The topic for the Nov. 20 gathering will be Social Security.
The restaurant is located at Taylor and Washington streets. Buying food is not required.
The gatherings conclude before 1:30 p.m.
All are welcome.
Poetry readings
PORT TOWNSEND — Members of the public can hear poetry readings and bring their own poetry to share at the Port Townsend Library from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today.
The readings will be in the library’s large room, 1256 Lawrence St.
For information, contact Polly Lyle at 360-379-1904.
Spreading gravel
PORT TOWNSEND — The Non-Motorized Transportation Board is sponsoring a work party to spread gravel on the 30th Street Trail between Holcomb and Gise streets from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The section of trail was completed last January. Graveling will help protect it during the rainy season, organizers said.
Volunteers are asked to bring wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes and work gloves and to wear sturdy boots and dress for the weather, since the group plans to work rain or shine.
Beverages and snacks will be provided to all volunteers — under a tent, if necessary.
For questions or more information, email Jolly Wahlstrom at jollywahlstrom@yahoo.com.
‘Return of the River’
PORT TOWNSEND — The Rose Theatre will show “Return of the River” as a fundraiser for Swan School from noon to 1 p.m. Sunday.
The film tells the story of those who worked to have two Elwha River dams taken down and the return of the river to a wild state.
Admission to the film at the theater at 235 Taylor St. is a $10 donation.
Swan School is a private school in Port Townsend that teaches preschool through sixth grades.
For more information, phone Bonnie White at 360-385-7340 or email info@swanschool.net.
PORT HADLOCK
Boffer swordplay
PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Library will host boffer swordplay from 2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. today.
The free program at the library at 620 Cedar Ave. is for children from 9 to 18 years old.
Boffers, constructed of foam-wrapped PVC pipe, duct tape and some imagination, are used in live-action role-playing games and mock combat.
Boffers will be available, but participants are invited to bring their own.
Participants should wear comfortable clothes and expect to be outside for part of the time, weather permitting.
For information, contact Brwyn Griffin at 360-385-6544 or bgriffin@jclibrary.info.
