NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 6.
A high school fashion show is planned in Joyce. Free legal advice will be given in Port Angeles and a shipping container made into a living space will be on display in Port Townsend.
Those are among the attractions on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about the Beat the Blues Barn Dance in Sequim, tonight’s Sequim Art Walk and Saturday’s Port Townsend Gallery Walk, as well as other arts and entertainment news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the weekly entertainment magazine, in today’s PDN.
More information is also on the calendar at cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsuladailynews.
PORT ANGELES
Law at the Landing
PORT ANGELES — Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers will present the first Law at the Landing presentation of 2015 from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Law at the Landing is a free drop-in legal advice clinic.
Held quarterly at The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave., the clinic allows local people to address their legal issues in one-on-one consultations with volunteer lawyers.
Attorney volunteers will be available to answer legal questions, direct people to local services that might be able to assist them and explain the legal process to them.
It is anticipated demand for this clinic will be high, so it is recommended that attendees arrive on time to ensure being seen by an attorney.
For more information, phone Shauna Rogers at 360-504-2422 or email probonolawyers@gmail.com.
Home dedication
PORT ANGELES — Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County’s 25th home dedication will be from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
The new home is at 1612 Maloney Court.
Jamie Commerton and her two daughters will be presented the key to their new home.
After the dedication ceremony, tours of the new home and refreshments are planned.
For more information, phone 360-681-6780.
Lincoln Day dinner
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day dinner and auction will take place Saturday.
The event will be at the Elks Naval Lodge, 131 W. First St.
Attendees can meet party dignitaries in the third-floor ballroom during a no-host cocktail hour from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. A prime rib or chicken marsala dinner will be served at 6:15 p.m.
Individual tickets are $60. Reserved tables are available.
The keynote speaker will be Susan Hutchison, the state Republican chairwoman. She will be introduced by state Rep. Elizabeth Scott of the 39th District, which covers most of Snohomish and Skagit counties and the northeastern corner of King County.
Auction items will include a Remington Model 870 20-gauge, pump-action shotgun; a salmon fishing trip for two; a two-night getaway at a guest cottage near Joyce; and gift certificates from several restaurants.
Tickets can be purchased at GOP headquarters at 509 Lincoln St. between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, by phoning 360-417-3035 or by emailing county GOP Vice Chairwoman Jindy O’Donnell at odonnelt@q.com.
Sons of Norway dance
PORT ANGELES — The Sons of Norway group will host its weekly folk-ballroom-swing dance at 131 W. Fifth St. from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Dance instruction is planned at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is $2 for members and $3 for nonmembers.
This is an all-ages, no-smoking and no-alcohol event.
For more information, phone Sandy Maxwell at 360-457-7035.
Full moon event
PORT ANGELES — Poser Yoga, 128 E. Front St., will host a Full Moon Drum Circle & Hoop Jam No. 2 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is a $5 suggested donation.
This is a community gathering to “greet the full moon with drumming and dancing,” according to a news release.
Simple drum beats and hoop tricks will be taught.
Drums are available to borrow, though attendees can bring their own.
For more information, phone 360-393-0977 or visit www.poserstudios.com.
Beekeeper program
PORT ANGELES — The apprentice beekeeper is the first level of certification in the Washington State Master Beekeeper Certification Program, and the second class in the 11-month certification will be offered Sunday.
The class is from noon to 12:50 p.m. the second Sunday of every month except December at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
If anyone missed the first class, the tests are all “open book.” One can request a test at any time and/or attend the missed lecture(s) next year.
The certification fee is $15, and a club membership is $10 a year.
A North Olympic Peninsula Beekeepers’ Association meeting will follow at 1 p.m.
This month, members will discuss bee stewardship, including biodynamic and organic views on beekeeping.
For more information, contact Kirsten Whitworth at 360-808-1451 or kibi1@wavecable.com, or visit www.nopba.org.
SEQUIM
PA author to read
SEQUIM — Port Angeles author and musician Patrick Loafman will read from his new novel, Somewhere Upriver, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 6 p.m. today during the March Art Walk artist reception.
Loafman also will perform original music with a homemade kora, a West African 21-string instrument that is both a harp and a lute and looks like “a hybrid between a banjo and a suspension bridge.”
Limited library services also will be available during the reception.
This program is made free to the public with support from the Friends of Sequim Library.
Discussion group
SEQUIM — The Sequim Great Decisions Discussion Group will meet at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon today.
The topic is “The Calm Before the Storm: Why Volatility Signals Stability and Vice Versa.”
The suggested background reading for the discussion is the article The Calm Before the Storm from the January/February 2015 edition of Foreign Affairs, published by the Council on Foreign Relations.
New members are welcome.
For more information, phone John Pollock at 360-683-9622, email jcpollock@olypen.com or visit www.tinyurl.com/pdn-decisions.
Family Flick set
SEQUIM — “Toy Story 3” will be screened at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Offered the first Saturday of each month through May, Family Flicks provide family entertainment, popcorn and movie trivia for free.
For more information, phone the library at 360-683-1161, visit www.nols.org or email youth@nols.org.
Bird migration talk
SEQUIM — “Bird Migration: Why, Where, When and How Birds Migrate” will be the topic of the fifth Backyard Birding class from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The class will be at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.
Ken Leuthold and Jim Gift will lead an exploration into the world of long-distance flying without stopovers to rest or refuel.
The next class in this series, “Spring Gardening for Birds” with Joe Holtrop, will be Saturday, April 18.
For more information, visit www.olympicpeninsulaaudubon.org.
Intro to beekeeping
SEQUIM — The North Olympic Peninsula Beekeepers’ Association and Sunny Farms will present “An Introduction to Beekeeping” from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The free class, which is open to the public, will be in the back of the garden building at Sunny Farms, 261461 W. U.S. Highway 101.
A wide range of topics for would-be beekeepers will be covered, including honeybees, equipment needs, diseases and expectations.
For more information, phone Mark Urnes at 360-477-7934.
TED talk at Nourish
SEQUIM — Nourish Sequim, located at 101 Provence View Lane, will host a full-day viewing party of the fifth annual TEDxManhattan, “Changing the Way We Eat,” from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, webcast live from New York City.
The viewing is free and open to the public.
The webcast will bring together more than a dozen speakers on the entire food spectrum, from sustainable food and farming to food arts, to spark discussion.
For more information, email contact@nourishsequim.com, phone 360-797-1480 or visit www.nourishsequim.com.
Bicycle race
SEQUIM — The first day of the Tour de Dungeness bicycle race is Saturday.
The second day of the race will be March 14.
Racers will compete on a 12-mile course that includes Lotzgesell, Cays, East Anderson, Woodcock and Kitchen-Dick roads and Sequim-Dungeness Way.
Races begin at 9:45 a.m. each day at the north end of Kitchen-Dick Road and continue through the late afternoon.
Race organizers expect between 40 and 500 participants each day.
For more information, call Mike Van Doren at 360-417-5257 after 5 p.m. or 360-775-7796.
Accordion social set
SEQUIM — The Sequim Accordion Social will be held at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St., from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
A $2 admission is requested at the door to pay for the room.
The featured players are Jeannie Berg and Friends from Sequim.
All players should bring their accordions and a song or two to play, and accordion lovers are invited to attend for some great music.
Announcer’s b-day
SEQUIM — KSQM 91.5 FM will celebrate radio announcer Bob Massey’s 90th birthday after his show Monday, followed by an open house at 2 p.m.
The celebration will be at the broadcast studio at 577 W. Washington St.
Massey’s radio show, “The Best Music Ever Made,” runs from 9 a.m. to noon Mondays through Fridays on Sequim-based KSQM, streaming live on www.KSQMFM.com.
Massey, a 13-year resident of Sequim, has been in radio since 1945 — a career spanning 70 years that has seen the rise of bebop, rhythm and blues, rockabilly, rock ’n’ roll, pop, disco and rap, and the transitions from radio tubes to transistors to microchips.
There are no known active broadcasters older than Massey currently on the air in the U.S., according to Bruce DuMont, founder and president of the Museum of Broadcast Communications and Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago.
For more information about KSQM or the celebration, phone the station at 360-681-0000.
PORT TOWNSEND
Kah Tai work party
PORT TOWNSEND — A work party is planned at Kah Tai Prairie Preserve from 10 a.m. to noon today.
The public is welcome.
The spring cleanup and weeding party is sponsored by the Olympic chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society.
Volunteers will meet at the parking lot within the Port Townsend Golf Club, 1948 Blaine St., by the Kah Tai Prairie Preserve sign.
They should bring gloves and small weeding tools.
For more information, contact Dixie Llewellin at dixie@cablespeed.com or 360-385-6432.
Marine mammals
PORT TOWNSEND — A talk, “Marine Mammals of the Salish Sea,” will take place at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., at 7 tonight.
All are welcome to the free event by enrolling at www.tinyurl.com/ALPs2015Winter. Donations are accepted.
David Rugh, a career wildlife biologist, will discuss marine mammals living in Washington state waters, specifically those near Port Townsend.
Rugh’s work has been through the National Marine Mammal Lab and involves more than 100 research trips in California, Alaska and northwest Canada to establish the distribution and abundance of marine mammals, particularly whales.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — Open to all, the Conversation Cafe will meet at the Highway 20 Road House, 2152 W. Sims Way, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today for conversation and an optional lunch.
The day’s topic is “Ferguson.”
Conversation Cafe is an exercise in active listening and nonconfrontational conversation.
For more information, visit www.conversationcafe.org.
Gardeners gather
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Food Bank Garden Team is inviting gardeners or “wannabe” vegetable gardeners to a Gardeners Gathering from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The free gathering will be in Suite 7, the American Red Cross office at the Mountain View Commons, 1925 Blaine St.
A special tour of the food bank and small food bank garden will precede an illustrated presentation about Jefferson County’s food bank gardens.
For more information, phone Karen Kastel at 360-531-2536, email ptfoodbankgarden@gmail.com or visit www.ptfoodbankgarden.com.
Public sail
PORT TOWNSEND — A public sail aboard the schooner Adventuress is set from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
The tall ship will depart from and return to Boat Haven.
Tickets are $55 for adults and $25 for those younger than 18. Sound Experience members sail free.
Reservations are recommended. They can be made online at www.soundexp.org or by calling 360-379-0438.
Participants can help raise sails or take a turn at the helm on the 102-year-old historic boat while learning more about the Puget Sound.
All ages are welcome, and no sailing experience is required.
Container home
PORT TOWNSEND — A shipping container renovated into a living space will be on view at the Senergy Station, 1531 W. Sims Way, Port Townsend, from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.
This will be the premiere showing of the joint endeavor by GreenPod Development and Cranky Caster Construction of Port Townsend.
It will be the only showing of the container before it is moved to its new home, said Ann Raab of GreenPod.
GreenPod’s Waterhaus also will be open for showing.
Andy Cochrane of Power Trip Energy will demonstrate equipment and orientation of the Senergy Station’s new and free electric charging station at 1 p.m.
For more information, see www.greenpods.org.
Non-traumatic birth
PORT TOWNSEND— A movie that documents the process of non-traumatic births will be shown at 7 p.m. Sunday.
The film, “Birth as We Know It,” will screen at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St.
Admission is free.
The screening is one of hundreds coordinated with International Women’s Day, according to Dr. George Denniston, who is moderating the event.
Denniston, a physician and Marrowstone Island resident, said most modern hospital births qualify as traumatic because of the high degree of noise and light during an event that should be quiet and peaceful.
While natural childbirth presided over by a midwife is an improvement, the least traumatic births are underwater, he said.
A question-and-answer session will follow the film.
For more information, email geocdenn@gmail.com.
Free Sunday swim
PORT TOWNSEND — Mountain View Pool, 1925 Blaine St., will offer a free Second Sunday Swim from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
All are welcome.
On the second Sunday of each month, an adults-only time is set between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. for laps, water walking and exercise.
From 2:15 p.m. to 5 p.m., the pool is open to all ages and for a Family Recreation Swim.
Children younger than 8 must be accompanied in the water by an adult.
For more information, email info@jeffcoaquaticcoalition.org or phone 360-385-7665.
Rhody Run training
PORT TOWNSEND — Training for the May 17 Rhody Run is slated at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at Fort Worden State Park.
Training is held every Sunday leading up to the run.
For more information, phone race director Jeni Little at 360-385-3163 or email rhodyruninfo@gmail.com.
JOYCE
Fashion show set
JOYCE — The Crescent High School Class of 2015 will hold its annual fashion show in the cafeteria tonight.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the show will start at 7 p.m. at the school at 50350 state Highway 112.
Admission is $4 for students and $6 for adults.
A silent auction and bake sale are planned.
Proceeds go toward senior scholarships and the senior class trip.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Hogan at 360-808-0563 or ehogan@wccg.net.
Lions Club breakfast
JOYCE — The Crescent Bay Lions Club will offer breakfasts from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. every Sunday except holidays until Mother’s Day on May 10.
The cost is $6 for adults and $3.50 for children 12 and younger.
The menu includes eggs cooked to order, hot cakes, French toast, biscuits and gravy, hashbrowns and ham, sausage or bacon.
The club is on state Highway 112 at Holly Hill Road.
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.