NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 1.
Car shows, lectures and plant sales are blooming all over the North Olympic Peninsula this first weekend of May.
Check Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment magazine, in today’s newspaper for more arts information, such as the NorthWest Women’s Chorale concerts in Port Townsend and Port Angeles.
More events are also on the calendar at cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsuladailynews.
PORT ANGELES
‘Almost’ finale
PORT ANGELES — The closing performance of “Almost, Maine,” a play about love in a small town near the U.S.-Canada border, is tonight.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with show time at 7 p.m. for the Port Angeles High Thespian Society’s show at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave.
Tickets at the door tonight are $7 for general admission, $6 for seniors and students, and free for children 10 and younger.
‘DamNation’ film
PORT ANGELES — Magic of Cinema presents “DamNation,” a film odyssey about the change in public attitudes about large dams, at Peninsula College’s Maier Performance Hall, 1502 E. Lauridson Blvd., at 7 p.m. tonight.
General admission is a suggested $5 donation. Admission is free with student ID.
A panel will lead a discussion afterward.
On the panel will be Jim Waddell, a civil engineer retired from with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Ian Miller, a coastal hazards specialist with Washington Sea Grant; Steve Hollenhorst, dean of the Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University; and Richard W. Osborne, a research consultant for Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks.
For more information, phone Sean Gomez at 360-417-6464, email sgomez@pencol.edu or visit www.pencol.edu/events/magic-cinema-damnation.
Volunteers wanted
PORT ANGELES — A training session for volunteer leaders in the Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics’ Growing Healthy Kids program is set from 10 a.m. to noon today.
Training will be at the Fifth Street Community Garden, 328 E. Fifth St.
This is a training opportunity for anyone wanting to offer children a chance to learn some gardening skills for two hours Fridays.
For more information, phone Zoe Apisdorf at 216-952-8061.
Last ‘Moon’
PORT ANGELES — The last three performances of “Moon Over Buffalo” are about to take place at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse.
Curtain is at 7:30 tonight and Saturday night and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students at Odyssey Books, 114 W. Front St., and at www.pacommunityplayers.com.
The play’s cast features Richard Stephens, Lynne Murphy, Danielle Lorentzen and Maddie Stearns.
Due to adult content, “Moon” is not recommended for children younger than 13.
Walk a mile a day
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula YMCA’s “Walk This Way: A Mile a Day in May” begins today.
The challenge, by the YMCA at 302 S. Francis St., will end May 31.
Open to anyone who can walk a mile a day, the challenge entry fee is $30 for individuals and $45 for families of two or more.
The fee includes a YMCA T-shirt and entry into the club’s drawing for prizes.
For more information, phone Mikki Reidel, health and well-being coordinator, at 360-452-5420.
Child safety
PORT ANGELES — Self-defense and martial arts instructors David and Meghan Ventura will offer a free child safety seminar at Phoenix Dragon Martial Arts, 1025 E. First St., from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The two-hour course will teach children age 7 to 11 what to do and what not to do in the case of safety or abduction scenarios.
The course focuses on situational awareness such as defining personal safety and space; identifying a bad situation, including cybersafety; how to address aggression with simple techniques for getting away if grabbed; and what to do if injured, including how to call for help.
Space is limited to 20 children, who must be accompanied by an adult with authority to sign a release form.
To reserve a space or for more information, phone 360-808-7303.
This event is for nonstudents of the martial arts program.
Mothers, Graduates
PORT ANGELES — Local independent vendors will offer their goods and services for gifts for graduates, mothers and others at the Elks Naval Lodge from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
The vendors will be on the third-floor ballroom of the lodge at 131 E. First St.,
For more information, phone Julie Pearce at 360-670-1119 or email missphearce@gmail.com.
Mustang Show & Shine
PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Mustangs will host the group’s 32nd annual Show & Shine with a cruise Saturday and a show Sunday.
The cruise will start from the Price Ford Lincoln parking lot, 3311 E. U.S. Highway 101, at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Registration for the show will start at 9 a.m. Sunday at The Gateway, corner of Lincoln and Front streets. The entry fee is $20 at the gate.
Prizes will be awarded at 3 p.m. Trophies are awarded in more than 32 classes.
Dash plaques will be given to the first 150 entrants.
Raffles are planned.
For more information, phone 360-683-7908, email ronhenderson65@hotmail.com or visit www.northolympicmustangs.com.
Spring plant sale
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Garden Club will hold its annual spring plant sale and raffles at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Trees, bulbs, perennials, shrubs, a few houseplants, garden items and Gertie Rorhbach’s Veggie Starts will be offered.
Two trips to Victoria, including the ferry ride and tea at Buchart Gardens, will be raffled. Tickets are $5.
The club also is offering five $1 raffle items that include a wooden handmade and hand-painted three-tiered flower cart, a painted large metal garden wagon with a flat of bloomers, a Wayne Roedel hanging basket, a Bart Eykemans maple tree and a $50 bottle of 2005 cabernet franc with an accompanying gold-trimmed goblet and carrying case.
All proceeds help support the Port Angeles Garden Club projects.
For more information, visit www.portangelesgardenclub.org.
Wall-raising ceremony
PORT ANGELES — The first wall of the Dancel family home at West 16th and N streets is being raised by Habitat for Humanity from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
The free and public event is open to all. Anyone with carpentry skills is encouraged to help.
For more information, contact Colleen Robinson at 360-681-6780 or colleen@habitatclallam.org, or visit www.habitatclallam.org.
History Tales
PORT ANGELES — Tom Beard and Dennis Noble will present two views of the Coast Guard at the Clallam County Historical Society’s History Tales lecture series at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The free lecture is at First United Methodist Church, 110 E. Seventh St., at 2:30 p.m.
Parking and entry to the church’s social hall are on Laurel Street.
Both Beard and Noble are historians and authors.
The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station at Ediz Hook will celebrate its 80th anniversary this year.
Noble will give an illustrated overview of Coast Guard units that have served and continue to serve in Clallam County.
Beard’s presentation is titled “History Is Just Down the Street.” He will give historical accounts about the Coast Guard.
For more information, contact the historical society’s office at 360-452-2662 or email artifact@olypen.com.
Veteran potluck
PORT ANGELES — A potluck to honor Tom McKeown Sr. as he approaches his 93rd birthday is planned at the Clallam County Veterans Center from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Participants will share stories about McKeown at the center at 216 S. Francis St.
McKeown will celebrate his birthday this Thursday.
Hugelkultur event
PORT ANGELES — A free “Hugelkultur” building workshop is scheduled from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Hugelkultur is a one-time method of composting and gardening to preserve nutrients, warmth and moisture by using woody debris.
Attendees will receive directions to the site after registering, as the all-ages workshop takes place at a private residence.
For more information, contact Meggan Uecker at 360-417-2279 or muecker@co.clallam.wa.us, or visit http://ext100.wsu.edu/clallam.
Classical auditions
PORT ANGELES — Monday Musicale, an organization dedicated to raising funds for music scholarships, will host auditions at 2 p.m. Sunday.
The auditions, for high school senior music students intending to major or minor in music studies in college, will be at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St.
Auditions will be before three professional musicians-judges.
Three scholarships will be awarded: first, second and third places for a total of $6,000.
Each students will perform a classical piece of no more than 10 minutes before the judges. Each judge will offer a critique.
After all auditions, the judges will retire to make their decision that day.
Refreshments will be offered to those attending and waiting for award information.
SEQUIM
Great discussions
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 of the meeting is “ISIS Is Not a Terrorist Group: Why Counterterrorism Won’t Stop the Latest Jihadist Threat.”
New members are welcome to this free event.
For more information and a schedule of future meetings, visit www.tinyurl.com/pdn-greatdecisions.
Kate Lily performs
SEQUIM — Singer-songwriter Kate Lily will perform at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. today during the First Friday Art Walk.
Formerly from Louisiana and Northern California, Lily found her way to Sequim in 2004.
She will present original songs as well as some tunes from different eras.
Spring plant sale
SEQUIM — The Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County will hold its annual spring plant sale Saturday and Sunday.
The sale at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road, will run from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday and offer remaining plants at half-price from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday.
Plant purchases support Washington State University Extension public education and demonstration garden projects in Clallam County.
At the sale, attendees will find hundreds of plants grown from seed, divisions or cuttings by local Master Gardeners, including annual vegetable and annual starts, flowering perennials, succulents/sedums, ornamental grasses, ground-covers, herbs and Northwest native plants.
Used garden books, tools, garden-related art, planter boxes, garden furniture and other garden-related items will be offered for purchase.
An information booth will be staffed by veteran Master Gardeners during the sale to answer questions on how, where and when to plant purchases.
Shoreline landowners
SEQUIM — Shoreline landowners of Clallam County are invited to attend a “Living with the Coast” workshop to learn about erosion management and alternatives to hard armoring from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Alternatives to hard armoring will be presented at the Guy Cole Convention Center, 202 N. Blake Ave.
The workshop is free, but preregistration is requested by calling 360-733-1725 or registering online at http://tinyurl.com/pdn-hardarmoring or www.nwstraitsfoundation.org.
The workshop is sponsored by the Northwest Straits Foundation in partnership with the Clallam County Marine Resources Committee.
A classroom-style presentation will allow time for questions, followed by a beach walk to see beach and bluff habitats and geologic processes.
Workshop attendees can apply for free technical site visits and receive management recommendations by private consultants for specific properties.
Those unable to attend the workshop can learn more about site visits and technical support services by contacting Lisa Kaufman at kaufman@nwstraits.org or 360-733-1725.
Eekhoff fundraiser
SEQUIM — An afternoon of games, activities and food from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday will raise money for a 2013 Sequim High graduate who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma earlier this year.
Students from the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) planned the fundraiser at the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center, 610 N. Fifth Ave., to help Dylan Eekhoff and his parents.
John and Cheryl Eekhoff teach at Sequim High.
The cost is $3 for children younger than 12, $5 for those ages 12 and older or $10 per family.
SARC has offered its facility, and all proceeds will go to the Eekhoff family.
TOP is a program that teaches students such life skills as decision-making and healthy relationships, and encourages students to become involved in community service learning projects.
For more information, contact Briana Galbreath at 517-256-8895 or briana.galbreath@ppgnw.org.
PORT TOWNSEND
Northwest Big Band
PORT TOWNSEND — Participants in the 2015 Northwest Big Band workshop will give a big-band dance concert with tunes from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s at the American Legion Hall, 209 Monroe St., at 7:30 tonight.
Dancers are invited to enjoy the music from two complete big bands. Local musicians Chuck Easton and Craig Buhler are the directors of the ensembles, which include players from six states and Canada.
The suggested donation is $5 per person, with proceeds benefiting the Jefferson County Winter Shelter.
First Friday Lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — Copper Canyon Press is the subject of the Jefferson County Historical Society’s First Friday Lecture at 7 tonight.
The lecture will be at the museum at 540 Water St.
The presentation, “The Early History of Copper Canyon Press,” is to be given by co-founder Tree Swenson.
Swenson also has been the executive director of Hugo House in Seattle since 2012.
She previously served as the executive director of the Academy of American Poets in New York, director of programs for the Massachusetts Cultural Council and board president of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs.
For more information about the lecture, call 360-385-1003.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — 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 “Running for President.”
For more information, visit www.conversationcafe.org.
Environmental talk
PORT TOWNSEND — Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., will present a talk by the environmental philosopher and writer Kathleen Dean Moore at 7 tonight.
This event is free and open to the public; donations are accepted.
Moore will speak on finding clarity and moral courage in a time of climatic change.
To learn more about Moore’s work, visit www.riverwalking.com.
If child care is needed, RSVP to Helen Kolff at helenk@olympus.net.
Bike shelter
PORT TOWNSEND — A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Blue Heron Middle School bike shelter will be at 2:45 p.m. today.
The ceremony at the school at 3939 San Juan Ave. will anticipate National Bike to School Day on Wednesday.
Port Townsend schools will join schools from around the nation to celebrate the day by encouraging children, parents and community leaders to ride or walk to school.
‘Little Shop of Horrors’
PORT TOWNSEND — “The Little Shop of Horrors” will open at Port Townsend High School tonight and will also be performed Saturday.
The curtain will rise at 7 both nights in the high school auditorium at 1500 Van Ness St.
Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and students, $3 for children younger than 12 and $25 for families.
Tickets will be available at the door only. The box office opens one hour before the show.
“Little Shop of Horrors” also will be performed May 8, 9, 15 and 16 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 10, at 2:30 p.m.
More than 35 students are in the show as actors, technicians and musicians.
Addi Richert plays Audrey, Austin Krieg is Seymour and Joey Ripley portrays Mr. Mushnick.
Military women justice
PORT TOWNSEND — Sarah L. Blum, a decorated U.S. Army nurse and author, will speak on justice for women in the military at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The program will be at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave.
Blum, author of Women Under Fire: Abuse in the Military, will tell of her experiences as an Army nurse before, during and after the Vietnam War and discuss the culture of abuse toward women in the military.
Blum, 74, earned the Army Commendation Medal in 1967 and the Certificate of Achievement for service as the head nurse of the orthopedic ward at Madigan Army Hospital in 1968.
She lobbied for passage of the Military Justice Improvement Act.
‘Gemboree’ set
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Rock Club will host a “Gemboree” at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landis St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The club plans demonstrations and some hands-on workshops in lapidary, silverwork, faceting, scrimshaw, wire wrapping, beading, enameling and heavy metal stone wrapping.
The event is free and open to the public; there may be a nominal charge for materials used in hands-on workshops.
For more information, phone Nancy Rhodes at 360-437-8105 or email mn43ludlow@gmail.com.
UFO film
PORT TOWNSEND — The Olympic UFO group will meet at the Quaker Meeting Hall, 1841 Sheridan Ave., from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The 2015 documentary film “Travis: The True Story of Travis Walton” will be shown.
Walton was allegedly abducted by a UFO in 1975 while working with a logging crew in Arizona.
In the 1970s, Walton’s story was made into the film “Fire in the Sky.”
For those who suspect they have had a close encounter, there will be a group following the main meeting at a different location.
For more information, contact Maurene Morgan at 360-344-2991 or maurene.morgan4@gmail.com
Narrative Poetry
PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., will host narrative poetry from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and again Tuesday.
PT Shorts is a free monthly program of readings of classic and contemporary short fiction, presented by the community’s finest actors and readers.
This month, the group is going back to the roots of oral tradition by reciting the classics.
It is produced by Key City Public Theatre and sponsored by the Port Townsend Arts Commission.
For more information, phone Key City Public Theatre at 360-385-5278, email boxoffice@keycitypublictheatre.org or visit www.keycitypublictheatre.org.
Concert in bells
PORT TOWNSEND — The Townsend Bay Ringers will present a concert of eclectic music arranged for a four-octave set of handbells and chimes at First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Franklin St., at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is a suggested donation of $10 for adults, $5 for children.
The concert also will feature guest harpist Pinky Dale from Seattle and clarinetist Paul Becker, a local performer.
The program will include music from Bach to Broadway, including a medley of selections from “Phantom of the Opera” by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The group is made up of 10 local area ringers, each responsible for two to four bells.
Plant-a-Palooza
PORT TOWNSEND — Swan School will host Plant-a-Palooza from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The plant sale at the school at 2345 Kuhn St. will raise money for the private school’s scholarship fund.
Flowers, succulents, perennials, grasses, ferns and citrus trees will be offered for sale.
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.
NORDLAND
Plant sale
NORDLAND — The Nordland Garden Club will host a plant sale and raffle at 320 Garden Club Road on Marrowstone Island from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Plants available for sale include perennials, rhododendrons, bulbs, herbs, succulents, dahlia tubers and vegetable and fruit tree starts grown by garden club members.
Also for sale will be hypertuffa pots, leaf castings, bird feeders, garden crafts, garden cloches, garden-related books and white elephants, rebar art and baked goods and preserves.
JOYCE
Lions Club breakfast
JOYCE — The Crescent Bay Lions Club offers 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.
FORKS
White Cane auction
FORKS — The Lions Club auction will be held at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave., from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
The Forks Lions will be the bartenders and auctioneers of a variety of sporting goods, services and food items.
The auction proceeds, including bartender tips, go to Lions Club sight projects.
Cancer Survivors
FORKS — All cancer survivors and their caregivers are invited to a victory luncheon at Forks Congregational Church, 208 S. Spartan Ave., from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The guest speaker will be Berlinda James, a one-year survivor of oral cancer.
Participants can meet other survivors, find out about services, play games and win prizes.
The annual get-together is sponsored by Gentle Touch Physical Therapy and Relay For Life.
For more information or to reserve a seat, phone 360-327-3880.
Fishing day for kids
FORKS — Children 12 and younger can fish for free at the annual Kids Fishing Day at the Bogachiel Hatchery Rearing Pond, end of Bogachiel Way, from 6 a.m. to noon Sunday.
The West End Sportsmen Club has poles to loan, or children can bring their own.
The limit is five fish per participant.
Club members are available to help, but parental support is appreciated.
Coffee, hot chocolate and doughnuts will be provided free of charge.
SEKIU
Sekiu plant sale
SEKIU — The West End Seniors will host the group’s annual plant sale at Sekiu Community Center, 42 Rice St., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will include a wide variety of annual and perennial plants, a raffle featuring hanging baskets and other items, and special garden-related offerings for purchase.
Members of the Messy Palette art group also will have their work for sale.
A lunch of soup ($2) and sandwiches ($3) will be available; desserts are extra.
Proceeds will provide scholarships for graduating students at Clallam Bay High School.