NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 10.
The newest Sea Hawkers booster club will meet in Sequim, test-drives will benefit Forks High School football and the Chimacum Corner Farmstand will host inter-dependence this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.
For more on “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” performances in Sequim and the Second Weekend art events in Port Angeles, as well as other activities, see Peninsula Spotlight, the weekly arts and entertainment magazine included in today’s Peninsula Daily News.
More events are also on the calendar at www.peninsula
dailynews.com.
PORT ANGELES
Art Blast
PORT ANGELES — To celebrate its new show of artwork from the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe, the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., will host an “Art Blast” party tonight.
Admission is free to the event, to start with a 6:30 p.m. opening reception with refreshments and conversation with featured artists including John Teichert, Vicki Trudeau, Floyd Cooke, Sam White and Jamie Valadez.
Then at 7 p.m., Elwha tribal member, storyteller and artist Roger Fernandes will share stories of the Lower Elwha people and their lands.
A storyteller for a decade now, Fernandes offers myths and stories of creation, floods and heroes, and has a CD, “Teachings of the First People.”
Also tonight, the Elwha Drum Group, made up of young and adult members of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe, will share songs and drumming in the heart of the library.
The Art Blast is part of a summerlong series of programs titled “Elwha: A River Reborn,” about which details can be found at the North Olympic Library System site, www.NOLS.org.
For more information offline, contact library manager Noah Glaude at 360-417-8500.
Fossil hunter speaks
PORT ANGELES — John Cornish, a lifelong seeker of fossils and crystals around the world, will give a talk on mining in Tasmania and Australia at The Landing mall at 6:30 this evening.
Admission is $5 at the door of the upstairs conference room at The Landing, 115 E. Railroad Ave.
Cornish is known for his unearthing of a significant whale fossil outside Port Angeles in August 1993. The paleontological specimen is on display in the “Hot Times” gallery at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle.
Randolf Frederick Co., the art studio in The Landing, is the host of today’s event.
For more information, phone Frederick at 360-797-1225 or visit his shop on the second floor of The Landing.
Lunch in the Garden
PORT ANGELES — Water conservation will be among the topics addressed at Lunch in the Garden from noon to 1 p.m. today.
Veteran Master Gardeners Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton, Audreen Williams and Jeanette Stehr-Green also will discuss harvesting garlic, renovation of June-bearing strawberries and planting a fall garden during a walk in the Fifth Street Community Garden, 328 E. Fifth St.
The free event is one in an educational series sponsored by Washington State University Clallam County Master Gardeners on the second Friday of each month through September.
For more information, call 360-417-2279.
Hikers’ social set
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Hikers will host a social with author Douglas Scott as guest speaker at Barhop Brewing & Taproom, 124 W. Railroad Ave., at 5 p.m. today.
The event is free. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
The social hour begins an hour before Scott speaks at 6 p.m.
Scott, author of Exotic Hikes, will speak on behalf of environmentalism and an awareness of natural beauty, with a focus on hiking in the area of the Hood Canal.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/groups/olympicpeninsulahikers.
VIMO celebrates
PORT ANGELES — Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics, aka the VIMO free clinic, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a barbecue and potluck Saturday.
The celebration will start at noon outside VIMO at 819 Georgiana St., and then Executive Director Mary Hogan will tell of the clinic’s past, present and plans at 1:15 p.m.
Zoe Apisdorf, development coordinator, asks guests to RSVP for the party by emailing development@vimoclinic.org.
VIMO was born July 7, 2005, out of an initiative, spearheaded by United Way of Clallam County, to improve health care access to local residents.
Eighty volunteer doctors, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and support workers keep it going.
Along with the Dungeness Valley Health and Wellness Clinic in Sequim and JC MASH in Port Townsend, the Port Angeles clinic does not bill patients; it operates on grants and donations.
For appointments and details about volunteering, phone VIMO at 360-457-4431.
Car Show, Street Dance
PORT ANGELES — The Chantilly Lace band will perform at a free car show and street dance from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The street dance will be at 111 E. Front St.
For more information, contact Chuck Darland at 360-640-4612 or chuckdarland@hotmail.com.
Mini doll swap
PORT ANGELES — Ann Kimler and Marsha Hintlian will host a miniature doll swap meet, Ann’s Fantasy Dolls, at 603 Hulse Road from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The free event will feature miniature dolls of 6 inches or less.
Miniature accessories will be offered to trade, swap and sell.
Collectors who would like to participate can set up their table at 7 a.m. the day of the event.
All participants must supply their own table and chairs.
There will be room to have a tent over the displays.
There is no food on-site, but restrooms will be available.
For more information, contact Kimler at annmk@olypen.com, 360-452-9084 or 360-460-2375, or contact Hintlian at 360-350-9922.
Beekeeping details
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., will host two programs on beekeeping from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday.
The first, “Apprentice Beekeeper Certification Program,” is designed to give those starting out in beekeeping information and support.
This class meets monthly from noon to 12:50 p.m. the second Sunday of every month except December.
The second program is the monthly meeting of the association, featuring a lecture on “Diseases of Bees and of the Hive” from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
This program is open to the public.
Both are sponsored by the North Olympic Peninsula Beekeepers’ Association.
For more information, email Kirsten Whitworth at kibi1@wavecable.com.
SEQUIM
Library music
SEQUIM — The local band Joy in Mudville will perform on the outdoor stage behind the Sequim Library at 6 p.m. today.
The free concert is part of the library’s annual Summertime Music Outdoor Concert Series, held at the library at 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Joy in Mudville includes Jason Mogi and Kim Trenerry, co-founders of local bands Deadwood Revival and Tongue & Groove.
Together, they combine influences from old-time bluegrass, folk, rock, country, blues, funk and even acoustic Grateful Dead.
Three more concerts are planned.
They are:
■ July 24 — Witherow.
■ Aug. 14 — Fat Chance.
■ Aug. 28 — Ranger and “the Re-Arrangers.”
For more information, see www.nols.org and select “Events” and “Sequim” or phone 360-683-1161.
Last call for contest
SEQUIM — The deadline is today for applications to have artwork chosen to represent Soroptimist International of Sequim’s 18th annual Gala Garden Show.
The Soroptimists are seeking artists and photographers who wish to have an original creation selected as the featured artwork for the show in March.
Each year, an original work, donated by a local artist or photographer, is chosen to be the show’s logo, which is featured on marketing and publicity materials throughout the year.
In addition, the contest winner will be offered a free vendor booth at the 2016 show.
Each artist or photographer can submit up to three entries.
Subjects must be garden-related and can be photography, paintings and drawings (all mediums, including oil, watercolor, pencil, pen, acrylic, chalk) or computer and digital art/visual or graphic design.
Artwork must be no smaller than 8 inches by 10 inches and no larger than 17 inches by 24 inches before matting and/or framing.
For more information and required forms, see www.sequimgardenshow.com or www.sisequim.com, or contact Cindy Rhodes at 360-683-5388 or CLRhodes2@olypen.com.
Sea Hawkers booster
SEQUIM — The Dungeness Bay Sea Hawkers and Official Booster Club of the Seattle Seahawks plans its inaugural membership drive from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.
The drive will be at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road.
The barbecue is free for members of the club and $3.50 for nonmembers.
The group is the newest Sea Hawkers Booster Club, organizers said.
They have planned a barbecue family-style picnic, games, drawings and giveaways, as well as a movie on a big blow-up screen.
Hillary Butler of Seahawk Alumni No. 55 and Care Club Wheels of Boom will make a special appearance.
For more information, email dbseahawkersvpres@gmail.com or phone 360-809-0185.
Garden talk
SEQUIM — Veteran Master Gardener Marilynn Elliott will talk about growing perennials in home gardens during a free “Master Gardener Class Act” program at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden this Saturday.
The 10 a.m. presentation is free to the public at the demo garden, 2711 Woodcock Road.
Elliott will discuss perennials that flower from early spring to late fall and how to propagate the ones that grow well on the North Olympic Peninsula.
For more details about this and future “Class Act” series programs sponsored by the Washington State University Clallam County Master Gardeners, phone 360-417-2279.
Parrot & Olivier talk
SEQUIM — Parrot & Olivier in America by Peter Carey will be discussed at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 3 p.m. Saturday.
The discussion is free.
“Two-time Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey’s latest feat of imagination is an irrepressible, audacious and trenchantly funny novel set mostly in 19th century America,” according to an Amazon.com book review.
Olivier, an improvisation on the life of Alexis de Tocqueville, is an aristocrat born just after the French Revolution, while Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English engraver, the review says.
“Their lives are joined when Olivier sets sail for the New World to save his neck from one more revolution and Parrot is sent with him as spy, protector, foe and foil.”
Copies of Parrot & Olivier in America are available at the Sequim Library in various formats, including regular print and audiobook on CD, which can be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org.
For more information, phone 360-683-1161 or email sequim@nols.org.
Monthly book sale
SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library group will hold its monthly book sale behind the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Special collections include art, travel writing, self-help, music CDs and DVD movies.
Funds go toward programs for both children and adults, including the Summer Reading program.
Dungeness Spit walks
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers welcome the public on their three Dungeness Spit walks this Saturday.
Participants have a choice of a 5km, 10km or 20km (3.1-mile, 6.2-mile or 12.4-mile) walk.
The walk is free unless a participant wants to get credit from the American Volkssport Association.
However, all will need a federal parks pass to park vehicles within the boundaries of the park.
All walkers must register at the QFC store at 990-B E. Washington St., between 8:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. Maps will be given out at the sign-up.
The route is on bluffs overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca and on the Dungeness Spit.
Restrooms will be available. Wheelchairs are not recommended. Baby joggers are OK, but pets are not allowed.
For more information, contact George Christensen at 360-697-2172 or 28edward@embarqmail.com.
Ice cream social
SEQUIM — The Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, will have an ice cream social from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
The cost is $5 for a banana split or a sundae.
Proceeds will benefit Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County.
FORKS
Football test-drive
FORKS — The Ram Gridiron Challenge will benefit the Forks Spartans football program this Saturday.
The high school football program will receive a $20 donation from Chrysler through Wilder Auto for every qualified test-driver at the challenge at Forks High School, 261 Spartan Ave., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A variety of vehicles will be available, along with food and refreshments.
CLALLAM BAY
Clallam Bay Comicon
CLALLAM BAY — The Lions Club, 90 Bogachiel Way, will host the Clallam Bay Comicon from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday.
Events include a parade, classes in drawing, concerts and films with fireworks at dusk in Sekiu.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone Donna Barr at 360-963-2935.
PORT TOWNSEND
Free Friday at the Fort
PORT TOWNSEND — Eduardo Mendonça will perform Brazilian music during this week’s edition of Centrum’s Free Fridays at the Fort.
The concert will be from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Nora Porter Commons at Fort Worden State Park.
A state Discover Pass is not necessary for concert parking.
Audience members are urged to bring their lunches and lawn chairs or blankets for seating.
If weather is inclement, alternative plans will be posted on the Centrum website, www.centrum.org.
The series continues every Friday through July 31.
Boat tours
PORT TOWNSEND — Free waterfront boat tours will be offered by the Northwest Maritime Center from noon to 4 p.m. today.
The 30-minute rides in the motor launch will leave the maritime center dock at 431 Water St., on the hour and half-hour, and show off Port Townsend from the water.
Six to eight people are allowed aboard each trip. Trips are first-come, first-served.
Donations will be accepted.
For more information, see www.nwmaritime.org.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — The topic is “Better Living Thru Chemistry” at the Conversation Cafe at the Highway 20 Road House, 2152 W. Sims Way, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.
Lunch is optional.
Conversation Cafe is an exercise in active listening and nonconfrontational conversation.
For more information, visit www.conversationcafe.org.
Author to visit
PORT TOWNSEND — Suzanne Selfors, author of the Imaginary Veterinary series and the Smells Like Dog series of books for middle school students, will visit the Port Townsend Library, 1220 Lawrence St., at 2 p.m. Saturday.
For Imaginary Veterinary Day, children 9 and older will go on a scavenger hunt for imaginary creatures, create creature art for their walls, make sock monsters, make marshmallow Sasquatch and ask Selfors their questions about her series.
The free Imaginary Veterinary Day is part of Book Camp, a summer reading program.
Each week in June and July, children explore a different book series, including Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.
For more information about this and other library programs, phone the library at 360-385-3181.
‘Imagination’ display
PORT TOWNSEND — “Aloura’s Imagination Show,” an art display by 11-year-old Aloura Remy, will take place at the Jefferson County Museum of Art and History this Sunday.
Art lovers are invited to the show from noon to 3:30 p.m. at the museum inside the old City Hall at 540 Water St.
Admission to the museum, which has several other art exhibitions, is $6 for adults, $1 for children and $5 for seniors, though visitors who mention Aloura’s display can be admitted free.
A home-schooled student, Aloura is studying with local artist Carol Heath Stabile and hopes to pursue a career in art, said her mother, Adie Jorquera of Port Townsend.
For more information about this show and other museum activities, see www.JCHSmuseum.org or phone 360-385-1003.
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. this Sunday.
All are welcome to the swims on the second Sunday of each month.
An adults-only time will be 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.
CHIMACUM
Farmstand dinner, show
CHIMACUM — The Chimacum Corner Farmstand will host its fifth annual Inter-Dependence Day Picnic and Talent Show on Saturday.
The evening at the farmstand at 9122 Rhody Drive will begin with dinner from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., followed by a talent show from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
During dinner, food carts will offer Dented Buoy Pizza, Mama’s Harvest Tamales, Mama Olgita’s Papoosas (Guatemalan tacos) and Mo Chilli barbecue.
Visitors also can bring their own picnics. Dessert will be free ice-cream cones.
Java Gypsy and the Chamber of Commerce will offer nonalcoholic drinks.
Live music will be performed by the Gallus Brothers of Bellingham, who will perform country blues, mandolin rags and other roots Americana. The band promises “silly and dangerous musical stunts.”
From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. will be the “world’s sweetest, bravest, most varied” talent show, said event organizers, who plan 18 five-minute acts.
To sign up for a spot on the show, call 360-427-8483 or visit the store.
For more information, see www.chimacumcorner.com.
QUILCENE
Open house
QUILCENE — Center Valley Animal Rescue plans a summer open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Visitors to the animal rescue at 11900 Center Road can see what’s new at the ranch.
Raffles of pies and chair massages also will be offered.