NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Feb. 6.
“Senior Night Live” in Sequim, a gun and knife show in Port Angeles, and a variety of lectures in Port Townsend are among the many activities on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about “Godspell” at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, as well as the Sequim Art Walk and the Port Townsend Gallery Walk, see Peninsula Spotlight, the weekly entertainment magazine in today’s PDN.
Spotlight also offers other arts and entertainment news.
Or check the calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
SEQUIM
Improv comedy tonight
SEQUIM — The Tweaking Reality improvisational troupe leaps back onto the Olympic Theatre Arts stage this evening during the Sequim Art Walk, with comedy and refreshments in tow.
Admission is free to the show at OTA, 414 N. Sequim Ave. The playhouse doors and the wine bar will open at 5 p.m. Curtain time is at 5:30 p.m.
Improv “is such a positive form of expression. It allows us to see ourselves and to find the humor in our everyday lives,” said Dave McInnes, troupe member along with Olivia Shea, Pamela Ziemann and Danny Willis.
For details about Tweaking Reality’s show, phone OTA’s box office between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. today at 360-683-7326.
For more about Sequim’s First Friday Art Walk, see Spotlight.
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 End of the Military-Industrial Complex: How the Pentagon Is Adapting to Globalization.”
“Commercialization and globalization, coupled with a decline in U.S. defense spending, have ushered in a new era for the U.S. defense industry. The Pentagon is off to a slow start, however, in weathering the current transition,” according to the group’s calendar listing.
The suggested background reading for the discussion is the article “The End of the Military-Industrial Complex” from the November/December 2014 edition of Foreign Affairs.
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.
‘Senior Night Live’
SEQUIM — Sequim High School’s seniors and acting troupe return for one more weekend of “Senior Night Live” at 7 p.m. today and at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The show will be in the Sequim High School auditorium, 503 N. Sequim Ave.
Tickets will be available at the door for $8 adults and $6 for seniors/students with an ASB card.
Nineteen seniors and nearly 30 underclassmen will present popular songs and sketches.
The show serves as a benefit for the Sequim Class of 2015.
For more information, phone 360-460-7860.
Pruning workshop
SEQUIM — The Olympic Orchard Society will sponsor a pruning workshop with Gordon Clark of Clark Horticulture at Lazy J. Tree Farm, 225 Gehrke Road, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The event is free and open to the public.
Clark will demonstrate tree pruning after a brief lecture.
The Olympic Orchard Society is a chapter of the Western Cascade Fruit Society. It is a nonprofit organization that offers education, workshops and information to orchardists and backyard growers.
Annual dues are $20.
For more information, contact Marilyn Couture at couture222@msn.com or 360-681-3036, or visit www.WCFS.org.
Daddy-Daughter Dance
SEQUIM — The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula will host a Daddy-Daughter Dance on Saturday.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for the dance at the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs at 400 W. Fir St.
Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door for adults. Children with guardians will be admitted free.
Additional costs are $5 for an adult dinner, $4 for a child dinner, $3 for a sundae, $5 for a photograph and raffle tickets for $1.
Tickets are available at the Sequim and Port Angeles clubs and online at www.positiveplaceforkids.net.
Family Flicks set
SEQUIM — Family Flicks resume at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., with a free screening of the 1963 G-rated film “The Incredible Journey” at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The live-action Walt Disney production is based on the eponymous novel by Sheila Burnford.
The film follows the adventure of three pets — Luath the Labrador retriever, Bodger the bull terrier and Tao the Siamese cat — as they journey 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their way home.
Offered the first Saturday of each month through May, Family Flicks provide family entertainment, popcorn and movie trivia for free.
“Toy Story 3” is planned at 2 p.m. March 7.
For more information, phone the library at 360-683-1161, visit www.nols.org or email youth@nols.org.
Airplane, auto artist
SEQUIM — Nourish’s recognized artist for January and February, Skip Kratzer, will be at the restaurant from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Kratzer’s work at the restaurant at 101 Provence View Lane shows a passion for airplanes and automobiles.
After serving in the Air Force during the Korean War, Kratzer taught himself cartooning and graphics, which then evolved into acrylics on canvas.
The Saturday reception also features live music from Nakai’i.
For more information, phone 360-797-1480.
Backyard Birding
SEQUIM — Birds nests will be the topic of the next Backyard Birding class session at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The presentation is the fourth in a series of eight classes offered by the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society.
A $5 fee for each class is charged for those 18 and older.
Ken Wiersema and Shirley Anderson will tell how and where birds nest and the care and maintenance of nests and nesting boxes.
Attendees will be shown how to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count, a national annual census of bird populations sponsored by both the Audubon Society and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
Following a short field trip to tally birds in Railroad Bridge Park, participants will learn how to enter data in the GBBC computer database.
Families and individuals are invited to attend any or all of the sessions.
For more information, visit www.olympicpeninsulaaudubon.org.
PORT ANGELES
Roller derby fundraiser
PORT ANGELES — Port Scandalous Roller Derby is sponsoring a Jell-O shot team fundraiser at Bar N9NE, 229 W. First St., from 8 p.m. to midnight tonight.
Skaters will sell shots to the 21-and-older crowd at $2 apiece while DJ O.B.1 spins throughout the night.
Proceeds will go toward upcoming bouts, travel expenses, uniforms and practice space rental.
For more information, visit www.portscandalous.com or www.facebook.com/PortScandalousRollerDerby, or email portscandalousrollerderby@gmail.com.
Habitat volunteers
PORT ANGELES — Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County will conduct volunteer orientation at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., at 10 a.m. Saturday.
For more information about volunteering, contact the organization’s office in Port Angeles at 360-681-6780 or email Jake Eyre at jake@habitatclallam.org.
Gun, knife show
PORT ANGELES — Falcon Productions will present a gun and knife show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
The show will be at the Masonic Lodge, 622 S. Lincoln St.
Admission will be $6 for one day or $9 for a weekend pass.
For more information, phone 360-202-7336.
Olympic Climate Action
PORT ANGELES — Olympic Climate Action will host its annual general membership meeting from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
The meeting will be at the Elwha Klallam Heritage Center, 401 E. First St.
Agenda items will include a review of 2014 and plans for this year.
A buffet and raffle are planned.
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.
Beekeeper program
PORT ANGELES — An apprentice beekeeper certification program will take place at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at noon Sunday.
This is the first class in the 11-month certification program. The class is held the second Sunday of every month except December.
The apprentice beekeeper is the first level of certification in the Washington State Master Beekeeper Certification Program.
This level is designed to give those starting in beekeeping solid information and support, with the goal of retaining new beekeepers as they develop confidence in their ability to keep bees.
Certification fees are $15, and club membership is $10 a year.
Following the class, the North Olympic Beekeepers’ Association will meet at 1 p.m.
The public is welcome.
For more information, phone Kirsten Whitworth at 360-808-1451, email kibi1@wavecable.com or visit www.nopba.org.
Square dance class
PORT ANGELES — The Strait Wheeler Square Dance Club of Port Angeles will host a new class starting Sunday.
The class will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
All ages are welcome, and no partners are needed.
The first two sessions are free.
For more information, phone 360-457-3912.
GARDINER
Mason bee talks
GARDINER — The Gardiner Wild Birds Unlimited store, 275953 U.S. Highway 101, will host two presentations on the orchard mason bee, with the first this Saturday at 9 a.m.
The second lecture will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14.
A contribution of $5 to the Community Education Fund holds a seat for a presentation, and proceeds from the talk will go to Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue.
Christie Lassen will give an hourlong, family-friendly talk on the benefits of mason bees and how to attract them and keep them in gardens.
Phone 360-797-7100 to reserve a place, as seating is limited.
AA potluck, tea set
GARDINER — The 12th annual District 27 Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Tea will take place at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner, on Sunday.
Doors open at 11 a.m., with lunch at noon.
This potluck features an Al-Anon guest who will speak about living with someone with alcoholism, an AA guest who will discuss recovering from alcoholism and an Ala-teen speaker who will discuss growing up with an alcoholic.
There is also a 50/50 drawing and a silent auction.
Admission is a suggested $10.
Bring a favorite teacup, teapot and a funky hat to celebrate recovery.
For more information, phone 206-395-4494.
PORT TOWNSEND
Winter Wanderlust
PORT TOWNSEND — Chris Duff will discuss “Viking Stepping Stones: Rowing the North Atlantic” at Winter Wanderlust, a slideshow series of travelogues from around the globe, at 7 tonight.
The program at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., features stories and images from travelers who are fulfilled by experiencing new places, meeting new people, learning about different cultures and exploring the world.
Admission is $7 for adults and free for youths younger than 18.
For more information, visit www.WanderlustAdventures.net.
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 “Single Adulthood.”
Conversation Cafe is an exercise in active listening and nonconfrontational conversation.
For more information, visit www.conversationcafe.org.
Storynight slated
PORT TOWNSEND — First Storynight at Better Living Through Coffee, 100 Tyler St., will present guest teller Capt. Daniel Quinn from 7 to 9 tonight.
Admission is a suggested donation of $10, but no one will be turned away.
Begun in November 2009, this monthly event explores the art and ritual of the oral tradition: sharing the old myths, folk tales and fairy tales along with more modern stories and personal sharings.
Quinn is an award-winning storyteller who grew up in New England as part of a big family with a strong oral story tradition.
He started his seagoing career sailing schooners out of Mystic, Conn., and crisscrossed a good portion of the globe during a 15-year stint on tall ships before settling down in Seattle, where he now sails as captain of the small cruise ship SS Legacy.
Bellingham’s Harper Stone will be the guest host for the evening.
For the open-mic section, bring a short story, song, dance, poem or some other performative form to share. The only rules are it must obviously be a story, and no reading; everything must be shared in the ways of the oral tradition.
For more information, phone Aimee Ringle at 360-531-4395.
Life on Tatoosh
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Historical Society First Friday Lecture tonight will feature Marrowstone Islander Joanne Pickering with tales of her life on Tatoosh Island.
The program will begin at 7 p.m. in Port Townsend’s historic City Council chambers, 540 Water St.
Admission is by donation, which supports historical society programs.
Pickering lived on Tatoosh Island from 1958 until 1962. Her husband worked for the National Weather Bureau.
At a time before Doppler radar and computers, Tatoosh was a significant location for gathering weather data to be transmitted to the forecast center in Seattle.
Pickering’s story is one of an isolated existence including primitive transportation to and from the island that was dependent on jumping from a boat into a basket that was raised up a 100-foot cliff.
For more information, phone Kris Lawson or Bill Tennent at 360-385-1003.
Root work lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — Go underground with Mary Robson to survey roots at work, then review the many practical gardening tasks helped by root knowledge during the fifth talk in the 2015 Yard & Garden Lecture Series.
Sponsored by the Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation, the lecture will be at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The lecture is one of six in the series, which costs $50 for all six. Day tickets can be purchased for $12 per person Saturday if space is available.
A gardener since the age of 5, Robson writes and speaks on the topic.
She’s a retired WSU area Extension agent and horticulture faculty member.
Refreshments will be available.
Gardening questions can be brought for Master Gardener plant clinicians at the lecture.
Phone 360-301-2081 for more information.
Fort Flagler fundraiser
FORT FLAGLER — A dance and silent auction are planned at Fort Flagler State Park at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The Friends of Fort Flagler fundraiser will be at the Fort Flagler State Park Theater on Marrowstone Island.
Admission is $3 per person and $5 per couple.
Proceeds support maintenance of the fort.
The Dukes of Dabob will perform. Dance lessons and a contest are planned.
Quilts of Valor Sew-In
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Quilts of Valor and the second annual Sew-In will meet at First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Franklin St., at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The group will cut, piece and assemble quilts to be submitted for presentation to veterans both on the Peninsula and elsewhere in Washington state.
The public is invited to help. No experience is necessary.
“These quilts,” according to a news release, “are not an act of charity but an expression of gratitude for what our service men and women have done and what they continue to do.”
Last year’s Sew-In had 14 participants. They pieced enough blocks for three quilts and finished two others that were already in progress.
For more information, visit www.qovf.org.
Madrona Writers
PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwind Reading Series will present the Madrona Writers at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., starting at 7 p.m. Sunday.
The reading will feature poets and prose writers from California, Oregon, Idaho and Washington, including Dianne Butler, Toni Van Deusen, Michael Hanner, Jordan Hartt, Karen Seashore, David Thornbrugh, Diana Taylor, Richard Widerkhur, Gayle Kaune, Sam R. Roxas-Chua, Jenifer Lawrence and Tom Aslin.
All are welcome. Admission is a suggested donation of $3 to $5.
All proceeds support the Northwind Arts Center.
For more information, phone Bill Mawhinney at 360-302-1159 or Diana Taylor at 206-228-9082.
‘Imaging the Arctic’
PORT TOWNSEND — University of Washington marine mammal biologist Kristin Laidre and Seattle-based expeditionary artist Maria Coryell-Martin will team up to present “Imaging the Arctic: Communicating Climate Science through Art” at the chapel at Fort Worden State Park at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The presentation is part of the Future of Oceans lecture series, sponsored by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center in collaboration with University of Washington oceanography professor Peter Rhines and supported by the Darrow family.
“Imaging the Arctic” marries art and science to communicate the effects of climate change on native species.
For more information, visit www.ptmsc.org.
‘Travelfest’ starts
PORT TOWNSEND — First Presbyterian Church of Port Townsend, 1111 Franklin St., begins an occasional series called “Travelfest” at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Travelfest is an opportunity to hear and see reports from national and international travelers.
This first event will feature “Iceland,” a professional video with a traditional Icelandic soundtrack, prepared and presented by Tom and Jean Belding.
This 20-minute video allows viewers to enjoy the beauty and music of Iceland, famous for its geothermal power and heating, green pastures and regular volcanic eruptions.
Join attendees in the Fellowship Hall for a relaxed tour and some time for questions and answers with the Beldings afterward.
Refreshments will be served.
These events are free and open to the public.
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 from 1 p.m. to 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.
QUILCENE
Streamside land
QUILCENE — Streamside landowners can learn about the impacts of invasive weeds, as well as the benefits of native plants to fish and property values, at 1 p.m. today.
The free workshop will be at the Quilcene Community Center, 294952 U.S. Highway 101.
“Native plants have so many benefits for landowners, both economically and environmentally,” said Tamara Cowles, who works with native plants for the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group.
“Compared to non-native plants, they require little maintenance and less money over time, use less water and can improve property value. They also are great for attracting wildlife and birds, and help reduce erosion and runoff into the river.”
In addition to the free workshop, free site visits and consultations will be available for streamside landowners interested in native plants.
To learn more, contact Seth Elsen at 360-275-3575, ext. 12, or seth@pnwsalmoncenter.org.
JOYCE
Lions Club breakfast
JOYCE — The Crescent Bay Lions Club will offer breakfasts every Sunday except holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. 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.
There are no breakfasts planned for Dec. 21 or 28.
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.
FORKS
Fun-A-Day display
FORKS — For anyone who participated in the Rainforest Council for the Arts’ Fun-a-Day, the council will host a display of the projects Saturday.
Bring completed projects to the Forks Library, 171 S. Forks Ave., starting at 10 a.m.
The reception will be from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., with refreshments served.
All are welcome to attend.
Tax preparation
FORKS — Free tax preparation is available every other Saturday including this Saturday at City Hall, 500 E. Division St.
IRS-certified AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will fill out most basic tax returns from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointments are needed.
Volunteers will be available at the same time and place Feb. 21, March 7, March 21 and April 4.
CLALLAM BAY
Valentines card-making
CLALLAM BAY — The eighth annual valentine card-making extravaganza begins at the Clallam Bay Library, 16990 state Highway 112, on Saturday.
The library will provide materials to make handcrafted cards during business hours through Saturday, Feb. 14.
The drop-in event is free and open to all ages.
The library is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. It is not open Sundays.
For more information, phone 360-963-2414 or see www.nols.org.
