NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Feb. 20.
Discussions about death in Sequim, dances and classes in Port Angeles, and trail walks and poetry in Port Townsend are among the many activities on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about the Winter Concert Series at the Key City Playhouse in Port Townsend and other arts and entertainment news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the weekly entertainment magazine, in today’s PDN.
More information is also on the calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
SEQUIM
Videography series
SEQUIM — The Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., will offer a three-part videography series for young adults between the ages of 12 and 18, with the first workshop today.
Workshops will be from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the library’s meeting room.
The other two workshops will be Fridays, Feb. 27 and March 6.
All sessions in the series are free. Pre-registration is required. Participants can sign up for one, two or all three workshops in the series.
The workshops are led by professional photographer and videographer C. Woodrow French.
Participants are encouraged to bring their personal cameras to each session, though the library will provide a limited number of devices for use during the workshops.
In the first workshop, participants focus on pre-visualization, storyboarding and basic camera/equipment operation.
The second session explores various filming techniques, and the final session is devoted to editing and uploading projects to YouTube.
To register, visit the Sequim Library events calendar at www.nols.org, phone 360-683-1161 or email youth@nols.org.
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 “Russia and the Near Abroad.”
The suggested background reading for the discussion is the article “Russia and the Near Abroad” from the 2015 edition of Great Decisions, published by the Foreign Policy association.
New members are welcome.
For more information, phone John Pollock at 360-683-9622, email jcpollock@olypen.com or visit http://tinyurl.com/pdn-decisions.
Bunco party slated
SEQUIM — A bunco party sponsored by the Sequim Guild of Seattle Children’s Hospital, is set at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today.
The cost to play is $12.
A buffet luncheon will include homemade soups and rolls, salads and dessert.
There will be silent auction items and door prizes.
All proceeds will fund uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
For more information, phone Cinda O’Dell at 360-797-7105 or email snowrider391@embarqmail.com.
Death Over Coffee
SEQUIM — A free Death Over Coffee discussion is set at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Rainshadow Coffee, 157 W. Cedar St.
Alicia Jean Demetropolis, who recently published the first edition of the quarterly Death Over Coffee newsletter, organized the meeting.
Demetropolis, a certified medical exercise specialist and caregiver who specializes in working with end-of-life clients, hopes to present a series of events across the North Olympic Peninsula.
She wants to demystify death and dying by publishing a free newsletter about the topic, supplemented by meetings where people can discuss their feelings in a casual, noncommercial setting.
The event is free, although Demetropolis requests that all those attending purchase a food or drink item at the cafe.
The Death Over Coffee movement began in France in 2010 and spread quickly to England and the United States, said Demetropolis, 49.
To contact Demetropolis or make a reservation, email deathovercoffee@gmail.com.
For general information, go to www.deathcafe.com.
Film at Nash’s
SEQUIM — The Winter Film Series will continue at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday with “Bringing It Home.”
The screening is free and open to the public.
“Bringing It Home” tells the story of hemp — past, present and future.
Hemp is grown around the world for use as textiles, building materials, food products, bio-plastics and even auto parts.
“Bringing It Home” starts with a father’s search to find the healthiest building materials for an ill child and leads him to the completion of the nation’s first hemp house.
Raptor class
SEQUIM — The Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 Hendrickson Road, is offering a class on raptors from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The cost is $10 for the lecture, followed by a field trip.
To pre-register, phone 360-681-4076.
Kids Create Art
SEQUIM — The Kids Create Art series at the North Olympic Library System will resume Saturday at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Spring sessions will feature local artists presenting programs from 10 a.m. to noon the third Saturday of each month.
Artist Dani LaBlond is the instructor for the February, March and April workshops.
This Saturday, participants shape and experiment with clay.
The following March 21 workshop focuses on painting and decorating the clay creatures.
On April 18, attendees learn about the art of printmaking. No advanced drawing or painting skills are required to attend.
On May 16, the season’s final session, artist and former elementary school teacher Karen Sisk introduces participants to warm and cool colors.
For more information, visit www.nols.org and click on “Youth” or phone 360-683-1161.
Dream spirituality
SEQUIM — “Partnering with Your Dreams Spiritually” will take place at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 11 a.m. Sunday.
Admission is free and open to all.
Questions to be discussed are:
■ Have you ever gotten an answer from a dream about a concern in your daily life?
■ How did it come about? Through prayer, meditation, curiosity or sincere need?
■ What happened when you applied the answer to your life?
An excerpt from Harold Klemp’s The Call of Soul explains the event:
“In one way or another, Soul will try to come through to give you what you need to know for your spiritual unfoldment. Writing these experiences down as they come is a most difficult discipline. But if you can get in the habit, you will find the full spectrum of your life slowly opening to you like the petals of a flower.”
For more information, phone George Abrahams at 360-582-3067 or email justbe973@gmail.com.
BLYN
Women in Agriculture
BLYN — The fourth annual Women in Agriculture conference will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
The conference for women in Clallam and Jefferson counties will be in the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe’s Red Cedar Room.
The registration fee is $30, not including the service fee.
This year’s event, “Put Your Best Boot Forward,” will focus on marketing.
The conference will be held Saturday in 28 locations in Washington state, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska.
Online registration can be done at www.WomenInAg.wsu.edu.
The registration fee includes the workshop, light breakfast, lunch and conference materials.
PORT ANGELES
Boating safety class
PORT ANGELES — The Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 42 Sequim-Port Angeles, will sponsor a boating safety class at 9 a.m. Saturday.
“About Boating Safely” will be held at the Port Angeles Fire Station, 102 E. Fifth St.
This cost is $15 per person or $20 for a couple.
The class will qualify participants for a Washington State Boater Education Card. This card is required for all boaters who are younger than 60.
To register, phone 360-452-1135.
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.
‘Cupcake’ auditions
PORT ANGELES — Auditions for the Readers Theatre Plus production of “The Cupcake Conspiracy” will go from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Mount Pleasant Grange Hall, 2432 Mount Pleasant Road.
In this comedy about a terrorist plot involving evil cupcakes, roles are available for two male and two female leads as well as supporting parts such as a hot dog vendor, a bouncer and a narrator.
Directed by Janice Parks, “The Cupcake Conspiracy” will take the stage at the Mount Pleasant Grange on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons March 20-29.
For more information about the auditions and the play, phone 360-797-7941 or send an email with “Cupcake Conspiracy” in the subject line to tnjparks@olypen.com.
PORT TOWNSEND
Volunteer advocates
PORT TOWNSEND — Applications are due today from volunteers for the Guardian ad Litem Program of Jefferson County.
Volunteers accepted for the program, a division of Jefferson County Juvenile and Family Court, will start 12 weeks of training March 10 to prepare them to be advocates for children in need.
Jefferson County GALs work to advocate for the best interest of children involved in the dependency and foster care system.
Volunteers also receive ongoing training and support from the GAL office when they begin to take cases.
For an application, visit www.JeffersonCountyGAL.org.
For more information, phone program coordinator Anne Dean at 360-385-9190.
Trail walk slated
PORT TOWNSEND — A plant and birding walk on the Larry Scott Trail will take place at 10 a.m. today.
Walkers will meet at the Milo-Curry Trailhead parking lot, a fourth of a mile west of Four Corners off Discovery Road.
All are welcome.
The group will experiment with a botany/birding walk by ending with a visit to an overlook of the unnamed lake along Discovery Bay Road to view wintering water birds.
The out-and-back walk will be between 4 and 7 miles.
Ken Wilson, birding expert, will join the walk.
For more information and to sign up, email Fred Weinmann at fweinmann@cablespeed.com or phone 360-379-0986.
Winter Wanderlust
PORT TOWNSEND — Jeff and Louise Davis will present “Going Dutch: The Netherlands” at Winter Wanderlust at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., at 7 tonight.
The presentation is the final in a slideshow series of travelogs from around the globe.
Admission is $7 for adults and free for youths younger than 18.
The program features stories and images from travelers who are fulfilled by experiencing new places, meeting new people, learning about different cultures and exploring the world.
For more information, visit www.WanderlustAdventures.net.
Honky-tonk dance
PORT TOWNSEND — Three Chords and the Truth, a band specializing in honky-tonk and country songs, will perform at the Olympic Peninsula Dance Club get-together at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge at 8 tonight.
Admission is $10 for the dance at the lodge at 555 Otto St., which includes a country two-step lesson with Janice Eklund at 7 p.m.
New dancers, singles and couples are invited, and all ages are welcome at this event, which is smoke- and fragrance-free.
For more information, see www.OlympicPeninsulaDance.com.
Open-mic poetry read
PORT TOWNSEND — Pippa’s Real Tea, 636 Water St., will host a poetry open mic from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. today.
This event is held every third Friday of the month.
It is open to area poets and writers.
RENKU poetry night
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend open RENKU Poetry Group will meet for a potluck/work gathering at 1421 Landes St. from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. today.
Beginning and master poets are welcome.
Ukuleles Unite
PORT TOWNSEND — Ukuleles Unite will meet Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, 1120 Walker St., for a monthly rendezvous.
Free lessons are provided for all skill levels.
Loaner ukes are available.
For more information email germaine@olympus.net.
AAUW, author talk
PORT TOWNSEND — Author Erica Bauermeister of Seattle will speak at a meeting of the Port Townsend branch of the American Association of University Women on Saturday.
“Are You What You Read?” is the focus of the meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St. All are welcome.
Bauermeister’s talk will focus on some of the unexpected lessons she has learned about feminism and cooperation and who decides what makes a good book, about heroines and young boys, and about how creating real, human characters can be one of the most revolutionary acts possible, according to a news release.
For more information, phone Anne Englander at 360-390-5896.
Lego spaceships
PORT TOWNSEND — Spaceships built of Legos can be shown off at the Lego Spaceship Expo at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The spaceships can be brought to the Family Read Kickoff at the Cotton Building, 607 Water St.
Models can be taken home at the end of the event at about 4 p.m.
Categories are available for spaceships built by children, teens and adults, as well as those built together as a family.
For more information, contact Kit Ward-Crixell at 360-385-3181 or kwardcrizell@cityofpt.us.
Day of Mindfulness
PORT TOWNSEND — Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., will host a Day of Mindfulness between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is free, though donations are welcome.
Experienced and beginning meditators will spend the day in silence with half-hour periods of sitting meditation and 20-minute periods of walking meditation.
Some meditation instruction will be provided, and a talk will be part of the morning schedule. Participants are asked to bring a bag lunch.
Participants should indicate at registration whether they are planning to attend for the full day or for only the morning using the “notes to the instructor” option in SignUpGenius.
To register, visit http://tinyurl.com/ALPs2015Winter.
For more information, phone Florence Caplow at 360-480-9636 or email intern@quuf.org.
Kah Tai work party
PORT TOWNSEND — A work party at the Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park is set from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday.
Work party events include potting 160 native plants at 716 14th St.
Volunteers are asked to bring hand trowels and buckets.
For more information, phone 360-385-0307 or email b1rdbrush@gmail.com.
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.
Sunday Assembly
PORT TOWNSEND — Sunday Assembly will meet at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St.
The group is a secular congregational community seeking to celebrate life — “all the good bits of church without the religion,” according to a news release.
Participants will talk, sing pop songs and have coffee and cake.
All are welcome.
For more information, contact Christine Jacobson at christinejacobson@gmail.com or 206-930-4605, or visit www.sundayassembly.com.
PORT LUDLOW
Duo to perform
PORT LUDLOW — Guitarists Loren Barrigar and Mark Mazengarb will perform at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place, tonight.
The nonprofit Port Ludlow Performing Arts series will feature the duo at 7:30 p.m., with doors and bar opening at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $24.
The performers, known as Loren and Mark, are familiar to acoustic-music fans for appearances on NPR’s “Says You” and “WoodSong’s Old Time Radio Hour,” as well as for their original track “Onward,” which won the Best Instrumental trophy at 2012’s International Acoustic Music Awards.
Those who come early to the concert will have a chance to see the Port Ludlow Artists’ League show at the Bay Club.
Three members will display their work: Jeanne Joseph, who creates painted canvas rugs; Eleanor Watson-Gove, who makes jewel-toned pottery; and Jim Watson-Gove, a painter who, after discovering the Expressionists in the 1950s and abstract expressionism shortly after, has never looked back.
For more information, see www.PortLudlowPerformingArts.com.
CHIMACUM
JeffCo genealogy
CHIMACUM — Librarian and certified genealogist Sara Scribner will present “Genealogy and the Law” to the Jefferson County Genealogical Society on Saturday.
The society will meet at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Scribner will discuss court records and how to find the right historical law.
For information and updates on lectures offered in the months ahead, check the Jefferson County Genealogical Society website at www.wajcgs.org.
For more information about the upcoming meeting, email JCGSWash@gmail.com or phone 360-385-9495.
Old-timey potluck, jam
CHIMACUM — The community is invited to a potluck at the Chimacum Grange, 9572 Rhody Drive, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
After the potluck, local musicians will jam.
Visitors are asked to bring instruments, food to share and a few dollars for grange utilities.
JOYCE
Lions Club breakfast
JOYCE — Dave and Rosalie Secord will perform at the Crescent Bay Lions Club breakfast this Sunday.
The club offers breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. every Sunday except holidays until Mother’s Day on May 10.
The Secords will play from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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.
FORKS
Red Cross volunteers
FORKS — The American Red Cross is looking for volunteers.
A volunteer information session will take place at the Forks Library, 171 S. Forks Ave., from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Another session will be held from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
For more information, phone 360-457-7933 or email steven.moore2@redcross.org.
Emblem dinner
FORKS — The Forks Emblem Club will serve a full-course prime rib dinner at the Forks Elks Lodge, 941 Merchants Road, from 5:50 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Dinner is $18 per person, $17 for seniors 60 and older, and $9 for kids 12 and younger.
Tickets are available at the door or in advance by calling 360-640-8473.
Proceeds benefit Emblem Club charities.
Relay For Life event
FORKS — Relay For Life of Forks will kick off 2015 with a bingo marathon, “Give Cancer the Boot!,” at the Forks Elks Lodge, 941 Merchants Road, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Teams will be there to answer cancer questions, assist with team formations and help with bingo.
There will be food and prizes available.
