NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, June 5.
A comedy performance, concerts and seminars are planned this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.
For more about the Peninsula College presentation of “A Chorus Line” as well as the Sequim Art Walk and Port Townsend Gallery Walk and other arts events, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment magazine.
More events are also on the calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST
Forest fees waived
OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST — Day-use fees at national forest sites will be waived Saturday.
The U.S. Forest Service is waiving the fee this Saturday in commemoration of National Trails Day.
It will waive the fee next Saturday, June 13, for National Get Outdoors day.
Day-use fees are charged at 16 sites in Olympic National Forest, including the Big Quilcene, Duckabush, Dungeness and Quinault Rain Forest trailheads.
SEQUIM
Rummage sale
SEQUIM — Selections ranging from tools to jewelry will be offered at the annual rummage sale at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Among other items are furniture, appliances, clothing, books, plants and toys.
Proceeds support the church’s community projects.
For more information, phone 360-683-5367.
Bunco and luncheon
SEQUIM — The Sequim Guild will host a benefit bunco game and luncheon in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church parish hall, 525 N. Fifth Ave., from noon to 3 p.m. today.
The cost is $15.
Proceeds will benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital’s uncompensated-care fund.
For more information, phone the Sequim Guild at 360-797-7105, email sequimguild@gmail.com or visit www.sequimguild.org.
Academy concerts
SEQUIM — Olympic Peninsula Academy students will present three performances of “Don’t Stop Believin’!” by Craig Sodaro with music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur in the Sequim High School auditorium, 503 N. Sequim Ave., at 7 p.m. today, 1:30 p.m. Saturday and again at 7 p.m.
The show focuses on the desire of inner city teens to save a community center that is being targeted for demolition by city leaders to build a parking garage.
Tickets are by donation to support the drama program along with proceeds from the bake sale.
Class Act Seminars
SEQUIM — The Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road, will feature a seminar about pests of vegetables with Bob Cain from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. this Saturday.
Discussion group
SEQUIM — The Great Decisions Discussion Group will meet at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon today.
The topic is “Energy’s Hottest Sector.”
Electricity is beginning to be generated, stored, transmitted and used in new ways, according to a news release.
The reading material for the topic is five articles from the March/April 2015 issue of Foreign Affairs.
They are “Energy’s Hottest Sector,” “Solar Power Comes of Age: How Harnessing the Sun Got Cheap and Practical,” “Battery Powered: The Promise of Energy Storage,” “Upgrading the Grid: How to Modernize America’s Electrical Infrastructure” and “Power to the Poor: Provide Energy to Fight Poverty.”
New members of all ages are welcome.
For more information and a schedule of future meetings, visit www.tinyurl.com/pdn-greatdecisions or contact John Pollock at 360-683-9622 or jcpollock@olypen.com.
Activities in Sequim
SEQUIM — Clubs and organizations will present Things to Do in Sequim at the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall, 290 Macleay Road, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Representatives of groups will provide information and answer questions about activities in Sequim. Admission is free.
Participating clubs and organizations include Footprinters IFA Chapter 74, Olympic Driftwood Sculptors, Sequim Masons Lodge, Sequim Senior Center, Sun Bonnet Sues/The Applique Society, Sequim Community Orchestra, Sequim City Band.
Also, Sequim Arts, Museum & Arts Center, Sequim Elks Lodge, Sequim Valley Lions, Soroptimist International of Sequim, Washington Old Time Fiddlers, Grand Olympic Chorus of Sweet Adelines.
Also, Boy Scout Troop 1498, Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County, Sequim Community Aid and Sequim Prairie Grange.
For more information, email spg1108@outlook.com, phone 865-617-6004 or visit www.grange.org/sequimprairiewa1108.
Backyard Birding
SEQUIM — The Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, will present its final session of backyard birding, “Birds Out of the Nest,” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
A $5 fee will be charged for those older than 18.
Ken Wiersema, Olympic Peninsula Audubon birder, will talk about adult bird roles in feeding and rearing young birds, changes in feeding needs, making property less hazardous for young birds and lifestyles of young birds at the most vulnerable time of their lives.
Vegetable pests
SEQUIM — Veteran Master Gardener Bob Cain will discuss common pests and diseases in vegetable gardens at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Cain will talk at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road in Sequim as part of the Master Gardener Class Act at Woodcock educational series.
Cain will identify some of the most common pests and diseases encountered on the Olympic Peninsula and signs and symptoms of damage to vegetable crops.
The presentations are free and open to the public; however, donations to help offset copying costs for handouts are accepted.
For questions, phone 360-417-2279.
PORT ANGELES
Russian singers in town
PORT ANGELES — The St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble of Russia will sing at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave., tonight.
Admission to the 7 p.m. performance is by donation, with a suggested $10 per person or $25 per family.
“We can expect a skillfully toned program of rich Russian Orthodox harmonies as well as lively folk music,” said Joy Lingerfelt, Holy Trinity’s music minister.
The ensemble is on a West Coast tour, and this evening’s concert will be the group’s first appearance in Washington state this year, she noted.
For more information, phone Lingerfelt at 360-457-9306 or the church office at 360-452-2323.
Rowing fundamentals
PORT ANGELES — Those interested in rowing can hear about and experience the sport at no charge from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association coaches will provide fundamentals of the stroke and basic drills at Hollywood Beach.
The Port Angeles event is part of National Learn to Row Day organized by USRowing.
It is open to people of all ages.
For more information, phone Donna Wiese at 360-457-6733, email OPRAyouthadultrowing@gmail.com or visit www.usrowing.org.
Science in art
PORT ANGELES —The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture will present a program exploring science through art at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., on Saturday.
Children from 3 to 5 years old and their parents can drop in at the library at 2210 S. Peabody St. any time between 10 a.m. and noon to weave a masterpiece, investigate rocks and minerals, and explore plants and animals through a creative lens.
The free event is the third in a series of Burke Museum programs geared toward children younger than 5 and offered at the North Olympic Library System.
It is made possible by a grant from Thrive by Five Washington.
For more information, phone 360-417-8500, ext. 7733; visit www.nols.org; or email youth@nols.org.
Attendance awards
PORT ANGELES — More than 75 Port Angeles High School students are eligible to win a car or mountain bike during an assembly today to honor students for attendance.
Two students will be selected for awards during the schoolwide assembly at 8:35 a.m. in the Port Angeles Performing Arts Center at the high school at 304 E. Park Ave.
The Be Here to Win! attendance incentive program was sponsored by Ruddell Auto Mall of Port Angeles.
Gardening vendors
PORT ANGELES — Floral design and garden products will be for sale to the public in the vendor room during the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs at the Red Lion Hotel today.
The convention opened Tuesday and ends today.
The vendor room is open free to the public from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For more information, visit www.wagardenclubs.com.
PORT TOWNSEND
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — The topic is “Distraction” 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.
Free day at museums
PORT TOWNSEND — This Saturday is a free day for Jefferson County residents at three museums operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society:
■ The Jefferson Museum of Art & History inside City Hall at 540 Water St.
■ The Commanding Officer’s Quarters at Fort Worden State Park, 200 Battery Way
■ The Rothschild House Museum on the bluff at the corner of Franklin and Taylor streets
For information about each place, visit www.jchsmuseum.org or phone 360-385-1003.
Olympic UFO meetup
PORT TOWNSEND — The first Saturday meetup of the Olympic UFO will be at the Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse, 1841 Sheridan St., from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The event is free and open to the public.
Mark Peterson will present a program on the “Intelligent Universe.”
For more information, phone Maurene Morgan at 360-344-2991 or email olympic.ufo@gmail.com.
Walking tours
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Historical Society’s walking tours of Port Townsend’s historic districts begin Saturday.
The tours will continue through the end of September.
Tours are $10 for those who are not members of the historical society; members can take the tours for free.
Downtown tour “Sin at Sea Level” is at 2 p.m. Saturdays beginning at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History, 540 Water St.
The tour fee includes admission to the museum.
Uptown tour “The Moral High Ground” is at 2 p.m. Sundays beginning at the Rothschild House Museum, which is on the bluff at the corner of Franklin and Taylor streets.
The tour fee includes admission to the museum.
Guides in historical costumes take visitors on the tours and point out architectural highlights while telling about Port Townsend history.
Make reservations on either tour by calling 360-385-1003 by noon the day of the tour.
QUILCENE
‘The Scottish Play’
QUILCENE — Students in Jefferson County’s Olympic Peninsula Home Connection program will present “MacBeth: The Scottish Play” in Quilcene at 7 tonight.
The performance by children from 9 to 14 years old will be at the Quilcene Theatre at 11 Old Church Road.
Admission is by donation.
The Home Connection program serves families of home-schooled children in Jefferson County with the support of the Crescent School District in Joyce.
CHIMACUM
Farmers market
CHIMACUM — The Chimacum Farmers Market begins its 2015 season Sunday.
The market will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Chimacum Corner Farmstand at the corner of Center Road and state Highway 19.
It will continue each Sunday through October.
More than 20 vendors will be on hand with a variety of farm goods, food and art.
The market also is hosting the Gimme 5 program: For every $10 in food stamps, the market will give an extra $5 token good for fresh farm foods up to $10 extra dollars per day.
For more information, see www.jeffersoncountyfarmersmarket.org.
FORKS
Prevention summit
FORKS — Mathew A. Poteet will be the keynote speaker at the Youth Prevention Summit Peninsula College Forks Extension Site, 481 S. Forks Ave., from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.
The event is free. Space is limited to 100.
The millennial generation and its viewpoint are the focus of the summit.
Digital citizenship, nonviolent communication skills, leadership, prevention alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse will be among the many topics.
For more information, email lgrasseth@co.clallam.wa.us or phone 360-565-2608.
Food talk for health
FORKS — Health coach Rhonda Heckman will speak at the Forks Athletic and Aquatic Club, 91 Maple Ave., at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. today.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Heckman will talk about organic sustainable foods and the effect of genetically modified foods (GMOs) on living organisms.