Peninsula Daily News
A ROBOTICS LUAU and a scotch broom cleanup party are among the activities planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about Saturday’s BritBeat tribute to the Beatles concert and other arts news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment magazine included with today’s PDN.
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PORT TOWNSEND
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — The topic is “Debate” at the Conversation Cafe at The Cup from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.
Lunch is optional at the cafe, 2333 San Juan Ave.
Conversation Cafe is an exercise in active listening and nonconfrontational discussion.
For more information, visit www.conversationcafe.org.
Scotch broom party
PORT TOWNSEND — The Friends of Fort Worden Trail Team will hold a Scotch Broom Challenge work party at Fort Worden State Park from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
The work party will meet at 200 Battery Way.
Volunteers from the public are welcome. They will help the trail team control and remove scotch broom from Fort Worden State Park.
Attendees are asked to bring their own gloves and water.
Snacks, coffee and tea will be provided.
For more information, email janorth@olympus.net or visit www.fwfriends.org.
Audubon field trip
PORT TOWNSEND — The Admiralty Audubon group will walk Fort Flagler Spit on Marrowstone Island from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
The event is free and open to the public.
Attendees are asked to meet at the Port Townsend Park and Ride to carpool to Marrowstone Island.
The group will meet county members at the wastewater treatment plant and observe birds on the pond.
After a short drive down to Fort Flagler Spit, participants will join a former Admiralty Audubon president, who will celebrate her 90th birthday with friends.
After this, the group will move to the Camp Richmond Building for hot drinks and refreshments.
For more information, phone trip leader Ron Sikes at 360-385-0307 or email b1rdbrush@gmail.com.
Square dance
PORT TOWNSEND — The Quimper Grange and PT Community Dance will host a Square Dance and Social from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Quimper Grange.
The grange is located at 1219 Corona St.
Caller Anne Marie Schaeffer, along with the carnivorous Possum Carvers, welcomes all ages and all abilities. All dances are taught, and all ages and experience levels are welcome.
The public is invited to bring an instrument and jam with the band at 7 p.m.
Dancers are encouraged to bring snacks to share and their own personal water bottle.
For more information, call Dave Thielk at 360-301-6005 or go to www.ptcommunitydance.com.
Comedy on Sunday
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend High School Players will present a special pay-as-you-wish performance of “You Can’t Take It with You” this Sunday afternoon.
Curtain time for the three-act comedy is 2:30 p.m. in the Port Townsend High School auditorium, 1500 Van Ness St.
Noah Phillips directs the student-run production based on George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s classic.
Work party
PORT TOWNSEND — There will be a Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park work party from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday.
Take Haines Place off West Sims Way and park near the bathrooms off the 12th Street entrance. Walk the trail toward the lagoon.
A white pickup truck will be parked at the junction with the south lagoon trail.
The group will plant 50 native plants that were potted in February.
Volunteers will also pull scotch broom and pick up garbage.
For more information, phone Rosemary Sikes at 360-385-0307 or email ptrose53@gmail.com.
PORT HADLOCK
Boffer swordplay
PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Library will host boffer swordplay from 2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. today.
The free program at the library at 620 Cedar Ave. is for youths ages 9 to 18.
Boffers, constructed of foam-wrapped PVC pipe, duct tape and some imagination, are used in live-action role-playing games and mock combat.
Boffers will be available, but participants are invited to bring their own.
Participants should wear comfortable clothes and expect to be outside for part of the time, weather permitting.
For information, contact Brwyn Griffin at 360-385-6544 or bgriffin@jclibrary.info.
Library book sale
PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., will host a book sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Friends of the Library will be allowed early entry at 9:30 a.m.
Beekeeper meeting
PORT HADLOCK — The East Jefferson Beekeepers Association will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Jefferson County Library.
The library is located at 620 Cedar Ave.
Anyone interested in learning more about becoming a beekeeper is welcome to attend.
For information, email carapace@mindspring.com.
JOYCE
Lions breakfast
JOYCE — The Crescent Bay Lions Club will hold a benefit breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.
These breakfasts are held every Sunday through May 8 except Dec. 20 and Dec. 28 at the club, located on state Highway 112 and Holly Hill Road.
The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children 12 and younger.
The menu includes eggs cooked to order, hot cakes, French toast, biscuits and gravy, hashbrowns, ham, sausage, bacon and coffee.
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.
The public is invited.
SEQUIM
Pacific NW author
SEQUIM — “Pacific Northwest-inspired” author Ashley Mackler-Paternostro will appear at 6 p.m. today via Web conference at the Sequim Library to discuss her work and offer tips to aspiring authors.
The library is located at 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Mackler-Paternostro will discuss her writing process, research methods and how to move beyond the first draft to editing and eventual publication.
In addition to her Web conference appearance, Mackler-Paternostro and the North Olympic Library System invite writers to submit up to 1,000 words of a work-in-progress for professional review and feedback.
Submissions will be accepted between Saturday and Nov. 21 and can be emailed to librarian Sarah Morrison at SMorrison@nols.org.
Only the first 30 works received will be reviewed.
‘I Do!’ tryouts
SEQUIM — Auditions for the musical “I Do! I Do!” are set from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday.
Auditions will be at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., where the show will be staged early next year.
Director Charlotte Carroll seeks two actors, a soprano and a baritone, in the story of Agnes and Michael, two soulmates navigating the perils of life beginning in 1895 and continuing to 1945.
Each candidate will be asked to perform a song of his or her choice, either a cappella or with the piano accompaniment provided. Carroll may also ask auditioners to sing from the score and read from the “I Do! I Do!” script.
Rehearsals will begin immediately after casting.
For more information or to schedule an alternate audition time, phone Carroll at 907-723-7000 or contact the Olympic Theatre Arts business office, which is open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, at 360-683-7326.
Boat anchoring
SEQUIM — The North Olympic Sail and Power Squadron will offer a free boating skills clinic in anchoring from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The clinic will be at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
The clinic will cover issues and problems involving anchor weight, methods used to anchor and choices of anchor types for this boating area.
For more information on this event or other classes offered by the North Olympic Sail and Power Squadron, phone Ray Thomas at 360-683-8801 or visit www.northolympicboaters.com.
Pie cooking demo
SEQUIM — An “Art of the Pie” cooking demonstration will take place at Nash’s Farm Store at 2 p.m. Saturday.
At the free workshop at the store at 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way, Kate McDermott will tell how to cook a pie using local pork sausage and apples.
For more information, phone Patty McManus at 360-681-6274, email patty@nashsorganicproduce.com or visit www.nashsorganicproduce.com/events.html.
Book sale
SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library will host a book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The monthly book sale is at the Friends building behind the Sequim Library at 630 N. Sequim Ave.
This month’s sale features books on entertainment, learning and escape.
The Friends have received large donations of current fiction, nonfiction (especially Native American history), hand crafts (how to draw animals, woodcarving, many quilt books) and a selection of jigsaw puzzles.
There are also Christmas-themed books ranging from children’s books to recipes and party planning.
Proceeds from the sale fund children’s and adult programs at the Sequim Library.
Book discussion
SEQUIM — The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama will be discussed at 3 p.m. Saturday.
The free discussion will be at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Tsukiyama, the daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a backdrop for her tale about a 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen who is sent to his family’s summer home to recover from a bout with tuberculosis.
Matsu, a housekeeper and a master gardener, cares for him, and over the course of a year, he learns Matsu’s secret and gains not only physical strength but also spiritual insight, according to an Amazon.com review.
Copies of the novel are available at the Sequim Library in various formats, including regular print and audiobook on CD, and can be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org.
Robotics luau
SEQUIM — The Sequim High School Robotics Team will hold a luau and silent auction in the high school cafeteria from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
The event is to raise funds for the robotics team’s upcoming season.
Tickets are $15 if purchased before the event and $20 at the door.
The high school is located at 601 N. Sequim Ave.
To purchase tickets, phone the team at 360-774-2890 or email sequimrobotics3826@gmail.com.
There will be luau food, live entertainment with hula dancers and robot demonstrations, and a silent auction.
For more information, visit www.sequimroboticsfederation.weebly.com.
Artist reception
SEQUIM — Nourish restaurant will have a free artists reception for photographer Kelly Lenihan from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
The restaurant is located 101 Provence View Lane.
Lenihan is the featured artist for the months of November and December and will have items for sale.
For more information, phone Tanya Rose at 360-797-1480, email contact@nourishsequim.com or visit www.nourishsequim.com.
Learning about birds
SEQUIM — The Dungeness River Audubon Center will host a free class, “Birding for Newcomers,” with some basic birding techniques from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Carrie Blake Park.
Attendees also will meet some local birds and birders. Bring a bird book and binoculars if you have them; a few loaners will be available.
Meet at Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave., by the pond next to the entrance.
For information, email rceducation@olympus.net or go to www.dungenessrivercenter.org.
Old time fiddlers
SEQUIM — The Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association will meet and perform from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sequim Prairie Grange.
The grange is located at 290 MacLeay Road.
There will also be an open jam session from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The performance is free and open to the public.
Yoga flow benefit
SEQUIM — A Thanksgiving Yoga flow class to benefit the Sequim Food Bank is planned from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
The class will be at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, 2781 Towne Road.
Julia Buggy of Farm Flow Yoga and Shelley Stratton of Bodhi Tree Yoga will be accompanied by the drums and percussion of Zorina Wolf of Village Heartbeat.
Wolf also will lead a gratitude meditation.
Attendees should bring their yoga mats and towels.
Refreshments will be provided afterward.
RSVP to www.bodhitreeyoga.org.
Donations to the Sequim Food Bank can be made by cash or check at the event.
PORT ANGELES
‘Leading Lady’
PORT ANGELES — “Our Leading Lady,” a comedy by Charles Busch, takes the stage of the Little Theater at Peninsula College tonight, Saturday and Sunday.
Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $12 general, $10 for seniors and non-Peninsula College students, and free for Peninsula College students with identification.
“Our Leading Lady” is the story of how a national calamity — the assassination of a president — affects people personally.
See www.brownpapertickets.com to purchase; remaining seats will be sold at the door.
‘Usual and Accustomed’
PORT ANGELES — Filmmaker and Makah tribal member Sandra Sunrising Osawa will host free showings of her documentary “Usual and Accustomed Places” at 12:30 p.m. today and Wednesday.
Admission is free, and the filmmaker will engage in a question-and-answer session after the screening.
Osawa, a Seattle resident who grew up in Port Angeles and Neah Bay, will host a screening at Maier Hall on Peninsula College’s main campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
The movie, an account of Pacific Northwest tribes’ century-long struggle to uphold their fishing rights, also focuses on the history of the Makah tribe.
“Usual and Accustomed Places” will then be shown — again free — at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Peninsula College Forks site, 481 S. Forks Ave., where Osawa will answer questions afterward.
Attendees are advised to come early to these screenings.
For more information, contact Peninsula College professor Helen Lovejoy at hlovejoy@pencol.edu or 360-417-6362.
Art show
PORT ANGELES — The Sequim Arts Members’ Show and 5 x 7 Show will take place at The Landing mall through Sunday.
A reception is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today.
On Saturday, the display will open at 10:30 a.m. and finish with another reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Finally on Sunday, it will stay open from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission is free to the exhibition in the mall’s downstairs atrium at 115 E. Railroad Ave.
The nonprofit organization known as Sequim Arts, which has members in Port Angeles and beyond, is in the process of changing its name to the Olympic Peninsula Art Association to reflect this.
In the meantime, the annual members exhibition and 5 x 7 show offer art for sale including numerous 5-inch-by-7-inch pieces — from anonymous artists — for $20 each.
Only after purchasing the piece will the buyer learn who made it.
Proceeds from this event will benefit two nonprofits: KSQM radio in Sequim and Sequim Arts.
To find out more, see www.sequimarts.org.
Genealogy meeting
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Genealogical Society will consider probate records when it meets from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
“Probate Records for Genealogists” will be presented in the Raymond Carver Room at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. The meeting is free and open to the public.
Probate records are legal documents that may present a wealth of information to the researcher but are sometimes difficult to locate and with obscure terminology, according to a news release.
The speaker will be Clair Smith, the current vice president and former president of the Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society.
She has 14 years of experience and has completed the University of Washington’s “Genealogy and Family History” certificate program.
Participants are encouraged to arrive 15 to 20 minutes before the start of the meeting to register, have a cup of coffee and visit.
For more information, phone the Clallam County Genealogical Society office at 360-417-5000 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
Peabody Creek cleanup
PORT ANGELES — A cleanup of Peabody Creek is planned from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Volunteers will gather in the parking lot behind Olympic Powersports, 221 S. Peabody St., to receive assignments for collecting trash and invasive plants between Third and Fifth streets along the creek.
Attendees are asked to bring leather gloves and wear weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy shoes.
Organizers will provide trash bags, snacks and tools.
The cleanup is coordinated by the Feiro Marine Life Center, North Olympic Salmon Coalition, Clallam County Health and Human Services-Public Health and Friends of Peabody Creek.
For more information, contact Melissa Williams at 360-417-6254 or melissaw@feiromarinelifecenter.org, or visit www.feiromarinelifecenter.org/events.
Elwha 10K walk
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers plan a 10K (6.2-mile) walk on Discovery Trail to the Elwha River Bridge on Saturday.
Walkers will meet at William Shore Memorial Pool, 225 E. Fifth St. Registration is between 8:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. Maps will be distributed at that time.
The group will leave the pool to drive to the starting point at 9 a.m.
This walk is free, unless one wishes to receive credit from the AVA.
Walkers will be on the Discovery Trail from Port Angeles to the Elwha River Bridge.
Strollers are OK. Pets on a leash are accepted. Restrooms can be found at the start and finish.
This is an out-and-back walk on a trail.
For more information, phone George Christensen at 360-697-2172 or 360-473-8398.
Drop-In Write-In
PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System’s main library in Port Angeles will host drop-in write-in sessions as part of NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
All library locations will host weekly write-ins for NaNoWriMo, a creative writing-focused program in which participants attempt to write a 50,000-word novel in November.
No previous writing experience is required to attend.
For information, contact Sarah Morrison at 360-417-8500, ext. 7750, or smorrison@nols.org.
FORKS
Red Cross info
FORKS — The Red Cross will host an informational session for those interested in volunteering on the West End at 10:30 a.m. today.
The session will be at the Forks Aquatic Center, 91 Maple Ave.
Red Cross volunteers assist people affected by house fires, winter storms, wildfires or other disasters.
Volunteers are needed to work directly with people or in supportive roles, such as participating in community prevention events, training others, representation to local governmental and community organizations.
The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization supported by community volunteers.
Local volunteers will be on hand to provide information about opportunities and to answer questions.
Veterans dinner
FORKS — The Forks Elks Lodge will host a veterans dinner at 5 p.m. Sunday.
Veterans and their widows will receive a full-course buffet meal.
For all others, tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children 12 and younger.
The lodge is located at 941 Merchants Road.
LAPUSH
Harvest dinner
LAPUSH — Quileute Head Start will host a Harvest Dinner at 5 p.m. today at the A-Ka-Lat Center.
The center is located at 181 Quileute Heights.
The dinner will include a silent auction.
Proceeds raised will help fund field trips, holiday parties and other Head Start activities.
For information, contact 360-797-3943.
