NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 22.
An open house for rock hounds, a new show at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center and free tours of a rhododendron nursery are among the attractions on the North Olympic Peninsula this Memorial Day weekend.
For more on the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles and the Fort Worden Children’s Choir Festival in Port Townsend, as well as other arts and entertainment news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment magazine, in today’s newspaper.
More events are also on the calendar at cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsuladailynews.
SEQUIM
Gem open house
SEQUIM — The Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association will host its spring open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The open house will be at the club’s shop at 81 Hooker Road, Unit 5.
Visitors can see the facilities for rock cutting and polishing, metal smithing, wire-wrapping polished stones, casting, creating chain-mail jewelry, faceting stones and other lapidary activities.
Club members will provide ongoing demonstrations of the use of the tools, answer questions and be on hand to identify rocks.
Refreshments will be served.
The club is a nonprofit association organized for educational activity about rocks, minerals and fossils; the art of lapidary to enhance rocks’ natural beauty; and the promotion of rock hounding through information and special programs.
For more information, visit the club’s website at www.sequimrocks.com or call Scott Thornhill, club president, at 360-912-1520.
Art, garden show
SEQUIM — New Dungeness Nursery is sponsoring an art and garden show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The show will be at its nursery site, 4911 Sequim-Dungeness Way, past Nash’s Farm Store.
Spots are available in the retail nursery for vendors, including individuals with outdoor products, specialty nurseries and giftware.
Electricity is available, and there will be no rent charged.
Attendees are invited to sign up for the newsletter and door prizes.
For more information, phone 360-681-0132.
Community HU Song
SEQUIM — The Eckankar group will sponsor a community HU song at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Sunday.
In a small group setting, HU (pronounced hue) is chanted in a long, drawn-out sound.
Then another breath, and sing HU again.
This continues for up to 20 minutes followed by five minutes of silent contemplation.
This is offered as a free community service for people of all faiths, cultures and backgrounds.
For more information, phone George Abrahams at 360-582-3067 or email justbe973@gmail.com.
Sunday dance party
SEQUIM — Still Kickin’ will dish out dance-friendly songs at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, on Sunday.
Admission will be $8 per person for the dance from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The Elks bar will be open with beverages and snacks.
Sunday evening dances with live music take place twice a month at the lodge. They are open to the public.
To find out more, phone the lodge at 360-683-2763.
BLYN
Show & Shine
BLYN — Peninsula Dream Machines will present the eighth annual Show & Shine from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The show will be at 7 Cedars Casino at 270756 U.S. Highway 101.
All motorized vehicles are welcome, including classic cars, motorcycles, hot rods, trucks and boats, etc.
There are no entry fees, so no trophies.
For more information, phone 360-461-9008.
PORT ANGELES
New show
PORT ANGELES — A free artists’ presentation and reception are set for today at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Sculptors Carole Murphy of Portland, Ore., and Matthew Allison of Shoreline will discuss their new show, “Earthen Forming,” at 4:30 p.m. and stay for the opening reception from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
“Earthen Forming” opened Thursday and will be on display through July 12.
Admission is free to the fine arts center, where the gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays.
For more details, see www.PAFAC.org or phone 360-457-3532.
Feiro expands hours
PORT ANGELES — The Feiro Marine Life Center will begin summer hours at its public aquarium Saturday.
The expanded hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day of the week and will be in effect through Labor Day.
Admission fees also apply and remain unchanged from 2014 at $4 for adults and $2 for youths from 3 to 17 years old. Those younger than 2 are admitted free.
During the winter, the nonprofit aquarium at City Pier off Lincoln Street also is open every day, but only from noon to 4 p.m. Winter admission is free.
Feiro’s animal collection includes intertidal marine life from within 20 miles of Port Angeles, including sea stars, sea urchins and anemones, fish and a giant Pacific octopus, Ursula.
For more information, see www.feiromarinelifecenter.org or call 360-417-6254.
Bake sale set
PORT ANGELES — The Answer For Youth (TAFY) will host a bake sale at Swain’s General Store, 601 E. First St., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
TAFY was formed to help homeless and at-risk youths and young families in the community.
Jazz comes to church
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble will play this Sunday in St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church’s Jazz Mass.
All are welcome at the 10 a.m. service at 510 E. Park Ave.
Peninsula College’s David P. Jones and St. Andrew’s music director, Jim Couture, will lead the jazz ensemble.
For more information, phone St. Andrew’s at 360-457-4862.
Poser Yoga
PORT ANGELES — A special yoga gathering to benefit earthquake survivors in Nepal will be held at Poser Yoga, 128 E. Front St., today.
The studio’s teachers will host an evening of 108 sun salutations — each a series of yoga poses — with admission by donation.
All are welcome to come to Poser any time between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to do a few salutations, a lot of them or all 108.
Proceeds will go to Buddhist Relief Services. More information about the organization can be found at www.relief.utbf.org.
Participants are encouraged to rest any time they need to, according to Poser Yoga’s invitation.
For more information, contact Poser Yoga via www.PoserStudios.com or 360-393-0977.
PORT TOWNSEND
Cabbage presentation
PORT TOWNSEND — Edible education about cabbage will be presented at Food for Thought tonight.
The lecture and meal will be from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Fort Worden kitchen shelter, 210 Battery Way.
Tickets are $35.
Chef Arran Stark will demonstrate cooking methods and techniques.
Wes Cecil will provide a tour through the history and influence of cabbage.
A barbecue dinner with cabbage accents in several courses will offers tastes of the history of cabbage as it passed from Asia with the Celts to the new world.
Craft wine and beer will be available.
Cecil is a 16-year professor at Peninsula College’s Port Townsend site. He received his doctorate in English from Indiana University.
Stark serves as chef and dietary director at Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend.
Tickets are available at http://m.bpt.me/event/1320893.
For more information, see “Food for Thought PT” on Facebook.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — The topic will be “Self” 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.
Monsanto march
PORT TOWNSEND — Marchers against Monsanto will meet at the public library, 1220 Lawrence St., from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Saturday.
This event is free and open to the public.
Marchers are asked to wear red clothing and bring or carry signs supporting non-GMO foods, soil, bees, biodiversity, opposition of the DARK Act and the protection of the land, water, food sovereignty and future generations.
For more information, email Jeannette Martens at thehungryelephantpt@gmail.com.
Farmers market
PORT TOWNSEND — The Yesango Marimba Ensemble will perform at the Port Townsend Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The market is at Lawrence and Tyler streets from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday through October before switching to winter hours from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in November and December.
The group performs Zimbabwe music.
Sunday assembly
PORT TOWNSEND — Sunday Assembly will be held at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.
Sunday Assembly is a secular congregational community.
The group talks and sings and then shares coffee and cake.
For more information, contact Christine Jacobson at 206-930-4605 or christinejacobson@gmail.com, or visit www.sundayassembly.com.
Kah Tai work party
PORT TOWNSEND — A work party is planned at the Kah Tai Prairie Preserve from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday.
The public is welcome.
Volunteers will meet near Chase Bank. They should look for a white Chevy pickup truck.
Workers will pull scotch broom and pick up garbage on the east side of the park.
Water, tea, treats, weed wrenches and garbage bags will be provided.
Volunteers are asked to bring gloves and small weeding tools and wear work clothes, dressing for the weather.
For more information, contact Dixie Llewellin at dixie@cablespeed.com or 360-385-6432.
PORT LUDLOW
Open garden
PORT LUDLOW — Free tours will be offered during the Memorial Day Weekend Open Garden at Chimacum Woods on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Chimacum Woods, a rhododendron nursery located at 2722 Thorndyke Road, will offer the tours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday.
The nursery is a few miles south and west of the Hood Canal Bridge.
For more information, phone 206-383-2713 or visit www.chimacumwoods.com.