NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Oct. 2.
A MUSICAL ABOUT a spelling bee, family movies, an auction to benefit women with cancer and bird-friendly landscaping are among the activities planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about “Dancing with the Port Angeles Stars” on Saturday and other arts news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment magazine included with today’s PDN.
Information also is available in the interactive calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
PORT TOWNSEND
‘Spelling Bee’ musical
PORT TOWNSEND — Key City Public Theatre is staging “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” the Broadway musical with improvisation, dancing and some tough spelling words, tonight through Oct. 25.
Starring acrobat-actor Tomoki Sage of Port Townsend and stand-up comic Marcy Girt of New York City, “Spelling Bee” features evening and matinee shows at the Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St., with curtain times at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets range from $20 to $24 for adults and $10 for students at all shows.
For more information and to buy tickets, see www.keycitypublictheatre.org or phone the playhouse box office at 360-385-KCPT (5278).
If available, tickets also will be sold at the door.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — The topic will be “Immigration” at the Conversation Cafe at The Cup from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.
Lunch is optional at The Cup, 600 W. Sims Way.
Conversation Cafe is an exercise in active listening and nonconfrontational discussion.
For more information, visit www.conversationcafe.org.
Elephant seals
PORT TOWNSEND — Docent naturalist Rob Wamstad will give a guided visual journey through the lives of elephant seals, as well as their unusual characteristics and their importance to current research, at 7 p.m. today.
The presentation will be at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave.
Wamstad was a docent naturalist for 12 years at Año Nuevo State Park, an elephant seal colony near San Francisco. He led groups into the colony during breeding season.
He has logged more than 1,000 hours observing the animals and their interactions.
Wamstad also has volunteered at the Point Reyes National Seashore, informing visitors about elephant seals and gray whales.
Registration is required at http://tinyurl.com/ALPs2015Fall.
For information, contact Wamstad at 415-744-4250 or wamstad.pt@gmail.com.
Growing groceries
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County WSU Master Gardeners will present “Growing Groceries” classes from 6 to 9 tonight and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The classes, which began Sept. 25 and will run through Nov. 6, are on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons at the Marina Room, 380 Jefferson St.
The cost for the course is $50.
Class participants will learn what vegetables grow on the Olympic Peninsula, garden planning and record-keeping, soil management and best cultivation practices.
The classes also will present information about fall and winter vegetable growing techniques, including hoop houses, cold frames and row covers.
For more information or to sign up, email Jefferson County WSU Master Gardeners at mastergardenerjefferson@gmail.com or call 360 379-5610, ext. 210.
Audubon trip
PORT TOWNSEND — Admiralty Audubon will host a field trip to Gardiner, John Wayne Marina and eastern Dungeness Bay on Saturday.
Participants will look for recently arrived shorebirds and seabirds.
The group will meet at the Port Townsend Park and Ride, 440 12th St., at 8 a.m.
Some group members will return to Port Townsend at 11 a.m., while others might stay to shop in Sequim.
In the event of heavy rain, the event will be canceled.
Group members will carpool when available.
For information, contact David Gluckman at 360-531-3325.
Olympic UFO
PORT TOWNSEND — The Olympic UFO Meet Up group will watch “Communion” when it meets from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The group will meet at the Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse at 1841 Sheridan Ave.
“Communion” is a film based on Whitley Strieber’s 1987 best-selling book of the same name.
It depicts one man’s account of his extraordinary experiences with visitors from “elsewhere” — how they found him, where they took him, what they did to him and why.
There will be time following the film for discussion and socializing.
Light refreshments will be available.
Those who believe they have experienced anomalous phenomena are invited to get together at a different location following the main meeting.
The group meets the first Saturday of each month.
For more information, call 360-344-2991 or email olympic.ufo@gmail.com.
Free legal clinic
PORT TOWNSEND — Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers will present the quarterly Jefferson County Free Legal Clinic event from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The free drop-in legal advice clinic will be at the Port Townsend Senior Center, 620 Tyler St.
Attorney volunteers will be available to answer legal questions, direct people to local services that might be able to assist them and to explain the legal process to them.
They will answer questions regarding family law, tenant/landlord relationships, public assistance, estate, bankruptcy, employment and creditor issues.
The clinic is intended to help those who are unable to financially access an attorney but is open to all.
Demand for the clinic is high, so attendees are urged to arrive on time to ensure they will be seen by an attorney.
For more information, contact Executive Director Shauna Rogers at 360-504-2422 or email probonolawyers@gmail.com.
Play auditions
PORT TOWNSEND — Youngsters age 7 to 12 — and their parents, if they’re interested — can audition for Key City Public Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Story” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Tryouts will be at the Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St., for the production, which will be performed Dec. 3-20.
Eight to 10 roles are available for children. Parents who would like to join their kids in the show also can audition for ensemble parts.
Copies of the script are available at the playhouse box office, open from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays.
Children are encouraged to bring something familiar, either memorized or well-rehearsed, to perform at the auditions.
Rehearsals will begin late this month or in early November, depending upon the role, with sessions in late afternoon, early evening and weekends for the young actors.
Those who want to audition but can’t attend this Saturday are encouraged to contact production manager Christa Holbrook at christa@keycitypublictheatre.org or 360-379-0195.
BLYN
Pink Party slated
BLYN — The fifth annual Pink Party for Breast Cancer Awareness will take place at 7 Cedars Casino from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
The event is free for those 21 and older at the casino at 270756 U.S. Highway 101.
For each person who wears pink club attire to show support for breast cancer awareness, the casino will donate $5 to the Olympic Medical Cancer Center.
The group Mr. Pink will play hits by women artists.
For more information, visit www.7cedarsresort.com.
SEQUIM
Free harp performance
SEQUIM — Jazz harpist Laraine Claire will give a free performance at Olympic Theatre Arts this evening.
Doors will open at 5 p.m. for this “Off Stage” event, which also will feature short talks by KSQM-FM hosts.
Starting at 6 p.m., they will chat briefly about their radio programs while Claire plays her Lyon & Healy harp.
While admission is free, beer, wine, soft drinks and snacks will be available for purchase at OTA’s bar.
Olympic Theatre Arts is located at 414 N. Sequim Ave.
For information, phone the theater at 360-683-7326.
Discussion group
SEQUIM — The Sequim Great Decisions Discussion Group will meet at the Sequim Library from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. today.
All are welcome to the free meeting.
The topic is “Human Trafficking in the 21st Century” at the library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
The suggested background reading for this discussion is an article, “Human Trafficking in the 21st Century,” from the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions 2015 Briefing Book.
For more information and a schedule of future meetings, visit www.tinyurl.com/pdn-greatdecisions.
Native plants talk
SEQUIM — The Clallam Conservation District will host a free field workshop on landscaping with native plants at the Dungeness Recreation Area from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Workshop participants will learn to identify more than 25 native trees and shrubs during a 2-mile walk at the recreation area, 554 Voice of America Road, adjacent to the Dungeness Wildlife Refuge.
In addition to plant identification, the cultural requirements, aesthetic attributes and environmental and wildlife habitat benefits of each species will be discussed.
Tips on how to incorporate native plants into home landscaping also will be presented.
The workshop is free, but due to space limitations, preregistration is required.
Phone the district at 360-775-3747, ext. 5, for more information and to register.
Safety fair
SEQUIM — In celebration of National Safety Month, a safety fair will be held in the Home Depot parking lot from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The store is located at 1145 W. Washington St.
Safety experts from across the Olympic Peninsula are expected.
Boats from the Coast Guard and Clallam County Sheriff’s Office will be on display, along with mobile units, cars and ambulances.
Children can make firetrucks at the kids workshop.
For more information, email cclarkpds@yahoo.com or phone 360-582-1620.
Family Flicks
SEQUIM — The Family Flicks movie series will kick off with a screening of “The Adventures of Tintin” at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The film will be shown at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Offered at 2 p.m. the first Saturday of every month through April, Family Flicks provides family entertainment, popcorn and movie trivia for free.
This film, winner of the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, is a PG-rated epic adventure adapted from three comics by iconic Belgian cartoonist Hergé.
‘Backyard Birding’
SEQUIM — “Landscaping for Birds,” the first in a series of eight classes in the “Backyard Birding” series, will take place at the Dungeness River Audubon Center from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The center is located in Railroad Bridge Park, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.
The cost of each session is $5 for adults. It is free for anyone younger than 18.
Joe Holtrop, executive director of the Clallam Conservation District, will present aspects of a bird-friendly yard, including food, water and shelter, with an emphasis on the use of plants native to the area.
Following the class will be an optional field trip — a 2-mile hike in the Dungeness Recreation Area — to see native plants and where they are growing.
The series is hosted by members of the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society.
“Backyard Birding” can be taken either as individual classes or in a series.
Thrift shop open
SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild’s thrift shop will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The shop at 204 W. Bell St. has fall and winter clothing for the entire family, furniture and household accessories, fine jewelry, dishes and glassware, and books and puzzles.
All white-tagged items will be marked at half-price.
Volunteers and new consignors are welcome.
Phone 360-683-7044 for information.
PORT ANGELES
Last ‘Love Rides’
PORT ANGELES — “Love Rides the Rails, or Will the Mail Train Run Tonight?,” the melodrama at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, has its final three performances this weekend.
The show, starring Megan Mundy as the heroine Prudence and Jack Simpson as the villain Simon Darkway, takes the stage at 7:30 tonight and Saturday night and finally at 2 p.m. Sunday at the playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Tickets are $14 for adults and $7 for students and children at Odyssey Books, 114 W. Front St., and www.PAcommunityplayers.com.
For information, phone 360-452-6651.
Oktoberfest auctions
PORT ANGELES — St. Andrew’s Place will host its eighth annual Oktoberfest with silent and live auctions at the Masonic Temple, 622 S. Lincoln St., from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the door.
There will be music, food and a variety of beer and wine.
Funds raised will be used to maintain affordable assisted living for seniors in the North Olympic Peninsula area.
For information, phone Laura Dodd at 360-417-3418 or Amber Wheeler at 360-504-3250.
History Tales
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Historical Society will start the 2015-16 History Tales series with a presentation on logging at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Jack Zaccardo will present “Historical Logging, 1890-1930” at First United Methodist Church, 110 E. Seventh St.
Parking and entry to the church’s social hall are on Laurel Street.
History Tales is free and open to the public.
Zaccardo, who is retired from the state Department of Natural Resources, is originally from Port Angeles. He is a fourth-generation timber worker.
He will present a narrated slideshow about Clallam County’s logging industry, featuring historical photographs from 1890 through 1930.
For more information, phone the Clallam County Historical Society’s office at 360-452-2662 or email artifact@olypen.com.
Life and death
PORT ANGELES — A book study and discussion of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche will be hosted by Joyous Refuge from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday.
Joyous Refuge is located at 231 E. 12th St.
A $5 donation is suggested for each session.
No meditation experience is necessary to participate. Meditation instruction will be offered during the first two sessions.
Each class includes a 20-minute meditation period at the beginning and end of the session.
For information, call Jikyo Wolfer at 360-477-5954 or email home@joyousrefuge.org.
JOYCE
Flea market
JOYCE — The Crescent Grange Flea Market will be held at the Crescent Grange, 50870 state Highway 112, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Saturday.
Inside tables can be rented on a first-come, first-served basis.
If interested, phone chairman Ray DiVacky at 360-928-2056 to secure a table.
To help with the event, phone general chair Lelah Singhose at 360-457-5944.
Lions breakfast set
JOYCE — The Crescent Bay Lions Club will hold a benefit breakfast at the club from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.
The breakfasts are held every Sunday through May 8 except Dec. 20 and 28 at the club, located on state Highway 112 at 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 or sausage or 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.
FORKS
Australian Animals
FORKS — The Forks Elementary School parent-teacher organization will host Australian Animals Family Night at 6:30 tonight.
The public is welcome to the event at the school at 301 S. Elderberry Ave.
Admission will be $2. Children younger than 2 will be admitted free.
Rainforest fables
FORKS — Pat Neal will read a selection of his rainforest fables at The Hoh Down on the Hoh, a Hoh River Trust fundraising event, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
The reading will take place at Hard Rain Cafe, 5763 Upper Hoh Road, 12 miles south of Forks.
Neal is a weekly wilderness columnist for the Peninsula Daily News, a radio show host on KSQM 91.5 FM in Sequim and a fishing guide on the Hoh River who was featured on the National Geographic reality show “Legend of Mick Dodge.”
The Hoh River Trust is an environmental organization that has acquired 7,000 acres in the Hoh River valley to maintain public access while restoring the old-growth forest ecosystem for the preservation of fish and wildlife.
Music during the event will be provided by Sally Milici’s HOHmm Grown Band.
A hosted barbecue will be presented by Hawaiian master chef Dennis Fernandez.
Blood drive
FORKS — A blood drive is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
The blood drive will be at Forks Baptist Church, 651 S. Forks Ave.
All types of blood are needed.
Plants and fleas
FORKS — The Bogachiel Garden Club will hold its fall plant sale and flea market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will be at the Auto Tech parking lot on Forks Avenue.
Peonies, daisies, hostas and assorted ground covers will be sold.
Open Aire Market
FORKS — The Forks Open Aire Market will showcase and sell crafts, arts, wearables, edibles, growables and swapables from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
This is the final scheduled market for this year at 1421 S. Forks Ave., across from Forks Municipal Airport.
For information, call 360-374-6332 or email forksopenairemarket@live.com.
PORT GAMBLE
Cancer fund auction
PORT GAMBLE — The Annual Kathleen Sutton Fund Auction will raise money to provide transportation assistance for women with cancer from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
The auction will be at the Hood Canal Vista Pavilion at 4740 N.E. View Drive.
Tickets are $25 per person and include one drink with light appetizers.
Women in Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap and Mason counties are eligible for assistance.
Tickets are available at www.kathleensutton.org.
For information, email ksfund12@gmail.com.
