The First Saturday Art Walk in Port Townsend, the Jefferson County Wedding Show and performances on stage highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula.

• Gallery-9, 1012 Water St., will feature the gourd art of Debbie Cain and the photography of Becky Stinnett from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. during the First Saturday Art Walk in downtown Port Townsend.

Cain worked with stained glass for years before exploring 3-D gourd art in 2005 while living in Southern California.

When she started using gourds as multi-dimensional canvases, she had the opportunity to work side by side with Native American artists. Many of her pieces portray intricately carved animals, flowers and landscapes with a Native American motif.

Cain uses feathers, beads, cabochons and other natural items to embellish the gourds, and she also incorporates the use of pine needles and resin on many of her creations. Her recent work has focused on the night skies and the beauty in them that human eyes don’t have the sensitivity to perceive.

Stinnett’s photography can be viewed at www.becky stinnettphoto.com or on a couple of Clallam Transit buses.

Cain’s gourd art and Stinnett’s photography will be on exhibit at Gallery-9 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays throughout March.

For more information, visit www.gallery-9.com.

• The Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water St., will host a reception for Martha Collins and Margaret Woodcock from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Collins, who works with wood, and Woodcock, a mixed media artist, will be the gallery’s featured artists throughout March.

Collins creates small, intricate pieces with sustainably harvested hardwoods from throughout the world. She often combines them with natural veneers or with maple veneers that have been dyed. Her small vessels and jewelry may include as many as 1,000 pieces of wood.

Collins currently is preparing for her fifth consecutive year at Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington, D.C., which runs from April 23-27. She is one of 120 artists who were selected from 1,200 applications.

Woodcock will present new paintings and drawings that utilize soft pastel, charcoal, ink, oil and cold wax medium as well as collage.

The new works share two themes, growth and vitality in nature and a sense of place.

Woodcock is exploring how the different materials can work together to form a coherent image while highlighting their innate qualities such as contrasting the softness of pastels with the intense black of the fluid ink line.

The Port Townsend Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

For more information, call the gallery at 360-379-8110 or visit www.porttownsend gallery.com.

• The Jeanette Best Gallery, 701 Water St., will feature Shawna Marie Franklin’s exhibit, “Being Kelp,” and the juried exhibit, “Showcase 2025,” during the Saturday Art Walk.

Franklin’s exhibit opened Jan. 30 and will remain on display through the end of March.

The year-long “Showcase 2025,” which also opened Jan. 30, features 15 regional artists in its first round, which will be on display through May 12.

The Jeanette Best Gallery is open from noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays.

For more information, visit www.northwindart.com.

• The Readers Theatre Club will present “On Golden Pond” at 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday and a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Sunday at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.

Tickets are $15 per person, $10 for students at www.olympictheatrearts.org.

The production will be presented in a pared-down format with no sets, costumes or props, and the cast will read directly from a script.

“On Golden Pond” was written by Earnest Thompson and will be directed by Cathy Dodd.

It is a love story about Ethel and Norman Thayer, who return to their summer home on Golden Pond for the 48th year, and they are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and her fiance, who is a dentist.

The younger couple go off to Europe, leaving his teenage son behind with Ethel and Norman for the summer.

The Readers Theatre Club will stage five other productions this season, including “I Smile at the Sun” by Judith Barrett Lawson in April.

• The Quimper Events Collective will host the Jefferson County Wedding Show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Old Alcohol Plant Inn, 310 Hadlock Bay Road, Port Hadlock.

Tickets are $12 per person, $20 per couple and are available at www.quimper weddings.com.

The show will create an opportunity for engaged couples, event planners and community members to connect with regional wedding and event professionals.

The show will highlight local bakers, florists, photographers, venues and event planners.

Attendees also will receive a comprehensive PDF guide to planning the perfect local wedding and a Sunday itinerary for a relaxed, themed day of exploration and inspiration.

For more information, visit www.quimperevents collective.com.

• The Port Angeles Community Players will present its production of “Enchanted April” at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Tuesdays as well as matinees at 2 p.m. Sundays through March 9 on the main stage at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

Tickets are $18 each, $9 for students, at www.pa communityplayers.org or at the box office 30 minutes before each performance.

The play, written by Matthew Barber, was nominated for two Tony awards after its 2003 Broadway production.

“Enchanted April,” a comedy set in the 1920s post-war period, is based on Elizabeth Von Arnim’s novel, “The Enchanted April.”

Directed by Janice Parks, the play features a pair of newly acquainted London housewives, played by Sarah Winters and Traci Waknitz, who rent a villa in Italy to get a holiday from their emotionally absent husbands, played by Justin Stapleton and Sean Stone.

To help pay the bills, the pair recruit two difficult upper-class women, played by Anna Andersen and Olivia Wray.

The cast of eight is filled out with Sean McDaniel, as the owner of the villa, and Emma Easton, as the Italian housekeeper.

• “The Winter’s Tale,” by William Shakespeare and adapted by Denise Winter, will continue its run with performances at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and matinee performances at 1:30 p.m. Sundays through March 16 at Key City Public Theatre, 419 Washington St., Port Townsend.

Saturday’s performance will include American Sign Language interpretation.

Tickets range from $39 to $44 per person with reduced prices for active duty military personnel and for youths.

Pay-what-you-will tickets are available at some performances.

The play is considered a problem play by Shakesperean scholars since the first three acts are psychological drama while the last two are comedic in nature.

Winter’s adaptation of the play is set in Southern California wine country and is not recommended for young children.

For more information or tickets, call the theater at 360-385-5278, email info@keycitypublictheatre.org or visit www.keycitypublictheatre.org.

• North Olympic Library System will host a reception for “Love/Rage/Us” from 6:30 to 8 tonight at the Port Angeles Main Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles.

The free reception will feature a poetry reading by Jaiden Dokken and live music by Whump.

The multimedia exhibition, which features poetry, paintings, ceramic sculptures and fiber art by Dokken, the Clallam County poet laureate, will remain on display during regular library hours through the end of May.

“‘Love/Rage/Us’ is an ode to the hot neon glow of the ways we love and rage together for better tomorrows,” Dokken said. “Come peek at the soft underbelly of the tough stuff, the calloused edges of the good stuff, and all the ways they layer together to create us.”

Whump, a Peninsula-based band that blends funk and jazz, is composed of Daniel Csizmadia on vocals and guitar, Peter Beeler on vocals and drums, and Jason Taylor on vocals and bass.

• “Drip, Dribble and Splash” will open Saturday at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Lane, Port Ludlow.

The exhibit, sponsored by the Port Ludlow Art League, will be on display throughout March and April. The exhibit features artwork that uses the drip, dribble and splash techniques made famous by Jackson Pollock.

The process involves the building up of layers and textures to create depth and interest. Artists make each stroke with intention to create a feel and tone that reflects the artist’s thoughts, emotion and mood.

For more information, email Alan Ahtow at info@portludlowart.org or visit www.portludlowart.org.

• Bob Boekelheide will present “Migration” at 10 a.m. Saturday in Rainshadow Hall at the Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim.

Boekelheide will discuss bird migration, including why they migrate, how they navigate and the routes they travel.

Boekelheide also will explain why migration stopovers in Clallam County, such as Dungeness Bay, and riparian forests are so important for certain species.

The presentation is part of the Backyard Birding series sponsored by the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society.

Admission is a $5 donation; proceeds support the society’s education and bird conservation programs.

For more information, visit www.olympicpeninsula audubon.org.

• Debbie Brightbock Glass will present “Spinning: Yarn for Hats” at 10 a.m. Saturday during a meeting of North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033 N. Barr Road, Port Angeles.

The presentation will include a trunk show of Glass’ wool, hats and knitting.

Attendees are encouraged to bring spinning wheels if they have them.

The public is invited to the free meeting.

For more information, email n.o.shuttleand spindleguild@gmail.com or visit www.nossg.org.

• The Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Jefferson Elementary School will dedicate a new Little Free Library at 11 a.m. Saturday in front of Jefferson Elementary, 218 E. 12th St., Port Angeles.

Michelle Olsen, the assistant superintendent of the Port Angeles School District, and Rhonda Kromm, the former principal of Jefferson Elementary School, will be the guest speakers at the ceremony.

After the ceremony, the celebration will continue with a family-friendly storytelling time, free reading gift handouts for children and refreshments.

The new book exchange will join more than 175,000 Little Free Libraries in 128 countries; the nonprofit’s motto is “Take a Book. Share a Book.” Book donations, for ages 5-11, to help stock the new Little Free Library are welcomed.

• The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will host “Felting the Intertidal” at 1 p.m. Sunday at Zee Tai Collective, 918 Water St., Port Townsend.

The workshop is part of the center’s Art with Porpoise marine science art series.

Participants will engage in art making while learning about the complexities of the intertidal zone, meet some of the animals that live life on the edge and hear about ongoing threats such as Sea Star Wasting Syndrome.

Participants also will learn about the techniques of felting and the uses for different needles so they can shape their own felted sea creatures.

Recommended cost for the workshop is $20 per person. Participants can register at https://form.jotform.com/250207108812144.

For more information, email hsanders@ptmsc.org.

• Dungeness Bonsai Society will meet from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in Rainshadow Hall at the Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim.

The public is invited to learn the methods and techniques of bonsai, sources for tools and supplies and to make friends who share their enthusiasm for these little trees.