Crab feed, acrobats among weekend’s attractions

A crab feed and an acrobatic performance are among this weekend’s attractions on the North Olympic Peninsula.

• The Sequim Valley Lions’ 11th annual Crab Feed is set at Pioneer Memorial Park, 387 E. Washington St., from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

Dinner includes fresh live, local Dungeness crab, corn, coleslaw, roll and soda or bottled water.

A whole crab dinner is $40; half-crab dinner is $30. Westside Pizza and spirits (beer and wine) will also be available.

Live music is provided by Dawn & Steve.

Proceeds from the event go to fund programs assisting residents with sight or hearing difficulties and building wheelchair ramps, providing vision and hearing screening in local schools. The Lions also assist the Sequim Food Bank with food distribution and contribute to other nonprofits.

Centennial celebration will mark 100 years of the Gardiner Community Center on Saturday.

The festivities will be from noon to 3 p.m. at 980 Old Gardiner Road.

The public is invited to fun, free food and a gathering of friends.

• Petals and Pathways Garden Tour on Saturday is sold out, according to the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County.

The 28th annual Petals and Pathways Home Garden Tour highlights six gardens in the Sequim area with self-guided tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

These tours along with the annual plant sale at Woodcock Demonstration Gardens help support the foundation’s projects such as the Youth Enrichment Program, Woodcock Demonstration Gardens, Fifth Street plots in Port Angeles and numerous free classes and demonstrations in the community.

Sequim Acrobatics Academy performers will present “Neverland” at 7 p.m. tonight and 5 p.m. Saturday at the Sequim High School auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave.

Tickets are $15, available at door, at Over the Fence (118 E. Washington St.) and sequimacrobatics.com.

Set before Captain Hook was the villain in the classic “Peter Pan” play, the academy’s “Neverland” is an original take on Pan’s imaginary country, populated with familiar denizens, such as pirates, fairies, lost boys and mermaids, and performed by acrobats.

• Rocky Horror Picture Show will be shown on a big screen with surround sound at Studio Bob at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Tickets are $15 or $20 with a prop bag at Studio Bob at 118½ E. Front St., Port Angeles. People are welcome to bring their own props.

Tickets are available at https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLCKKEJ3MEVKX/checkout/EG3T7FDKJC SQULNQKALNCRHQ or www.studiobob.art.

• Imagined Reality will take the stage at Olympic Theatre Arts at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Tickets are $15 at the door at 414 N. Sequim Ave. or online at https://www.olympictheatrearts.org, or call the box office between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

• Mia Torres will perform from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the Old Alcohol Plant Inn, 310 Hadlock Bay Road, Port Hadlock. No cover charge.

• Deadwood Revival will perform from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Port Townsend Brewing Company, 330 10th St., Port Townsend. No cover charge; 21+ venue.

• Sugar Sweet String Band will perform from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight at Anchor, 628 Water St., Port Townsend, and from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday at Sirens Pub, 823 Water St., Port Townsend. No cover charge for either show.

• Jack Dwyer will perform from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday in Spirits Bar and Grill at the Old Alcohol Plant Inn, 310 Hadlock Bay Road, Port Hadlock. No cover charge.

• Scott Pemberton Band will perform at a 26th anniversary party from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Port Townsend Brewing Company, 330 10th St., Port Townsend. No cover charge; 21+ venue.

• Teen movie night will be hosted by the North Olympic Library System at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. tonight.

Teens in seventh through 12th grades can view the 2017 film “Corpse Bride,” enjoy snacks, games and crafts.

For more information, call 360-417-8500, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.

• Contra dance at 7:30 p.m. tonight will be called by Susan Michaels at the Black Diamond Community Hall, 1942 Black Diamond Road.

Music will be provided by Joey Gish and The Wriggling Fish.

A free dance lesson will be offered at 7 p.m.

Requested donation is $10 per person, $5 for youths younger than 18.

Wearing masks while dancing is recommended.

• Port Townsend Urban Sketchers will meet at Sunrise Coffee, 308 10th St., at 10 a.m. Saturday before heading into the Port Townsend Boat Haven to sketch boatyard scenes.

The group will reconvene at Sunrise Coffee at noon to share their work and take a group photo.

The event is free and open to sketchers of all skill levels.

For more information, visit https://urbansketchers porttownsend.wordpress.com.

• Work to Learn Party by the Sequim Botanical Garden Society will be at Terrace Garden at Carrie Blake Community Park, 202 N. Blake Ave., at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Sissi Bruch will use the Terrace Garden to demonstrate the principles of garden design at the free presentation.

• “I Know Nothing About Genealogy” class will be presented at the Clallam County Genealogical Society’s research center at 403 E. Eighth St., Port Angeles, at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Reservations are suggested for the free class.

For more information or to reserve a seat, call the society at 360-417-5000 or visit www.clallamcogs.org.

• Judith-Kate Friedman will read from “The Other Within: The Genius of Deformity in Myth, Culture and Psyche” by Daniel Deardorff at Phoenix Rising, 696 Water St., at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Friedman will also sing original songs related to the book’s themes of otherness; belonging; severance from, and honoring of, the earth; re-connecting with the wild; and how myth can guide us to living wholeheartedly.

A discussion and book signing will follow the reading.

For more information, visit www.mythsinger legacy.org/the-other- within.

Varelse will perform at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., Port Townsend, at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Tickets are $20 per person. Masks are required for all attendees.

For more information, visit www.quimpergrange.com.

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