Melodrama, art shows among entertainment this weekend

A variety of activities are on tap this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.

• Lavender Melodrama continues today through Sunday and the following weekend through July 23.

Sponsored by the Sequim Lavender Experience, it includes a whole new Olio Act: The Boyz in das Boat, that tells, comically, the heroic story of the 1936 Olympic gold medal rowing team.

The interactive show at Olympic Theatre Arts, at 414 N. Sequim Ave., will be at 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through July 23. The Sequim Lavender Weekend will be July 21-23.

Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for students.

• ArtWorks2 is hosting an Invitational Art Show and Sale today and Saturday at the Commons at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, featuring 27 artists from across the Olympic Peninsula and the surrounding area.

The show will be both inside and outside at the Commons at 200 Battery Way. Hours will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

The website www.artworks2.org highlights each artist.

• Stephanie Schneiderman Trio, featuring Jenny Conlee of the Decemberists, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at The Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road in Port Townsend.

Tickets to the show are $20 each online at https://www.ticketstorm.com/e/28213/t/ or $25 cash or check at the door.

• Buzz Rogowski 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.

• The Soul Syndicate will perform from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Port Townsend Brewing Company, 330 10th St., Port Townsend. No cover charge.

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

• Global Heat will perform from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at Finnriver Cider Garden, Cidery Taproom and Orchard, 124 Center Road, Chimacum. Cover charge is $5, free for children younger than 12.

• The Stardust Big Band will perform from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at American Legion Marvin G. Shields Post #26, 209 Monroe St., Port Townsend. Admission is $10 per person at the door.

• The Bay Station Duo will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at Sirens Pub, 823 Water St., Port Townsend. No cover charge.

• Teen escape room will be hosted by the North Olympic Library System form 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.

“Break Out of the Library,” a free event, will be at the Sequim Library, 630 Sequim Ave.

Teens in seventh through 12th grades are welcome to test their puzzle-cracking skills and deductive ability.

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

• “Creating Personalized Tarot Cards” will be taught by Leila Block from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Northwind Art School, Building 306 at Fort Worden State Park.

Digging Deeper series will present “Watering the Garden Efficiently” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road, Sequim.

Master Gardener Tom del Hotal and his irrigation team will familiarize attendees with the components of a drip irrigation system and demonstrate that it is within the skills of the average do-it-yourselfer.

In addition to the irrigation class, other master gardeners will be on hand from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to answer other gardening questions.

Author talk at the Jefferson County Library will be presented by Charles Soule at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Soule will discuss his new science fiction novel “The Endless Vessel” over Zoom.

For more information or a link to the program, visit www.jclibrary.info.

The third All-Grange Dessert Auction is set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road.

The annual event raises money for Clallam County granges.

Donated desserts can be dropped off at Macleay Hall from 10 a.m. to noon.

For more information, call Dave McDaniels at 360-797-4777.

• Teen Book Club will discuss “Pet” by Akwaeke Emezi at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Carver Room at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

The club is for teens from seventh through 12th grades.

A limited number of copies of the book are available at the library on a first-come, first-served basis.

In August, the group will discuss “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” by Douglas Adams; copies of that book will be available beginning Saturday.

These two books were selected by the Port Angeles Teen Advisory Board.

For more information, visit www.nols.org.

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