Music and stage performances, art exhibitions and holiday bazaars highlight weekend events on the North Olympic Peninsula.
• Saltfire Theatre will stage its sixth production, “An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf,” with shows at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 24 at Vintage, 725 Water St. in Port Townsend.
Tickets are $25 per person at https://saltfire theatre.bpt.me.
The play, written by Michael Hillinger, is a dark comedy set in Paris during the early 1960s.
• The Olympic Peninsula Doll Club will present “Timeless Treasures” from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Sherwood Assisted Living, 550 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim.
The free museum-style show will offer a peek into the history of dolls and toys.
Some of the items on display include vintage baby dolls, antique mannequin dolls and ball-jointed dolls.
Selected items will be available for purchase.
For more information, contact Sherwood Assisted Living at 360-683-3348.
• Peninsula College will stage a production of “The Thanksgiving Play” with shows at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Little Theater on the college’s Port Angeles Campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Tickets for all shows are $20 at the door. Peninsula College students will be admitted free to the on-campus performances.
The satire was written by native American playwright Larissa Fasthorse in 2018 and features a group of woke art teachers attempting to create a politically correct elementary school play about the first Thanksgiving.
“The Thanksgiving Play” is not a children’s holiday play. Attendees should be prepared for violence, sexual content, racially insensitive language, racism and the mention of suicide.
For more information, contact Lara Starcevich at laras@pencol.edu or visit www.pencol.edu.
• Dainius Vaičekonis will perform Godowski’s Java and Tirakontameron suites for solo piano at 3 p.m. Saturday in the sanctuary at Grace Lutheran Church of Port Townsend, 1120 Walker St., Port Townsend.
A donation of $20 per person is suggested.
Vaičekonis is an associate professor and the head of keyboard studies at Seattle Pacific University.
The program will begin with the Leopold Godowsky’s arrangement of the Tango in D by Isaac Albeniz followed by Godowsky’s “Java Suite.”
The 12-part suite was written in 1925 following a trip by Godowsky to Indonesia and is influenced by the gamelan music of Java.
Vaičekonis will perform six movements from the suite, including Gamelan, Chattering Monkeys at the Sacred Lake of Wendit, Boro Budur in Moonlight, The Bromo Volcano and the Sand Sea at the Daybreak, The Gardens of Buitenzorg and In the Streets of Old Batavia.
Following the intermission, Vaičekonis will perform 17 of the 30 movements from Godowsky’s “Triakontameron Suite.”
Roughly translated, Triakontameron means 30 moods and scenes in triple measure and the suite is composed of 30 pieces for piano, all written in three-four time.
Godowsky composed most of the suite in Seattle during August 1919, writing one piece each day for 20 days.
For more information, call the church at 360-385-1595 or email gracelutheranpt@gmail.com.
• The North Olympic Library System will host a reception for the opening of the “Second Look” art exhibition from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Port Angeles Main Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
The exhibit features artworks with hidden details and layers of detail and creativity that might initially go unnoticed. It challenges viewers to pause and engage more deeply with each piece.
The exhibit features works by Port Angeles-based artists Thomas Connery, ceramics; Kaisa Lemley, acrylic paint; Lance Snider, charcoal and graphite; and Ariel Zimman, ceramics; as well as mosaics by Port Townsend’s Shelley Jay and hand-cut stencils and spray paint pieces by Seattle artist Joseph Steininger.
Many of the pieces on display will be available for purchase.
The Port Angeles-based surf rock band Ant Bath will perform its new album, “Crystal Poncho,” in full during the reception.
The exhibit will be open during library hours through Feb. 15.
For more information, call the library at 360-417-8500, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org/art-in-the-library.
• Live Life Loud will present the Heavy PNW Rock Concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Quilcene Lantern, 7360 Center Road, Quilcene.
Tickets are $15 per person at the door. Organizers state, “no one turned away for lack of funds.”
Saturday’s concert will feature Bellingham’s Dryland, Poulsbo’s Key Party and Bremerton’s Tonight We Knife.
For more information or advance tickets, visit www.quilcenelantern.com.
• Sinking Ship Productions and Theatre in Quarantine will present “The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy” at 2 p.m. Saturday at Field Arts & Events Hall, 201 W. Front St., Port Angeles.
Astronaut Tichy’s cosmic adventures unfold in real time as the one-man performance blends slapstick comedy, science fiction and multimedia staging.
Tickets are $25 to $50 for adults, $15 for youths at www.fieldhallevents.org.
• Studio Bob will celebrate one year of management by Chris Allen and Steve Thomas with an all-ages, dog-friendly anniversary party from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at 118½ E. Front St., Port Angeles.
The evening will include games, drink specials and secret prize giveaways, along with live music by Tin Sandwich, Guy Cole, Barry Burnett, Casey Fall, Hannah Hockett and Owl Medicine.
Guests will be encouraged to decorate ornaments with which to adorn the holiday tree.
For more information, call 360-775-2160 or visit www.studiobob.art.
• George Radebaugh will perform from 5 to 7 tonight at the Old Alcohol Plant Inn, 310 Hadlock Bay Road, Port Hadlock. No cover charge.
• Three Too Many will perform at 7 tonight in Club Seven at 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, Sequim. No charge.
• Martin Sosa 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.
• Black Diamond Junction will perform from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Fraternal Order of Eagles #483, 2843 E. Myrtle St., Port Angeles. Admission is $10 per person, $8 for Eagles members.
• Old Time Music Union will perform from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday for a community dance at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., Port Townsend. Admission is $10 per person, $20 per family.
• Become A Tree Burial will host “Green Burials for All” in Port Angeles and Sequim on Saturday.
The free two-hour seminars will be at 9 a.m. in the Port Angeles Senior and Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St., Port Angeles, and at 2 p.m. in the Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim.
Speakers include:
Beverly Tryk, from People’s Memorial Association, presenting “Woven Casket Aquamation.”
Cassidy Grattan, a Port Angeles resident, presenting “Making Local Natural Burial Grounds.”
Janet Walsh, of Marrowstone Island, presenting “DIY Burial At Sea.”
In addition to speakers, attendees can meet death doulas, see a Soul Boat and enjoy music and refreshments.
For more information, visit www.becomeatreeburial.org.
• The Yuletide Bazaar will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.
The bazaar will feature kumkake, lefse, cookies, pies, knitwear, note cards, jewelry, ornaments, festive table linens and vintage silver and crystal.
Proceeds will benefit Clallam County nonprofits, especially those that assist women, children and veterans.
The church donated $12,300 from last year’s bazaar to 14 nonprofits: Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Attorneys, First Step Family Support Center, KSQM-FM, Mariposa House, Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County, North Olympic Foster Parent Association, ParentLine, Peninsula Behavioral Health, Planned Parenthood’s Port Angeles Health Clinic, Joe Rantz Rotary Youth Fund, Sarge’s Place, Sequim Food Bank, The Answer for Youth and Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/dungenessvalleyyuletidebazaar.
• The Holiday Craft Fair will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Lodge at Sherwood Village, 660 Evergreen Farm Way in Sequim.
The fundraiser will have 33 vendors selling tabletop Christmas trees, handmade cards, plush toys, blankets, homemade almond roca, knitted and crocheted items, wearable fiber art, hand fletched arrows, wooden yo-yos, cozy bowls, dog clothes, dog treats, dog toys, nutcracker ornaments, jewelry and lavender products.
For more information, call 360-681-3100.
• Carl Jacobson will demonstrate the Joyner off-center jig at 10 a.m. Saturday during a meeting of the Strait Turners woodturners club at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road, Sequim.
Turners of all levels and those who wish to learn about the hobby are welcome.
For more information, email Lisa Brice, the club’s membership director, at lisakbrice@gmail.com.
• The Sons of Norway’s Olympic Lodge will conduct a bake sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday during the Port Angeles Farmers Market at the Gateway Transit Center, 122 E. Front St., Port Angeles.
The sale will feature lefse, kringle, blueberry galettes and cranberry hand pies.
• Laura Guth will address a meeting of the Port Townsend branch of the American Association of University Women at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., Port Townsend.
Guth, a volunteer with Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management, will discuss various disasters that could affect Jefferson County and recommend preparations and tools to prepare for those events.
For more information, email programs@aauwpt.org or visit www.aauwpt.org.
• Tashena Francis and other Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members will lead a native and medicinal plant walk and ceremony at the Tree Well timber sale lot at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Participants will meet in the parking lot at the Little River Trailhead on Little River Road in Port Angeles.
The organizers plan to walk into the forest for a talk about the Tree Well timber sale and a ceremony, for a walk of about 1 mile, round trip.
During the second hour, there will be a 0.4-mile hike on the Little River Trail. Participants will have the option to walk farther on their own.
Participants should wear clothing appropriate for the weather, waterproof shoes and consider bringing trekking poles, water and snacks.
For more information or to arrange accessibility accommodations, email francis.family2020@icloud.com.
• Eric McRae will present “Did You Hear That? The Physics of Sound” at 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel at Fort Worden on Fort Worden Way near W Street.
The free presentation will be part of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Future of Oceans series.
McRae will discuss the basics of sound creation, propagation and perception, both in air and in water as well as how bats and orca use sound locate their food.
McRae is a principal electrical engineer in the applied physics laboratory at the University of Washington.
For more information, visit www.ptmsc.org.
