Music, Little Free Pantry building set on Peninsula this weekend

Music, Little Free Pantry building set on Peninsula this weekend

A variety of music concerts and a Free Pantry builder’s day are among the weekend’s activities on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Information also is available on the interactive calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com/calendar.

FORKS

Taco feed

FORKS — American Legion Post 106 will host a taco feed from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.

The fundraiser will be at the Legion hall, 651 E. Division St.

The suggested donation of $6 per person includes tacos with all the fixings, coffee, water and soda.

JOYCE

Benefit breakfast

JOYCE — A benefit breakfast is planned from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.

The meal will be served at the Crescent Bay Lions Clubhouse, 181 Holly Hill Road.

The menu includes pancakes, French toast, biscuits and gravy, hash browns, breakfast meats and beverages.

The meal costs $7 per person, $4 for children.

Proceeds go to the Crescent Bay Lions for community programs and scholarships.

PORT ANGELES

Builders’ day

PORT ANGELES — Compassion Clallam and the Washington State University Clallam County Extension will host a Little Free Pantry builders’ day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The community building project is at the Port Angeles Farmers Market in the Transit Center, 133 E. Front St.

The community building project will construct and paint three new Little Free Pantries for placement in Port Angeles and Forks.

The organizers wish to thank Hartnagel Building Supply for the donation of lumber and other construction supplies.

GeekOut!

PORT ANGELES — The Feiro Marine Life Center will host GeekOut! from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

The free celebration of science and technology will be at the Vern Burton Center, 308 E. Fourth St.

Featured speakers include Peter Wilcox, Carrie Garrison-Laney, Matt Jordan and Sonja Larson.

For more information, visit www.feiromarinelifecenter.org.

Paranormal meetup

PORT ANGELES — Paranormal Kindred will meet from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

The discussion group will meet in the Coffey Room at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

The monthly meetings are free and open to the public.

For more information, email paranormalkindred@gmail.com.

Geology lecture

PORT ANGELES — Garret Romaine will present “Geology Rocks!” at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The presentation is at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

Romaine is the executive director of the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, Ore., and the author of “Geology Lab for Kids” and “Modern Rockhounding & Prospecting Handbook.”

Romaine will discuss the rocks, gems and geology of Clallam County and the North Olympic Peninsula.

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

Singing bowls

PORT ANGELES — Sophia Engkvist will present a crystal bowl sound bath from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Saturday.

The concert will be in the barn at the Center for Spiritual Living, 254 N. Bagley Creek Road.

Suggested donation of $10 to $20 per person.

Blankets and cushions are available. Attendees are encouraged to bring mats and lie down during the sound bath.

For more information, call Engkvist at 360-460-7455 or email sophiaengkvistmusic@gmail.com.

SEQUIM

Boating clinic

SEQUIM — Nila Madsen will present “About Anchoring” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

The clinic will be conducted in The Gathering Place at Sunland, 135 Fairway Place.

Madsen will provide an introduction to anchoring for novice boaters and a review for more experienced sailors.

The free boating clinic is sponsored by the American Boating Club of the North Olympic Peninsula.

For more information, visit www.northolympicboaters.com.

Book sale

SEQUIM — The Friends of the Sequim Library will host a book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

The sale will be in the Friends’ building behind the library at 630 N. Sequim Ave.

The sale features a complete set of Richard Woodman’s Nathaniel Drinkwater maritime novels, a complete set of “The Harvard Classics” published in 1909 and a 14-volume set of the Time-Life series “The Civil War” by Shelby Foote.

Proceeds from the sale will benefit programs at the Sequim Library.

Science Saturday

SEQUIM — Garrett Romaine will present “Geology Rocks” from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

The presentation is part of the Second Saturday Science series at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.

The program is designed for youths ages 7 to 12 years.

The program is free but, due to limited space, registration is required.

For more information or to register, call 360-683-1161, email youth@nols.edu or visit www.nols.org.

Book discussion

SEQUIM — The Second Saturday Book Discussion Group will discuss “Convenience Store Woman” by Sayaka Murata at 3 p.m. Saturday.

The monthly book discussions are in the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.

In December the group will discuss “The Library Book,” by Susan Orlean.

For more information, call 360-683-1161, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.

VFW dance

SEQUIM — There is a public dance from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

The free dance is at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4760, 169 E. Washington St.

Jerry’s Western Swing will perform classic country hits from the ’50s and ’60s.

Sunday breakfast

SEQUIM — The Veterans of Foreign Wars will serve breakfast from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Sunday.

The meal will be served at Post 4760, 169 E. Washington St.

The meal costs $6 per person and is open to the public.

The menu includes French toast, sausage, eggs, juice and coffee.

For more information, visit www.vfwpost4760.com.

Elks bingo

SEQUIM — Sequim Elks will host bingo games from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Games will be at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road.

Admission is free with a minimum buy-in of $10.

Players must be 18 or older.

Proceeds will go to Elks scholarship programs, other charities and lodge operating expenses.

For more information, call Crystal Parker at 360-683-3034.

Dance show

SEQUIM — The Old Sidekicks & Side Chick will perform from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.

The dinner and dance will be at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road.

Admission is $10 per person and includes dinner.

For more information, call Loretta at 360-582-0100.

PORT TOWNSEND

Planting party

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Public Works Department will host a volunteer planting party from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

The work will be performed in the Froggy Bottoms stormwater site along Pacific Street between Tremont and Cedar streets. Recommended parking is on Pacific Street.

Volunteers will finish spring plantings along the pathway, spread mulch on the plantings and remove quack grass from beneath the Garry oaks.

Volunteers should bring work gloves and dress for the weather, other tools that may be helpful are trowels, shovels, spading forks, rakes and wheelbarrows.

The group will gather for refreshments afterward.

All volunteers must sign a copy of the city’s liability waiver to join in the work.

For more information, call Lys Burden at 360-301-0982 or email lysburd@gmail.com.

Work party

PORT TOWNSEND — Admiralty Audubon Society will sponsor a work party in Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday.

The party will meet in the parking lot of Chase Bank, 419 Kearney St.

The society plans to pull Scotch broom and other invasive plants and to pick up trash.

Scotch broom pullers, garbage grabbers and trash bags will be provided; attendees should bring work gloves.

For more information, call 360-385-0307 or email ptrose53@gmail.com.

Story swap

PORT TOWNSEND — The Quimper Storytelling Guild will host a story swap at 2 p.m. Sunday.

The free storytelling session will be in the Port Townsend Public Library, 1220 Lawrence St.

This month’s focus is sensory imagery, followed by a short story swap.

For more information, call Perry Spring at 360-316-9600 or email quimperstoryguild@gmail.com.

Celtic music

PORT TOWNSEND — Magical Strings will perform from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday.

The Celtic music concert will be at First Presbyterian Church of Port Townsend, 1111 Franklin St.

The duo of Philip and Pam Boulding perform on Celtic harps, hammered dulcimers, whistles, accordion and concertina.

Tickets are $15, $8 for children aged 16 and younger and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com.

For more information, visit www.magicalstrings.com.

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