A huge variety of entertainment is available this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.
• Port Angeles Symphony Chorus will perform at 7 p.m. in Port Angeles tonight and in Sequim on Saturday night.
The featured organ soloist is Noah Michael Smith.
Tonight’s Port Angeles performance is at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 Lopez Ave. Saturday’s Sequim performance will be at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.
Tickets are at portangeles symphony.org, at Port Book and News, 104 E. First St., Port Angeles, and at the door of both venues. As with all Port Angeles Symphony concerts, those 18 and younger are admitted free with a ticketed patron.
• Esprit Gala, a transgender convention, will host two events open to the public this weekend.
A talent show will be open to the public at 6 p.m. tonight at the Naval Elks Lodge on First Street. It will feature singers, dancers and comedians.
A dance with a live band will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Red Lion Hotel at 221 N. Lincoln St.
Both events are for those 21 and older. Suggested donation of $5 is asked for each event. All of the profits are donated to Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County.
• Ensemble Sangineto will perform at 7 p.m. tonight at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim.
The free will offering is $20 per person.
For more about the band, see http://www.ensemblesangineto.com/ensemble.
• Buzz Rogowski will perform from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight at the Old Alcohol Plant Inn, 310 Hadlock Bay Road, Port Hadlock. No cover charge.
• “One Man, Two Guvnors” finishes this weekend with performances at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Tickets are $18 per person, $9 for students on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and $9 for all seats on Tuesday at www.pacommunityplayers.org or at the box office on the day of the performance.
• Olympic Driftwood Sculptors will host a Driftwood Art Show at Dungeness River Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
About 70 sculptures will be on display for free. Driftwood sculpting demonstrations, a driftwood boutique (credit cards accepted), a raw wood sale and a raffle for a driftwood piece from several club members will be offered also.
For more information about Olympic Driftwood Sculptors, visit olympic driftwoodsculptors.org.
• “All in the Timing” finishes up this weekend with performances at 7:30 p.m. tonight through Sunday at Vintage, 725 Water St., Port Townsend.
Tickets are available at www.saltfiretheatre.org or at the door.
• Strait Turners wood turning club will see a demonstration by Carl Jacobsen on how to turn an urn with a brass insert at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Jacobsen’s demonstration is part of a hybrid meeting of the Strait Turners wood turning club at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road.
Turners of all levels and those who wish to learn about the hobby are welcome.
For more information or a meeting link, call Jackie LeDoux at 360-457-5172 or 360-452-5673 or email jackieledoux2022@outlook.com.
• Olympic UFO meeting participants will hear Maurene Morgan, state director of the Mutual UFO Network, discussing an April 19 report from the DOD’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Morgan will address the meeting at the Unity Center of Port Townsend, 3198 San Juan Ave.
Morgan will present an overview of the AARO’s testimony before Congress and lead a discussion about its findings.
A small donation is requested to help cover the cost of the venue.
For more information, call Morgan at 360-670-4213 or email olympic.ufo @gmail.com.
• Eco-printing will be demonstrated by Marilyn Hiestand from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in a free event at the Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., Sequim.
Hiestand will show the basic techniques of eco-printing using vegetation and a microwave oven.
For more information, call Hiestand at 360-565-6226 or email wovenwind 793@yahoo.com.
• Gerry Sherman will perform from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Spirits Bar and Grill in the Old Alcohol Plant Inn, 310 Hadlock Bay Road, Port Hadlock. No cover charge.
• The Randall Wolf Band will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at Club Seven in the 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, Sequim. No cover charge.
• Spring Flea Market at Crescent Grange will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Saturday.
The annual market is at the grange hall, 50724 state Highway 112.
Indoor and outdoor vendors will offer plants, baked goods and a variety of other items.
The grange kitchen will serve meatball subs, pulled pork sandwiches and biscuits and gravy.
• Vintage sale at the North Olympic History Center will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will be in the old Lincoln School, 926 W. Eighth St.
The sale features antique furniture, collectibles, vintage clothing, tools and artwork.
Proceeds benefit programs at and operation of the center.
• Holistic Wellness Fair and Open House will be at the Blue Mountain Yoga+ and Wellness Collective on Saturday.
There will be free classes from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the center at 803 Carlsborg Road, near Sequim.
Wellness booths will be open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Activities will conclude with a dance party from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
For more information, call Julia Buggy at 360-809-0717, email juliafbuggy@gmail.com or visit www.juliabuggy.com.
• Digging Deeper series by Clallam County Master Gardeners will feature Jan Bartron, Betsy Burlingame, Laurel Moulton, David Rambin, Jeanette Stehr-Green and Audreen Williams presenting “Growing Tomatoes Well on the North Olympic Peninsula” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
The lecture will be at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road.
The master gardeners will discuss best practices for growing tomatoes in Clallam County.
For more information, visit https://extension.wsu.edu/clallam.
• Author talk by the Jefferson County Library will feature an online chat with Courtney Summers at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Summers will discuss her new book, “I’m the Girl,” a successor to her 2019 book, “Sadie.”
For more information or to register for the Zoom link, visit www.jclibrary.info.
• A book launch hosted by Mitch Luckett for his new novel “Holy Toller Heart” is planned from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The event is in the Quilcene Community Center, 294952 U.S. Highway 101.
The novel is Luckett’s third; he also wrote “To Kill a Common Loon” and its sequel “The Man in the Loon.”
For more information, call Luckett at 360-461-3692, email mluckett43@gmail.com or visit www.mitchluckett.com.
• A garden lecture, free to participants, will be presented online by Jill Allison at 5 p.m. Saturday.
“Weaving the Web: Soil, Pollinators and Human Health” is sponsored by the Friends of Fort Flagler.
Allison will discuss effects of pesticides on pollinators, soil and the human microbiome.
She holds a bachelor’s in biology and a master’s in traditional Chinese medicine.
Attendees must register at www.eventbrite.com.
• Salish Sea Early Music Festival will present “Concerti and Cantatas by Bach” at 2 p.m. Sunday.
The baroque music concert is in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.
This week’s performers are Maike Albrecht, soprano; Hans-Jürgen Schnoor, harpsichord; Jeffrey Cohan, baroque flute; Carrie Krause, violin; Elisabeth Phelps, violin; Lindsey Strand-Polyak, viola; and Annabeth Shirley, cello.
Albrecht and Schnoor are from Lübeck, Germany.
The suggested donation is $20 to $25 per person. Youths 18 and younger are admitted free.
• Young Eagles flights will be offered free to youths 8-17 by the Experimental Aircraft Association 430 of Sequim from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
The planes will operate out of William R. Fairchild International Airport, 1402 Fairchild Airport Road.
Passengers must have a signed permission slip from a parent or guardian, who must be on site during the flight.
Participants may pre-register at www.youngeaglesday.org until 8 p.m. Saturday; onsite registration will use the same website.
The association’s pilots provide these flights to encourage youth to consider aviation as a career, avocation or hobby.
The association also will provide flights on Saturday, June 17, at Sequim Valley Airport and Sunday, July 16, at the Jefferson County International Airport.
• An accordion social will feature Charlie Brown of Gig Harbor from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The gathering is in the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St.
Accordionists are invited to bring their instruments and play a song or two; the public is welcome to listen or to dance.
Recommended donation is $5 to defray room rental costs.
For more information, call 360-452-0191.
