Peninsula weekend activities include dance opera, play

THERE’s PLENTY TO DO on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend, and the PDN has two features today to guide your activities.

From concerts to galleries, Peninsula Spotlight magazine with today’s PDN highlights events relating to the arts and entertainment this weekend.

And the column “Things to Do This Weekend,” found today on Page C7, adds other activities across the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.

Besides the Clallam County Fair, which runs 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Saturday,and 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, the Peninsula will host the premiere of “The Onion Twins” dance opera at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend.

The world premiere spins the intriguing tale of a medieval fertility experiment gone wrong.

Port Townsend also is the location for the opening today of the art exhibit “Constructions” at the Northwind Art Center, and the opening of play “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe” at the Key City Playhouse.

For more information on everything you can do this weekend on the Peninsula, check out Peninsula Spotlight.

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