A senior center anniversary celebration, an author’s one-woman show and storytelling with a twist are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Information also is available on the interactive calendar at www.peninsula dailynews.com/calendar.
FORKS
Harvest dinner
FORKS — The 86th Harvest Dinner will be from 4:30 to 7 tonight.
The annual dinner is served in the Fellowship Hall at Forks Congregational Church, 280 Spartan Ave.
The meal costs $10 per person, $6 for children ages 4-12 years and seniors older than 60, or $35 for a family pass.
The menu includes turkey, stuffing, baked salmon, sweet potatoes, salads, drinks and apple and pumpkin pie for dessert.
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 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
Masonic bingo
PORT ANGELES — Mason’s Lodge 69 will host bingo from 6:30 to 9 tonight and Wednesday night.
The lodge is at 622 S. Lincoln St.
Proceeds benefit Lodge programs.
For more information, visit www.pamasonic.org.
Genealogy lecture
PORT ANGELES — Jolene Aitchison will present “Family Search: Ways With the Wikis” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The free lecture will be at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Aitchison will present an in-depth look at some of the features of the FamilySearch wiki.
For more information, call the Clallam County Genealogical Society at 360-417-5000, email askus@clallamcogs.org or visit www.clallamcogs.org.
Soroptimist tea
PORT ANGELES — Soroptimist International of Port Angeles – Jet Set will host its third Bewitching Tea and Silent Auction from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The annual fundraiser will be at the Naval Elks Lodge, 131 E. First St.
Tickets are $35 per person and can be purchased at Jim’s Pharmacy, 424 E. Second St.; online at www.sijetset.com; or from any Jet Set member.
In addition to high tea and a variety of silent auction items, the benefit will feature music by Jim Rosand and Cherie Kidd and a 50/50 raffle.
Costumes and pointed hats are encouraged, but not required.
Contra dance
PORT ANGELES — Michael Karcher will call a contra dance at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The dance will be at the Black Diamond Community Hall, 1942 Black Diamond Road.
Music will be provided by Countercurrent.
Requested donation is $8 per person, $4 for youths younger than 18 years.
A free dance lesson will be offered at 7 p.m. to those who have paid admission to the dance.
The dance starts at 7:30 p.m.
For more information, visit www.blackdiamond dance.org.
Dancing program
PORT ANGELES — The Sons of Norway will host a dancing program from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
The program is at Scandia Hall, 131 W. Fifth St.
Suggested donation is $3, refreshments will follow the dancing.
The program includes Scandinavian, swing, ballroom and folk dancing.
A lesson will be offered at 6:30 p.m.
The public is invited, no partner is needed, families and all ages welcome.
For more information, call 360-457-7035 or 360-452-6334.
Beers for building
PORT ANGELES — Thrivent Financial-David Jordan will host “Beers for Building” from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday.
The benefit will be at Barhop Brewery, 124 W. Railroad Ave.
Admission is $20 per person and includes a flight of beer, light appetizers and a T-shirt.
All donations benefit Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County.
For more information, visit www.habitatclallam.org.
Book discussion
PORT ANGELES — The Second Tuesday Book Discussion Group will discuss “The Soul of an Octopus,” by Sy Montgomery at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
The monthly group meets in the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
In November, the group will discuss the novel, “Into The Magic Shop” by James R. Doty.
For more information, call 360-417-8500, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
Senior dance
PORT ANGELES — Cat’s Meow will perform for a swing dance from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The dance will be in the Port Angeles Senior and Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
Refreshments will be served from 8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Admission is $5 per person; first-time attendees are admitted free.
Anniversary party
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Senior and Community Center will celebrate its 50th anniversary from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday.
The celebration will be held at the center, 328 E. Seventh St.
The event features light refreshments, entertainment and memorabilia from the center’s first 50 years.
For more information, call Aubry Bright at 360-457-4004 or email abright@cityofpa.us.
SEQUIM
Discussion group
SEQUIM — The Great Decisions Discussion Group will meet from 10 a.m. to noon today.
The discussion group meets in the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Great Decisions discussion groups, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association, are free and open to the public.
This week’s topic is “Global Warming and the Future.”
For more information, call George Noa at 360-808-9911, email geonoa@yahoo.com or visit www.fpa.org.
One-woman show
SEQUIM — Pamela Zierman will present “These Roots Go Deep” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
The one-woman show will be staged at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way.
The play, about growing up on a Minnesota farm, was written by Zierman in collaboration with Nina Wise, who directs it.
Admission is $10 per person.
For more information, call Patty McManus at 360-681-6274 or email patty@nashsorganic produce.com.
Thrift shop to open
SEQUIM — The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild will open its thrift shop from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The shop is at 204 W. Bell St.
This week the shop will feature a flowered eight-piece place setting by Pfaltzgraff, two oak bar stools, Wizard of Oz music boxes and an autumn colored quilt.
For more information, call 360-683-7044.
Pancake breakfast
SEQUIM — A pancake breakfast is planned from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
The meal will be served at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road.
Breakfast will include egg, ham and hotcakes all you can eat with homemade applesauce, coffee or tea.
The meal costs $7 per person, $3 for children younger than 10; proceeds go to the grange.
For more information, call 360-582-0100.
Elks bingo
SEQUIM — Sequim Elks will host bingo games from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday and Thursday.
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 years 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.
Drum concert
SEQUIM — Zorina Wolf and the Village Heartbeat Drummers will present a concert from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Sunday.
The free concert will be in Whimsey Park, 130 E. Washington St.
For more information, call Wolf at 650-743- 6252, email zorina@village heartbeat.com or visit www.villageheartbeat.com.
Garden club to meet
SEQUIM — Leilani Woods will present “Autumn Colors” at a meeting of the Sequim Prairie Garden Club from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday.
The monthly meetings are in the clubhouse at Pioneer Park, 387 E. Washington St.
Woods is the greenhouse manager at Sunny Farms Nursery.
The public is invited to this free meeting.
For more information, call 360-808-3434 or visit www.sequimprairiegarden club.org.
Memory Cafe
SEQUIM — The East Clallam Memory Cafe will meet from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday.
The group will meet at the Mariner Cafe, 609 W. Washington St.
The memory cafe is for people with memory loss and their care partners.
The monthly meetings are free; food and beverages are available for purchase.
For more information, call Pam Scott at 360-683-7047 or Renee Rux at 360-681-2511 or email pscott@discovery-mc.com or renee.rux@homeinstead.com.
Bigfoot speech
SEQUIM — Sonya Zohar will present “Bigfoot: The Grand Unified Theory” at a meeting of the Skwim Toastmasters Club from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The club will meet at the Masonic Lodge, 700 S. Fifth St.
Zohar’s presentation is a dress rehearsal for her appearance at the 2019 Sasquatch Symposium, Oct. 11-12 in Kingston.
The public is invited to attend this free meeting but seating is limited so pre-register at bigfoot mystery.eventbrite.com.
For more information, visit 907529.toastmasters clubs.org.
Paddlers to meet
SEQUIM — Andree Hurley will present “Learn More About Washington Water Trails, our History, Creating and Keeping Access to the Water” from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Hurley will address a meeting of the Olympic Peninsula Paddlers at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave.
The public is invited to this free presentation.
Hurley is the president of the Washington Water Trails Association.
For more information, call Cathy Hathaway at 360-461-7008, email info@olympicpeninsulapaddlers.com or visit www.olympic peninsulapaddlers.com.
Grange meeting
SEQUIM — The Sequim Prairie Grange will conduct its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The meeting is at the grange hall, 290 Macleay Road.
The public is invited to come learn about the Grange and stay for a snack after the meeting.
For more information, call 360-582-0100.
Water lecture
SEQUIM — Carrol Hull will address a meeting of the Sequim Bay Yacht Club from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The free public lecture will be presented at the John Wayne Marina, 2577 W. Sequim Bay Road.
Hull, the League of Women Voters of Clallam County’s water project chair, will present a short video followed by “The Story of Water: An Introduction.”
For more information, call Andrea Williams at 530-945-9234 or email drandreawilliams@aol.com.
Support group
SEQUIM — The Alzheimer’s Association will host a caregiver support group meeting from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
The monthly meeting is held in room 401, Sequim Bible Church, 847 N. Sequim Ave.
The meeting is free and open to the public.
For more information, call Carolyn Lindley at 360-683-5294 or visit www.alzwa.org.
Calligraphy display
SEQUIM — The Peninsula Scribes group will offer demonstrations of various styles of calligraphic scripts from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
The club will be at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
The club is a guild that promotes calligraphy, lettering arts, book arts and paper crafting.
The group began in 1980, and now numbers about 50 members whose skill levels vary from beginner to professional practitioners.
For more about the group, see www.peninsula scribes.com or email to info@peninsulascribes.com.
GARDINER
Mycologists to meet
GARDINER — The Olympic Peninsula Mycological Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The meeting will be held in the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road.
The society will discuss what items should be carried on a mushroom foray and also will vote on new bylaws.
The society’s meetings are free and open to the public.
For more information, visit www.olymushroom.org.
PORT TOWNSEND
Conversation cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — Conversation Cafe will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.
The group meets at Alchemy Restaurant, 842 Washington St.
This week’s topic is “Conversation Café Itself.”
Tales with a twist
PORT TOWNSEND — The Quimper Storytelling Guild will host “Tales with a Twist” from 7 to 9 tonight.
The event is part of the First Friday StoryNight series held at the Port Townsend Friends Meeting, 1841 Sheridan St.
This month’s featured storytellers are Michele Bruns, Rick Thomas, Perry Spring, Bill Cohill, Cappy Kotz, Chas Dowd and Cathy Thomas.
The featured tellers are followed by an open mic segment, five-minute limit for each. “Twisted tales” are preferred.
For more information, call 360-316-9600 or email quimperstoryguild@gmail.com.
iPod shuffle dance
PORT TOWNSEND — Jack Dwyer will host iPod shuffle couples dancing from 7 to 10 tonight.
The dance will be at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St.
Admission is free, donations will be accepted.
Dance styles may include swing, cha-cha, waltz, foxtrot and salsa at the whim of the iPod. No partner is required.
Ask the chef
PORT TOWNSEND — The Food Co-op will host “Ask the Chef: Glorious Foods of Greece” from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
The free cooking demonstration will be in the co-op at 414 Kearney St.
For more information, call 360-385-2883, email andreas@foodcoop.coop or visit www.foodcoop.coop.
Mental health Monday
PORT TOWNSEND — Kaarin Hanzlian will present “Courageous Confidence: Keeping Healthy Boundaries” from noon to 1 p.m. Monday.
The presentation is part of the free Mental Health Monday series at Prosper Natural Health, 213 Decatur St.
For more information, call Lynn Gilman at 410-271-4337 or email lynnb gilman@gmail.com.
Book discussion
PORT TOWNSEND — The Book Lovers’ Cafe will discuss “Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton” by Sarah Wheeler from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday.
The free group meets monthly in the Charles Pink House, 1256 Lawrence St.
In November, the group will discuss “Out of Africa” by Isak Dinesen.
For more information, call Melody Eisler at 360-344-3054 or email meisler @cityofpt.us.
Arts to elders
PORT TOWNSEND — Janna Marit and Friends will perform a free concert at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The concert will be at San Juan Commons, 3300 San Juan Ave.
Marit, a Port Townsend-based singer-songwriter will be joined by George Radebaugh and Zach Parker.
The performance is part of the Arts to Elders series sponsored by Northwind Arts Center and funded by the Rotary Club of Port Townsend and an anonymous donor.
For more information, call the center at 360-379-1086 or email mattm@northwindarts.org.
Anglers to meet
PORT TOWNSEND — Pam Petranek and Chuck Fauls will address a meeting of the East Jefferson Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The monthly meeting will be in the Port of Port Townsend office, 333 Benedict St.
Petranek and Fauls are candidates for Port of Port Townsend District 1 commissioner.
Social time will begin at 6:30 p.m. followed by a business meeting at 7 p.m.
The public is invited to attend this free meeting.
Scandinavian concert
PORT TOWNSEND — Frü Skagerrak will perform from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The concert will be at Rainshadow Recording, Building 315 at Fort Worden.
The group performs Scandianavian folk music.
Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased at skagerrak.brownpaper tickets.com.
For more information, call Everett Moran at 360-301-0291 or email centrumrecordings@gmail.com.
Urban sketchers
PORT TOWNSEND — The Urban Sketchers will meet from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
The group will meet at the Commons, 210 Battery Way, and will sketch at Alexander’s Castle.
The gathering is free and sketchers of all skill levels are welcome.
For more information, call Barbara Kurland at 360-316-9947, email barb kurland@gmail.com or visit urbansketchersport townsend.wordpress.com.
Women to meet
PORT TOWNSEND — The Republican Women of Jefferson County will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
This meeting will be at the Highway 20 Roadhouse, 2152 W. Sims Way.
For reservations or for more information, call Peggy Reep at 360-385-4953 or email Lynne Teveliet at coote@cablespeed.com.
Toastmasters to meet
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Toastmasters Club will meet from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday.
The group will meet at Grace Lutheran Church, 1120 Walker St.
The public is invited to attend this free meeting.
In addition to two prepared speeches, the program includes impromptu speaking practice and speech evaluations.
For more information, call 360-789-7691 or visit jeffco.toastmastersclubs.org.
Science and Sips
PORT TOWNSEND — Anna Bachmann will present “War and Fragile Ecosystems, Both Here and Around the World” from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
The presentation will be in the pavilion at Port Townsend Vineyards, 2640 W. Sims Way.
The lecture is part of the Science and Sips program sponsored by the Washington Science Teachers Association; continuing education hours are available for teachers.
The public is invited to attend the free lecture series.
For more information, call Lois Sherwood at 360-301-1562, email lolo.sherwood@gmail.com or visit wsta.wildapricot.org.
Panel discussion
PORT TOWNSEND — A panel discussion about Port Townsend community gardens is set from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
The discussion will be at the Port Townsend Public Library, 1220 Lawrence St.
Scheduled panel members include Marilyn Friedrich, Judy Alexander, Kathy Ryan and Karen Seabrook.
Panel members will each make a short presentation which will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
For more information, call the library at 360-385-3181 or visit www.ptpublic library.org.
Choro concert
PORT TOWNSEND — Duo Violao will perform a concert to promote its new album “The History of Choro” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday.
The concert will be at the Friend’s Meeting House, 1841 Sheridan St.
Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased online at www.brownpaper tickets.com.
Duo members Rogerio Souza and Edhinho Gerber will be joined by Bay Area percussionist Ami Molinelli as they perform choro, a style of Brazilian acoustic music.
For more information, call Al Bergstein at 206-235-2991 or email albergstein@outlook.com.
Poetry reading
PORT TOWNSEND — John Brandi and Renee Gregorio will each read some of their poetry at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The poets are featured in the Northwind Reading series at Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St.
Suggested donation is $5 per person; proceeds benefit the center.
Brandi, the author of “Into the Dream Maze” and “Planet Pilgrim,” will read from his new collection, “The Great Unrest.”
Gregorio is the author of “Drenched,” “Snow Falling on Snow” and her newest, “Communion.”
For more information, call Bill Mawhinney at 360-302-1159.
BRINNON
Seed washing
BRINNON — Master gardener Karen Seabrook will present “Seed Washing and Saving Techniques with WSU Seed Library” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday.
The free class, sponsored by the Jefferson County Library, will be in the Brinnon Community Center, 306144 U.S. Highway 101.
Seabrook will demonstrate how to wash and save seeds, participants may bring their own flower, fruit or vegetable samples.
For more information, call 360-385-6544 or visit www.jclibrary.info.
QUILCENE
Canning lecture
QUILCENE — Dianna Wiklund will present “Preserving the Taste of Summer” from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The free lecture sponsored by the Jefferson County Library will be presented at the Brinnon Community Center, 306144 U.S. Highway 101.
Wiklund will discuss a variety of food preservation techniques, including freezing, drying and pickling.
She also will present tips on emergency preparedness.
Attendees may arrive up to one hour early if they want to bring their pressure gauges in for testing.
Due to space limitations, participants must pre-register by calling 360-385-6544 or visiting www.jclibrary.info.
PORT LUDLOW
‘Wine and Rhodies’
PORT LUDLOW — Chimacum Woods will sponsor “Day of Wine and Rhodies” from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The benefit for Lutheran Community Services’ Refugee Resettlement program will be at the rhododendron nursery at 2722 Thorndyke Road.
The event will feature wines from Camaraderie Cellars and cheeses from Mount Townsend Creamery as well as a photo scavenger hunt with a $40 rhododendron for the winner.
Admission is free donations for the Refugee Resettlement program will be accepted.
For more information, call the nursery at 206-383-2713 or visit www. chimacumwoods.com.
PORT HADLOCK
Tech Tuesday
PORT HADLOCK — Library staff will present “Email Security” from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday.
The class is part of the Tech Tuesday series at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave.
The presentation will explore how to identify spam and malicious emails and the difference between unsubscribing and reporting an email as spam.
Tech staff will be available from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. after the class for drop-in tech assistance with phones, tablets or other devices.
For more information, call 360-385-6544 or visit www.jclibrary.info.
Fire truck storytime
PORT HADLOCK — Firefighters from East Jefferson Fire Rescue will attend storytime at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The special storytime will be at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave.
Participants will celebrate fire prevention week with stories, songs and a chance to climb onto a real fire engine.
The public is invited to this free event.
For more information, call 360-385-6544 or visit www.jclibrary.info.
Book discussion
PORT HADLOCK — A discussion of “The Soul of an Octopus” by Sy Montgomery is planned from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Thursday.
The discussion group will meet at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave.
Signup is required; copies of the book are available to borrow.
In November the group will discuss “My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry” by Fredrik Backman.
For more information, call 360-385-6544 or visit www.jclibrary.info.
NORDLAND
Nature hike
NORDLAND — Gary Eduardo Perless will lead a nature hike at Fort Flagler State Park from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
Participants will meet at the boat ramp north of the Beachcomber Cafe, 1321 Flagler Campground Road.
The group will hike to the Rat Island end of the spit then drive to Marrowstone Point near the USGS Marrowstone Marine Field Station.
The public is welcome on this free field trip sponsored by the Admiralty Audubon Society.
For more information, call Perless at 360-643-3529 or email gperless@gmail.com or visit www.admiraltyaudubon.org.
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