A bike show and poker run, a show and shine, walks, music and art are among the attractions on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For more information about the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts and other entertainment, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, in today’s print edition.
Other events are in the “Things to Do” calendar, available online at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
PORT ANGELES
Bike show, poker run
PORT ANGELES — The fifth Rock N Roll Bike Show and Poker Run benefit for the Court Appointed Special Advocates — or CASA — program will be held this weekend.
The motorcycle show will be Saturday on the upper-level parking lot of the Armory Square building, 228 W. First St.
Registration is from 9 a.m. to noon, and the bike show will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost is $20 per bike.
Awards will be given in a variety of classes, including vintage, trike, custom/paint/mural, best in show and people’s choice.
There will be concessions and a 50-50 raffle.
The motorcycle Poker Run will begin Sunday at Olympic Powersports, 221 S. Peabody St.
Bikers can sign up from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The first bike out will leave at 10 a.m., and riders will meet at Black Diamond Grange on Black Diamond Road.
Homemade lasagna and macaroni and cheese will be served at the grange.
The cost is $15 for a rider and bike and $5 for passengers.
CASA recruits, trains and supports volunteers to represent the interests of abused and neglected children in the courtroom and other settings.
Library opening
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Genealogical Society Research Library will be open for research for the “curious and experienced researcher” from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The library is located at 931 W. Ninth St.
Volunteers will be available to help with computer research with access to www.Ancestry.com, Fold 3, World Vital Records and American Ancestor.
The library is regularly open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
For more information, phone 360-417-5000.
SEQUIM
Show & Shine set
BLYN — Peninsula Dream Machines and 7 Cedars Casino will present the fifth annual Peninsula Dream Machines Show & Shine Car Show on Saturday.
The event will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101.
There are no registration or admission fees, but donations for the Welfare for Animals Guild will be accepted.
For more information, phone Ed Hoard of Peninsula Dream Machines at 360-775-8938.
SARC offers discount
SEQUIM — The Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center will discount general daily admission by 25 percent from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Memorial Day.
Admission will be $6 for adults, $3 for youths ages 8-17, $1.50 for children 7 and younger, and free for infants 2 and younger.
For more information, visit www.sarcfitness.com.
Grape-growing lecture
SEQUIM — Tom Miller will discuss the influence of climate soil and water on growing grapes on the Olympic Peninsula at the Class Act at Woodcock Garden series at the Master Gardeners’ Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road, at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Miller will address varieties that will and will not ripen on the Olympic Peninsula, and those that make the best wine for gardeners who are thinking about growing wine grapes for fun, amateur winemaking or commercial aspirations.
He also will provide tips for identifying and managing grape-growing problems.
Miller holds degrees in agriculture and veterinary medicine from Glasgow University, Scotland.
He has more than 20 years of experience growing grapes, 12 of them in the Dungeness Valley.
Miller grows five varieties of grapes at his local vineyard.
The educational series is sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardener Program and the Master Gardeners Foundation of Clallam County, and is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-417-2279.
‘Inception’ slated
SEQUIM — Teens can sit back, relax and bend their minds around “Inception,” the Teen Friday Movie for May, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 5:30 p.m. today.
In “Inception,” Dom Cobb is the best there is at extraction: stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind’s vulnerable dream state.
His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage but also has made him a fugitive and cost him dearly.
Now, he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible: inception, or planting an idea rather than stealing one.
If they succeed, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime.
The movie is rated PG-13.
All movies are shown under the terms of a licensing agreement through which the North Olympic Library System can hold public showings of selected films.
Staff will supervise the event, and movie-type refreshments will be provided.
Blood drive
SEQUIM — A blood drive is planned at Sequim Community Church on Saturday.
The drive will be from 10:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the church at 950 N. Fifth Ave.
PORT TOWNSEND/JEFFERSON COUNTY
Help AIDS orphans
PORT TOWNSEND — Pianist Lisa Lanza will bring together the cream of Port Townsend’s young musicians and some of their equally talented elders to present a Memorial Day weekend concert in support of 15 Ugandan AIDS orphans.
The concert will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Grace Lutheran Church, 1120 Walker St.
A $12 donation is suggested.
Pieces include Boccherini’s “Polish Dance,” Bruch’s “Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor,” Ravel’s “J’eau Deux,” Brahms’ “Sonata No. 1 in E minor for Cello and Piano,” and traditional Zimbabwean music.
Performers include Marley Erikson, violin; Odette Jennings, piano; Rinnah Becker, violin; Jeni Little, Jim Espensen and Don Fristo, guitars and vocals; Madelyn Kowalski, cello and Lanza, piano, joined by the Yesango Marimba Ensemble with friends.
All proceeds from the concert go to support 15 AIDS orphans in a remote part of Uganda.
These children, sponsored by Grace Lutheran Church, are totally dependent for their educations on the generosity of Port Townsend-area residents.
Plant sale slated
QUILCENE — The Quilcene-Brinnon Garden Club plant sale will be conducted at the Quilcene Masonic Hall, 170 Herbert St., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Trees, shrubs and plants of all kinds will be available.
Vendors of garden-related items will be on hand as well as artists and a petting zoo with animals from Center Valley Animal Rescue.
A raffle also will be held.
Fort Worden walk
PORT TOWNSEND — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers will conduct a Fort Worden/Cappy’s Trails club walk Saturday.
Walkers will travel the trails through residential areas of Port Townsend with visits to several of the old Army batteries on Artillery Hill at Fort Worden State Park.
Routes of 3.1 and 6.2 miles are available. The shorter route is entirely contained within Fort Worden.
Walkers will meet at the Port Townsend Subway restaurant, 1300 Water St., at 9:30 a.m. before carpooling to the start of the trail.
A carpool will leave the Sequim QFC parking lot at 8:30 a.m.
For more information, phone Frances Johnson at 360-385-5861.
Quilcene art festival
QUILCENE — The sixth annual Olympic Art Festival will be held at Olympic Art Gallery, 40 Washington St., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Artists in many different genres will sell their wares and provide demonstrations, and entertainment will be provided by banjo player Mitch Luckett.
For more information, visit www.olympicartgallery.com or phone 360-765-3934.
Free kayaking set
BRINNON — Kayak Brinnon will offer free half-hour kayak rentals on a first-come, first-served basis from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. today.
Kayak Brinnon is located at the Pleasant Harbor Marina at 308915 U.S. Highway 101.
Longer rentals also are available and will be discounted.
For more information, phone 360-797-4116.
Riding workshops
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson Equestrian Association will host bitless bridle and centered riding workshops Saturday and Sunday.
Both workshops will be led by Mitzi Summers, winner of the Certified Horsemanship Association International Instructor for 2011.
The basis of the workshop will be teaching riders positive reinforcement with their horses and forming true partnerships.
Riders and horses from all backgrounds and disciplines are welcome to participate.
The fee for horse and rider is $50 per day or $25 each day to audit the workshop.
The bitless bridle workshop will be held at the Jefferson Fairgrounds, and the centered riding workshop Sunday will be held at Irish Bay Farms, Port Townsend.
To register, email Summer Martell at Summermartell@hotmail.com or phone 360-531-1726.
For more information, visit www.JeffersonEquestrian.org.
Temporary dealership
PORT TOWNSEND — Ruddell Auto Mall has taken over the old Courtesy Ford dealership property on state Highway 19 south of town, bringing in 100 new and used cars as a way to benefit both local charities and the county’s tax base, said Ruddell sales manager Steve Uvila.
The temporary dealership at the junction of state Highways 19 and 20 will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Saturday.
The Port Angeles dealership will contribute $50 from each car sold to United Good Neighbors, while every sale will generate a 9 percent sales tax to local government, Uvila noted.
The dealership will keep bringing in cars as others are sold to keep the lot full.
Brinnon auction
BRINNON — The Brinnon School Parent Teacher Organization will hold their 26th Annual Spring Auction in the school gym 46 Schoolhouse Road, on Saturday.
Early registration will begin at 9:30 a.m., a silent auction will be held at 10 a.m. and the live auction begins at noon.
Current donors are Hoodsport Winery, Emerald Downs, Woodland Park Zoo, Point Defiance Zoo, All Star Lanes & Casino, Costco, Steven’s Pass, Stampin’ Up, Seattle Mariners, Seattle Sounders, Seattle Seahawks, American Girl, Ferino’s Pizza, The Pizza Factory, museum passes and more.
Angela’s Famous Baked Potato Bar and strawberry shortcake will be available for purchase
All proceeds generated go directly into the PTO general fund.
FORKS/WEST END
Sekiu fly-in
SEKIU — The Sekiu Memorial Day Weekend Fly-In Lunch will be Saturday.
Pilots will land at the Sekiu Airport for a barbecue lunch, served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The lunch will be $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and $1 for children younger than 5.
Pilots eat free.
Some pilots will fly over the Swiftsure sailboat race off the coast of Victoria on their way to Sekiu.
The public is welcome.
The proceeds will go to the Rocky Hinkle Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Pilots are advised to use caution when landing on Runway 26 because of possible turbulent winds.
For pilot information, phone Gary Fernandes at 360-963-2485.
For more information about the fly-in, phone 360-963-2339.
Bingo fundraiser
FORKS — The Forks High School Football Boosters will host Marathon Bingo on Saturday.
The fundraiser will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Forks Elks Lodge.
Two fundraisers set
FORKS — Two fundraisers are being held this weekend to help cover costs for the family of young cancer patient Skyler Jewett.
The Forks Elementary School student is being treated at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
On Saturday, a car wash is planned from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Ron’s Shell Station.
On Sunday, a bake sale is set from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Forks Outfitters, 950 S. Forks Ave.