Holidays bazaars galore are scheduled across the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
But that’s not all that’s going on.
Among the entertainment in Port Angeles is a symphony concert, as well as a Madrigal Dinner.
In Sequim, the Museum & Arts Center hosts its Christmas Tea.
In Clallam Bay-Sekiu, Santa is coming for a visit.
And in Port Townsend, the Boiler Room is putting on a circus-themed fundraiser while an Inuit singer and songwriter will perform to raise funds for Blue Heron Middle School educational programs.
PORT ANGELES AND SEQUIM
Baby care item drive
The second annual Cradle of Caring baby care item drive will be held in Port Angeles and Sequim on Saturday.
In Port Angeles, Esther Chapter No. 19 Order of the Eastern Star and Port Angeles Rainbow Assembly No. 33 will accept donations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, 622 S. Lincoln St.; Safeway, 2709 E. U.S. Highway 101; and Albertsons, 114 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Donations of baby food — including formula and cereal, as well as disposable items — will be accepted for the Port Angeles Food Bank.
In Sequim, the Sequim Rainbow Assembly No. 57 will collect donations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Safeway, 680F W. Washington St., and QFC Quality Food Center, 990 E. Washington St., Suite B.
Baby items and cash will be accepted for the Sequim Food Bank.
For more information, phone 360-457-9444.
PORT ANGELES
Madrigal Dinner set
PORT ANGELES — The fourth annual Madrigal Dinner will be held at the Port Angeles High School cafeteria, 304 E. Park Avenue at 7 p.m. today and Saturday.
The dinner-theater event, hosted by the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center and Port Angeles High School’s Vocal Unlimited Choir, includes a five-course dinner prepared by the Skills Center’s culinary arts students.
“Guests will feast on delicious food, hear beautiful music and moving storytelling,” event organizers said.
The cost is $25 per person.
For ticket information, phone Jeani Hill at 360-565-1962, Denise Dahll at 360-565-1964 or Jolene Dalton Gailey at 360-565-1535, or e-mail jgailey@portangelesschools.org.
GOP toy, food drive
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Republican Party will collect toys for the Toys for Tots program today at Carroll Realty, 809 E. First St.
A celebration event will be held at the GOP headquarters at 509 S. Lincoln St., from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Donations will be presented to the Marines Corps and the Port Angeles Food Bank.
Refreshments will be served.
The celebration is open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-452-7170.
Claymation movies
PORT ANGELES — Children ages 8 to 12 can learn how claymation movies are made when Lukas Allenbaugh, founder of the Clay Animation Network, visits the Sequim and Port Angeles libraries on Saturday.
Allenbaugh will visit the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 10:30 a.m. and the Port Angeles library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 2 p.m.
During the two-hour class, children will learn some of the basics of making a movie and get some hands-on experience in claymation moviemaking.
Preregistration is required.
To register, phone 360-417-8502 to register for the Port Angeles program and 360-683-1161 for the Sequim event.
For more information on Allenbaugh’s program, visit www.cancancancan.com.
Open house slated
PORT ANGELES — Bay Variety, 135 W. First St., will hold its annual Christmas open house from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Homemade goodies and door prizes will be available and special discounts will be offered.
For more information, phone 360-457-5200.
Wreath sale set
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School Equestrian Team will sell wreaths and swags at Cowboy Country, 923 E. First St., starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Sales will continue until 3 p.m. or until supplies are gone.
The 12-member team will compete in three district meets in the Tacoma area in January, February and March.
Those who score in the top 10 percent during the district events advance to state competitions.
Although the equestrians are allowed to use the high school name and represent Port Angeles High School, they are not supported financially by the school.
The team also accepts donations for competition expenses.
For more information, phone the team’s coach, Manon Heistand, at 360-460-6858 or 360-452-5994.
Volkswalk on Saturday
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers will lead a Port Angeles waterfront volkswalk Saturday.
The walk will leave at 9:15 a.m. from the Port Angeles Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St.
The 6.84-mile walk has one steep hill but is OK for strollers and leashed pets.
A carpool will leave from the Sequim QFC at 8:30 a.m.
For more information, phone 360-681-5405.
Authors to sign books
PORT ANGELES — Five North Olympic Peninsula authors and photographers will sign copies of their work at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center on Sunday.
The book-signing will be at the center at 3002 Mount Angeles Road from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
On hand will be photographer Ross Hamilton, signing his calendars; Dave Woodcock and Tim McNulty of Sequim, who this year published From the Air: Olympic Peninsula, a collection of aerial photographs and essays; and Glynda Schaad and Gary Peterson of 2008’s Women to Reckon With: Untamed Women of the Olympic Wilderness.
Discover Your Northwest will provide light refreshments during the event.
For more information, phone 360-565-2985.
Christmas card class
PORT ANGELES — Art Supplies Unlimited, 124B W. First St., will hold a Christmas card class where participants will draw Christmas scenes in colored pencil.
The class will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, phone 360-457-2759 or e-mail artsuppliesunlimited@gmail.com.
The Olympic Medical Center Gift Shop will hold a “Bargain Basement Holiday Sale” in the Wendel Room of the hospital, 939 Caroline St., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday.
The store will feature 50 percent off of its entire stock during the sale.
Attendees can register to win a holiday gift card or a piece from the shop’s Willow Tree collection.
Coffee and Christmas cookies will be served.
SEQUIM
Gift wrapping
SEQUIM — The Sequim Museum & Arts Center will offer holiday gift wrapping from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The gift wrapping will be at the MAC Exhibit Center, 175 W. Cedar St.
Volunteers will wrap patrons’ gifts for a donation of $3 per package.
Gifts do not need to have been purchased from the Museum Store or the Sequim Arts Small Works Show and Sale.
Wrapping also will be offered next Saturday, Dec. 18.
Christmas dinner
SEQUIM — Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, will host its annual Family Christmas Dinner at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Following the potluck dinner, which will include turkey and dressing, will be a short awards ceremony and a performance by the Sequim High School Chorus.
“There may even be a surprise visit from Santa Claus,” event organizers said.
Unwrapped toys and food donations for Sequim Community Aid and the Sequim Food Bank will be accepted.
Christmas fair
SEQUIM — About 40 local crafters will be featured at the Christmas Lane Fair on Saturday.
The bazaar, which also will include a table of baked goods, will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.
The bazaar’s “Holly Daze Cafe” will offer chili, soups, pumpkin pie, cake and beverages.
For information, phone the church at 360-683-5367.
Breakfast with Santa
SEQUIM — The 19th annual Breakfast with Santa will be held at the Sequim High School cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave., from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Besides breakfast, children will receive a free photo with Santa and can make holiday crafts.
Carolers from Aspire! and Hot Apple Pie with quartets from Sweet Adelines International and Grand Olympics Chorus will provide entertainment.
The Sequim High School floral department will sell festive floral arrangements.
Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children.
Proceeds will benefit Citizens for Sequim Schools.
For more information, phone 360-681-0928, 360-681-4715 or 360-683-1177.
Holiday sale and fair
SEQUIM — A holiday bake sale and craft fair is planned at Prairie Springs Assisted Living on Saturday.
The fair will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the facility at 680 W. Prairie St., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Santa Claus visits
SEQUIM — Santa Claus will visit Vision Landscape Nursery, 131 Kitchen-Dick Road on Saturday.
He will be available to hear wishes and dreams for the Christmas season as well as the new year.
Photos are free but participants must bring their own cameras.
The event also will include candy canes, hot cocoa, homemade cookies and snacks and a holiday light display.
Pets are welcome.
Santa Claus will visit the nursery again next Saturday, Dec. 18, at the same time.
For more information, phone 360-683-2855.
WEST END
Winter Faire set
SEKIU — Santa Claus will visit the 22nd annual Children’s Winter Faire at the Sekiu Community Center on Sunday.
The free event will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 42 Rice St.
Children accompanied by parents can participate in traditional gift-making. Multiple tables will offer different gift project ideas.
Treats, coffee and holiday punch will be available.
Volunteers from the West End Senior Citizens, West End Youth & Community Club, United Way of Clallam County and Clallam Bay High School will present this event.
For more information, phone Jamye Wisecup at 360-460-5355.
Rick Gale benefit today
FORKS — A spaghetti dinner and silent auction benefit for Quillayute Valley School District Board member Rick Gale will be held at the Forks Elks Lodge on Merchant Road from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.
Gale is a longtime coach and supporter of youth programs on the West End.
Proceeds will help Gale and his family with medical expenses.
Cash contributions are being accepted at Sterling Savings Bank, 1020 S. Forks Ave.
The event will include drawings and games for kids.
For more information or to make a donation, phone Kelly Thompson at 360-374-5041 or 360-640-2959.
Send them to Florida
A Schwan’s truck sale fundraiser will be held at the Quillayute Valley School District Board Room, 390 S. Forks Ave., from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.
Proceeds will help support Forks seventh- and eighth-graders visit Florida on a science trip.
PORT TOWNSEND and JEFFERSON COUNTY
PT Boiler Room
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Boiler Room, 711 Water St., will hold the “Greatest Auction on Earth,” a circus-themed fundraiser, at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The event will include circus acts, music food and surprises.
Circus-theme-costumes are encouraged.
The Boiler Room is a youth-oriented and drug-, alcohol- and tobacco-free coffeehouse and events venue for downtown Port Townsend and Jefferson County.
It is run by volunteers with support from the community.
Tickets are $10 and are available at the Boiler Room and online at www.brownpapertickets.org.
For more information, phone 360-379-8247 or visit www.ptbr.org.
Art Festival
QUILCENE — The Olympic Art Gallery will conduct its fourth annual Winter Olympic Art Festival and sale Saturday.
The sale will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the gallery at 40 Washington St.
Prices will be discounted from 10 percent to 25 percent.
Photography, sculptures, oil paintings, watercolors, ceramics, vases, jewelry and more will be sold.
For more information, phone 360-765-0200 or visit www.olympicartgallery.com.
Blue Heron benefit
PORT TOWNSEND — Inuit singer and songwriter Simon Lynge will perform a benefit concert to raise funds for Blue Heron Middle School education programs at 7:30 tonight.
The concert will be at the Port Townsend High School auditorium, 1500 Van Ness St.
Lynge will perform a live concert and multimedia presentation featuring photographs of his native Greenland.
He also will discuss personal observations of the impact of climate change on the people, communities and environment of Greenland.
Music CDs and other Lynge merchandise, as well as baked goods and coffee, will be available during intermission.
Tickets prices are $15 for adults and $8 for children younger than 18.
A limited number of VIP “Meet Simon Lynge” special ticket packages also are available for $60.
This VIP package includes prime seats, a CD, a Simon Lynge Tote bag and an invitation to an after concert reception with the artist at Sweet Laurette Cafe and Bistro.
The VIP reception includes wine and hors d’oeuvres in the price.
Tickets are available through Quimper Sound, 230 Taylor St.; the Port Townsend Food Co-op, 414 Kearney St.; and Crossroads Music, 2100 Lawrence St.; and through the Blue Heron Parent Teacher Association, sponsors of the show.
Friends of Fort Worden
PORT TOWNSEND — The Friends of Fort Worden will hold the annual meeting in the USO Building at Fort Worden State Park from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today.
The meeting will double as a wine-tasting, with three of Port Townsend’s winemakers featuring a sampling of wines.
Hors d’oeuvres will be provided by Bon Appetit, courtesy of the Friends of Fort Worden.
The event is free for Friends of Fort Worden members and one guest.
Memberships may be purchased at the door for $25 and will allow one guest at no charge.
The event is $10 per person for nonmembers.
Reservations are requested.
For more information, phone 360-344-4459.
Artist holiday sale
PORT TOWNSEND — The Fiber Foursome, composed of four local artists, will hold a holiday sale at First Baptist Church, 1202 Lawrence St., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Hand-crafted textiles including toys, home textiles, hand-dyed items, woven, knit and felted wearables and accessories, vessels, masks will be available.
For more information, phone Carolyn Cristina Manzoni at 360-379-3661 or e-mail betweenthethread@netscape.net.
Quilcene open house
QUILCENE — Wildwood Antiques and Gifts, 293211 U.S. Highway 101, will hold an open house from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Many items will be on sale for 10 percent to 30 percent off.
A raffle of a gingerbread house by Jeanie Pritchard will be held.
The open house is free and open to the public.
Amigos Toy Run slated
PORT TOWNSEND — The Amigos Toy Run 2010 will be held Saturday.
The run, open to all bikes and motorcycle clubs, will meet at the Hadlock House Restaurant, 141 Chimacum Road, in Port Hadlock at noon.
Participants will leave at 1 p.m. for a quick ride to the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend for food and a social.
Attendees should bring a toy.
Cash donations also are welcome. If gift cards are donated, please include the activation receipt.
All toys go to the state Department of Social and Health Services for local children in need.
Cash will be donated to the Port Townsend Food Bank and to the Humane Society of Jefferson County.
Coyle Christmas carols
COYLE — A Christmas Carol Sing-along, led by the Community Singers from Bainbridge Island will be held at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel Point Road, at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Cookies, hot chocolate and coffee available for guests.
Coyle craft makers and those who want to bring homemade preserves are invited to bring their wares for a holiday bazaar.
Grant Street craft night
PORT TOWNSEND — The Grant Street Parent Teacher Association will hold a craft night for kids at the school, 1637 Grant St., from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today.
A donation is suggested but not required.
VICTORIA
Elton John concert
VICTORIA — Although megastar Elton John isn’t performing in Victoria until February, today’s the day to get tickets.
John will perform at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, about a 10-minute taxi ride from the landing of the MV Coho from Port Angeles, on Feb. 14 and 15.
Tickets will go on sale today at 10 a.m. online at selectyourtickets.com, by phone at 250-220-7777 and at the arena’s box office, 1925 Blanshard St. They cost $89.50 and $149.50 Canadian ($88.53 and $147.88 U.S.), plus fees.
John’s current tour is called Greatest Hits Live, and he’s skipping larger cities such as Vancouver, B.C., Seattle and Portland, Ore., to play smaller venues such as Victoria and Eugene, Ore.
His band includes Davey Johnstone on guitar, Bob Birch on bass, John Mahon on percussion, Nigel Olsson on drums and Kim Bullard on keyboards.
