NEWS BRIEFS — Drum circle scheduled in Port Angeles today . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Community Drum Circle will be held at the Peninsula College Longhouse, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., from 6 p.m. to

8 p.m. today.

The event is free and open to the public, and experienced or beginning drummers are welcome.

Bring a drum, rattles or other percussion.

Circles are held the fourth Tuesday of each month.

For more information, phone Penny Burdick at 360-461-4538, email peninsuladrumming@gmail.com or visit http://tinyurl.com/pdn-pendrumcircle.

Books discussion

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Literary Society will meet at the library, 2210 S. Peabody St., from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday to discuss Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan.

The event is free and open to the public

This discussion group meets the last Wednesday of each month except Dec. 17.

For more information, phone 360-417-8500, email ehelp@nols.org or visit www.nols.org/events/book-discussion-groups.html.

Arts, crafts fair

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., will be the site for a juried arts and crafts fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

The 24th annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair offers handmade craftwork from Northwest artists.

In addition to the artwork, local student musicians will perform downstairs in the gym.

This show is staged by the Port Townsend Arts Guild, a self-supporting nonprofit that offers arts scholarships to Jefferson County students.

Artists donate a portion of each sale to the Jefferson County Food Bank, as they have done for the past 23 years.

For more information on the arts guild, visit www.porttownsendartsguild.org or phone 360-379-3813 or 360-774-6544.

Audubon field trip

PORT TOWNSEND — The Admiralty Audubon group will host a free field trip to Fort Flagler State Park from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.

The trip starts at Portage Bridge Park on Indian Island. It’ll be the first right after crossing the bridge.

There will be stops along Indian Island to check out the mud flats for shore birds.

Then the group will head to Fort Flagler RV campground, located at the end of Campground Road.

Anyone wanting to carpool from Port Townsend should meet at the park and ride near Safeway by 8:30 a.m.

For more information, contact Paula Vanderheul at pvanderheul@gmail.com or 360-379-8564.

Revitalize PA meet

PORT ANGELES — A discussion about how to help the downtown area of Port Angeles live up to its potential will be held at The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4.

All are welcome.

For more information, contact Leslie Robertson at momtotwogirls@sbcglobal.net or 661-755-3334 or visit www.tinyurl.com/PDN-RevitalizePA.

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