NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 27.
A DRIFTWOOD ART SHOW, a talk on plant circadian rhythms, a basement sale to benefit the Port Angeles Farmers Market and early Easter egg hunts will be offered on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about the play “The Cupcake Conspiracy” and other arts and entertainment news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the weekly entertainment magazine, in today’s PDN.
More information is also on the calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
SEQUIM
Fourth Friday read
SEQUIM — Fourth Friday Readings will take place at Rainshadow Coffee, 157 W. Cedar St., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight.
The evening of five-minute open-mic readings will showcase the diversity of writing talent on the Peninsula. Writers are invited to share poems, memoir excerpts and short-short stories.
Arrive at 6 p.m. to sign in for the readings, which begin at 6:30 p.m. sharp.
Names are drawn for reading position. It’s recommended that readers rehearse in advance, as the readings are timed.
For guidelines, email Rmarcus@olypen.com.
There is no charge for this event, hosted by Writers on the Spit.
Driftwood sculptors
SEQUIM — The Olympic Driftwood Sculptors group will present its 2015 Driftwood Art Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The show will be at the Dungeness River Audubon Center at Railroad Bridge Park, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.
Admission is free, though donations are appreciated.
The show will offer driftwood sculptures by member artists, a driftwood boutique with handcrafted items, demonstrations of works-in-progress and a raffle for “Dungeness Mermaid,” a piece sculpted by several members.
Unfinished wood will be for sale.
For more information, visit www.olympicdriftwoodsculptors.org, phone 360-683-6860 or email info@olympicdriftwoodsculptors.org.
Plant rhythms talk
SEQUIM — Pam Larsen, founder of the Community Organic Gardens of Sequim, will present “Plant Circadian Rhythms: Getting Our Shifts Together to Improve Human Nutrition” at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The free talk will be at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way.
Larsen created the Rainshadow Planting Guide to help gardeners know the best times to plant in Sequim’s climate.
In 2006, she started Sequim Organic Gardeners, and in 2007, she co-founded the Community Organic Gardens of Sequim.
Larsen said she initially expected circadian rhythms in plants to be boring.
“Instead, it turned out to be one of the most interesting and easy things to get a grip on,” she said.
“One of the things I found was that if we understand generally when, during a 24-hour day, plants tend to create certain chemicals, we can use this information in determining when, in relation to our nutrition, is the best time to harvest and eat what we grow.”
Bunny Breakfast
SEQUIM — The Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula will host a Bunny Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
Admission is $5 per person at the facility at 400 W. Fir St.
The event for children and their families will offer face painting, Easter egg hunts, visits with the Easter Bunny, photo opportunities, games, crafts, club member performances, pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee.
Tickets are available at the Boys & Girls Clubs in Sequim and Port Angeles, online at www.bgc-op.org or at the door.
For more information, contact Tessa Jackson at 360-683-8095 or tjackson@bgc-op.org.
Discover dinosaurs
SEQUIM — The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture will present “Discoveries with Dinosaurs” at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
The free family program is for children between 3 and 5 years old.
They will solve scientific mysteries, participate in fossil digs and play dino-themed games.
It is the first in a series of Burke Museum programs geared toward children younger than 5 that will be offered by the North Olympic Library System.
For information about this and other programs for youths, phone the library at 360-683-1161, visit www.nols.org or email youth@nols.org.
Roller derby game
SEQUIM — The Port Scandalous Roller Derby team is kicking off its fifth season with a game at the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula at 400 W. Fir St. on Saturday.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with the skaters hitting the track at 6 p.m. for a matchup with Victoria’s Eves of Destruction.
Tickets at the door will be $12. Military and seniors will receive a discount with ID. Children younger than 6 will be admitted free.
The event will feature a beer garden for those 21 and older, merchandise, a 50/50 raffle and concessions by the Boys & Girls Keystone Club.
For more information, visit www.portscandalous.com or find the team on Facebook.
Marina walk slated
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers will host the John Wayne Marina Walk on Saturday.
This walk is 7K (4.2 miles) or 12K (7.5 miles) and starts at the QFC store, 990-B E. Washington St.
All walkers must sign up between 8:45 a.m. and 9 a.m., and the walk starts promptly at 9 a.m.
The walk is free except for those who want to walk for credit.
Walkers will trek along country roads and the Discovery Trail through Carrie Blake Park, visiting John Wayne Marina.
Pets are OK on a leash but not in the store.
The route is suitable for strollers. The 7K walk does not go down to the marina.
Restrooms are along the route. Maps are at the start point.
For more information, phone George Christensen at 360-697-2172 or 360-473-8398.
A group meeting will follow the walk at the Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course, 1965 Woodcock Road.
EAA meeting slated
SEQUIM — EAA Chapter 430 will host a public presentation by Kirk Kleinholz of Dynon Avionics at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The lecture will be in Hangar 15 of Sequim Valley Airport, 468 Dorothy Hunt Lane.
Kleinholz will discuss his business’ products, new features and new optional hardware.
PORT ANGELES
Gigantic basement sale
PORT ANGELES — The annual Gigantic Basement Sale to benefit the Port Angeles Farmers Market will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The sale will be in the basement of Country Aire Natural Foods, 200 W. First St.
Items such as books, clothes, toys and furniture will be sold.
Proceeds will benefit the Port Angeles Farmers Market, which is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday at The Gateway pavilion at Front and Lincoln streets.
For more information, phone market manager Cynthia Warne at 360-460-0361 or see www.portangelesfarmersmarket.com.
Genealogy class
PORT ANGELES — A class on researching genealogy will be offered during the Clallam County Genealogical Research Center’s open house from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The public is invited to use the library and ask questions.
A $5 donation covers materials.
The center is located at 402 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
For more information, phone 360-417-5000.
Sons of Norway dance
PORT ANGELES — The Sons of Norway group will host its weekly folk-ballroom-swing dance at 131 W. Fifth St. from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Dance instruction is planned at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is $2 for members and $3 for nonmembers.
This is an all-ages, no-smoking and no-alcohol event.
For more information, phone Sandy Maxwell at 360-457-7035.
JOYCE
Lions Club breakfast
JOYCE — The Crescent Bay Lions Club will offer breakfasts from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. every Sunday except holidays until Mother’s Day on May 10.
The cost is $6 for adults and $3.50 for children 12 and younger.
The menu includes eggs cooked to order, hot cakes, French toast, biscuits and gravy, hashbrowns and ham, sausage or bacon.
The club is on state Highway 112 at Holly Hill Road.
Proceeds help Crescent Bay Lions members support Crescent School yearbooks, scholarships for Crescent High School seniors, holiday food baskets, glasses for the needy and other community projects.
PORT TOWNSEND
Justice council
PORT TOWNSEND — The Social Justice Council of Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., will meet from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight.
The group has chosen Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America by Linda Tirado as this year’s common read.
With honesty and humor, Tirado tells her story of what it’s really like to be poor in a society that blames the poor for their plight, according to a news release.
Led by a panel, the council will discuss “how the growing gap between those who have too much and those who have too little affects us all and what we can do in response,” according to the release.
Enrollment is required via www.tinyurl.com/ALPs2015Winter.
For more information, phone Vikki Sonntag at 425-482-3026 or email vikis@ecopraxis.org.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — Open to all, the Conversation Cafe will meet at the Highway 20 Road House, 2152 W. Sims Way, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today for conversation and an optional lunch.
The day’s topic is “Future of Robots.”
Conversation Cafe is an exercise in active listening and nonconfrontational conversation.
For more information, visit www.conversationcafe.org.
Rhododendron kickoff
PORT TOWNSEND — The Rhododendron Festival Association Kick-Off Spaghetti Dinner will be at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The dinner will be at the Oscar Erickson Building on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St.
Tickets are $7 for adults; $5 for children age 5 to 12, with children younger than 5 admitted free; or $30 for a family.
Planned are a live auction and a balloon pop raffle, in which balloons are burst to reveal prizes.
Balloons will be $5 each or five balloons for $20.
Author to speak
PORT TOWNSEND — Author Sue William Silverman will speak at the Writers’ Workshoppe and Imprint Books, 820 Water St., at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The talk is free. No reservations are needed.
Silverman is the author of The Pat Boone Fan Club: My Life as a White Anglo-Saxon Jew and Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey through Sexual Addiction, which was made into a Lifetime original movie.
A professional speaker, Silverman speaks on such topics as sexual addiction, child abuse prevention, spirituality and family dynamics.
She also speaks about the importance of writing a life story.
Tree planting
PORT TOWNSEND — After completing major construction on the Discovery Bay restoration project in October, the North Olympic Salmon Coalition is calling on volunteers to help revegetate the area with more than 2,000 native trees and shrubs Saturday.
Groups will be planting on the west side of Discovery Bay, off U.S. Highway 101, behind the train cars from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Participants are asked to bring waterproof clothing and shoes, a lunch and water.
Tools will be provided.
RSVP to Reed Aubin at 360-379-8051 or raubin@nosc.org.
Plant, seed swap
PORT TOWNSEND — The fourth annual Plant and Seed Exchange will take place at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
It will be held outdoors under canopies and in the grange hall.
Participants are asked to bring extra seeds, plant divisions, spare potted plants, trees, bare roots, bulbs and whatever else needs a new garden in which to thrive.
Books will be on hand to help answer plant and seed questions, and Mountain Spirit Herbals will provide hot tea.
Donations will help defray costs of the organizers and go toward maintaining and improving the Quimper Grange Hall.
For more information, phone Ashley Kehl at 360-821-2092.
Rhody Run training
PORT TOWNSEND — Training for the May 17 Rhody Run is slated at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at Fort Worden State Park.
Training is held every Sunday leading up to the run.
For more information, phone race director Jeni Little at 360-385-3163 or email rhodyruninfo@gmail.com.
