NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Nov. 15.
An English country dance, Reading for Hunger Relief and a lecture about shipwrecks are among the activities offered on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For other arts and entertainment news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, in today’s edition.
PORT TOWNSEND
Country swing set
PORT TOWNSEND — A country swing dance with the band Haywire will be open to all ages at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St., tonight.
The nonprofit Olympic Peninsula Dance group is hosting the party, which will get started at 7 p.m. with a country two-step dance lesson taught by Joe Thompson and Janice Eklund. Experienced dancers are invited to come help beginners.
Then Haywire — singer and bassist Denny Secord Jr., Jim Rosand on keyboard, drummer Terry Smith and guitarist-singer Robert Englebert — plays rock ‘n’ roll, classic R&B and country from
8 p.m. until 10:30 p.m.
Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students with identification and any first-timer adult, and $7 for children 12 and younger.
To find out more, visit www.olympicpeninsuladance.com or phone 360-385-5327.
Trail work party
PORT TOWNSEND — Volunteers will meet for a city of Port Townsend Non-Motorized Transportation Advisory Board-sponsored trail work party at the end of Willamette Street in the Bell Street neighborhood from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Trail volunteers will finish work begun on the 39th Street trail.
In September, trail volunteers made progress on maintenance on this section, a “gateway” to trails further west and Cappy’s Trails, but more must be done to prepare low spots to stay above water during the wet season.
Volunteers will meet where piles of gravel have been deposited by the city for trail maintenance.
The group will haul and spread gravel in low spots.
Equipment needed will be wheel barrows, shovels, rakes and work gloves.
The volunteer crew will work rain or shine, so be sure to dress for the weather.
Cookies, trail snacks and seasonal beverages will be available.
For more information, email jollywahlstrom@yahoo.com.
Ski bus sign-ups
PORT TOWNSEND — The Kiwanis Club of Port Townsend will take registrations for its annual snow sports program Saturday.
Registration will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St.
The club will sponsor six consecutive trips to Stevens Pass beginning Saturday, Jan. 11.
Cost is $130 for the transportation to Stevens Pass. Contact Stevens Pass directly for lift ticket prices.
The program is open to adults and students in seventh grade or above, with a limit of 75 registrants.
Students in sixth grade or below also are welcome but must be accompanied by paid adults or guardians on all trips.
This is an earlier registration period than in recent years.
Sign-ups are on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, email Kiwanis snow sports program director Michelle West at evergreenfitness@qwestoffice.net or phone 360-302-1132.
Economic report card
PORT TOWNSEND — A panel of four local authorities will review the area’s strengths and weaknesses during an Economic Report Card for Port Townsend and Jefferson County at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The public is welcome at the free program at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave. Refreshments will be offered beginning at 9:30 a.m.
The Port Townsend branch of the Association of American University Women is hosting the program.
Panelists are David Timmons, Port Townsend city manager; Larry Crockett, Port of Port Townsend executive director; Marty Gay, president of the Economic Development Council/Team Jefferson; and Heather Dudley Nollette, Port Townsend Main Street board president.
The panelists will discuss job growth and retention, career path jobs, commercial tax base, quality-of-life considerations, outreach and marketing efforts for the city and the county, business success stories and opportunities for desired growth.
For more information, phone 360-385-5129 or visit http://pt-wa.aauw.net.
Square dance set
PORT TOWNSEND — Tony Mates, founding member of the Seattle Subversive Square Dance Society, will call squares during a square dance at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.
Dancing workshop for beginners will be at 7:30 p.m., with dancing starting at 8 p.m.
Adult admission is $5. Youths 16 and younger will be admitted free.
Mates has been calling dances and teaching dance calling for at least three decades and has been calling in Port Townsend for at least 20 years.
The Onlies are returning to Quimper Grange for the third time.
All dances are taught. All experience levels and ages are welcome. It is not necessary to bring a partner.
Dancers are encouraged to bring snacks to share with other dancers.
For more information, visit www.ptcommunitydance.com or phone Dave Thielk at 360-385-3308.
Dance and potluck
PORT TOWNSEND — An English country dance and potluck is planned for the Rosewind Common House, 3131 Haines St., from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Dancing will be taught by Nan Evans, with music provided by the Rosewind Country Dance Band.
The dance will be followed by a potluck dinner. Suggested donation is $5.
The RoseWind Common House is a fragrance-free facility, and dance shoes or slippers are OK for use on the dance floor.
For more information, email dan.post@frandango.org.
Staged reading
PORT TOWNSEND — A staged reading of “Vanities,” the tale of three college friends, is set for 6 p.m. Sunday.
The Key City Public Theatre presentation will be at the Alchemy Bistro, 842 Washington St., with Angela Amos, Colleen Dobbin and Amy Sousa portraying the trio.
Tickets are $48 per person, including the three-course meal created by Alchemy chef David Kithcart.
“Vanities,” set in the 1960s and ’70s, opened in New York City in 1976 and became one of the longest-running comedies in off-Broadway history.
For reservations and details about “Vanities” and other Key City offerings, phone 360-385-KCPT (5278) or visit www.KeyCityPublicTheatre.org.
NORDLAND
Flagler friends meeting
NORDLAND — The Friends of Fort Flagler’s annual meeting will be held in the Hospital Building at Fort Flagler State Park, 10541 Flagler Road, on Sunday.
Refreshments and entertainment from the Ukuleles Unite! musical group will begin at 1 p.m.
A review of 2013 events is planned, followed by board elections for 2014.
Presentations on photography insights and expertise, high-speed Internet on Marrowstone Island and an update on the Washington State Parks system from Fort Flagler State Park Manager Mike Zimmerman are planned.
For more information, email fofflagler@gmail.com.
CHIMACUM
4-H Super Saturday
CHIMACUM — Free workshops for all ages are planned at the 4-H Super Saturday at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, and across the street at the Chimacum Grange Hall, 9572 Rhody Drive.
Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m., with workshops starting at 10 a.m. and running until 3 p.m.
Lunch (on participants’ own) is set from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Workshops planned include “Cover Letters and Applications,” “Junk Drawer Robotics,” “Honeybees,” “Inquiry Science Fun,” “How to Create Educational Displays,” “4-H Judging Contest Know-How,” “Oral Reason,” “Animal Nutrition,” “The Glenda Project,” “Experiential Learning Through Challenge,” “Beginning GIS Mapping” and “Public Presentations Made Easy.”
The event is sponsored by Jefferson County 4-H.
A full schedule and more details are available at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-4HSuperSaturday.
Nordic treasures
CHIMACUM — Members of Thea Foss No. 45 Daughters of Norway will present Nordic treasures and induct new members at 1 p.m. Sunday.
The meeting will be at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.
The event is open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-379-1802.
PORT LUDLOW
Port Ludlow art show
PORT LUDLOW — The November art show can be seen at the Port Ludlow Artists’ League Gallery next to Columbia Bank, 9500 Oak Bay Road.
Sharon Zablotney’s jewelry, Lee Dunn’s beads and Nancy Dunn’s embroidery are on display Tuesday through Saturday.
The gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
SEQUIM
Discussion group
SEQUIM — The Sequim Great Decisions Discussion Group will tackle two topics during a meeting at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon today.
The group will discuss U.S. foreign policy toward China.
Background material for this discussion is contained in two articles from the September/October 2013 edition of Foreign Affairs: “Why Convergence Breeds Conflict: Growing More Similar Will Push China and the United States Apart” and “China’s Real and Present Danger: Now Is the Time for Washington to Worry.”
Discussion topics, which concern domestic and foreign policy issues, are normally taken from the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions 2014 Briefing Book and from Foreign Affairs, the bimonthly publication of the Council on Foreign Relations.
New members are welcome.
For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/SequimGreatDecisionsDiscussion.
Musical benefit
SEQUIM — A musical benefit for Port Angeles resident Autumn Pierce Washburn will be held at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Washburn is undergoing chemotherapy for a rare blood disorder and is out of work during the winter.
She is a single mother with two young children.
The band Old Growth will perform classic rock and some country selections.
Food also will be available.
Admission is by donation.
Donations may be made to the Autumn Washburn Fund at First Federal branches in Sequim and Port Angeles.
Winter bike clinic
SEQUIM — A free winter bike clinic at All Around Bikes (formerly Mike’s Bikes), 150 W. Sequim Bay Road, will focus on tires.
The clinic, “Flat Tires: All You Need to Know and Have to Ride with Confidence,” will be at 10 a.m. Saturday.
On Nov. 23, the free clinic will be “Chain Maintenance for Wet, Wintry Months.”
Thrift shop open
SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop, 204 W. Bell St., will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The shop has holiday items, fine dishes and glassware for holiday dinner parties; gently used winter clothing for men, women and children; jewelry; furniture; and home accessories.
Volunteers and consigners are always needed. Phone 360-683-7044.
PORT ANGELES
Advisory council
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary advisory council will be updated on a natural resource program at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center and hear about essential fish habitat proposals today.
The meeting, which is open to the public, will be from 9:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Room 160 at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St.
Public comment will be at 2:45 p.m.
The agenda will include a status update from Pacific Fishery Management Council actions requesting Essential Fish Habitat proposals, an update on the sanctuary’s implementation of a 2011 management plan and a report on the sanctuary’s projected implementation of 2014 priorities.
For more information, email Karlyn Langjahr at karlyn.langjahr@noaa.gov or visit www.olympiccoast.noaa.gov.
Diabetes lecture
PORT ANGELES — Registered nurse and certified diabetes educator Sandy Sinnes will discuss diabetes at 9:45 a.m. today.
The lecture will be at a special adult Sunday school class at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave.
It is the final in a series of medical talks at the church.
Hunger-relief reading
PORT ANGELES — The 18th annual Reading for Hunger Relief will be at 7 tonight, bringing together 15 poets and prose writers at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Admission is $5 or a donation of nonperishable food. Proceeds go to Port Angeles’ and Sequim’s food banks.
For $10, guests can take home a chapbook of the evening’s poetry and stories.
The evening is sponsored by the Peninsula College Foothills Writers Series and Port Book and News.
Gospel singers
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers will offer their annual Benefactor’s Concert at 7 tonight.
There’s no admission charge to the concert at Queen of Angels Church, 209 W. 11th St., but donations will be accepted.
The Benefactor’s Concert is an appeal to would-be supporters of the nonprofit choir. Everyone is welcome. The singers invite guests to RSVP at 360-457-5374 to ensure plenty of coffee, tea and dessert for everybody.
More information about the choir is at www.PMGospelSingers.com.
Student plays
PORT ANGELES — One-act plays written and directed by students will grace the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center stage today and Saturday.
The curtain will rise at 7 both nights at the school at 304 E. Park Ave.
Admission is $5, or $4 for current students.
The one-act plays “A Mistake” and “The Butler Did It” opened Wednesday.
“A Mistake,” written and directed by Megan Mundy, is a family drama about what happens when a member of a pair of twins returns home — 20 years after her death, said Steven Zarit, Thespian Club adviser and producer of the plays.
The cast features thespians Madi Drew, Tavin Dotson, Hannah Little, Genna Mirch, Brady Anderson, Deanna Trujillo, John Doster, Kay Methner, Aidan Abbot, Cody Anderson, Sarah Chestnut, Emma Szezepczynski, Leah Marsh and Sarah Baker.
“The Butler Did It” is a seriocomic murder mystery written and directed by Mary Dawson and Kayla LaFritz.
In the play, the entire family’s name is Butler, and they have a butler, Zarit said.
The cast features thespians Leah Marsh, Emma Szezepczynski, Tavin Dotson, Megan Mandy, Kay Methner, Madi Drew, Aidan Abbot, Kayla LaFritz, Cody Anderson, John Doster and Lynette House.
‘Wings’ tryouts
PORT ANGELES — Auditions for “Waiting in the Wings” are set at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The Port Angeles Community Players production of this Noel Coward comedy about The Wings, a home for retired actresses, will take the stage in February,
Director Nikkole Adams will hold the tryouts.
Roles are available for 11 women 55 and older, three women 25 and older, two adult men of any age and two men older than 35.
Performers don’t need to bring any prepared material to the auditions, but playbooks are available at the reference desks of the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., and the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Those who cannot make it to next week’s auditions are encouraged to phone Adams for an appointment at 360-640-2957.
Rehearsals for “Waiting in the Wings” will start in January, and the show will run Feb. 21-March 9 at the community playhouse.
Country dance
PORT ANGELES — Serendipity will perform at the Dry Creek Grange, 3130 W. Edgewood Drive, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The band will play older country music for dancing.
Admission will be free.
Snacks will be provided.
Benefit art sale
PORT ANGELES — Local artists Monica Gutierrez-Quarto and Patrick Loafman will present their art at a benefit art sale and wine tasting at Olympic Cellars, 255410 U.S. Highway 101, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Loafman’s carved and painted gourds will be accompanied by Gutierrez-Quarto’s original acrylic paintings, woodcut prints and mixed media artwork.
Gutierrez-Quarto plans to donate 30 percent of sales to the nonprofit Mangrove Action Project, which is dedicated to the protection of the world’s mangrove forest ecosystems.
Market meet, potluck
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Farmers Market will hold its annual meeting and potluck at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St., from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
This annual end-of-the-year meeting brings the market’s board of directors, vendors, customers and community members together for an informational evening to review the past year, elect new board members and spend some time socializing at a potluck dinner.
A gift raffle will take place at the end of the evening, with everyone encouraged to “bring a gift to get a gift.”
Gift items should be inexpensive, handmade, recycled or purchased.
All gifts are welcome, and the general public is encouraged to attend.
Those attending should bring a dish to share as well as a plate, cup and utensils for each member of their party to help cut down on waste.
A few plates and utensils will be available at the potluck.
For more information, phone market manager Cynthia Warne at 360-460-0361.
FORKS
Shipwreck lecture set
FORKS — Longtime Forks resident and history buff Rod Fleck will present “When Shipwrecks Change History: The Nikolai and the Condor” at 6:30 tonight.
Fleck, who is also the city attorney and planner, will discuss how shipwrecks along the Olympic coast affected world events during the talk at the Olympic Natural Resources Center, 1455 S. Forks Ave.
The talk and dessert potluck is part of the Olympic Natural Resources Center’s monthly Evening Talks at ONRC program.
Fleck’s presentation will feature two shipwrecks: the Nikolai (Russian brig St. Nicholas), the first recorded shipwreck along the Washington coast in September of 1808; and the HMS Condor, a 980-ton, barkentine-rigged steam sloop that sank off the Washington coast in 1901.
The event is free. Visitors should bring an item for the dessert potluck.
For more information, contact Ellen Matheny at 360-374-4556 or ematheny@uw.edu.
Prime rib dinner
FORKS — Forks Emblem Club No. 488 will serve a full-course prime rib dinner at the Forks Elks Lodge, 941 Merchant Road, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
The cost is $22, and children 12 and younger can share a plate. Baked chicken will be available for $17.
Reserve a table through Dora Maxfield at 360-374-8473 or buy tickets at the door.
