NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 2.
Cleanups, music, a rock show and the telling of local tales and history will be offered this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.
For information about the NorthWest Women’s Chorale concerts in Sequim and Port Angeles, the Sequim Art Walk and the Port Townsend Gallery Walk, as well as other arts and entertainment news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment magazine, in today’s edition.
Also check the calendar at the PDN’s website, www.peninsuladailynews.com.
PORT ANGELES
‘Favorite Pets’ show
PORT ANGELES — The opening of “Our Favorite Pets,” an art show by Roosevelt Elementary School second-graders, will be celebrated from 6 to 8 tonight.
The show is inside The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave.
The public is invited to the opening. Admission is free.
The show will stay on display until June 6.
Clock history tales
PORT ANGELES — Paul Middents, who has studied time and timekeepers for more than 40 years, will share his knowledge of the Clallam County Courthouse clock at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The lecture in the Clallam County Historical Society’s History Tales series will be at First United Methodist Church, 110 E. Seventh St.
Parking and entry to the church’s social hall is on Laurel Street.
Middents will give an illustrated talk about the courthouse clock and its history.
History Tales is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone the Clallam County Historical Society’s office at 360-452-2662 or email artifact@olypen.com.
Spoonful party
PORT ANGELES — Free, live music will fill Oven Spoonful, 110 E. First St., today in the cafe’s second-anniversary party. Harpist John Manno will play through the afternoon, then jazz vocalist Sarah Shea will sing from 6 p.m. till 8 p.m.
Dinner specials, wine, beer and espresso will be served, and a drawing for a $100 Oven Spoonful gift certificate will be held. The cafe can be reached at 360-457-OVEN (6836).
Downtown cleanup
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Downtown Association needs volunteers to help spruce up downtown for the summer season during the annual Clean Sweep from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Volunteers will sign in at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain at First and Laurel streets. There, they will receive maps of areas needing work.
Some tools and gloves will be available.
For more information, phone 360-457-9614.
SUP film to screen
PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College’s Magic of Cinema film series will screen “That First Glide” at 7 tonight.
The film — an inspirational tale about stand-up paddle, one of the fastest-growing water sports in the world — will be shown in the Maier Performance Hall at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Admission to the film is $5 general and free to students with student identification.
Following the film’s screening, Sound Bikes and Kayaks will give a gift certificate for two for an stand-up paddle rental for four hours to a drawing winner.
The evening will include a question-and-answer session led by Rob Casey, a Seattle-based stand-up paddle instructor, guide, photographer and author.
For more information on the film series, email Sean Gomez at sgomez@pencol.edu.
Garden Club plant sale
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Garden Club members will host a plant sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The annual spring plant sale will be at the senior center, 328 E. Seventh St.
A solid wood two-seat garden bench made by one of the members will be on view for a drawing to be held that day.
Fast-pitch car wash set
PORT ANGELES — The Impact Japan fast-pitch team will hold a car wash fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The car wash will be at Domino’s Pizza, 1210 E. Front St.
For more information, phone 360-912-1558.
Visitor center cleanup
PORT ANGELES — The public is invited to participate in a work party hosted by the Friends of Olympic National Park at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center, 3002 Mount Angeles Road, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Participants are asked to meet in the visitor center parking lot at 9 a.m.
The Friends will provide coffee and light refreshments.
Some tools will be available, but participants are urged to bring their favorite hand tools and gloves.
For more information, email David Morris at aaakwacha33@yahoo.com.
Farmers market music
PORT ANGELES — The Winterlings will play the Port Angeles Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The folk and Americana concert is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-460-0361.
Swing, ballroom dance
PORT ANGELES — An evening of ballroom, folk and swing dancing will be held at the Scandia Hall, Sons of Norway Lodge, 131 W. Fifth St., from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Sunday.
No partner is needed. All ages are welcome.
The cost is $2 for members, $3 for guests.
Potluck refreshments are at 9 p.m.
‘Inequality for All’ film
PORT ANGELES — The film “Inequality for All” will screen at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 73 Howe Road, at 1 p.m. Sunday.
“Inequality for All” is a documentary by former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich. He looks to raise awareness of the country’s widening economic gap.
For more information, phone 360-417-2665 or visit www.olympicuuf.org.
Yacht Club open house
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Yacht Club, 1305 Marine Drive, will host a water activities open house from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free.
The open house will provide information on how to safely enjoy the water, with demonstrations of equipment for water activities.
Information on the Boat Haven Marina and Boat Yard services also will be available.
The Power Squadron will conduct free vessel-safety checks for any boat at the marina or brought to the event, and 2014 decals will be provided for those that successfully pass inspection.
The club will have power- and sailboats open for tours.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, phone Randy Volker at 619-884-4599, email volkerrb@gmail.com or visit www.payc.org.
Musicale auditions
PORT ANGELES — Monday Musicale invites all high school senior music students intending to major or minor in music as they continue their education to audition for scholarships of up to $3,000 at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Auditions will be at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 Lopez Ave.
Students will perform a classical piece of no more than 10 minutes long.
The performances are free and open to the public.
For more information about composition requirements or for general questions, phone 360-683-7601 or email vrgnjac50@aol.com.
SEQUIM
‘Frozen’ at library
SEQUIM — The final showing for this season of the Family Flicks movie series at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., will be “Frozen” at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is free.
For information on this and other programs for families, phone the Sequim Library at 360-683-1161, email Youth@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
Sounds of spring
SEQUIM — The seventh session of the Dungeness River Audubon Society’s Backyard Birding program, “Enjoying Spring Sounds,” is set from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Participants will meet at the river center at 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.
There is a $5 fee for those older than 18.
Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society members Dow Lambert and Ken Wiersema will present locally recorded photos, videos and sounds of birds.
The program will feature recent recordings as well as those introduced in last year’s program.
The final class in the 2013-14 series, “Birds Out of the Nest,” will be June 7, when Wiersema will discuss the vulnerabilities, feeding, needs and lifestyles of backyard birds as they leave their nests.
The public is invited to attend the series.
Sunday breakfast
SEQUIM — A $5 Sunday breakfast will be prepared and served at VFW Post 4760, 169 E. Washington St., from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday.
All are welcome.
Breakfasts will be held every Sunday through July 27.
For more information, phone Amber Wheeler at 360-683-9546, email secretary@vfwpost4760.com or visit www.vfwpost4760.com.
PORT TOWNSEND
Big-band show
PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwest Big Band workshop, a gathering of musicians from across the region, will hold its culminating dance concert at the American Legion Hall, 209 Monroe St., tonight.
Music of the 1930s through the ’50s will fill the place starting at 7:30 p.m.
Admission is a $5 donation.
Proceeds will benefit the Jefferson County Winter Shelter.
Storynight slated
PORT TOWNSEND — First Friday Storynight at Better Living Through Coffee, 100 Tyler St., will feature guest teller Mitch Luckett from 7 to 9 tonight.
There is a $10 suggested donation, but no one will be turned away.
There will also be an open-mic section.
For more information, phone 360-531-4395.
PT history lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — Author Bill Ransom will speak about the cultural climate of Port Townsend in the 1970s that eventually led to the creation of Centrum during the Jefferson County Historical Society First Friday Lecture at 7 tonight.
The talk will be at historic City Hall, 540 Water St.
Admission is by donation, which supports historical society programs.
For more information, phone Bill Tennent, historical society executive director, at 360-385-1003.
Rock Club Gemboree
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Rock Club will host its annual Rock Club Gemboree from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The free show will be at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landis St.
The club plans demonstrations and hands-on workshops in lapidary, silverwork, faceting, scrimshaw, wire-wrapping, heavy wire work and cabochon beading.
There may be a nominal charge for materials used in hands-on workshops.
For more information, phone Nancy Rhodes at 360-437-8105.
Art show, workshops
PORT TOWNSEND — Saturday workshops will coincide with the “Escape into Art” show.
More than 400 pieces of art created by Port Townsend School District students are on display at 43 businesses during the monthlong “Escape into Art,” a fundraiser for school-based art programs.
On Saturday, Margie McDonald, artist-in-residence at the Port Townsend School District, will teach a wire workshop for adults from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Hastings Building, 839 Water St.
The $45 fee includes gourmet pizza, cheese and wine.
McDonald and Wanda LeClerc also will conduct a free children’s weaving workshop from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the same location.
For more information or a list of businesses, phone 360-385-7811 or visit www.ptmainstreet.org or www.ptartscape.com.
Mount Rainier talk
PORT TOWNSEND — A geology lecture is set at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.
For more information, phone Lys Burden at 360-385-4881, email WPburden@aol.com or visit www.quimpergeology.org.
Equine dental clinic
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County 4-H Horse Project will host an open equine dental clinic Saturday and Sunday.
Dr. Richard Vetter of Performance Equine Dentistry will be at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St., both days examining and treating horses, ponies, donkeys and miniature horses.
Appointments are booked on a first-come, first-served basis.
Phone 360-379-6931 to schedule an appointment.
Supplements workshop
PORT TOWNSEND — A free workshop, “Supplements: Are They for Me?,” will be held at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The workshop will cover issues such as confusing interpretations on supplementation for heart attack prevention, cancer prevention and treatment, osteoarthritis prevention, plus the effects of coffee, tea and chocolate.
For more information, email Sandra Smith-Poling at spoling47@gmail.com or visit www.quuf.org.
‘Nebraska’ in PT
PORT TOWNSEND — The nonprofit Port Townsend Film Festival will host a screening and discussion of “Nebraska,” a nominee for 2013’s Picture of the Year Oscar, at noon Sunday.
Screenwriter Bob Nelson will join Seattle Times film critic Moira Macdonald for a conversation after the movie at the Rose Theatre, 235 Taylor St.
Tickets are $12.
They can be reserved in advance at www.rosetheatre.com or 360-379-1333.
COYLE
Music in the woods
COYLE — Correo Aereo will perform at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel Point Road, at 7:30 tonight.
Madeleine Sosin and Abel Rocha of Correo Aereo — Spanish for “air mail” — will take the stage to perform traditional music of Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico.
All ages are welcome, and admission is by donation.
To learn more, visit www.correoaereo.us, and for directions to the community center, visit www.coyleconcerts.com or phone concert presenter Norm Johnson at 360-765-3449.
CHIMACUM
Club plant sale set
CHIMACUM — A Tri-Area Garden Club Plant Sale is planned at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Plants are from member gardens and donations from local nurseries.
Prices will vary.
For more information, phone Kathy Ryan at 360-379-1226 or email ronkatr@msn.com.
‘Share the Bounty’
CHIMACUM — Mark Pearson of The Brothers Four will share a night of his songs and stories in a benefit program, “Share the Bounty,” in the Chimacum High School auditorium, 91 West Valley Road, at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is a suggested $15 donation, with proceeds to benefit the Weekend Nutrition School Backpack Programs in Chimacum, Quilcene and Port Townsend; the Y Summer Feeding Program; and Jefferson County food banks.
For more information, contact Barbara Berthiaume at 360-437-0423 or barbara.berthiaume@gmail.com.
QUILCENE
Scavenger hunt
QUILCENE — A “Getting to Know You” Quilcene/Brinnon Scavenger Hunt will start in the Quilcene school parking lot at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Registration starts at 9 a.m. The hunt will end at 2 p.m.
A donation of $5 per person is requested. Children 5 and younger can participate for free.
Teams must be made up of four or more people.
Funds will be donated to Quilcene schools.
Prizes will be awarded to all participants.
For more information, phone 360-765-3570.
Outdoor Club hike
QUILCENE — The Olympic Outdoor Club will hike the Duckabush River Trail on Sunday.
This is a moderately difficult hike of 10.6 miles round trip, with an elevation gain of 2,300 feet and a high point of 1,750 feet.
For start time and location, as well as requirements, email olympic.outdoor@gmail.com.
WEST END
Outdoor Club hike
CLALLAM BAY — The Olympic Outdoor Club will hike the Clallam Bay Spit on Saturday.
This is an easy hike of 2.5 miles round trip, with no elevation gain and a high point of 20 feet.
For start time and location, as well as requirements, email olympic.outdoor@gmail.com.
Seniors plant sale
SEKIU — The West End Seniors of Clallam Bay and Sekiu will hold the group’s annual plant sale at the Sekiu Community Center, 42 Rice St., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Lunch will be available.
Messy Palette art will be shown and for sale.
Vendors are welcome for $10 a day.
For more information, phone Chairman John Burdick at 360-963-2439.
Canning workshop
FORKS — A food preservation and canning workshop will be held at First Congregational Church, 280 S. Spartan Ave., from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
The class is free; pressure cooker testing is $5.
Betsy Wharton, a food safety and preservation adviser with Washington State University’s Clallam County Extension, will talk about safe and effective methods for preserving garden harvests and answer questions.
For more information, phone the WSU Clallam County Extension office at 360-417-2279.
Hip-hop, acoustic rock
FORKS — Temple Veil and Ace, hip-hop and acoustic rock musicians, will play at Calvary Chapel Forks, 451 Fifth Ave., from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, visit www.calvarychapelforks.org.
‘Fairy garden’ class
FORKS — The Rusty Gate Nursery, 221 Wood St., will offer a “fairy garden” class this Saturday and a “container class” Saturday, May 17.
Both classes start at noon.
For more information or to register, phone 360-374-5058.
Dog obedience
FORKS — A dog obedience state qualifier for 4-H will be held at Tillicum Park at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Makenzir Weston is sponsoring the event as her senior project.
For more information, phone 360-640-2233.
Lions Club auction
FORKS — The Forks Lions Club will host the annual White Cane Days Auction at Blakeslee’s Bar and Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave., at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The Forks Lions will serve as bartenders and auctioneers.
All proceeds will go to Lions Club sight projects.
Kids Fishing Day
FORKS — The annual West End Sportsmen’s Club-sponsored Kids Fishing Day will be held at the Bogachiel Rearing Pond from 6 a.m. to noon Sunday.
All children 12 and younger are welcome.
Coffee, hot chocolate and doughnuts will be provided free.
The club has poles to loan if needed. Fishing gear is first-come, first-served.
There is a five-fish limit per person.
Lions breakfast
JOYCE — The Port Angeles Lions Club will host a benefit breakfast at the Crescent Bay Lions Club, state Highway 112 and Holly Hill Road, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.
Also joining the Lions will be the Luck of the Draw band, which will play for breakfast guests.
Breakfast is $6 for adults and $3 for children.
The menu includes pancakes, french toast, biscuits and gravy, hashbrowns, breakfast meats and beverages.
All proceeds go to the Crescent Bay Lions to be used in their community for scholarships, eyeglasses, food baskets and other needs.
