NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 13.
Plays, tales, a pickleball tournament, benefits and auditions are among the activities offered on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about the Port Angeles Symphony’s Saturday performances with guest conductor Jooyong Ahn 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.
PORT TOWNSEND
‘Romeo and Juliet’
PORT TOWNSEND — OCEAN students will perform “Romeo and Juliet” at Mountain View YMCA, 1925 Blaine St., tonight, Saturday and Sunday.
Showtimes tonight and Saturday are 7 p.m.; the Sunday show is at 2 p.m.
Admission is pay-what-you-can; a suggested donation is $10 for adults, $5 for kids.
Audience members are urged to bring blankets, cushions and floor-level back support for close-up floor seating.
Some chairs and bleachers will be available.
For more information, phone 360-344-3435 or email info@mandalaforchange.com.
Whale tales event
PORT TOWNSEND — A night of “whale tales” will be held at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., at 7 tonight.
Admission is free, though donations are accepted.
Whether they are personal experiences, other’s events, poetry or questions about the reality of whales, all stories are welcome.
David Rugh, a wildlife biologist who has studied whales for more than a third of a century, is the main speaker.
To register for the event, visit www.tinyurl.com/ALPs2015Winter.
For more information, contact Rugh at dave.rugh48@gmail.com or 360-765-3807.
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 “Loopholes.”
Conversation Cafe is an exercise in active listening and nonconfrontational conversation.
For more information, visit www.conversationcafe.org.
Port Townsend dance
PORT TOWNSEND — A 2nd Saturday DJ Dance will be held at the Masonic Lodge, 1338 Jefferson St., from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is $10. Everyone is welcome. No partners are necessary.
The pre-dance lesson, “Introduction to Partner Dancing,” kicks off the night.
The dance follows with a variety of music, including waltz, salsa, cha cha, swing, nightclub two-step, country two-step, foxtrot, zydeco and more.
This facility is smoke- and scent-free.
For more information, email danceporttownsend@gmail.com or phone 360-437-0654.
Used book, media sale
PORT TOWNSEND — Friends of the Port Townsend Library will host a used book and media sale at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., visitors can buy a bag of books for $3.
This is a large sale of gently used books and media featuring a special children’s room with 50-cent books, a large gardening collection and art, maritime poetry and cookbooks.
All proceeds go toward the library’s programs.
Young singers shine
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Public Library’s Children’s Choir will perform at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
The free concert will be in the Cotton Building, 607 Water St.
The choir is made up of 25 children ages 5-12.
Audiences will hear songs in diverse styles and genres, from classical to rock, French folk to American traditional.
Accompanying the choir will be special guests David Hillman on piano; Sophie Pipia on guitar, ukulele and accordion; and Dahti Blanchard on recorder.
The concert is supported by the Friends of the Port Townsend Library. Donations are welcome.
For questions and further information, phone 360-379-2980.
Square dance
PORT TOWNSEND — A square dance is planned at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
The dance is $5 for adults; children 16 and younger are admitted free.
All dances are taught, and it is not necessary to bring a partner.
Port Townsend band Roscoe will play Southern square dance tunes with Seattle’s Amy Carroll calling squares and related dance sets.
For more details, see www.ptcommunitydance.com.
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.
CHIMACUM
Festival coronation
CHIMACUM — The Rhododendron Festival coronation program will be in the Chimacum High School auditorium, 91 West Valley Road, at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. Admission is $5.
Proceeds go to the Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival, which will be in May.
Pat Ruel, Seattle Seahawks assistant offensive line coach, will serve as master of ceremonies.
The Junior Court, Queen’s Court, Senior Court and a queen and two princesses for the 2015 Rhody Festival Royal Court will be crowned.
A reception will follow the ceremony.
Sam Smith, 17; Morgan Chaffee, 17; Deidra Morris, 16; and Lillian Kelly, 17, are candidates for the royal court.
For more information, see www.rhodyfestival.org.
Farmland volunteering
CHIMACUM — Chimacum Commons will host a Farmland and Fish Volunteer Event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The driveway leading to Chimacum Commons is directly across from Cenex, 9315 Rhody Drive. Follow the Jefferson Land Trust sandwich-board sign to the parking area in the field.
Admission is free.
This project involves planting trees to balance agricultural productivity with water quality and wildlife needs.
Gloves and some shovels will be provided. Volunteers are asked to bring shovels if possible.
Water and light snacks will be served.
For more information, contact Carrie Clendaniel at cclendaniel@saveland.org or 360-379-9501.
Norwegian lecture
CHIMACUM — Edmonds resident Roberta Murrow will speak on “Bunads and Their Regions of Norway” at a meeting of the Daughters of Norway Thea Foss No. 45 at 1 p.m. Sunday.
The club will meet at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road. The public is invited. Admission is free.
Murrow is a member of Western Norwegian Rosmalers’ Association. She participates in her local dancing group, a Liekkaring, which has traveled to Norway and Sweden.
Murrow will show the designs of costumes unique to their regions.
For more information, phone 360-379-1802.
BRINNON
Hempapalooza set
BRINNON — Hempapalooza, a medical marijuana farmers market focusing on education, awareness and responsibility, will be held at Brinnon Herbal Collective, 91 Corey Lane, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The public is welcome, and there are no admission fees; donations are accepted but not required.
Attendees must have valid medical authorization and ID for all medical cannabis transactions.
Children younger than 18 are not permitted without a parent or legal guardian.
Local vendors with non-marijuana products are welcome and encouraged.
For more information, visit www.potstop.net, phone Nicole Black at 360-301-0844 or email coleyblack@gmail.com.
SEQUIM
Pickleball tourney
SEQUIM — The registration deadline for the fourth annual Sequim Picklers Mixed Doubles Tournament is 7 p.m. tonight.
The tournament will be at the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, 400 Fir St., from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday.
The cost is $10 per team, to be paid at the gym on tournament day.
Age groups are 55 and older (Group 1) and 54 and younger (Group 2). In Group 1, both players have to be 55 or older. In Group 2, older players can move down.
The format of the tournament is as follows: double elimination, single game played to 15, USA Pickleball rules to govern play.
If one or more of a team is not there for an appointed match, the team forfeits.
Only people with permanent Clallam County residence can participate.
To register, email tbuchanan@wavecable.com or phone 360-477-4179.
When registering, provide an email address and phone number from each team member.
‘Bag It!’ screening
SEQUIM — Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way, will screen “Bag It!” at 6:30 tonight.
The film, which is free and open to the public, is about the role of plastic in our lives and its effect on our environment, done with humor.
For more information, visit www.nashsorganicproduce.com/events.html.
Photos of Cuba
SEQUIM — Professional photographer Stephen Cunliffe will give a special presentation at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, at 7 tonight.
Seats are $7. Space is limited; reservations are needed.
“Just 90 miles off our coast but closed to Americans for nearly a lifetime, Cuba has in many ways traveled a path of its own. Experience this mysterious island through the eyes of . . . Cunliffe,” a news release said.
Phone 360-681-4076 to reserve a seat.
Build a birdhouse
SEQUIM — The Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 West Hendrickson Road, will host a birdhouse-making class from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The cost is $15 for one person or $12 each for two or more people.
The class is open to children and adults.
It is limited to 18 participants, each of whom can build a high-quality, long-lasting birdhouse to take home and put up in time for spring.
For more information, phone 360-681-4076.
Genealogy meet
SEQUIM — Jolene Atchison will talk about the basics of ancestor research at a meeting of the Clallam County Genealogical Society from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The group will meet at Trinity Methodist Church, 100 N. Blake Ave. The public is welcome.
“Question Everything!” is the topic of Atchison’s address.
A Pacific Northwest native, Atchison is an active genealogist with more than 35 years’ experience, personally and professionally.
Besides sharing her knowledge in the classroom, she has lectured throughout the U.S.
Book discussion slated
SEQUIM — The Course of Honor by Lindsey Davis will be discussed at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Pre-registration for this program is not required; drop-ins always welcome.
An Amazon.com review describes the book as “an intriguing and suspenseful love story set during ancient Rome’s most turbulent period.
“Those who aspired to political power in ancient Rome had to follow what was known as The Course of Honor, forbidding a senator to marry a slave, even a freed slave.
“As Vespasian the soldier slowly rises from near-obscurity, no one could believe that a country-born army man might win the throne — no one, that is, except a slave girl who, with the future Emperor, begins a daring course of honor of her own.”
Print copies of The Course of Honor are available at the Sequim Library. They also can be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org.
Spaghetti dinner set
SEQUIM — The Sequim Valley Lions Club, with support from 7 Cedars Resort Properties, will host a spaghetti supper as a thank-you to area veterans for their service from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
The dinner will be the VFW Post 4760, 169 W. Washington St.
Veterans will eat for free, as will children 5 and younger. Others will pay $5 per plate.
Raffles and door prizes are planned.
Sequim Library sale
SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library will hold their monthly book sale at the Friends building behind the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Of special interest this month is a large collection of science fiction, fitness books for runners and a selection of railroad books.
Also available are music and audio books on CDs, movies, TV shows and documentaries on DVD, and jigsaw puzzles.
Proceeds from the sale fund children’s and adult programs at the Sequim Library.
Fiddlers to play
SEQUIM — The Washington Old Time Fiddlers will perform at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
The fiddlers will play at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road.
The public is invited.
‘Telling Your Story’
SEQUIM — Storyteller Colleen Squier will be the featured speaker, presenting “Telling Your Story” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
The lecture will be at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 73 Howe Road.
Squier appeared at the Northwest Folk Life festival for three years and placed third in the recent Liars’ Contest.
Child care will be provided.
PORT ANGELES
Free piano concert
PORT ANGELES — The music of Bach and Cecile Chaminade and hymns from “Let All Things Now Living” to “People Need the Lord” are on the program of the Deka Piano Trio’s free concert of classics and sacred music tonight.
All are welcome for the evensong performance at 7 p.m. at Seventh-day Adventist Church, 120 Eighth St.
The trio — pianist Gary McRoberts, violinist Penny Linterman and cellist Marlene Moore — also will offer selections including “Deep River,” “At Dawning,” the hymns “Redeemed” and “Nearer, Still Nearer,” and the Saint-Saens piece “Swan.”
Community dance
PORT ANGELES — The Just for Fun dance group will host an all-ages community dance from 6:30 p.m. till about 10 p.m. today at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St.
The Jimmy Hoffman Band will bring the rock and country music, and guests are welcome to bring soft drinks and snacks to share.
Adults in Steve and Ann Johnson’s Just for Fun swing-dance classes of the past month are invited to come free, while others are asked for a $5 donation at the door.
Youngsters 14 and younger get in free when accompanied by an adult.
‘A Chorus Line’
PORT ANGELES — Auditions for “A Chorus Line,” the spring production at Peninsula College, are today and Saturday in the Little Theater at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Singing and acting auditions will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.
Dance auditions will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Participants must attend both sessions.
For the dance auditions, hopefuls should wear dance or workout clothes and dance shoes if possible.
Cold readings will be available, too.
Lara Starcevich of the Peninsula College drama department will stage the show June 4-7 in the Little Theater.
For more information, contact her at laras@pencol.edu or 360-417-6478.
‘To Light a Candle’
PORT ANGELES — A free screening of “To Light a Candle” will take place in Peninsula College’s Pirate Union Building, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., at noon today.
“To Light a Candle” is a documentary by journalist Maziar Bahari about human rights abuse and issues of religious freedom in Iran, in particular related to the Baha’i minority in Iran.
For more information, contact Gary Melendy at gmelendy@pencol.edu or 360-417-6365.
Derby Jell-O shots
PORT ANGELES — Port Scandalous Roller Derby is sponsoring a Jell-O shot team fundraiser at Bar N9NE, 229 W. First St., from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday.
Skaters will sell Irish-themed shots to the 21-and-older crowd at $2 apiece.
Proceeds go toward the nonprofit’s upcoming bouts, travel expenses, uniforms, practice space rental and more.
A DJ will spin mixes throughout the night.
A guessing game with prizes is planned, and pretzel necklaces will be for sale.
For more information, visit www.portscandalous.com or www.facebook.com/PortScandalousRollerDerby, or email portscandalousrollerderby@gmail.com.
Corned beef dinner
PORT ANGELES — An annual corned beef and cabbage dinner will be held at the Mount Pleasant Grange, 2432 Mount Pleasant Road, at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is $15 per person.
The menu includes corned beef and cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes, rolls with butter, assorted beverages, green Jell-O salad and white cake.
Jim Lind & Going Rogue will perform.
Raffles and prizes are planned.
For more information, phone Sarah Kaser at 360-452-3942.
One-day Zen retreat
PORT ANGELES — North Olympic Sangha, a Zen community, will hold a by-donation Zazenkai (a one-day Zen retreat) from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Alternated zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation) and private, individual instruction with the Zen master are available.
Silent coffee/tea breaks and a simple soup and bread lunch will be offered.
At 10 a.m., there will be a chanting service.
At 1 p.m., a Zen master will present a talk on “Wisdom Beyond Wisdom: The Heart Sutra.”
For directions and more information, phone 360-452-5534 or email NOSangha@aol.com.
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 every Sunday except holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. 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.
FORKS
Entertainment night
FORKS — The Young Life Club and Youth Group will host an entertainment and dessert night at Forks First Baptist Church, 651 S. Forks Ave., at 7 tonight.
Skits will be performed.
Admission is by donations, with proceeds going toward summer camps and youth trips.
Family-friendly dance
FORKS — A family dance will be held at the Family First Center, 915 S. Forks Ave., from 7 to 11 tonight.
DJ Camello will spin hits for this event.
Admission is a minimum donation of $5.
All funds raised will benefit the nonprofit programs of Concerned Citizens.
For more information, phone 360-374-9340, ext. 216.