Tales of travel and gorillas, as well as benefits and outings, are tentatively planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
Many of those organizing the events listed below said Thursday morning that they expect to hold their activities but could decide to cancel given weather conditions.
Continued snowfall and icy conditions could result in cancellations, so phone before you travel to the events.
For information about zydeco queen Rosie Ledet at The Upstage in Port Townsend and more about arts and entertainment events, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, in today’s print edition.
Other events are in the “Things to Do” calendar, available online at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
PORT ANGELES
Family flicks Saturday
PORT ANGELES — Family Flicks Saturday Matinees will continue at the Port Angeles Library on Saturday.
“The Adventures of Milo and Otis” will be presented at 2 p.m. at the library at 2210 Peabody St.
Offered the third Saturday of each month, the family-friendly movie series features children’s movie classics, discussion and popcorn. January’s film is a rollicking adventure across the countryside with the best of friends, a pug and an orange tabby cat, narrated by actor Dudley Moore.
“The program is part of the library’s ongoing efforts to provide opportunities for free, family-friendly fun” said library manager Lisa Musgrove.
“We want the matinees to draw attention to the North Olympic Library System’s great collection of movies, plus it’s a fun thing to do together on a cold winter afternoon.”
The program is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-417-8502 or email youth@nols.org.
Girdle Scouts auditions
PORT ANGELES — Auditions begin Saturday for the Girdle Scouts, a performing troupe specializing in cabaret, burlesque, comedy and drag.
Those interested in joining the Girdle Scouts — and who can commit to rehearsals and performances — were asked to email the troupe at troopleater@girdlescouts.com by Jan. 15 to find out where the auditions would be.
At the auditions, each candidate will be interviewed and asked to perform a two- to four-minute piece to best reflect his or her particular talents.
Candidates will also learn a group piece from the Girdle Scouts’ choreographer and perform it together with the troupe.
To learn more, visit www.GirdleScouts.com or find the Girdle Scouts of Port Angeles on Facebook.
SEQUIM
Gorillas tonight
SEQUIM — Seattle-based lawyer and veterinarian Jode Garbe will discuss her work setting up a gorilla sanctuary in the African nation of Rwanda at a Reader Theatre Plus event at 7 p.m. tonight.
The free event, which was rescheduled from Tuesday because of inclement weather, will be held at the Old Dungeness Schoolhouse, 2781 Towne Road.
Garbe will discuss her work running RwandaNOW (Nurturing Our World), a nonprofit promoting sustainability, conservation, education, environmental consciousness and green economic empowerment in Rwanda.
Readers Theatre Plus members Jim and Carol Dries will speak about their recent trek to Africa to visit gorillas in their native habitat.
Former KIRO and KING television personality Penny LeGate will join Garbe in the presentation.
Garbe is developing Rwanda Wildlife Sanctuary & Science Education Center, which will serve as a venue for Rwandans to learn about their environment and protect it in a sustainable way.
This sanctuary also will house rescued wildlife that has been illegally captured and confiscated.
For more information, phone 360-681-3862.
Pancake breakfast
SEQUIM — A pancake breakfast is planned at the Sequim Prairie Grange on Sunday.
The breakfast will be from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the grange at 290 Macleay Road.
Ham, eggs, juice and all the pancakes you can eat will be served.
Cost for adults is $5, ages 10 and younger $3.
For more information phone 360-681-4189.
Thrift shop
SEQUIM — The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop is scheduled to be open Saturday.
The shop at Second and Bell streets will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Winter clothing, dishware, household items and furniture will be featured.
All white-tag items will be marked at half-price.
Volunteers are needed.
For more information, phone 360-683-7044.
Car wash benefit
SEQUIM — The Sequim High School Band will hold a car wash benefit Saturday.
The car wash will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Tarcisio’s parking lot, 609 W. Washington St.
Donations will help students pay for trips to band events in Victoria, Anaheim, Calif., and throughout the state.
The event is sponsored by Band Boosters, a nonprofit, parent-run organization supporting the Sequim High School Band Program.
Sequim High School Band’s free spring concert will be held at the high school auditorium at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 29.
3-D drawing class
SEQUIM — Around Again, 22 Gilbert Road, will host a free 3-D drawing class from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday.
Those with some level of computer know-how should be comfortable with the program in about an hour.
Reservations are required. Phone 360-683-7862 to sign up.
PORT TOWNSEND/JEFFERSON COUNTY
MoveOn rally Saturday
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County MoveOn Council will host a rally Saturday indoors at the Pope Marine Plaza.
The rally, which will be from noon to 1:30 p.m., will commemorate the second anniversary of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, a January 2010 ruling by a divided U.S. Supreme Court that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections.
“Citizens United — No Way!” will focus on the impact of the decision.
A skit re-enacting the Supreme Court decision made two years ago is planned.
Also available will be information and petitions encouraging support of a proposed constitutional amendment nullifying the Citizens United decision from county commissioners, state legislators and members of Congress.
Several speakers are planned.
For more information, phone Diamond at 360-385-2341.
To sign up for the event, visit http://tinyurl.com/89ddmro.
Marine film benefit
PORT TOWNSEND — A two-part marine environment film series benefit will be held at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St., on Saturday and again Saturday, Jan. 28.
At the “All Things Salmon” event at 6:30 p.m. this Saturday, two films focusing on local habitat restoration and recovery programs will be screened.
“Buried in Sawdust for 50 Years” covers the efforts to rehabilitate a former mill site near the confluence of Snow and Salmon creeks at Discovery Bay.
“Rebirth of the Elwha” discusses the Elwha Dam removal project.
Admission is $7 for this event.
Three films will be screened at the second event, “All Things Shellfish,” at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28.
The films are “Community Shellfish Farming,” “Almost Lost: Olympia Oyster” and “Almost Lost: Pacific Abalone.”
A raw and cooked shellfish bar sponsored by Taylor Shellfish will be served at this event.
Tickets are $13.
A portion of proceeds will benefit the Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee.
Contributors to the event include Leaping Frog Films, the Jefferson County Marine Resource Committee, the Northwest Straits Commission and the Port Townsend Marine Science Center.
Choir benefit set
PORT TOWNSEND — The PT Songlines Choir’s Winter Concert will be held at the Cotton Building, 607 Water St., at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Suggested donation is $12, and proceeds from the concert will benefit the Jefferson County Farm to School Coalition.
An evening of song will feature the choir, guest artists Maggie Clifford and Even Millman, and the audience.
The farm-to-school program works to get fresh, local food into schools and provides children with hands-on experience in school gardens.
For more information, phone Laurence Cole at 360-379-1553.
Concert tonight
PORT LUDLOW — A concert featuring Moldovan violinist Valeri Glava and American pianist Lee Tomboulian is planned tonight.
A diverse range of music — from Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5 to tunes from “Schindler’s List” and “Fiddler on the Roof,” and even the fiddle classic “Orange Blossom Special” — will be performed at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place.
Doors will open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. concert, presented by the Port Ludlow Arts Council with help from a Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) grant.
Tickets are $24 at the Bay Club, which can be reached at 360-437-2208.
To order with a credit card, visit www.PortLudlowArtsCouncil.com.
Earlier today, Tomboulian and Glava will play for some 325 elementary school students in the Chimacum School District in a program promoting music appreciation and cultural diversity.
During the hour before the evening concert at the Bay Club, patrons are invited to gather in the great room for a showing of artist Virginia Moyer’s photography from around the world.
The venue also offers a Russian-themed preconcert supper of beet salad, lamb stew with roasted fingerling potatoes and apple tart a la Russe beginning at 5 p.m.
To make dinner reservations, phone 360-437-7412.
Open house slated
CHIMACUM — The Chimacum School Board and superintendent are hosting a community open house Saturday.
The open house on a proposed property tax levy measure will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the high school commons, 91 West Valley Road.
The event will provide an opportunity for community members to acquire information regarding the capital projects levy request that will be on the Feb. 14 special election ballot and to tour the school facilities.
School Board members and staff will be on hand to answer questions.
For more information, phone the Chimacum School District office at 360-732-4090, ext. 223.
Masquerade dance
PORT TOWNSEND — A Black and White Masquerade Dance benefit will be held at the Madrona Mindbody Institute at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday.
Janice Eklund will present a swing dance lesson from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Caleb Peacock will host a DJ dance party from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Tickets are $8 per person or $25 per family.
Proceeds will benefit Port Townsend School District’s Individualized Choice Education — or ICE — program.
AAUW PT meeting
PORT TOWNSEND — Artist and arts educator Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the American Association of University Women on Saturday.
AAUW Port Townsend will meet at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave.
Refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m., with the meeting running from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Port Townsend artist Pepin-Wakefield is the author of the recently published Suitcase Filled with Nails: Lessons Learned from Teaching Art in Kuwait.
From 2004 to 2010, Pepin-Wakefield taught art to university-aged Muslim women at a newly opened women’s college in Kuwait.
Suitcase Filled with Nails chronicles these years and is filled with insights on working, living and coping in a culture that transcends prevalent Middle East stereotypes.
The program includes a PowerPoint presentation and readings from the book.
Signed copies of Suitcase Filled with Nails will be available for purchase after the business meeting.
AAUW is open to those who hold an associate degree or higher from an accredited institution.
For more information, email porttownsend@aauw-wa.org or visit www.aauwpt.org.
The author also will read from and discuss her book tonight at 7 at the Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water St.
Admission is free, while signed copies of Suitcase will be available for purchase.
For more information about Pepin-Wakefield’s life and art, visit www.YvonnePepinWakefield.com.
Her book is available through AuthorCloud Publishers at www.AuthorCloud.com. Current and prospective members are welcome.
Genealogical meeting
CHIMACUM — Genealogist Bev Brice will present “Quilts: Part of the Family Story” at the Jefferson County Genealogical Society’s monthly meeting Saturday.
The free gathering will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.
Brice will demonstrate how family quilts may be used to solve family history mysteries by identifying patterns and dating quilts using samples from her family collection dating from the 1880s.
She will explain how blending quilt pattern identification into family history research can assist in identifying who made the quilt and during what period.
Brice will also discuss care and preservation of these family treasures.
For more information, visit www.wajcgs.org.
Swing tonight
PORT TOWNSEND — The next Olympic Peninsula Dance club event is open to the public tonight.
The band, Lost in the Shuffle, will perform at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St.
This is a swing dance, with teachers Steve Johnson and Sonja Hickey providing a lesson at 7 p.m.
The live music starts at 8 p.m., and admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students and for people with disabilities, and $7 for children 12 and younger.
For more details about this family-friendly event, phone 360-385-6919 or 360-385-5327, or visit www.OlympicPeninsulaDance.com.
FORKS/WEST END
Cribbage tournament
FORKS — The Forks High Senior Class Safe Night Group will host a cribbage tournament benefit Saturday.
The tournament begin at 4 p.m. at the Forks Community Center, 91 Maple Ave.
The double-elimination tournament will have a $25 buy-in with a portion going to first, second and third place.
To sign up or for more information, phone Tina Ray at 360-640-2710 or Grace Powers at 360-640-9913.