As fair October weather beckons, those with a yen to relax can choose among a plethora of possibilities on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
Here is a sample of activities.
Winemakers Gala
PORT ANGELES — Tickets are still available for “An Evening in Barcelona,” the 2009 Harvest of Hope Winemakers Gala sponsored by Olympic Medical Center Foundation, which will be Saturday.
The gala, organized in conjunction with the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, will be at the SunLand Golf & Country Club, 109 Hilltop Drive, Sequim. Cocktails will begin at 6 p.m., with dinner served at 6:45 p.m.
Tickets are $95 per person. Funds will be used for OMC’s Thomas Family Cancer Center in Sequim.
Chef Doug Seaver of Cedar Creek Catering and wine importer Classical Wines of Seattle will be featured. Todd Ortloff of KONP radio will be the master of ceremonies.
Among the live auction items are two tickets to a 2009 World Series game of choice, four tickets to a taping of “Dancing With the Stars,” four tickets to a taping of “American Idol,” a “Day of Beauty” for four women at the Sanctuary Day Spa, two “instant” wine cellars, two meals a month for 12 months at The Oak Table Cafe and Chestnut Cottage, and a private dinner for six with Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna.
For tickets, phone 360-460-2939.
Fore information, www.omhf. org.
Free class
SEQUIM — A water awareness class will be held at Botanical Touch, 115 N. Sequim Ave., from 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. on Friday.
The class is free.
For reservations or for more information, phone 360-683-205, or e-mail botanicaltouch@hotmail.com.
Child screening
PORT TOWNSEND — A free screening for children infants to 18 years old in need of free orthopedic health care will be held at the Masonic Hall, 1338 Jefferson St., from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The screening is sponsored by the Olympic Peninsula Shrine Club.
Children with a treatable condition such as scoliosis, neuromuscular disorder, hand and back problems, limb length discrepancy, congenital hip problems or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis will be referred to the Shriners Hospital for children in Portland, Ore.
Funding for the hospital comes from donations, gifts, wills, bequests and fundraising efforts.
For more information, phone Bill Gruber at 362-385-7530.
Fiddle music
SEQUIM — The Washington Old Time Fiddlers will perform at the Sequim Prairie Grange Saturday.
All all-players jam will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the grange hall at 290 Macleay Road.
That will be followed by group and individual performances until 3:30 p.m.
No admission is charged, but donations will be accepted to support fiddler scholarships.
For more information phone Hershel Lester at 360-417-6950 or e-mail handrlester@olypen.com.
Displays for volunteers
SEQUIM — Six social service organizations will explain their need for volunteers at Trinity Methodist Church on Sunday.
Displays about the Sequim-based organizations and sign-up sheets will be presented from 9 a.m. to noon at the church at 100 S. Blake Ave., Sequim.
Organizations represented are the Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, a foster parenting group, Early Head Start, First Teacher and Circle of Friends.
Edible art
PORT ANGELES — The Showcase will host a free culinary demonstration of carving fruit into edible centerpieces on Saturday.
The business at 833 E. Front St., in Port Angeles will present the Fine Art of Cooking at 2 p.m.
Tom Heintz, the executive chef at the Sauer Kraut German Deli, Bakery and Cafe in Sequim, will demonstrate the technique of carving fruit to create edible art.
The demonstration is during the Sauer Kraut deli’s Oktoberfest, which continues through Saturday at the eatery at 10181 Old Olympic Highway.
Today, the deli will host the Happy Wanderers, who will perform from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today during German Dinner. Movie Night will be on Saturday, with the film showing at 9 p.m.; admission will be $5.
For more information about the food demonstration, phone 360-457-8582.
Artists workshop
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will present a free workshop for artists Saturday.
The presentation, “Moving Forward: Resources for Artists,” will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the center at 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
The workshop, which is for all artistic disciplines, will be presented by Artist Trust of Seattle.
Pre-registration is required. E-mail miguel@artisttrust.org or phone 206-467-8734, ext. 11 or 866-218-7878.
Mad Hatter’s Tea
SEQUIM — The 12th annual Mad Hatter’s Tea, an annual breast cancer research benefit, will be held at the Sequim Community Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave., from noon to 2:30 p.m. today.
Funds raised support the Sequim Cancer Center and Family Planning of Clallam County for mammogram vouchers.
Participants are asked to wear colorful hats, from silly to beautiful.
The event features a luncheon and presentations by breast cancer survivor Kathy Wheeler and Liane McGarvie, patient relations manager at Olympic Medical Center.
Tickets are still available. They are $30, and are available by phoning organizer Gail Savage at 360-683-6161.
Cancer fundraiser
PORT ANGELES — An event for the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, will be held at Fashion Bug, 2743 E. U.S. Highway 101, between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday.
It will include representatives from women’s health organizations and fitness programs; cosmetics representatives; wedding cake displays with samples; flower arrangements; a bra fit event; and bake sale.
In a pink-envelope project, Fashion Bug will accept money donations for Making Memories as well as wedding gown donations for Brides Against Breast Cancer.
For more information, phone 360-452-3189
Embroidery class
PORT ANGELES — Golden Craft Shop, 112C S. Lincoln St., will offer an embroidery class from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Participants need to bring an embroidery needle, hoop, scissors and a 12-inch square of plain cotton fabric.
The instruction is free. Donations are accepted.
Phone the store at 360-457-0509 to pre-register.
Free shredding
PORT TOWNSEND — Free paper shredding will be offered at two sites Saturday.
The Castle Hill branch of First Federal, 1321 Sims Way, will host paper shredding from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday.
First Federal security personnel will be on hand to answer questions and provide information on identity theft.
Quimper Community Federal Credit Union, behind Safeway in Port Townsend, at 1165 Landes Court, will host shredding from 10 a.m. to noon.
Individuals can bring old tax returns, account statements or any paperwork with account or Social Security numbers or other personal information for shredding by LeMay Mobile Shredding, a professional shredding company, at both locations.
Opera at the Rose
PORT TOWNSEND — The Rose Theatre’s season of high-definition live and encore simulcasts from the Metropolitan Opera begins with Puccini’s “Tosca” on Saturday.
Tickets for both the live performance at 10 a.m. Saturday and the encore performance at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday are on sale at the box office of the theater at 235 Taylor St., Port Townsend or at www.rosetheatre.com.
The performance features James Levine, Karita Mattila, Marcelo ÃÅlvarez, Juha Uusitalo and Paula Pliska. It runs three hours and 35 minutes.
Tickets are $24 for adults, $22 for seniors and $16 for children.
For more information, see www.rosetheatre.com/.
Community run
PORT TOWNSEND — A free all-ages community run will precede high school competition at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday.
The all-ages run will begin at 9:45 a.m. It will be followed by high school contests, with the Port Townsend High School cross-country teams competing. The high school awards ceremony is at 1 p.m.
The meet will be on Littlefield Green in front of McCurdy Pavilion, with the course sticking to Fort Worden State Park’s western edge.
Free lecture for parents
SEQUIM — A free lecture series for parents of preschoolers — infant to age 6 — starts today.
“A Child’s Temperament” is the first talk, to be given from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. by Catharine Bento Foxlee, a Sequim School District child psychologist, at First Teacher, a resource center inside the Sequim Community School at 220 W. Alder St.
“Sibling Rivalry” is the topic of Foxlee’s Nov. 3 presentation, and the series will end with “Brain Development” on Dec. 4.
Children are welcome during the lectures.
For details about First Teacher activities and to reserve a space in Foxlee’s lectures, phone the Parenting Matters Foundation at 360-681-2250.
Wildlife expo
PORT TOWNSEND– The fifth annual Wildlife and Nature Art Exposition will be hosted by Friends of Fort Worden at the Commons at the state park this weekend.
The opening for the expo — which has orcas as its theme animal — will begin with a showing of “Saving Luna – A Whale Story,” which is about a baby killer whale that gets separated from his family off the coast of Vancouver Island, at 8 p.m. today.
The expo — from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday — will present painting, sculpture, woodcarving, ceramics and jewelry created by local and regional artists.
Admission to the film is $8 for adults and $5 for youths younger than 16, and also includes admission to the Wildlife Art Expo.
Admission to the exhibition is free to Friends members, $3 for general admission, and $5 per family.
Proceeds benefit Friends of Fort Worden.
For more details about the Expo, see www.wildartexpo.org.
For more information about the film, see www.savingluna.com.
“Discovery trail
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Trails Coalition plans an Olympic Discovery Trail work party from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Carpenters and carpenters’ helpers are welcome for all or part of the day to install new side rails on the Ennis Creek Bridge near the parking lot at the site of the former Rayonier mill.
For directions, what to bring and to RSVP, contact Kathe by phone at 360-457-1493 or by e-mail at kathebike1@hotmail.com.
Club hikes
PORT ANGELES – Two hikes will be arranged through the Olympic Outdoor Club Saturday and Sunday.
The first hike will be a 10-mile round-trip of the Lower Quilcene River trail.
The second hike will be a 8.6 mile round-trip of the Notch Pass trail.
For both hikes, participants from the Quimper Peninsula will meet at 8 a.m. at the Quimper Credit Union, 11524 Rhody Dr., Port Hadlock and participants from Port Angeles and Sequim will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 101 in Discovery Bay.
For more information, e-mail olympicoutdoors@yahoo.com.
Bird tour
PORT TOWNSEND — A three-hour fall bird migration cruise around Protection Island and Rat Island is planned Saturday.
The trip, sponsored by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, is on the Puget Sound Express’ Glacier Spirit, an enclosed motor yacht.
It leaves the Point Hudson Marina in downtown Port Townsend at 1 p.m. and returns at 4 p.m.
Other cruises are planned on Nov. 28 and Dec. 31.
Protection Island, at the mouth of Discovery Bay, is a National Wildlife Refuge.
Tickets are $55 per person or $50 for members of the center, Burke Museum, Audubon members or the Washington Ornithological Society.
On-board refreshments are available.
For reservations or more information, phone the center at 360-385-5582, ext. 104, or 800-566-3932 or e-mail cruises@ptmsc.org.
Pet Celebration
FORKS — Pets are welcome at all First Federal branches today.
Pet owners can have their photographs taken with their pets and enter a drawing for a pet shop gift certificate.
The Forks Branch at 131 Calawah Way will be accepting donations and cash to benefit the Friends of Forks Animals.
Free day trip
GOLDENDALE — Maryhill Museum of Art offers free admission to residents of Clallam County on Saturday and Sunday.
Residents need only present their driver’s license to receive complimentary admission.
The museum was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, listed as an official site of the National Historic Lewis and Clark Trail in 2001 and, in 2002, was accredited by the American Association of Museums.
Maryhill is located off Highway 97, 12 miles south of Goldendale. Drive time is six hours from Port Angeles.
For additional information, click on at www.maryhillmuseum.org.