Workshops, gardening classes and book authors are featured this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Information about activities relating to the visual and lively arts can be found in Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, in today’s PDN.
Other major weekend events for you to enjoy are spotlighted on this page, on “Things To Do” on Page C5, and — by area — below:
PORT ANGELES
Auditions
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Light Opera Association will conduct auditions for its summer production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” today and Saturday.
Auditions will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Orchestra Room of Port Angeles High School, 304 E. Park Ave.
Participants are invited to bring a prepared monologue and a piece of music, such as a hymn or choral piece, to sing.
They also will be asked to do a cold reading from the show.
Music rehearsals start in late April, with performances July 15-23.
Because this is a classic operetta, it has some two to three times more music to learn than a usual musical.
The chorus has a very large role in the show, with several musical numbers and dancing.
There are choral roles for women ages 17-35 and choral roles for men ages 17-55.
Artist workshop
PORT ANGELES — Carla Sonheim, author of Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists, will conduct a public workshop and book signing at Art Supplies Unlimited, 124-B W. First St., from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Sonheim recently moved to Seattle and has taught at various art retreats such as Journal Fest, Artfest, Art & Soul, The Art Nest and ArtUnraveled. She also conducts online workshops.
Cost for the daylong workshop is $72.
During the lunch break from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Sonheim will give a presentation about her book, which includes 52 drawing exercises “to open the mind and quell the fear of creativity,” the event announcement said.
A catered lunch from Oven Spoonful is available for $10.
For more information or to RSVP, phone 360-457-2759.
Kiwanis Kids Fest set
PORT ANGELES — Both information and hands-on activities will be offered at the annual Kiwanis Kids Fest on Saturday.
The free event, sponsored by the Port Angeles Kiwanis, will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St.
Dancing, making bookmarks, chair massages for children, beanbags, face painting, free books, a petting corner, fly tying, playdough fun, mask making and a variety of other activities are scheduled.
A Community Safety Fair will be set up along Fourth Street between the Clallam County Courthouse and the Vern Burton center.
It will have representatives of emergency agencies, including search and rescue, fire and police, the state Department of Natural Resources and the Coast Guard.
Car seat safety checks will be provided, as well as child fingerprinting.
Block Fest returns this year, an activity that allows parents to explore five types of blocks with their children.
Zen retreat set
PORT ANGELES — NO Sangha will hold a zazenkai, a one-day zen retreat, at Murre Cottage, 420 W. Third St., from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
NO Sangha is a Zen community that has been based in Port Angeles for more than 14 years,
Alternated zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation) and private, individual instruction are available.
There will be silent coffee-tea breaks, and a vegetarian soup and bread lunch will be offered.
A sutra (chanting) service will be conducted at 10 a.m.
Sensei Kristen Larson, a teacher in the Diamond Sangha Teachers Circle, will give a dharma talk on Case No. 27 in the Wumen Kuan koan collection, “Nan-ch’uan: Not Mind, Not Buddha, Not Beings,” at 1 p.m.
For more information, phone 360-452-5534 or e-mail NOSangha@aol.com.
Author shares stories
PORT ANGELES —Irene Wyman’s new book, Clallam County Schools East to West, will be presented for the first time at a book signing sponsored by the Clallam County Historical Society.
The public can meet Wyman at the Museum at the Carnegie, 207 S. Lincoln St., from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
The book will be available for purchase at this time.
Wyman is a retired elementary school teacher.
Blue Mountain School was the inspiration for her to begin research on the schools in Clallam County.
The book will be available through the Clallam County Historical Society, Port Book & News, Odyssey Bookshop and Olympic Stationers in Port Angeles, and at the Museum and Arts Center in Sequim.
For more information about the book signing or the book, phone 360-452-2662.
Spring recital
PORT ANGELES — Richard and Thelma McCoy will present piano students in a spring recital at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Student performers are Jayelei Della, Benjamin Della, Ruth Greene, Conner Isam, Felicia Che, Devin Beck, Jasira Andrus, Breanna Lovik, Lum Fu, Wei-yan Fu, Carly La, Cole Urnes, Tarah Erickson, Jay Liang, Nathanael Mullins, Joshua Basden and Jeremy Chose.
Dietitian talks diabetes
PORT ANGELES — Amy Ward, dietitian for the Lower Elwha and Jamestown clinics, will teach a class covering the basics of diet and diabetes, “Eating Survival Skills for Diabetics,” from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. today.
The free class will be in Conference Room B in the basement of Olympic Medical Center, 939 Caroline St.
The class is intended to help people with diabetes build skills in sensible eating using foods readily available to them.
This class is sponsored by the Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics free clinic.
For more information, phone 360-457-4431 or e-mail info@vimoclinic.org.
SEQUIM
Beekeeping class
SEQUIM — The North Olympic Peninsula Beekeepers’ Association will hold an introduction to beekeeping class from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The class will be at Sunny Farms Store, 261461 U.S. Highway 101.
Topics covered will include equipment needed, where to locate hives, how to maintain hives and where to get help.
This class is intended for anyone who has thought about keeping honeybees.
For more information, phone Mark Urnes at 360-477-7934 or e-mail info@nopba.org.
Genealogical talk
SEQUIM — Gary Zimmerman will present “Family History Research in the Atlantic South: Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas” at a meeting of the Clallam County Genealogical Society on Saturday.
The seminar will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 923 Sequim Ave.
Zimmerman is president of the Fiske Genealogical Foundation in Seattle and provides instructional programs and supervising responses to genealogical questions of the Pioneer Hall Organizations.
He has been active in such service organizations as the Boy Scouts of America and the Rotary Club.
Admission will be $35 at the door.
For more information, phone the CCGS Research Library at 360-417-5000 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. today or visit www.olypen.com/ccgs.
Guild breakfast set
SEQUIM — The Sequim Seattle Children’s Hospital Guild will hold its third annual pancake breakfast at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.
Suggested donation is $7 for adults and $4 for children.
Proceeds will help the hospital provide medical services to families who lack sufficient insurance coverage and cannot afford the cost of care provided to their children.
For more information, phone Sandie McFayden at 360-452-4760 or Pat Finn at 360-582-9738.
Farmers Breakfast
SEQUIM — Friends of the Fields, a division of North Olympic Land Trust, will hold its fifth annual Farmers Breakfast at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday.
The breakfast will include scrambled eggs (with or without ham), potato home fries, bread, jams, orange juice and coffee or tea.
Live music also will be performed at the breakfast.
Cost for the meal is $12 for adults and $5 for children younger than 10.
Proceeds go toward farmland preservation.
Henery’s classes
SEQUIM — Henery’s Garden Center, 1060 Sequim-Dungeness Way, will host free classes on basic vegetable gardening and growing berries and small fruits Saturday.
The veggie class will be at 9:30 a.m.
It will cover planning, location, soil and seed selection in the first hour.
The second hour will cover planting, maintaining the garden and special topics related to vegetable gardening.
The class is being presented by the Washington State University Clallam County Extension Master Gardeners.
Clallam County native and Washington State University graduate RT Ball will present “Growing Berries and Small Fruits” at 1 p.m.
The class will cover the basics of how, when and where to grow a variety of berries and small fruits in your own garden.
Ball owns his own landscape/maintenance business, Evergreen Enterprises.
To RSVP for either class, phone 360-683-6969.
Care for lawns
SEQUIM — Chris Sexton-Smith will discuss “The Care and Feeding of Lawns” during a presentation at McComb Gardens, 751 McComb Road, at 1 p.m. Saturday.
His talk will include water conservation, organic fertilizers and the maintenance of a healthy, green lawn.
Sexton-Smith is an instructor of horticulture at Lake Washington Technical College.
He has a degree in ecology and is a proponent of an organic/nonchemical approach to gardening. Sexton-Smith is a certified professional horticulturist and a licensed pesticide applicator.
The seminar is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone McComb Gardens at 360-681-2827.
Lecture reset
SEQUIM — The Museum Lecture Series presentation featuring author and historian Terry Buchanan has been rescheduled for today.
The lecture will be from 10 a.m. to noon at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, 2871 Towne Road.
The presentation was originally set for Feb. 25 but was canceled because of bad weather.
Buchanan’s presentation, “Triangle of Defense: Fort Casey, Fort Worden and Fort Flagler,” is the final installment of the eight-week Museum Lecture Series presented by the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley and Peninsula College.
Accordion social
SEQUIM — A Sequim Accordion Social will be held at the Sequim Senior Activity Center, 921 E. Hammond St., from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
All accordion players are invited to bring their instruments.
A $2 admission is requested to pay for the room.
For more information, phone 360-683-5620.
Chanting for peace
SEQUIM — Chanting for world peace is planned at the Center for Infinite Reflections today.
Chanting will be held at the center at 144 Tripp Road from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
The event is free.
For more information, phone 360-504-2046.
PC group meets Saturday
SEQUIM — Rolland Kenitzer will discuss Paint.Net, a free image- and photo-editing software program, at a meeting of the Sequim PC Users Group on Saturday.
The meeting will be at 10 a.m. in the computer lab, Room E-3, of Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
Kenitzer will demonstrate how to enhance a photo using a few simple operations.
The meeting is open to the public. A suggested donation of $5 is requested from visitors.
For more information, visit http://spcug.net or e-mail spcug1@gmail.com.
PORT TOWNSEND/EAST JEFFERSON COUNTY
Dinner honors winner
MARROWSTONE ISLAND — A dinner honoring Pete Hubbard, Marrowstone Island Citizen of the Year, is planned Saturday.
Hubbard received the 39th Citizen of the Year award from the Marrowstone Island Community Association in January.
Saturday’s potluck dinner will begin at 5 p.m. at the Nordland Garden Clubhouse.
Hubbard — a retired IBM advisory programmer who moved to the island with his wife, Heidi, 17 years ago — started a community website in 1999 that now has about half of the island households — some 235 families — as subscribers.
For more information or to tell how many will be in your party or what you will bring, phone 360-385-6321.
Used book sale set
PORT TOWNSEND — Friends of the Port Townsend Library will conduct a used book sale at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., on Saturday.
The sale will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the public.
Friends of the Port Townsend Library members can start the sale at 8 a.m.
Gently used books, CDs and DVDs for adults and children will be available.
For more information, phone Macy Mullarky at 360-379-1061 or e-mail macym@olympus.net.
Vaudeville show
PORT TOWNSEND — “Vaudeville the 13th,” a monthly, uncensored vaudeville and variety show, will be held at the Chameleon Theater, 800 W. Park Ave., at 7 p.m. Sunday.
The show is called “Vaudeville the 13th” because the event happens monthly on the 13th, regardless of what day that might be.
Performers are never allowed to repeat a performance, guaranteeing an original show each time out.
Set to perform are Misha Casella-Blackburn, aerial silks; Sadie LeDonna, lyra; Freeman Louma, magic; Corvus Woolf, object manipulation; and Joey Pipia.
Suggested donation is $5 to $10 at the door.
For more information, phone 360-379-1068 or e-mail joey@olympus.net.
Walk slated Saturday
PORT TOWNSEND — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers will walk along the Port Townsend waterfront Saturday.
Walkers will meet at the Port Townsend Subway restaurant, 1300 Water St., at 9 a.m.
Participants are asked not to park in the Subway parking lot.
A carpool will leave the Sequim QFC parking lot at 8 a.m.
Participants can choose between a 3.1-mile route or another that is just more than six miles, both along the waterfront.
For more information, phone Frances Johnson at 360-385-5861.
Songwriting Works event
CHIMACUM — Port Townsend’s Songwriting Works Educational Foundation and the Washington Health Foundation will hold an introductory event for its “Music for Wellness” campaign today.
The event will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.
Project Director Judith-Kate Friedman will demonstrate how community music-making promotes health, longevity and brain power, and can help transform everyday stressful situations into opportunities for creative collaboration.
Attendees will have a chance to share stories about music in their lives and write an original song collaboratively.
“Music for Wellness” focus groups and meetings will take place this spring in Jefferson, Clallam and Kitsap counties.
Participants are needed to give feedback on a toolkit project that will blend fundamentals of successful singing and song composition with scientific research regarding the health benefits of community singing, story sharing and song composition.
For more information, phone Emily Neumann at 360-385-1160 or visit www.songwritingworks.org/programs/programs.htm.
Shakespeare play
PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend School District Individualized Choice Education (ICE) students will perform Shakepeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Mountain View Commons gymnasium, 1919 Blaine St., at 7 p.m. today and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday.
Suggested donation is $10 for adults and $5 for children.
Proceeds will go to the ICE program.
Most seating is on the gym floor, and attendees should bring pillows, blankets and low-slung chairs.
Tall chairs will be available for those who need them.
Concessions will be available during intermission.
FORKS/WEST END
Garage sale
FORKS — The Forks High School Class of 2012 is conducting a fundraising garage sale Sunday.
The sale will be from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 50 Sitka Circle.
Precious metals buyer
FORKS — A precious metals buyer is inviting the public to bring silver and gold coins and possibly valuable paper bills to JT’s Sweet Stuffs today and Saturday.
Flip Kuchler of Port Angeles will be at the store at 80 N. Forks Ave. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
