A brewfest, benefits and other activities are offered this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.
For more on the arts, see today’s Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide.
For information on other activities, see “Things To Do” on Page C3.
Here is a sample of activities to enjoy this weekend.
Strange Brewfest
PORT TOWNSEND — The sixth annual Strange Brewfest at Water Street Brewing and Ale House is planned on Saturday and Sunday.
The brewfest will be from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the brewery at 639 Water St.
This year’s theme is “Monster Brews Gone Wild.” The brewfest will feature more than 30 northwest breweries.
Admission is $25. That includes a six-ounce souvenir tasting glass, four tasting tokens and entry to all live music and entertainment on both days.
Additional tokens will be sold at the event.
The event will have a costume contest with a wild thing theme, chain saw carvers, fusion belly dance show, fire dancers, jugglers, games and more.
The lineup is being updated daily, and the most recent details can be found at www.waterstreet brewing.com/music-events.htm.
Advance tickets are available at the brewery or by phoning 360-379-6438.
Goodwin benefits
Two fundraisers — one in Port Angeles and another in Sequim — will benefit the family of Tami Goodwin this weekend.
Tami Goodwin, 47, is battling a sarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue.
Goodwin, a 1980 graduate of Sequim High School whose two daughters attended Port Angeles High School, is an employee of Green Crow, based in Port Angeles.
A talent show to raise money for the Goodwin family — which has been organized by the Port Angeles High School Leadership class — is planned today at 7 p.m. at the school’s Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave.
A spaghetti dinner and auction fundraiser for the Goodwins is planned at the Oak Table Cafe, 292 W. Bell St., Sequim from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Advance tickets for tonight’s talent show are $8 for adults, $5 for students and $20 for a family of four. Tickets at the door will be an additional $2.
Tickets may be purchased in advance from the Port Angeles High School Associated Student Body bookkeeper in the main office; at Green Crow, 727 E. Eighth St., in Port Angeles; and at Port Book and News, 104 E. First St., in Port Angeles.
Advance tickets for Sunday’s fundraiser are $8 for adults, $4 for children ages 6 to 12. Tickets at the door will be an additional $2. Children younger than 5 will be admitted free.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at Green Crow or at the Oak Table Cafe.
Donations can be made to the Tami Goodwin Fund at any branch of First Federal.
For more information about Friday’s fundraiser in Port Angeles, phone Ward at 360-565-1529 or e-mail her at rward@port angelesschools.org.
For more information about Sunday’s fundraiser in Sequim, phone 360-452-3325 or 360-457-6336.
Vernon benefit
PORT ANGELES — A benefit spaghetti dinner, raffle and music show for Bill and Danielle Vernon will be held at the Mount Pleasant Grange, 1002 Mount Pleasant Road, at 5 p.m. Saturday.
The couple was married in August. Since then, they have had two tragedies.
The Vernons lost their home and all their belongings in a fire just before Thanksgiving.
On New Year’s Day, Bill Vernon suffered a seizure and was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where doctors discovered a large cyst on his brain.
With no health insurance, the doctors decided to take a “wait and see” approach in his treatment.
This has left Bill Vernon unable to work as doctors monitor the cyst.
The couple is responsible for the emergency helicopter flight to Seattle and emergency room costs at Olympic Medical Center. Bill Vernon is the sole provider.
Donations may be made at Strait View Credit Union.
Tickets for the dinner are $5, and raffle tickets will be sold during the dinner.
The raffle will be held immediately after dinner, but ticket-holders do not need to be present to win.
For more information, phone Bridge Edgington at 360-457-1314.
YMCA open house
PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Family YMCA, 302 S. Francis St., will host a free YMCA Family Night event from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
The YMCA will be transformed after hours into an indoor play area for all ages, and will feature Nintendo Wii games, dodgeball, music, crafts and more.
For more information, phone the YMCA at 360-452-9244.
Candidate’s tea
PORT HADLOCK — The Rhododendron Festival Candidate’s Tea will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The tea will be at the Coffee Loft and Bake Shoppe, 67 Oak Bay Road, Port Hadlock.
Candidates for the 2010 festival royalty will gather for a social tea time.
Coronation for the 75th annual Rhododendron Festival royalty is scheduled at the Chimacum High School Auditorium at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 27.
For more information, e-mail rhodymomma@yahoo.com.
Food collection
SEQUIM — The Sequim High School wrestling team aims to collect its weight in nonperishable food to donate to the Sequim Food Bank on Sunday.
Team members, coaches and parents will collect donations from noon to 5 p.m. at the Sequim Safeway, 680-F W. Washington St.
The team hopes to amass more than 2,171 pounds of food.
‘Tulpan’ screened
PORT ANGELES — The award-winning Kazakhstan film “Tulpan” will be shown at Peninsula College’s Magic of Cinema Film Series at 7 p.m. tonight.
The film is the winner of the Prix Un Certain Regard Award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and has been nominated for a host of other film awards.
It will be shown in the Little Theater J-16 at the college, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Admission is $5, or $1 with current Peninsula College student identification.
For more information on the series, visit www.pencol.edu.
Fruit tree seminar
SEQUIM — R.T. Ball will present a seminar on the “Common Pests and Diseases of Fruit Trees” at Henery’s Garden Center, 1060 Dungeness Way, at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Control practices and procedures will be covered, and there will be an emphasis on identifying pests and diseases.
Phone 360-683-6969 to reserve a space.
Millwork demo set
PORT ANGELES — A free Faux Finish and Painting Demonstration will be held at Angeles Millwork and Lumber Co., 1601 S. C St., at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Pam Boyd of Northwest Inside Out Painting, will offer tips and demonstrate techniques used in painting projects and faux finishes to provide that “extra touch.”
Angeles Millwork will offer 25 percent off of McCloskey Special Effects paints and $5 off of cans of EasyCare interior paint along with the demonstration.
For more information or to reserve a seat, phone 360-417-6135.
Yard and garden
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Master Gardeners continue the 2010 Yard & Garden lecture series on Saturday.
Mary Robson will present “Intimate Vignettes: The Poetry of Gardening.”
The lecture series takes place at the Port Townsend Recreation Center, 620 Tyler St., from 10 a.m. to noon each Saturday in January and February.
In this lecture, Robson, a former Seattle Times gardening columnist,, will share poetry from all ages.
Three programs remain in the series.
Series tickets, which guarantee the holder a seat at each of the programs, are $42.
Tickets for individual programs are $10 each, on a space-available basis.
For more information about tickets, phone 360-379-1172.
