Those who resolved to be more thoughtful in 2011 will find plenty of opportunity this weekend.
The North Olympic Peninsula abounds with lectures on books, history and even seabirds.
A little music and dancing also is planned.
Port Angeles
MIDWAY ATOLL TONIGHT
PORT ANGELES — Elston and Jackie Hill will talk this evening about their recent trip to Midway Island and display photographs of the wildlife on the atoll.
Tonight’s slideshow will be at 7 p.m. at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
It is the first of four slideshows in the Peninsula Trails Coalition Adventure Travel Series.
An admission fee of $5 will go toward the purchase of tools, equipment and lunches for volunteers who maintain and build the Olympic Discovery Trail.
Children 12 and younger will be admitted free.
Midway Island — a 2.4-square-mile atoll near the northwestern end of the Hawaiian Islands — is perhaps best known as the site of the Battle of Midway in World War II.
It is now a bird and wildlife sanctuary with very few residents or visitors.
The Hills will talk about their experience on Midway, including the engine failure on their plane that resulted in their enjoying an extra two days on the atoll.
For more information, phone 360-452-8641 or 360-808-4223.
AAUW LUNCHEON
PORT ANGELES — The co-author of Women to Reckon With will speak at an American Association of University Women luncheon at Downriggers Restaurant, 115 E. Railroad Ave., at noon Saturday.
Using PowerPoint, Glynda Peterson-Shaad will introduce several adventurous, 19th-century women who played important roles in the settlement of Washington Territory, specifically the North Olympic Peninsula.
Peterson-Shaad is an adjunct instructor at Peninsula College.
She and her brother, Gary Peterson, have co-authored two nonfiction books, High Divide and Women to Reckon With.
Guests are welcome.
AAUW membership is open to all women and men who hold an associate degree/equivalent or higher from an accredited educational institution.
For more information, phone Jerri Coen at 360-452-6541 or e-mail jerri hearst@msn.com.
MINISTRY, MYSTERY
PORT ANGELES — Ministry through Mystery, a night of “mystery and special illusion,” is planned this evening at Calvary Chapel.
Tonight’s event, with special guest Dennis Zech, will begin at the church, 213 E. Eighth St., Port Angeles, at 6:30 p.m.
Free dessert and child care will be provided.
For more information, phone 360-504-2106 or visit www.calvarypa.org.
DRUMMING AT LIBRARY
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., will drum in the new year and kick off the 2011 Art in the Library series from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
The work of local artists Roxanne Grinstad, Nita Ann Foraker and Raymond Steele will be on display.
The Dancing Hands Drum Circle will share energetic rhythms from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
All drummers and dancers are welcome to join.
Extra drums and percussion instruments will be available to share.
Limited library services will be available during this after-hours event.
Refreshments will be served.
The art exhibit will remain on display at the library throughout January and February.
For more information, phone Assistant Library Director Margaret Jakubcin at 360-417-8505.
ZEN RETREAT
PORT ANGELES — NO Sangha plans a one-day Zen retreat Saturday.
The retreat — or zazenkai — will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Murre Cottage, 420 W. Third St., Port Angeles.
Alternated zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation) and private, individual instruction will be available.
Silent coffee/tea breaks and a vegetarian soup and bread lunch will be offered.
At 10 a.m., there will be a sutra (chanting) service.
At 1 p.m., Kristen Larson, sensei, a teacher in the Diamond Sangha Teachers Circle, will give a Dharma Talk on Case No. 13 in The Wumen Kuan, koan collection, Te-shan: Bowls in Hand.
“Come when you can; leave when you must” is the motto of NO Sangha, which has been a Zen community in Port Angeles for 14 years.
The house can be difficult to find. For directions, phone 360-452-5534 or e-mail NOSangha@aol.com.
Sequim
DUNGENESS MEMORIES
SEQUIM — Lifelong Sequim-area resident Art Rogers will recall memories of his youth during “Remembering Dungeness” at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, 2781 Towne Road, at 10 a.m. today.
Rogers’ presentation is the first entry in the Museum Lecture Series presented by Peninsula College and hosted by the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley.
Rogers will lead the first hour of the class and will be followed by area historian Doug McInnes, who will discuss “Sequim Yesterday.”
Museum Lecture Series classes will be held at the schoolhouse from 10 a.m. to noon each Friday through Feb. 25.
Registration for this noncredit community education course is available through Peninsula College by phoning 360-452-9277 or visiting www.pc.ctc.edu.
The complete series schedule, including class topic details, is available on the Museum & Arts Center website at www.macsequim.org.
HIGH TEA SERVICE
SEQUIM — Olympic Theatre Arts will host two seatings of its third annual Twelfth Night High Tea at the Olympic Theatre Arts Center, 414 N. Sequim Ave., at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
The full menu is available at www.olympictheatrearts.org.
Tickets are $22.
Tickets may be purchased online or by phone at 360-683-7326.
‘TREASURE ISLAND’
SEQUIM — The visiting Missoula Children’s Theatre and about 50 local children will present “Treasure Island” on Saturday.
Performances will be at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Sequim High School auditorium, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
The cost is $5 for students and $10 for adults.
Auditions for the show — put on by the children’s theatre based in Missoula, Mont. — were Monday.
The nonprofit’s vist to Sequim was sponsored by the Olympic Arts Theatre. Funding came from Jannette Caldwell and the Albert Haller Foundation.
For more information, phone OTA at 360-683-7326 or check the website at www.olympictheatrearts.org.
BOOK DISCUSSION SLATED
SEQUIM — The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery will be discussed at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 3 p.m. Saturday.
This philosophical fable features two narrators living secret lives.
Reclusive 54-year-old Renee, a concierge, is a closet intellectual, while smart 12 year-old Paloma is secretly suicidal.
They live parallel lives in the same exclusive apartment building in Paris, until a wealthy and perceptive Japanese businessman named Ozu moves in.
Copies of the book are available at the Sequim Library and can be requested online through the library catalog at www.nols.org.
Preregistration for this free program is not required, and drop-ins are always welcome.
For more information, visit www.nols.org and click on “Events” and “Sequim,” phone branch manager Lauren Dahlgren at 360-683-1161 or e-mail Sequim@nols.org.
TAX CLASS SLATED
SEQUIM — A 2010 Federal Tax Update class with Andy Biebl will be held at John Wayne Marina, 2577 West Sequim Bay Road, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today.
Cost for the course is $300.
Lunch will be provided by the Dockside Grill.
For more information or to register, phone 360-461-2111 or e-mail Sequim96@wavecable.com and indicate the number of people attending.
THRIFT SHOP
SEQUIM — The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild thrift shoip at 204 W. Bell St., will have a half-price sale Saturday.
The shop will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
All white-tagged items will be sold at 50 percent off.
For more information, phone 360-683-7044.
FIDDLERS CONCERT
SEQUIM — The Washington Old Time Fiddlers will perform at Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, on Saturday.
Players can jam between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Performances will be between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
ACCORDION SOCIAL
SEQUIM — An accordion social is planned at the Sequim Senior Center on Sunday.
Participants are asked to bring their own accordions to the center at 921 E. Hammond St.
Admission is $2 at the door.
For more information, phone 360-683-5620.
Forks
STAGE ILLUSIONS
FORKS — Ministry through Mystery will be presented at Forks Calvary Chapel on Saturday.
The show will begin at 7 p.m. at the chapel at 451 Fifth St.
Dennis and Sandi Zech of Joshua Tree, Calif., will use stage illusions to present a biblical message.
Admission is free.
Port Townsend and East Jefferson County
CONTRA DANCE SLATED
PORT TOWNSEND — The monthly second-Saturday contra dance will be held at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.
Airstream Travelers will play tunes from both north and south.
Wisconsin resident Tim Jenkins will call contras and related sets for the dance.
The cost is $6 for adults, $3 for 18 and younger.
For more information, visit ptcommunitydance.blogspot.com or e-mail edavidt@gmail.com.
GHOST TOWN TALK
PORT TOWNSEND — Sheila Kelly, author of Treadwell Gold: An Alaska Saga of Riches and Ruin, will speak in the Port Townsend City Council Chamber, 250 Madison St., at 7 p.m. tonight.
Kelly’s lecture is one of the Jefferson County Historical Society’s First Friday lectures.
She first heard stories about the Treadwell, Alaska gold mines from her father and aunts who were raised in Treadwell at the turn of the 20th century.
She interviewed other people who had lived there and scoured archives and collections of historical photos in museums, libraries and personal scrapbooks.
Kelly — who was born in Spokane and earned degrees from Gonzaga University and the University of Washington — lives in Seattle and serves on the board of the Charlotte Martin Foundation which funds programs for wildlife and habitat preservation.
Admission is by donation, which supports historical society programs.
For more information, see www.JCHSMuseum.org.
SEABIRD WORKSHOP
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Marine Science will offer a workshop, “Experiencing Seabirds” on Saturday.
The workshop will be presented by Ken Wilson from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Marine Exhibit and in field locations at the marine science center at Fort Worden State Park.
“Experiencing Seabirds” will go beyond simply identifying seabirds, the center said. It’s for anyone with an interest in natural history or ecology, adaptation or how the brain effects animal behavior.
Wilson, an author, has assisted seabird research from Norway to Maine to Alaska and has led natural history workshops and university courses for 30 years. He holds science degrees from Cornell University and University of Washington.
Participants should dress both for indoor sessions and for a walk outside.
Wilson also will present “Experiencing Animal Behavior” at the same time and place on Saturday, Jan. 22.
Admission for each workshop is $30 or $25 for members of the center, Audubon Society or Burke Museum — and free for current and prospective Natural History Exhibit docents.
To register, phone Wilson at 360-821-1101 or e-mail him at tadpoleranch@gmail.com.
For more information about the center, phone 360-385-5582, e-mail info@ptmsc.org or visit www.ptmsc.org.
MASTER GARDENERS LECTURE
PORT TOWNSEND — Peninsula Daily News gardening columnist and ornamental horticulturist Andrew May will open the Washington State University Jefferson County Extension Master Gardeners 2011 Yard and Garden Lecture Series on Saturday.
The lecture series will be at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., from 10 a.m. to noon each Saturday through Feb. 12.
Series tickets cost $42 and are transferable.
May will speak on “Gardening, ‘Weather’ or Not,” discussing the North Olympic Peninsula’s seasonal weather patterns and demonstrating container gardens for winter.
Ticket sales help underwrite the Jefferson County Master Gardeners Foundation Grant Program.
Checks should be made payable to Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation and mailed with one’s name, address and phone number to P.O. Box 490, Port Hadlock, WA 98339.
Single tickets may be sold at the door on a space-available basis for $10.
For more information, phone the Master Gardeners at 360-379-1172.
OPEN HOUSE, WORKSHOP
PORT TOWNSEND — Corvidae Press, a fine-art printmakers’ guild, plans an open house and workshop this weekend.
Corvidae Press print shop will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Building 205 at Fort Worden State Park.
A $35 monotype print workshop, also open to the public, will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday in the same building. Registration is required.
Guild members will show guests around the facility and demonstrate different printmaking techniques.
The printmaking workshop will be led by Marion Bartl. Supplies are included in the cost of the class.
Corvidae Press is in residence with Centrum.
Register for the workshop by mail to Corvidae Press, P.O. Box 2092, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Include name, phone number and a check for $35.
For more information or to request a seat in the class, e-mail corvidae@firstraven.com.
For more information about the guild, visit www.corvidaepress.com.
STORYNIGHT SLATED
PORT TOWNSEND — First Friday Storynight is back tonight at the Better Living through Coffee cafe, and host Brian Rohr promises “storytellers to delight your soul.”
Storynight runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Better Living Through Coffee, 100 Tyler St.
Admission is a suggested donation of $10.
Rohr and the Mythsinger Foundation will present storyteller Pam McWethy, a “New Hampshire hill woman” who went West.
The singer, grandmother, former schoolteacher and student of shamanism, art and nature will share a pair of tales: her favorite creation story about the love of animals and the living world, and her own family’s myth about how her ancestors first set foot on the shores of Ireland.
First Friday Storynight will also include Rohr’s stories of what happens when the old world is dying and the new world has yet to be born.
Then comes the open-mic part of the evening, when anyone can share — rather than read — a story.
To find out more about this monthly event, phone 360-531-2535 or visit www.brianrohr.com.
IF YOU WANT TO SING OUT
PORT TOWNSEND — The Community Chorus of Port Townsend and East Jefferson County will begin rehearsals for the spring concert season at Grace Lutheran Church, 1120 Walker St., on Sunday.
The chorus is open to singers 16 and older, younger singers can participate if accompanied by an adult.
Registration will begin at 6:30 p.m. with rehearsal running from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Forms are available at www.ptchorus.org.
The cost is $35 for adults and $10 for students.
Scholarships are available.
The chorus will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8 and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 10.
For more information, phone 360-385-1402 or 360-385-4180.
CROCODILE MAN PERFORMANCE
PORT TOWNSEND — “Crocodile Man,” a story of two stars battling for the spotlight, the making of a rock opera and a silver screen murder, will be held at the Chameleon Theater, 800 W. Park Ave., at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Tickets are $15, and are available at the Food Coop, 414 Kearney St., online at www.brownpapertickets.com, by phone at 360-379-1068 or at the door.
RECYCLE CHRISTMAS TREES
CHIMACUM — Christmas trees can be recycled at the Chimacum Corner Store on Saturday.
Trees without tinsel, flock or ornaments can be taken to the store at the corner of state Highway 19 and Center Road between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The free, one-day recycling is sponsored by the Chimacum Corner Store, Short’s Family Farm, the Chimacum Grange and Hadlock Building Supply.
LITERATURE TOPIC OF LECTURE
PORT TOWNSEND — Anu Taranath, a professor of English and comparative history of ideas at the University of Washington, will come to the Rose Theatre for a lecture Sunday.
The lecture starts at 1 p.m. at the Rose, 235 Taylor St.
In her talk, which is part of Port Townsend’s School of Athens series, Taranath will use literature from around the world to demonstrate how it provides an avenue to critical and timely conversations about issues in public discourse.
Advance tickets are available for $12 at Quimper Sound, 230 Taylor St., and at the door.
For details visit www.RoseTheatre.com or phone 360-385-1039.
REHEARSALS BEGIN
PORT TOWNSEND — The Community Chorus of Port Townsend and East Jefferson County will start rehearsals for the spring 2011 concert season Sunday.
Now celebrating its 35th year, the chorus is open to singers 16 and older, and to younger singers who are accompanied by an adult.
With the well-known pianist Lisa Lanza serving as accompanist and Leslie Lewis as director, the chorus will rehearse each Sunday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, 1120 Walker St., Port Townsend.
Participants pay $35 per season, or just $10 if they’re students. Scholarships are available.
Registration for the chorus begins at 6:30 p.m. this Sunday and continues next Sunday, Jan. 16, also at 6:30 p.m., at Grace Lutheran.
Pre-registration forms are available at the chorus website, www.ptchorus.org.
This spring the community chorus plans concerts on Friday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 10, at 3 p.m.
To learn more, phone 360-385-1402 or 360-385-4180.
