A scale-model show and a walk to Tamanowas Rock in Port Townsend, art and poetry in Port Angeles and fiddling around in Sequim — the North Olympic Peninsula is packed with activities this weekend.
Information about activities related to the visual and lively arts on the North Olympic Peninsula can be found in Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, in today’s PDN.
Other major weekend events are spotlighted — by area — below:
PORT TOWNSEND/JEFFERSON COUNTY
Models on display
PORT TOWNSEND SEmD About 200 models are expected at the North Olympic Peninsula Modelers Society’s sixth annual model show and contest Saturday.
The show will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Fort Worden State Park, Building 204, Port Townsend.
General admission will be $5 for adults and $3 for those younger than 18. The cost for a family will be $8. Children younger than 8 may attend free if accompanied by adults.
Admission price includes half-price admission to the nearby Fort Worden State Park Coast Artillery Museum.
This year’s theme is “100 Years of U.S. Naval Aviation, 1911-2011.”
The event will offer examples of fine scale-modeling in the Pacific Northwest and Canada, including the works of artists who have won national contests.
Modelers of all skill levels and ages are encouraged to display their miniature model work that is representative of the theme.
The contest entry fee for an unlimited number of models is $5 for adults and $1 for junior modelers younger than 18.
The entries “exemplify the dedicated work of modelers who strive to produce detailed scale models of individual subjects and dioramas including cars, airplanes, military vehicles, trains, fantasy, science fiction and figurines,” the group said.
The event also will include raffle drawings every hour and vendors representing hobby shops and individual collections of model kits.
For more information about the show or for contest entry forms, visit the club’s website at www.nopms.net or email info@nopms.net.
Tamanowas Rock
CHIMACUM — University of Puget Sound geology professor Jeff Tepper will deliver a lecture on the origin of Tamanowas Rock on Saturday.
The lecture will be at 1 p.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.
Following the talk, a walk to the rock is planned to see the special geological features of the prominent rock outcrop just east of Anderson Lake State Park near Chimacum.
Hikers should wear sturdy boots with traction soles because the trail is steep and can be slippery.
It is not accessible for those with disabilities.
Activities are sponsored by Port Townsend Marine Science Centers’s Quimper Geo Group and are free and open to the public.
Donations will be accepted.
For more information, phone 360-385-9270.
Life of a busker
PORT TOWNSEND — David Michael, the harpist who made his living playing and selling records aboard the MV Klickitat ferry between Port Townsend and Whidbey Island until he was banned from the boat in 2007, will read excerpts from his book about busking tonight.
Michael will read an excerpt or two from Busker: Tales of a Renegade Harpist Busker and sign copies from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Writers’ Workshoppe, upstairs at 820 Water St.
The Workshoppe’s owner, Anna Quinn, is the book’s editor and will host the free event.
The books will be on sale for $19.95.
Nordic news slated
CHIMACUM — The Thea Foss No. 45 Daughters of Norway Book Club will portray television reporters Sunday.
The program will be at 1 p.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.
In their program, “Channel 45: KTEA Presents Nordic News,” club members will report the current conditions of the five Scandinavian countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland.
Caroleena Einarson will serve as anchor woman. Jo Candler will be the weather forecaster, and Lois Twelves and Tori Twedt will “sponsor” the broadcast with their Ole and Lena products.
The production is free and open to the public.
Scandinavian refreshments will be served.
For more information, phone 360-379-1802.
Quilbilly Hilly
QUILCENE — The inaugural Quilbilly Hilly, a scavenger-style bike ride, will start at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Quilcene Community Center.
In the free ride, participants will receive a passport to get rubber-stamped at the top of each of the hills in the area.
Prizes will be awarded in the event sponsored by the Port Townsend Bicycle Association’s Quilcene chapter.
For more information, visit www.quilbillyhilly.blogspot.com.
Used-book sale set
PORT TOWNSEND — The Friends of the Port Townsend Library will hold a used-book sale at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., on Saturday.
The sale will start at 8 a.m. for Friends of the Library members and 9 a.m. for the general public.
Gently used books, CDs and DVDs for adults and children will be available.
For more information, phone 360-379-1061.
Gardening series
PORT TOWNSEND — Gardening book authors David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth will continue their series of free gardening seminars at Henery’s Garden Center, 406 Benedict St., with “Plant Northwest Natives” on Saturday.
The seminar will be at 10 a.m.
Classes offer current information on growing a low-maintenance, healthy garden.
The schedule is:
■ Resist Bambi Blight on June 18.
■ Do Less Work, Have More Fun on June 25.
■ Weed Eating on July 9.
■ Birds, Butterflies and Bees, Oh My on July 16.
■ The New American Landscape on July 23.
■ 100 Percent Organic Solutions on July 30.
Participants may enter a drawing to win a prize at the end of each class.
For more information, phone 360-301-2120 or 360-385-3354.
Learn to row
PORT TOWNSEND — An open house for those who want to learn to row is planned Saturday.
The Rat Island Rowing and Sculling Club of Port Townsend plans an open house from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.
Rowing shells and rowing machines will be available, and demonstrations will be presented.
For information, phone Krist Lane at 360-344-3584.
SEQUIM
Fiddler campout
SEQUIM —The public is invited to come out to the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall, 290 Macleay Road, this weekend for the Washington Old Time Fiddlers’ campout.
The event includes a series of public performances of old-fashioned fiddle music tonight, Saturday and Sunday.
A dance with swing, fox trot, two-step, schotische, polka, waltz and other dance steps will be at 7 p.m. tonight.
On Saturday will be a pair of 90-minute concerts starting at 1 p.m. and at 3 p.m.
Finally on Sunday morning, the fiddlers will deliver a gospel-music hour beginning at 10 a.m.
Throughout the weekend, fiddlers will conduct informal jams and workshops from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. today and beginning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
All of the events are free, though donations are welcome. Proceeds go toward scholarships for people of all ages taking fiddle lessons.
For those who like to camp, RV parking and dry camping are available outside the Grange Hall for $7 per night.
To find out more, visit http://d15.wotfa.org.
Tony Awards dinner
SEQUIM — Olympic Theatre Arts will celebrate the Tony Awards with a special dinner and auction Sunday.
The deadline for reservations was Wednesday.
The seven-course gourmet wine-pairing dinner will begin at 6 p.m. at OTA, 414 N. Sequim Ave. The Tony Awards broadcast will begin at 8 p.m.
The program, the biggest annual fundraiser for the theater group, includes both silent and live auctions.
Tickets were $125 per person.
For information, phone 360-683-7326.
Global breathwork
SEQUIM — The Center for Healing and Wholebody Health, along with the Tribal Edge Primal Arts Training Center, will celebrate Global Holotropic Breathwork Day on Saturday with an introduction tonight.
Events will be at the Tribal Edge Primal Arts Training Center, 385 W. Silberhorn Road.
A free introduction for those new to breathwork will be from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight.
The celebration will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
The cost is $75 for Saturday’s event.
To register, phone 360-452-8818.
Book sale
SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library will host a book sale Saturday.
The sale will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Proceeds will support the library.
Sign language group
SEQUIM — Deaf Coffee House Sequim will meet at Sequim Community Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave., tonight.
The meeting will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Participants are asked to bring a refreshment to share. They can sign up for their choice of pizza by 6 p.m. Pizza is $4 per person.
The meetings are free, but donations are appreciated.
For more information, email sdch_2011@comcast.com.
PORT ANGELES
Spring show
PORT ANGELES — Ballet, modern and jazz dance, 80 performers from age 4 to 18 — the “Every Age, One Stage” spring show has all of the above this weekend.
The students of the Port Angeles Dance Center, with director Mary Marcial, will present their latest dances at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Port Angeles High School auditorium, 304 E. Park Ave.
General admission is $14, or $10 for students and seniors, and tickets will be available at the door.
To purchase in advance, visit Northwest Fudge & Confections, 108 W. First St., Port Angeles, or phone 360-452-8299.
Poetry translator
PORT ANGELES — Chinese poetry translator Red Pine, aka Bill Porter of Port Townsend, will read from his work at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., today.
Admission is free to the program at 7 p.m.
For more details, phone Port Book and News at 360-452-6367.
Carving demonstration
PORT ANGELES — Jimmy Price, Port Gamble S’Klallam tribal artist, will demonstrate carving techniques at Peninsula College today.
Price’s presentation will be from noon to 3 p.m. in the Pirate Union Building on the campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
The demonstration will be the final one for the year. Community residents are invited to come to the free events, meet Price and ask questions as he works.
Price is the featured artist in the Peninsula College Longhouse Art Gallery for the 2011 spring quarter.
For more information, visit www.pencol.edu.
Winterlings at market
PORT ANGELES — The Winterlings, a traveling musical duo, will touch down in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday for three free hours of music.
The pair, Amanda Birdsall and Wolff Bowden, play Americana and folk tunes; one fan calls them “Leonard Cohen on a roller coaster.”
The Winterlings will play from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. amid the vendors at the Port Angeles Farmers Market, under The Gateway pavilion at Front and Lincoln streets.
The market itself is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and ranges from local vegetables, herbs and seafood to honey, jewelry and flowers.
For more details, phone market manager Cynthia Warne at 360-460-0361.
Medical conference
PORT ANGELES — The Allied Health Club of Peninsula College will hold its seventh annual Medical Assistant Conference at the Lincoln Center, 905 W. Ninth St., from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Larry Little, director of the Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics clinic.
The conference topics will be “United Way and Volunteerism,” “Physical Therapy: Assisting Patients to Move!”, “Bad Bugs” and “Elder Care Before and Now.”
The presenters will include Eric Palenik, a physical therapist with Olympic Medical Center; Penny Becker of Olympic Medical Center; and Jeanne Cummings of the state Department of Health.
Conference collaborators include Olympic Medical Center’s Long-Term Care Facilities, the Department of Health and Qualis Health.
The conference is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control.
For information, email Dr. Jen Gouge, director of the college’s medical assistant program, at jgouge@pencol.edu or phone 360-417-6465.
Eating with diabetes
PORT ANGELES — Amy Ward, a certified diabetes educator and registered dietitian, will present “Eating Survival Skills for People With Diabetes” today.
The free talk will be from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
For more information, phone 360-457-4431 or email info@vimoclinic.org.
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 at 1 p.m. on Case No. 15c of The Miscellaneous Koans, titled “Our Red-Purple Line and the Happiness We Seek.”
For more information, phone 360-452-5534 or email NOSangha@aol.com.
Piano recital
PORT ANGELES — Piano students under the direction of Thelma McCoy will perform at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., at 2 p.m. Sunday.
The performance is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served, and awards will be presented after the recital.
Performers include Devin Beck, Wei-Yan Fu, Lum Fu, Yau Fu, Ruth Greene, Briana Lovik, Conner Isam and Jay Liang, Felicia Che, Tarah Erickson, Jasira Andrus, Cole Urnes, Jeremy Choe, Carly La, Joshua Basden and Nathanael Mullins.
Free youth flights
PORT ANGELES — Chapter 430 of the Experimental Aircraft Association will offer free introductory Young Eagle flights to youths 8 to 17 at the William R. Fairchild International Airport starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Flights will begin near the Rite Bros. Aviation hangar.
Minors must be accompanied by or have written permission from a parent or legal guardian.
Flights are dependent on weather conditions.
For more information, contact Alan Thomas at 360-928-9452.
SNAP dance
PORT ANGELES — Special Needs Advocacy Parents — or SNAP — is sponsoring a dance for people with developmental disabilities Saturday.
The dance will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Olympic Vineyard Christian Church, 3415 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles.
Admission is $3.
The dance is for people of all ages; minors must be supervised.
Disc jockey Jim Balohnee will spin tunes.
For more information, phone 360-379-8934.
Fundraiser donations
PORT ANGELES — Donations for a Windermere Real Estate fundraiser for the Shane Park playground fund can be dropped off beginning Sunday.
Donations of gently used items — no clothing — may be dropped off at Windermere Real Estate/Port Angeles office at 711 E. Front St. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday and from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.
The office will close Friday, June 17, while personnel conduct a garage sale fundraiser to benefit Shane Park in west Port Angeles between Sixth and Eighth streets.
The garage sale — set from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Papa Murphy’s building, 801 E. Front St. — will be Windermere Real Estate/Port Angeles’ annual community service day project.
On the day of the sale, items will be half-price after 1 p.m.
Rummage for Art
PORT ANGELES — “Rummage for Art,” a sale benefiting the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, is scheduled Saturday and Sunday.
The sale will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center, 321 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles.
A two-hour pre-sale for Friends of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center and city of Port Angeles employees is set from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the center.
WEST END
Forest Watch volunteers
BEAVER — The state Department of Natural Resources will hold a free training for people interested in becoming forest watch volunteers on DNR-managed lands in the Forks, Clallam Bay-Sekiu, Port Angeles and Sequim areas.
The training will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the U.S. Forest Service Snider Work Center, 551 W. Snider Road.
Attendees should bring pens, note pads and lunches.
The forest watch volunteer training is free, but registration is recommended.
For more information or to register, phone Cathy Baker at 360-374-2860 or email cathy.baker@dnr.wa.gov.
Cancer Survivor’s Brunch
FORKS — The third annual American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life Committee and Gentle Touch Physical Therapy Survivors’ Brunch will be held at the Forks Congregational Church, 280 Spartan Ave., from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Cancer survivors who would like to attend and who did not receive an invitation last year should leave a message at 360-327-3880.
Those unable to attend this year but who would like to receive an invitation to next year’s brunch can leave their name, address and telephone number to be added to the 2012 invitation list.
Attendees can bring a friend, a caretaker or another survivor to exchange information, support, encouragement, stories and ideas.
Barbecue fundraiser
FORKS — A barbecue fundraiser for Archie and Denise Larson, both of whom have been diagnosed with cancer, is scheduled Saturday.
The fundraiser will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Forks Elks Lodge, 941 Merchants Road.
Admission is by donation.
A split-the-pot drawing and silent auction also are planned.
To donate items for the auction, phone 360-640-2829 or 360-640-4870.
Prince of Peace celebration
FORKS — The Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 250 N. Blackberry Ave., will celebrate the end of a large renovation project to its parsonage with a spaghetti dinner and concert by the Epworth Choral beginning at 6 p.m. today.
The event is open to the public, and donations will be accepted.
The congregation completely rebuilt the inside of its parsonage, which the church rents out.
The church put in all new plumbing, electricity, walls, cabinets, doors, floors, carpet and tile.
It was all done by volunteer effort with people as young as 8 and as old as 80.
For more information, phone Prince of Peace Pastor Pam Hunter at 360-374-6343.
Kids fishing day
NEAH BAY — The second annual Kids Fishing Day will be at the Makah National Fish Hatchery from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
The hatchery at 897 Hatchery Road is eight miles past Neah Bay. Participants can drive through town toward the ocean beaches and follow signs to the National Fish Hatchery.
The free event is intended for children 14 and younger.
All children must be accompanied by parents or guardians.
Attendees are asked to leave personal fishing gear at home. Fishing gear for the event will be provided by the hatchery.
There will be a two-fish limit.
Refreshments and other activities also will be provided.
The event is co-hosted by the Makah National Fish Hatchery and Makah Fisheries Management.
