NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Feb. 12.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This corrects the time of KSQM 91.5 FM radio’s open house. It will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
A daddy-daughter dance, a whale lecture and a benefit talent show are among the attractions planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about the Ken Young piano performance in Port Angeles and other arts and entertainment news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly magazine included with today’s PDN.
Information also is available in the interactive calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
SEQUIM
Daddy-Daughter Dance
SEQUIM — A Daddy-Daughter Dance is planned at the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets to the dance at 400 W. Fir St. are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
The dinner package option includes pasta and dessert bars for an adult and a child plus three raffle tickets for $35. An additional child is $10.
DJ Christian will provide music for dancing in a Winter Wonderland setting.
A pasta bar, hot cocoa/dessert bar, candy bar, raffle and photo opportunities are planned.
Dads, stepdads, grandpas, older brothers, uncles — any male role models — can bring girls to the dance.
For more information, email tjackson@bgc-op.org or phone 360-683-8095.
Book discussion
SEQUIM — “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green will be discussed at the Sequim Library at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Preregistration for the free program is not required, and drop-ins are welcome at the library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Copies of the book are available at the library in various formats, including regular print, large print, audio e-book, audiobook on CD, Nook and audio e-book in Spanish. They can be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org.
For more information, visit www.nols.org and select “Events” and “Sequim,” or contact the Sequim Library at 360-683-1161 or sequim@nols.org.
Fiddle music
SEQUIM — The Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association will perform at the Sequim Prairie Grange on Saturday.
Lessons and a meeting for members will take place in the morning at the grange hall, 290 Macleay Road.
Old-time jamming and open jamming will be from noon to 1:30 p.m.
A performance by association members will be presented from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The first 30 minutes of the program will be old-time fiddle music, followed by country, bluegrass, vocal and fiddle.
The program is free and open to the public.
Donations are welcome and support fiddle scholarships for youth.
The association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting and perpetuating old-time fiddle music and associated arts and skills.
Station open house
SEQUIM — KSQM 91.5 FM radio will host an open house at the station from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Cookies and milk will be served at 577 W. Washington St. For information, phone 360-681-0000.
Pruning seminar
SEQUIM — Peninsula Nurseries will host a free seminar on growing, planting and pruning of fruit trees from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
The nursery is located at 1060 Sequim-Dungeness Way. A follow-up seminar on common pests and diseases of fruit trees is scheduled for Feb. 20.
For information, email sales@pennurseries.com or call 360-681-7953.
Friends book sale
SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library will hold its monthly book sale 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will be at the Friends building behind the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
This month, there is a selection of video games for Xbox, PS2 and Xbox One.
There also will be many jigsaw puzzles and more than two dozen knitting books with patterns and instructions.
The cookbook selection will include books with an emphasis on healthy, low-calorie recipes from such publishers as Weight Watchers.
Gardening and landscape planning books specific to the Northwest and a selection of current fiction published in the past 12 months are available.
Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund children’s and adult programs at the Sequim Library.
GARDINER
Explorer walk
GARDINER — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers will have a 5/10K — 3.1-mile or 6.2-mile — morning walk starting at Wild Birds Unlimited, 275953 U.S. Highway 101, on Saturday.
All walkers must sign up from 8:45 a.m. to 9 a.m., with the walk starting promptly at 9 a.m.
The walk is free unless walkers want credit from the American Volkssport Association.
The walk goes by Troll Haven, where walkers will see trolls carved into buildings and fence posts.
If the day is clear, it is possible to see mountains and Discovery Bay.
There is a restroom, and walkers may want to bring water and a camera.
There is ample parking, but walkers are asked to park away from the front of the store.
For more information, phone George Christensen at 360-697-2172 or 360-473-8398, or email 28edward@embarqmail.com.
Mason bees class
GARDINER — A two-part class on mason bees will take place at Wild Birds Unlimited in Gardiner at 9 a.m. Saturday and Feb. 27.
Christie Lassen, the owner of the store at 275953 U.S. Highway 101, will give an hourlong, family-friendly talk at the store on the benefits of mason bees and how to attract them and keep them in the garden.
Seating is limited.
A contribution of $5 to the store’s community education fund holds a seat for those attending the presentation, with proceeds from the talk going to the Northwest Raptor & Wildlife Center and Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue.
To reserve a spot, call 360-797-7100.
PORT TOWNSEND
Whale lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — Professor John Calambokidis of The Evergreen State College and Cascadia Research will present a lecture on whales Sunday.
“Insights into Whale Movement & Behavior” starts at 3 p.m. in Fort Worden Chapel at Fort Worden State Park, 200 Battery Way.
The cost is $5 for Port Townsend Marine Science Center members and $10 for nonmembers.
Proceeds go toward the science center.
Calambokidis is a senior research biologist and one of the founders of Cascadia Research Collective, a nonprofit research organization formed in 1979 and based in Olympia.
His primary interests are the biology of marine mammals and the impacts of humans.
He has conducted studies on a variety of marine mammals in the North Pacific, from Central America to Alaska.
Some of Calambokidis’ recent research has included attaching tags to whales with suction cups to examine their feeding behavior and vocalizations.
For more information about this lecture, contact Alison Riley at 360-385-5582 or ariley@ptmsc.org, or visit www.ptmsc.org/lecture-series.
Blueberry lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Master Gardeners Foundation’s Yard & Garden Lecture Series concludes Saturday.
The lecture will take place at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., from 10 a.m. to noon.
This Saturday’s featured speaker is Janet Aubin, who will speak on organic blueberries.
Aubin has managed berry, produce, poultry and pig production at Finnriver Farm since 2008 with her partner, Jeff Horwath.
Tickets are $12 and are available at the door.
Proceeds help underwrite Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation programs such as grant awards for sustainable gardening projects in the community.
Free swim set
PORT TOWNSEND — A free Second Sunday Swim will take place at Mountain View Pool from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Adults only will swim from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. for lap swimming and exercise at the pool, 1925 Blaine St.
The open recreation family swim is from 2:15 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Children younger than 8 must be accompanied in the water by an adult.
For more information, phone Mountain View Pool at 360-385-7665 or email SLeighton@cityofpt.us.
Art in the Library
PORT TOWNSEND — A new Northwind Arts Center Art in the Library show will open with a Valentine weekend-themed reception at the historic Port Townsend Library from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today.
This exhibit will feature a variety of visual arts media at the library, 1220 Lawrence St.
Artists include Jinx Bryant (pastel painting), Philip D. Carrico (original reduction woodcut and linoleum prints), Celeste Dybeck (family tree button blanket), Susan Faust (oil painting), Peter Guerrero (photography), Mena Quilici (acrylic painting), the late John David Rigsby (oil painting) and Sylvia White (contemporary weaving).
The exhibit will continue until June 3.
For more information, contact Polly Lyle at pollylyle@me.com or 360-531-3971, or visit www.northwindarts.org.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — “Homeland” will be the topic for Conversation Cafe today.
Conversation Cafe meets at 11:45 a.m. every Friday at Alchemy Restaurant at Taylor and Washington streets.
Buying food is not required.
The gatherings conclude before 1:30 p.m., and all are welcome.
QUILCENE
Pancake breakfast
QUILCENE — The Lions Club will hold a Valentine’s Pancake Breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Masonic Hall.
Tickets are $8 for adults, $4 for children age 6 to 12 and $20 for a family at the hall, 170 Herbert St.
Lions are also pre-selling tickets at the Quilcene Post Office.
Pancakes, sausage and scrambled eggs will be served.
Donations will go to the Quilcene High School cheerleaders, and they will be serving breakfast.
PORT ANGELES
Talent show
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School Leadership Class will host its seventh annual Benefit & Talent Show in the Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. today.
A silent auction of donations from local businesses will be held prior to the show. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. at the center at the high school, 304 E. Park Ave.
Tickets for the show will be sold at the door the night of the show — $10 per adult, $5 per student and $20 for a family of four.
Tickets can be purchased from a leadership student.
The show will benefit Jaime Campos, who was diagnosed in April 2015 with stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma, tonsillar cancer.
For more information, phone Helpenstell at 360-565-1529 or email to phelpenstelll@portangelesschools.org.
Sweethearts at Laurel
PORT ANGELES — Laurel Place, an assisted living facility at 1133 E. Park Ave., will have a Sweetheart Senior’s Ball at 6 p.m. today.
Live music by the Cat’s Meow and a variety of entertainment will be offered.
The Port Angeles Community Players decorated the room, residents will have elegant gowns provided and local groups have volunteered to do hair, nails and makeup at no cost to the residents.
Ballroom dancers will demonstrate their skills, followed by a surprise visit by a masked man with roses on a unicycle.
The public is invited to stop by.
For more information, phone Crickett Rickenbauer at Laurel Place at 360-558-3397.
Teen Night at pool
PORT ANGELES — Teen Night at the Pool will take place at William Shore Memorial Pool from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Teen Night is for ages 12 through 18 at the pool, 225 E. Fifth St.
The cost is $3.25 for youths in the district and $6.50 for nondistrict youths.
Food, fun and games will be provided.
For more information, email jschultz@williamshorepool.org or phone 360-417-9767.
CLALLAM BAY
Dragon parade
CLALLAM BAY — The town will celebrate the Chinese New Year with its ninth annual Dragon Parade at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Participants are asked to wear colorful clothes of orange, yellow and red, and shake noise makers.
The parade will start at Weel Road Deli, 17203 state Highway 112, and end at the Three Sisters Art Gallery and Lighthouse Massage.
After the parade, a potluck meal is planned, with music provided by Therapy Session of Forks.
FORKS
Open Heart Forks
FORKS — Open Heart Forks, a four-hour intergenerational gathering, is set from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The gathering at the Tech Center, 35 N. Spartan Ave., invites the public to give of themselves or share what others bring, including field games, music jams, tutoring, community art projects, meditation and other skill sharing.
