A HARVEST DINNER and an “Evening with Ben Franklin” are among the activities planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about “The Barefoot Movement” performance tonight and other arts news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment magazine included with today’s PDN.
Information also is available in the interactive calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
PORT TOWNSEND
Pool discount night
PORT TOWNSEND — Mountain View Pool will host a discounted Open Swim Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
A second discounted open swim is scheduled for 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the pool at 1919 Blaine St.
Everyone can swim for $2. Noodles, rings and other floaty toys will be available. There will be no lap lanes.
Children younger than 8 must be accompanied by guardians.
For information, call 360-385-7665 or email ascalf@cityofpt.us.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — The topic will be “Side Effects” at the Conversation Cafe at The Cup, 600 W. Sims Way, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.
Lunch is optional.
Conversation Cafe is an exercise in active listening and nonconfrontational discussion.
For more information, visit www.conversationcafe.org.
Harmonica Jam
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Harmonica Union will meet at Grace Lutheran Church for a harmonica jam from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
The group asks for a freewill donation to cover supplies and hall rental at the church at 1120 Walker St.
Founded by “Chicago Bob” Longmire and “Port Townsend George” Yount, the Harmonica Union is dedicated to teaching, networking, performance and enjoying live music with friends, according to a news release.
“We both really like teaching, so we’ll have about an hour of that in the next meeting,” said Longmire. “Then we will have expanded time available for playing music together.”
Tunes will be arranged by key so that only a C harmonica will be needed.
For a copy of the schedule or for more information, contact Longmire at bob@longmire.org or 360-344-2084 or Yount at gyont@olypen.com.
Two shows added
PORT TOWNSEND — In light of the sold-out performances of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Key City Public Theatre has added two extra performances during this closing week.
Already scheduled are shows at 7:30 tonight and Saturday night and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
In addition, Key City will bring the “Bee” to the stage for a 2:30 p.m. performance Saturday and finally a 7:30 p.m. show Sunday.
Tickets range from $20 to $24 (Friday/Saturday performances) via www.keycitypublictheatre.org and 360-385-KCPT (5278). If any are left, they’ll also be sold at the door of the Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St.
The musical comedy, about six middle school overachievers making their way through a spelling competition, stars Tomoki Sage, Austin Krieg, Leah Finch and New York City-bred comic Marcy Girt.
Amy Sousa is the director. The house band has pianist Linda Dowdell leading the way.
Centrum benefit
PORT TOWNSEND — “Starry, Starry Night,” the Centrum foundation’s annual gala, has sold out for Saturday.
The gala at the Fort Worden Commons will offer live music, bidding on a variety of auction packages, a raffle for a Holland America cruise and a multicourse dinner.
Tickets were $125 per person or $1,000 for a table for eight.
Proceeds will benefit Centrum’s scholarship funds and programs.
Schooner sail
PORT TOWNSEND — A public sail aboard a 102-year-old National Historic Landmark, the schooner Adventuress, is set from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets are $55 for adults and $25 for youths younger than 18; members of Sound Experience, the nonprofit that owns the schooner, sail free.
The Adventuress will sail from the Boat Haven, 2601 Washington St.
Those aboard can help raise the sails, take a turn at the helm and explore Port Townsend Bay while learning more about emerging issues in Puget Sound.
All ages are welcome, and no sailing experience is required.
Reservations are recommended online or by calling 360-379-0438, ext 1.
‘TravelFest’ set
PORT TOWNSEND — A free “TravelFest” lecture will be presented at First Presbyterian Church at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
“Nepal: Now and Then” will be presented by Port Townsend resident Richard Friedericks at the church at 1111 Franklin St.
The lecture is open to the public.
Friedericks lived and taught in Nepal for more than 20 years and returned to the mountainous Asian nation after the recent earthquake.
Refreshments will be served.
‘Seeds of Time’
PORT TOWNSEND — The Washington State University Jefferson County Extension will host a screening of a new film, “Seeds of Time,” from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The screening will be at the Rose Theatre, 235 Taylor St.
A discussion and reception will immediately follow the film at the Cotton Building at 607 Water St.
Tickets are $25, which includes the film screening, discussion and light refreshments.
“Seeds of Time” features Cary Fowler, who has spent decades working to protect global crop diversity.
He is the former director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and was influential in the building of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway.
PORT HADLOCK
Boffer swordplay
PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Library will host boffer swordplay from 2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. today.
The free program at the library at 620 Cedar Ave. is for youths ages 9 to 18.
Boffer swordplay is a physical sport with light contact, similar in intensity to soccer and a pillow fight combined.
Boffers, constructed of foam-wrapped PVC pipe, duct tape and some imagination, are used in live-action role-playing games and mock combat.
Boffers will be available, but participants are invited to bring their own.
Participants should wear comfortable clothes and expect to be outside for part of the time, weather permitting.
For information, contact Brwyn Griffin at 360-385-6544 or bgriffin@jclibrary.info.
CHIMACUM
Native plant sale
CHIMACUM — A Native Plant Sale is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
It is offered in the Kul Kah Han Native Plant Demonstration Garden in H.J. Carroll Park’s Rotary Pavilion, 9884 state Highway 19.
Trees, shrubs, perennial flowers, ferns and grasses will be for sale.
For information, call 360-379-5610.
GARDINER
Make a Difference
GARDINER — Project Linus’ local chapter will host its annual Make a Difference Day at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Project Linus is a nationwide organization that makes blankets for ill or traumatized children.
Pat Gracz, coordinator of the chapter, welcomes anyone who would like to donate quilting material, batting, yarn or a hand-made blanket to attend the meeting.
Blankets should be made with materials that are machine-washable and -dryable.
Gracz’s chapter has been a part of Project Linus for 18 years and has collected and delivered more than 18,000 blankets.
For more information, phone Gracz at 360-797-7311.
SEQUIM
Drive-through dinner
SEQUIM — The Sequim High School chapter of Future Farmers of America will host a drive-through fundraising dinner before the football game on the high school’s main parking lot from 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. today.
The lot is located at 601 N. Sequim Ave.
The dinner boxes include chicken, cornbread, mashed potatoes with gravy, baked beans and a drink for $8.
This event helps fund the chapter’s travel to the FFA national convention.
To preorder one or more boxes, call Steve Mahitka at 509-654-4045.
Open-mic readings
SEQUIM — The Fourth Friday readings, hosted by Writers on the Spit, will be held in The Lodge’s media room, 660 Evergreen Farm Way, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Readers will be limited to five minutes of their original work, which can be poetry, short-short stories or excerpts of longer works.
Writers sign in, and names are drawn randomly for reading position.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, email rmarcus@olypen.com.
Roller derby game
SEQUIM — Port Scandalous Roller Derby will present season five, game six at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The cost of presale tickets is $10 for adults, $8 for youths 8 and younger, and youths 5 and younger are admitted free at the club, 400 W. Fir St.
Senior and military discounts are available.
Adults tickets are $12 at the door.
The all-ages Halloween-themed roller derby bout will have the Strait Shooters compete against the Willamette Kidney Thieves.
There will be a prize for the best Halloween costume.
Also available is a 50/50 raffle, snacks, a beer garden and Port Scandalous Roller Derby merchandise.
For more information, email board.psrd@gmail.com or find the team on Facebook.
6K walk in Sequim
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers invite all walkers to join a 6K/10K (3.7/6.1-mile) walk at 8:45 a.m. Saturday.
Walkers will register at the QFC store, 990-B E. Washington St. between 8:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. Maps will be provided.
Walkers will leave the store at 9 a.m. and drive to the starting point.
The walk is free unless walkers want credit from the American Volkssport Association.
The walk near the Olympic Game Farm offers views of the Olympic Mountains, Mount Baker and the New Dungeness Lighthouse.
There are restrooms at the start as well as along the way.
Baby joggers are allowed. Pets are not.
For more information, phone George Christensen at 360-697-2172 and 360-473-8398 or email opepresident@hotmail.com.
Valley of the Trolls
SEQUIM — Friends of Jefferson County Parks and Recreation will present the Valley of the Trolls Spooktacular 1- and 3-mile run at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Registration will start at 2 p.m. with a costume contest at 4 p.m. at Troll Haven/Bandy Farms, 950 Gardiner Beach Road.
Contact 360-774-6066 or 206-779-2979 for information.
PORT ANGELES
‘Shuddersome’
PORT ANGELES — The YouTHeatre band of young actors are presenting “Shuddersome: Tales of Poe,” a collection of frightful stories, tonight and Saturday night at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Admission is by donation, and doors will creak open at 6:45 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. shows.
The production, which stars preteens and teens from Sequim and Port Angeles, brings to life Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Raven” and other short works.
Co-director Karen Breedlove said “Shuddersome” is recommended for theater-goers of middle school age and older — and is likely to scare grown-ups but good.
‘Ben Franklin Live’
PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Land Trust will host “Ben Franklin Live” at the Peninsula College Little Theater, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., at 7 tonight.
Professional actor and historian Christopher Lowell will perform as Ben Franklin.
Tickets are $20 and can be reserved by phoning the North Olympic Land Trust at 360-417-1815; any remaining will be sold at the door.
Event proceeds will support the efforts of the North Olympic Land Trust to conserve Clallam County farmland, watersheds and forests.
‘Lock-in’ slated
PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) will host an after-hours “lock-in” for youngsters ages 12-18 at the Port Angeles Library from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
The event will feature karaoke, crafts, snacks and video gaming at the library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
For additional information, phone the Forks Library at 360-374-6402 or the Port Angeles Library at 360-417-8500, ext. 7705, or email youth@nols.org.
Magic of cinema
PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College’s Magic of Cinema will present Jennifer Siebel Newson’s “The Mask You Live In” at Peninsula College Maier Performance Hall at 7 tonight.
Peninsula College students will be admitted to the hall on the Port Angeles campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., with ID. General admission is $5.
Tickets can be purchased at the door.
The film follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating narrow definitions of masculinity.
Written, produced and directed by Newsom, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015.
“The Mask You Live In” is the companion piece to Newsom’s 2011 “Miss Representations,” which explores media’s representations of girls and young women.
For more information, contact Dr. Helen Lovejoy at hlovejoy@pencol.edu or 360-417-6362.
Harvest dinner
PORT ANGELES — Park View Villas will host a Harvest Dinner fundraiser from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
All ages are welcome to join the event at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St.
Tickets are on sale at the Port Angeles Senior & Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St., and Park View Villas, 1430 Park View Lane, for $20.
Luck of the Draw will perform while guests enjoy a hot autumn meal.
The menu includes eggplant Parmesan, herb-crusted pork loin, salad, harvest blend roasted potatoes, green bean almondine and berry cobbler.
All proceeds go to the senior center’s programs.
Campers gather
PORT ANGELES — A fall potluck for vintage trailer owners is planned at the picnic shelter at the Salt Creek Recreation Area from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The shelter is enclosed and has a fireplace at the recreation area, 3506 Camp Hayden Road.
Vintage trailers from 1979 and older are asked to participate.
Attendees are encouraged to bring pumpkins to carve and decorate and dishes to share.
For more information, phone Felicia Brubaker at 360-457-8588.
Women’s forum
PORT ANGELES — Counselor and relationship coach Midge James will host a forum about women’s relationships from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Sunday at Poser Yoga.
The event takes place at 128 E. Front St.
Admission is free, and all women — married and single — are welcome to this discussion group.
To find out more about James and this new support group, see Poser Yoga’s Facebook page or visit www.poserstudios.com.
JOYCE
Lions breakfast set
JOYCE — The Crescent Bay Lions Club will hold a benefit breakfast at the club from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.
These breakfasts are held every Sunday through May 8 except Dec. 20-28 at the club, located on state Highway 112 and Holly Hill Road.
The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children 12 and younger.
The menu includes eggs cooked to order, hot cakes, French toast, biscuits and gravy, hashbrowns, ham, sausage, bacon and coffee.
Proceeds help Crescent Bay Lions members support Crescent school yearbooks, scholarships for Crescent High School seniors, holiday food baskets, glasses for the needy and other community projects.
The public is invited.
FORKS
Beaver relocation talk
FORKS — The Olympic Natural Resources Center’s “Evening Talk” will focus on beaver relocation at 7 tonight.
“Beaver Relocation: A Novel Adaptation Tool” take place at the center, 1455 S. Forks Ave., in the Hemlock Forest Room.
Presenter Ben Dittbrenner, a doctoral candidate in the University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, is the executive director of the nonprofit organization Beavers Northwest.
Dittbrenner’s research focuses on exploring nontraditional approaches to promote habitat enhancement and maintenance, increase ecosystem resilience and reduce effects of climate change on riparian systems at multiple scales.
He co-manages the Sky Beaver Project, which seeks to relocate beavers from areas where human-beaver conflicts would normally result in euthanization of the beaver to headwater riparian systems.
Refreshments will be served, and a potluck of a favorite dessert is encouraged.
For more information, phone Frank Hanson at 360-374-4556 or email fsh2@uw.edu.
Storytimes
FORKS — The Forks Library hosts Storytimes for children ages 0-5 at 10:30 a.m. every Friday through May 27.
The library is located at 171 S. Forks Ave.
Storytimes feature rhymes, songs, dancing and books for young children.
Activities such as talking, reading, playing and singing are included in storytimes.
For information, call 360-374-6402, ext. 7791, or email youth@nols.org.
Free legal clinic
FORKS — The Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers will host a free legal clinic at Concerned Citizens Family First Center, 945 S. Forks Ave., from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.
This event is open to the public to drop in and seek free, legal advice.
Volunteer attorneys are available to assist those who cannot afford an attorney, answer legal questions, explain the legal process and direct people to legal services.
