NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, April 15.
A Scandinavian music workshop, a foreign car cruise-in and a remote-controlled sailboat championship are among the weekend activities on the North Olympic Peninsula.
For information about performances of the African Children’s Choir performance at Eastern Hills Community Church in Carlsborg, as well as 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.
PORT LUDLOW
‘American Daughter’
PORT LUDLOW — “An American Daughter,” a play by Wendy Wasserstein, will be performed by the Ludlow Village Players today, Saturday and Sunday.
The performances will be at 7 p.m. at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place.
Tickets are available for $15 at the Bay Club and online at www.brownpapertickets.com.
The entirety of the play, set in 1997, takes place in a living room in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
The Village Players are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts association dedicated to providing live theater for the local community.
For more information, call 360-437-0324 or email jenpl@olypen.com.
Radio-controlled boats
PORT LUDLOW — The Port Townsend Yacht Club will host the 2016 T37 Regional Championships at Port Ludlow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The annual race, which is typically held at the Seattle Yacht Club, will be the first time these radio-controlled sailboats have raced in a championship event on the Quimper Peninsula.
The race of radio-controlled boats will be held at the Port Ludlow Marina ponds, 1 Gull Drive.
Onlookers are welcome to watch the action in the ponds between the Port Ludlow Marina and the Port Ludlow Yacht Club.
For more information, contact Michael Machette, race director, at 360-531-2441 or go to www.pnmyc.org.
PORT TOWNSEND
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — “In the Moment” 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.
Home cookin’ poetry
PORT TOWNSEND — Geoff Bowman and Visiting Poets will bring the Home Cookin’ poetry reading to Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship from 7 to 9 tonight.
No sign-up is required and there will be no fee for entry at the fellowship hall at 2333 San Juan Ave.
Participating will be Kelli Russell Agodon, who has six books out and founded Two Sylvias Press; Kathleen Flenniken, who is the second Washington state poet laureate; Alice Derry, who has published a half-dozen books and has 30 years of service to Peninsula College’s Foothills Writers’ Program; and Geoff Bowman, the oldest young poet in Western Washington.
For information, call 360-379-0609 or go to www.quuf.org.
Pool discount
PORT TOWNSEND — Mountain View Pool will offer discounted open swim from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Everyone swims for $2 at the pool, 1919 Blaine St.
The whole pool is dedicated to play. Noodles, rings and other floating toys will be available. No lap lanes will be offered.
Children younger than 8 must be accompanied by a guardian.
The swim is sponsored by the city.
For more information, phone 360-385-7665, email ascalf@cityofpt.us or visit www.cityofpt.us/pool.
Discovery Dance
PORT TOWNSEND — Discovery Dance will present Haywire from 8 to 10:30 tonight.
Admission is $10 at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St.
Haywire performs dance music with selections ranging from country-Western, 1950s to ’60s rock ‘n’ roll, blues and Latin to even a waltz or polka or two.
Band members include Denny Secord on bass and vocals, Jim Rosand on keyboards, Terry Smith on drums and Bobby Englebert on guitar and vocals.
Dance instructor Janice Eklund will teach a free one-step dance lesson at 7 p.m.
This is an all-ages, smoke- and scent-free event. No partner or registration is necessary.
Discovery Dance is a nonprofit organization with the mission of promoting partner dancing on and around the Olympic Peninsula.
For information, call Laura Brogden at 360-477-1680 or email pr@discoverydance.org.
Women in politics
PORT TOWNSEND — The American Association of University Women will host a panel discussion on “Women in Today’s Politics” at its 9:30 a.m. meeting Saturday.
The program at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge at 555 Otto St. is free and open to the public.
Guest panelists for the panel are Ruth Gordon, Jefferson County clerk; Kathleen Kler, Jefferson County commissioner; and Catharine Robinson, council member and deputy mayor of Port Townsend.
The panel will discuss current trends and challenges in running for political office, challenges unique to female candidates and how to prepare for a career in politics.
For more information, go to http://pt-wa.aauw.net or call Anne Englander at 360-390-5896.
Scandinavian events
PORT TOWNSEND — The Quimper Grange will present the Jeff and Jane Anderson Scandinavian Folk Dance Music Workshop and Jam at 11 a.m. Saturday.
A donation of $10 to $15 is suggested — $5 for students — at the grange, 1219 Corona St.
Internationally known fiddle and accordion instructors Jeff and Jane Anderson will introduce and play traditional Scandinavian schottische, waltz, mazurka, hambo, polka, polskas, pols, snoa and other songs.
Participants are invited to bring fiddles, guitars, mandolins, accordions, harmonicas, ukuleles or acoustic instruments, as well as recording devices. CDs will be available for purchase.
Non-musicians are welcome to enjoy Scandinavian music.
For information, call George Yount at 360-385-0456 or go to www.quimpergrange.com.
Kah Tai work party
PORT TOWNSEND — Volunteers will pull scotch broom and pick up trash at the Kah Tai Lagoon from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday.
Tools and trash bags will be provided as well as drinks and snacks.
Participants are asked to park in the parking lot near the Kah Tai bathrooms and walk to the Benedict Street trail on the south east side of the small pond. A white pickup truck and green volunteer sign will mark the spot.
For more information, contact Rosemary Sikes at 360-385-0307 or email ptrose53@gmail.com.
NORDLAND
Admiralty Audubon trip
NORDLAND — The Admiralty Audubon Society will host a field trip from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday to see the spring bird migration at Fort Flagler.
Participants will meet at the Fort Flagler pond parking lot, 1051 Flagler Road, at 9 a.m. to walk around the pond and down to the beach looking for shorebirds and waterfowl.
They also will go to the recreational vehicle camping area to walk the spit between Kilisut Harbor and Port Townsend Bay.
Those interested in carpooling from Port Townsend can meet at the park-and-ride, 440 12th St., by 8:30 a.m.
Attendees are asked to bring binoculars, spotting scopes and field guides. Dressing in warm layers with hats, gloves and hiking boots is suggested. A state Discover Pass is required.
For information, contact trip leader Paul Vanderheul at 360-379-8564 or pvanderheul@gmail.com.
CHIMACUM
Family photos
CHIMACUM — Megan Friedel, curator of photography at History Colorado museum, will present “Identifying Family Photographs” at the meeting of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society at the Tri-Area Community Center on Saturday.
At 9:30 a.m. over coffee or tea, attendees are invited to meet other history sleuths who are trying to identify their ancestors.
The lecture will start at 10 a.m. at the community center, 10 West Valley Road.
The meeting is open to members of the public for a donation that helps pay for bringing future genealogy speakers to our area.
Friedel has been managing History Colorado museum’s historical photography and moving image collections since 2013.
Prior to moving to Colorado, she was the first photo archivist for the Massachusetts Historical Society and worked with the historical photography collections of the Oregon Historical Society and the University of Alaska, Anchorage, where she was assistant professor of library science.
GARDINER
Garden club fundraiser
GARDINER — The Sequim Garden Club will hold a sock hop, silent auction and raffle fundraiser from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Gardiner Community Center.
The community center is located at 980 Old Gardiner Road.
For information, contact Lisa Cronin at lcroningardenclub@gmail.com or 360-797-3900.
SEQUIM
Bunco, luncheon
SEQUIM — The Sequim Guild will host bunco, a luncheon and an auction from noon to 3 p.m. today at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.
Proceeds will go to Seattle Children’s Hospital uncompensated-care funds.
Tickets for $15 will be available at the church, 525 N. Fifth Ave.
For more information, go to www.sequimguild.org, email sequimguild@gmail.com or call 360-683-5932.
Discussion group
SEQUIM — The Great Decisions Discussion Group will meet at the Sequim Library from 10 a.m. to noon today.
New members are welcome at the library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
The topic will be “The Next Front on Climate Change — How to Avoid a Dimmer, Drier World.”
For more information, email jcpollock@olypen.com or phone 360-683-9622.
Deck, patio staining
SEQUIM — The Sequim Home Depot will host a class in staining decks and patios from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
The store will conduct a second class about gardening with raised beds from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Home Depot is located at 1145 W. Washington St.
For information, email cclarkpds@yahoo.com or call 360-582-1620.
Thrift shop open
SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild thrift shop, 204 W. Bell St., will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The store has many spring fashions for sale, including designer handbags, shoes and fine jewelry.
Also featured will be furniture, kitchen appliances and dishes.
The guild donates proceeds to health care providers and first responders.
Volunteers and consigners are always needed; phone 360-683-7044 for more information.
Equine Vet Clinic
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Equine Network will host an equine veterinarian clinic with Dr. Sean Tuley at 10 a.m. Sunday.
The clinic is at 554 Roupe Road.
Routine veterinarian services are available, plus teeth floating and castration.
Phone 360-207-1688 for fee information.
PORT ANGELES
Words and music
PORT ANGELES — Portland, Ore.-based duo PoetryMusic will perform “Where Words and Music Meet” at 7 tonight.
The performance will be during the quarterly Art Blast at the library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Colleen O’Brien (voice/cello) and Chris Lee (vibes/percussion) form PoetryMusic, a chamber jazz duo dedicated to performing poems that have been set to music, music that has been set to poems and music by some well-known writers who are also accomplished composers.
The multimedia performance includes an accompanying slide presentation with each poem projected on the screen along with photographic images so the audience can follow the written word with the poem being sung.
A diverse mix of poets from Maya Angelou to Robert Frost to Jack Kerouac to Shakespeare will be covered.
For more information, contact Library Manager Noah Glaude at 360-417-8500 or nglaude@nols.org, or visit www.nols.org.
Comedy show
PORT ANGELES — Comedian and writer Steve Hofstetter is coming to Peninsula College for a comedy show tonight.
The show will be at 7 p.m. in the Pirate Union Building on the Port Angeles campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Admission to the show is free to Peninsula College students and by donation for guests.
Hofstetter’s resume includes appearances on ESPN’s “Quite Frankly,” CBS’s “Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson,” Showtime’s “White Boyz in the Hood,” VH1’s “Countdown,” CNN’s “Campbell Brown Show” and ABC’s “Barbara Walter’s Special.”
The show will feature adult content and is not suitable for children.
Villas’ open house
PORT ANGELES — Park View Villas will hold a meet-and-greet from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today.
Attendees are invited to meet the new executive director and program coordinator, enjoy wine and appetizers, and tour the community.
Park View Villas is located at 1430 Park View Lane.
For more information, phone 360-452-7222, visit www.villageconcepts.com or www.facebook.com/parkviewvilla.
Organ performance
PORT ANGELES — Organist Julia Brown will perform at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave., at 7 p.m. today.
The program will include works by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and C.P.E. Bach.
The suggested donation is $20. Admission is free for those in grades 12 and under.
Car club cruise
PORT ANGELES — Two hundred to 500 cars are expected to roll into town during the Northwest European Car Club’s Port Angeles Cruise-In on Saturday.
The organization, which features European cars, will display cars in the Red Lion Hotel parking lot at 221 N Lincoln St. and on City Pier.
Cars are expected to arrive by 11 a.m.
Fat Chance will play rock ‘n’ roll on the main stage on City Pier beginning at 1:30 p.m.
April Pool’s Day
PORT ANGELES — William Shore Memorial Pool, 225 E. Fifth St., will hold an April Pool’s Day event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Participants will learn about pool and water safety.
The event is free to families, kids and teens.
For more information, email jschultz@williamshorepool.org or phone 360-417-9767.
Animal benefit
PORT ANGELES — A Disco Dance Fitness Benefit for Peninsula Friends of Animals will be held at the Port Angeles Senior & Community Center from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Sponsored by the Sequim Gym, the cost is $8 per person at the center, 328 E. Seventh St.
All money collected will go to the Peninsula Friends of Animals, a nonprofit.
All ages are welcome.
Dancers are encouraged to wear costumes.
Seven local instructors will lead two hours of simple disco dance and fitness moves.
For more information, email JaciSheefra@yahoo.com or phone 360-477-0623.
Swap meet, breakfast
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Dream Machines and the Fairview Grange will host a swap meet and breakfast this Saturday.
The swap meet is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fairview Grange field, 161 Lake Farm Road.
Spaces will be $10 each; participants are asked to bring their own tables.
Fairview Grange also will hold a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. for $8. Pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs and coffee will be served.
For information, call 360-461-9008.
Poetry workshop
PORT ANGELES — Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 73 Howe Road, will host a poetry workshop from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Joseph Bednarik, co-publisher of Copper Canyon Press, a nonprofit dedicated to poetry, will lead the free workshop, open to all ages.
The workshop includes classical writing exercises, mostly borrowed from the surrealists, to engage imaginations and intellects to create, in real time, poems and prayers.
JOYCE
Lions breakfast
JOYCE — The Crescent Bay Lions Club will host a benefit breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.
Breakfasts are held every Sunday through May 8 at the club 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.
FORKS
Library storytime
FORKS — The Forks Library will offer a storytime for preschoolers at 10:30 a.m. today.
Weekly storytimes for preschoolers up to 5 years old take place at the library at 171 S. Forks Ave.
Storytimes feature rhymes, songs, dancing and books for young children.
For information, call 360-374-6402, ext. 7791.
