NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Feb. 13.
A Dragon Dance, lectures and hikes are among the many activities on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience in Port Angeles, more Valentine’s Day activities and other arts and entertainment news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the weekly entertainment magazine, in today’s PDN.
More information is also on the calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
Fee-free park entry
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Entrance to Olympic National Park will be free Saturday through Monday.
The National Park Service is offering fee-free days for Presidents Day weekend.
The fee waiver includes entrance fees, commercial tour fees and transportation entrance fees.
Usually, the national park charges an entrance fee of $15 per car.
On fee-free days, other park fees, including wilderness camping and campground fees, will remain in effect.
Also allowing free entrance for the weekend will be U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sites such as the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, where entrance is generally $3 per family or a group of up to four adults.
For more information, see http://tinyurl.com/PDN-nationalparkfreedays.
CLALLAM BAY
Dragon Dance
CLALLAM BAY — The annual Dragon Dance, to celebrate the Year of the Sheep, will take place in the Weel Road Deli parking lot, 17203 state Highway 112, at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Dressing up and noisemakers are encouraged.
A potluck at the Three Sisters of Clallam art gallery will follow.
For more information, phone 360-963-2854 or 360-963-2189.
PORT TOWNSEND
Winter Wanderlust
PORT TOWNSEND — Mark Roye and Nancy Krill will present “Polar Bears to Penguins” during Winter Wanderlust at 7 tonight.
The slideshow series of travelogs from around the globe will continue each Friday at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., through Feb. 20.
Admission is $7 for adults and free for youths younger than 18.
The program features stories and images from travelers who are fulfilled by experiencing new places, meeting new people, learning about different cultures and exploring the world.
For more information, visit www.WanderlustAdventures.net.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — Open to all, the Conversation Cafe will meet at the Highway 20 Road House, 2152 W. Sims Way, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today for conversation and an optional lunch.
The day’s topic is “What’s on your mind today?”
Conversation Cafe is an exercise in active listening and nonconfrontational conversation.
For more information, visit www.conversationcafe.org.
Audubon field trip
PORT TOWNSEND — An Admiralty Audubon field trip will start at the Larry Scott Trail in the Cape George parking lot at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The roughly two-hour hike is free and open to all.
Hikers will look for forest birds as they walk round trip along a moderately easy trail through Douglas fir, open pastures, across some private access roads and over a small hill.
Carpoolers from Port Townsend can meet at the Haines Place Park & Ride across from Safeway by 9:45 a.m.
For directions and more information, contact Pauls Vanderheul at 360-379-8564 or pvanderheul@gmail.com.
Seed saving talk
PORT TOWNSEND — The basics of seed saving will be the topic of the final installment of the 2015 Yard & Garden Lecture Series from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
This talk, sponsored by the Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation, will be at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St.
Tickets are $12.
Speaker Jadyne Reichner will discuss selecting, collecting, cleaning and saving seeds.
Reichner has taught biology and science, established the Purple Haze Lavender Farm and has worked for the WSU Jefferson County Extension and the Organic Seed Alliance.
Refreshments will be available. Gardening questions can be asked of Master Gardener plant clinicians.
For more information, phone 360-301-2081.
Judith Kitchen memorial
PORT TOWNSEND — Friends and colleagues of the late writer and teacher Judith Kitchen will gather in her memory at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St.
Kitchen, an award-wining author, died Nov. 6 at the age of 73.
Her work includes Writing the World: Understanding William Stafford; an essay collection titled Only the Dance; a nonfiction book, Half in Shade; and the novel The House on Eccles Road.
She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes and the Lillian Fairchild Award.
Rhody Run training
PORT TOWNSEND — Training for the May 17 Rhody Run XXXVII is slated for Sunday at 7:30 a.m. at Fort Worden State Park.
Training is held every Sunday leading up to the run.
For more information, phone race director Jeni Little at 360-385-3163 or email rhodyruninfo@gmail.com.
CHIMACUM
PT author speaks
CHIMACUM — Port Townsend author Barbara Sjoholm will speak on “Emilie Demant Hatt: A Danish Ethnographer and Artist among the Sami” at the Thea Foss No. 45 Daughters of Norway meeting at 1 p.m. Sunday.
The lecture will be at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.
The public is invited to hear about Emilie, the “Margaret Mead of Denmark,” and her adventures among the Sami, indigenous people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
Sjoholm is a writer, journalist, editor and translator.
For more information, phone 360-379-1802.
BRINNON
Hempapalooza on Saturday
BRINNON — Hempapalooza, a medical marijuana farmers market focusing on education, awareness and responsibility, will be held at Brinnon Herbal Collective, 91 Corey Lane, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The public is welcome, and there are no admission fees; donations are accepted but not required.
Attendees must have valid medical authorization and ID for all medical cannabis transactions.
Children younger than 18 are not permitted without a parent or legal guardian.
Local vendors with non-marijuana products are welcome and encouraged.
For more information, visit www.potstop.net, phone Nicole Black at 360-301-0844 or email coleyblack@gmail.com.
SEQUIM
Senior Night Live
SEQUIM — Sequim High School’s senior acting troupe members are back for one more weekend of “Senior Night Live” at the auditorium, 503 N. Sequim Ave., at 7 tonight and 2 p.m. Saturday.
The group of 19 seniors and 30 class members will present dances, songs and sketches to benefit the class of 2015.
Tickets at the door are $8 for adults and $6 for students with an ASB card.
For more information, phone 360-460-7860.
Spaghetti dinner
SEQUIM — The Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, will host a spaghetti dinner from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
The cost is $10. The meal will include spaghetti, green salad, garlic bread, ice cream and cookies.
Proceeds will benefit grange projects.
Genealogy talk
SEQUIM — Sue Mendenhall will speak on newspaper research at the Clallam County Genealogical Society general meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The talk will be at Trinity Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.
Members and guests are invited to come early for coffee and snacks.
Mendenhall’s career includes literary research. She contributes articles to historical and genealogy journals and newsletters.
For more information, phone 360-417-5000.
Free pruning class
SEQUIM — Peninsula Nurseries will hold its annual free pruning class at 1060 Sequim-Dungeness Way at 10 a.m. Saturday.
R.T. Ball is returning to instruct people on the proper pruning techniques for fruit trees and shrubs.
For more information, phone 360-681-795.
White Tiger talk
SEQUIM — The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga will be discussed at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Pre-registration for this program is not required; drop-ins are welcome.
According to an Amazon.com review: “The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern India’s caste society.”
Copies of The White Tiger are available at the Sequim Library in various formats.
For more information about this and other programs, visit www.nols.org and click on “Events” and “Sequim” or contact the library at 360-683-1161 or sequim@nols.org.
Friends book sale
SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library will hold their monthly book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will be at the Friends building behind the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Of special interest this month is an extensive selection of gardening books that include how-to as well as garden design.
Friends memberships are being renewed for 2015.
Dues can be paid at the Saturday sale; by mail to P.O. Box 1011, Sequim, WA 98382; or by dropping them off at the library.
Proceeds of the sale fund library programs.
PORT ANGELES
TAFY bake sale
PORT ANGELES — TAFY, or The Answer For Youth, is having a bake sale Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Swain’s General Store, 602 E. First St.
All donations go to meeting the needs of homeless and at-risk youths and young families in Clallam County.
Anyone interested in baking for the fundraiser can phone 360-477-0247 or 360-670-4363.
Habitat volunteers
PORT ANGELES — Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County will hold a volunteer orientation at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Habitat’s goal for this year is to have 1,000 volunteers help in its mission of ensuring that everybody has a decent place to live.
For more information about volunteering, contact the organization’s office in Port Angeles at 360-681-6780 or email Jake Eyre at jake@habitatclallam.org.
Sons of Norway dance
PORT ANGELES — The Sons of Norway group will host its weekly folk-ballroom-swing dance at 131 W. Fifth St. from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Dance instruction is planned at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is $2 for members and $3 for nonmembers.
This is an all-ages, no-smoking and no-alcohol event.
For more information, phone Sandy Maxwell at 360-457-7035.
Sunday Sangha
PORT ANGELES — Every Sunday, the Poser Yoga studio hosts a community gathering of meditation, kirtan and conversation about spirituality from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Admission to Sunday Sangha is free at Poser Yoga, 128 E. Front St.
For more information, phone 360-393-0977.
Teen pool night
PORT ANGELES — Teen Night at William Shore Memorial Pool, 225 E. Fifth St., will kick off at 6 p.m. Sunday.
The cost is $3.25 per person.
Teens are invited to stay until 9 p.m. to enjoy music, pizza, soda and fun with friends.
One participant will win a laser-signed Russell Wilson Seahawks mini-football.
For more information, phone Leah Gould at 360-417-9767, email lgould@williamshorepool.org or visit www.williamshorepool.org.
Monday Musicale
PORT ANGELES — Monday Musicale will offer public entertainment at the Queen of Angels Hall, 209 W. 11th St., at 1 p.m. Monday.
The musical entertainment will be preceded by a noon meeting for the group.
The objective of Monday Musicale is to encourage music study in schools.
For reservations and more information, phone Ruth Welch at 360-457-5223.
JOYCE
Lions Club breakfast
JOYCE — The Crescent Bay Lions Club will offer breakfasts every Sunday except holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. until Mother’s Day on May 10.
The cost is $6 for adults and $3.50 for children 12 and younger.
The menu includes eggs cooked to order, hot cakes, French toast, biscuits and gravy, hashbrowns and ham, sausage or bacon.
There are no breakfasts planned for Dec. 21 or 28.
The club is on state Highway 112 at Holly Hill Road.
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.
LAPUSH
Lice control
LAPUSH — Quileute Head Start will host “It’s a Bug’s Night” at the A-Ka-Lat Community Center from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
The event is designed to educate families about lice prevention and management.
Prize drawings, crafts, a movie and information to take home will be offered.
Dinner will be provided, and Concerned Citizens will provide shuttle service from Forks to LaPush and back.
For more information, phone 360-374-2631.
FORKS
Banquet, auction
FORKS — The Caring Place banquet and auction will take place at Assembly of God Church, 81 Huckleberry Lane, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. today.
Seating is limited. RSVP to 360-374-5010. Admission is by donation.
Dinner is from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., with the auction starting at 7:45 p.m. and ending when things are sold out.
The Caring Place, 260 Ash Ave., provides clothes and furniture for women, children and families in need at no cost.
For information, phone 360-374-5010.
Fun-a-Day projects
FORKS — A reception for artists and the projects they made during the Rainforest Council of the Arts Fun-a-Day in January is set from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The reception will be at the Forks Library, 171 S. Forks Ave.
The community is invited to take a look.
Refreshments will be served.
