NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 11.
An evening of storytelling by female mariners, a benefit auction for the Port Townsend Marine Science Center and a spaghetti dinner for veterans are among the attractions planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about the Barrage 8 show 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.
PORT TOWNSEND
Benefit auction
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will host the Tides of March Auction from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
This is the 11th year for the auction, which will take place at the center, 532 Battery Way on the Fort Worden campus.
Tickets are $65 for members, $70 for nonmembers and $75 at the door.
The theme of this year’s auction is “Undersea Spree.”
There will be a sit-down dinner; a selection of wine, beer and appetizers; performances and entertainment; silent and live auctions; and a dessert dash.
For information, contact the center at 360-379-5610 ext. 230.
Mariners’ tales
PORT TOWNSEND — The third annual She Tells Sea Tales will be hosted at the Northwest Maritime Center at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. at the center, 431 Water St.
Storytelling will celebrate International Women’s Day, which was Tuesday, by bringing together female storytellers and songwriters who will share tales from their seafaring lives.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for youths. Those younger than 12 will be admitted free.
Tickets will be available at the door. They also can be purchased online at www.nwmaritime.org.
All proceeds will fund the Northwest Maritime Center’s Girls’ Boat Project, which is an all-girls woodworking and sailing program run in conjunction with the Port Townsend School District.
This year’s event features MB Armstrong, Kim Carver, Robin Dudley, Merilee Evans, Sarah Felder, Erin Fristad, Nancy Israel, Christine Jacobsen, Jean Scarboro and Ace Spragg.
Hannah Viano’s Inside Passage-inspired paper-cut artwork also will be on display.
For further information, contact Kelley Watson at kwatson@ptschools.org.
Woodworking event
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School of Woodworking open house, “Tiny Homes and Gypsy Wagons,” will take place from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The open house, presented by Jim Tolpin and Steven Habersetzer, is free and open to the public at Fort Worden State Park, Building 315, 200 Battery Way.
For more information, email media@ptwoodschool.org or phone 360-344-4455.
Wild plants talk
PORT TOWNSEND — “Wild Plants of the Olympic Peninsula” will be presented at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.
The free presentation at the fellowship at 2333 San Juan Ave. is an introduction to the wildflowers and other plants of the Olympic Peninsula with a particular focus on the rain shadow.
The technical distinction between native and non-native plant species will be explained, as will the distinction between rare, endangered and endemic species.
Also included is a summary of the geographic, climatic and topographic features that influence the flora and fauna of the area.
Presenter Fred Weinmann conducts plant inventories, workshops and classes for a variety of state agencies and conservation organizations in the Port Townsend area: Jefferson County Land Trust, North Olympic Salmon Coalition, State Parks and the state Department of Natural Resources.
He is the co-author of two books on wetland plants of the Pacific Northwest and has been actively studying the flora of the Olympic Peninsula since 2003.
For more information, email fweinmann@cablespeed.com or call 360-379-0986.
Park work party
PORT TOWNSEND — The Kai Tai Lagoon Nature Park monthly cleanup and work party will assemble at the Benedict Street Trail at 9 a.m. Sunday and work until noon.
If coming from out of town, turn left at Haines Place, then right on 12th Street, then take the first left.
Volunteers can park in the parking lot near the Kah Tai bathrooms and walk to the Benedict Street Trail on the southeast side of the small pond. The site will be marked with a white pickup truck and a green volunteer sign.
The group will pull scotch broom and pick up garbage.
Tools and garbage bags will be provided as well as drinks and snacks.
Library book sale
PORT TOWNSEND — Friends of the Port Townsend Library will host a used book sale at the community center, 620 Tyler St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The doors will open at 8 a.m. for Friends members.
From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., the Friends will offer a bag-of-books sale for $4; members will receive a $1 discount.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — “Polls” 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.
Pool discount
PORT TOWNSEND — Mountain View Pool will have 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 floaty 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.
A free swim will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., the pool will be open for adult swim with lap swimming, water walking and exercise. The pool will be open for family swim from 2:15 p.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, phone 360-385-7665, email ascalf@cityofpt.us or visit www.cityofpt.us/pool.
Square dance, social
PORT TOWNSEND — The Quimper Grange will host a Square Dance and Social with T Claw and Greywolf from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.
Admission will be $6 at the grange hall at 1219 Corona St.
Partners are not necessary. All dances are taught and all ages and experience levels are welcome. Everyone 16 and younger is admitted free.
Dancers are asked to bring a personal water bottle.
For information, contact David Thielk at 360-301-6005, email edavidt@gmail.com or go to www.ptcommunitydance.com.
CHIMACUM
Bingo night
CHIMACUM — A Family Bingo Night is planned at Chimacum Elementary School at 6:30 tonight.
Bingo will be offered at five games for $1 at the school, 91 West Valley Road.
Prizes have been supplied by local businesses. Food will be available for purchase.
For information, contact Elma Beary at elmabeary@gmail.com or 360-301-6616.
PORT HADLOCK
Beekeeper meeting
PORT HADLOCK — The East Jefferson Beekeepers Association will offer a slideshow and lecture about splitting and colony divides in the spring at the Jefferson County Library at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
The public is welcome to this free information meeting. Questions will be answered after the lecture at the library at 620 Cedar Ave.
At 10:30 a.m., the beginner beekeeping class will begin. It will be session four of seven and deal with spring management.
Two field trips to an apiary will be planned.
For more information, phone Gail Moa at 360-385-1968, email g.moa@suite400.net or visit www.ejbees.org.
GARDINER
Beekeeping class
GARDINER — Wild Birds Unlimited, 275953 U.S. Highway 101, will host Mark Urnes for an “Introduction to Honey Beekeeping” class at 9 a.m. Saturday.
A $5 donation to benefit local wildlife rehabilitators is requested.
Urnes of the North Olympic Beekeepers Association will cover the biology and natural history of the honeybee in the first part of the class and in the second will deal with the keeping of honeybees.
This class will run about two hours.
RSVP to Wild Birds Unlimited to reserve a seat by calling 360-797-7100.
SEQUIM
Marine radar
SEQUIM — A free clinic on marine radar is planned from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The clinic — one of the free monthly boating skills clinics offered by the North Olympic Sail and Power Squadron — will be presented by Guy Bear and Ray Thomas at the Gathering Place at SunLand Golf & Country Club, 135 Fairway Drive.
They will discuss the basics of how radar works and what is seen on the screen, tuning the radar in various conditions, how to use radar for piloting or chart navigation, how to interpret moving targets on the radar screen and how to maneuver safely and efficiently to reduce the risk of collision.
A simulator demonstration will be included.
For more information, phone Tom O’Laughlin at 360-670-2798, email olaughlin.tom@gmail.com or visit www.northolympicboaters.com.
Trail walk
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers will walk 5K (3.1 miles) or 10K (6.2 miles) from Robin Hill Farm County Park west along the Olympic Discovery Trail toward Port Angeles.
The walk is free unless walkers wish to get credit from the American Volkssport Association.
All walkers must register at the QFC, 990-B E. Washington St., between 8:45 a.m. and 9 a.m.
The group will leave QFC at 9 a.m. to drive to Robin Hill Farm County Park.
Maps will be provided at registration.
From the park, walkers will pass working farms and dairies.
Strollers are allowed and wheelchairs are possible on both the 5K and 10K walks.
The walk is fairly level out and back, so participants can turn around at any time and return to the park.
Pets must be on a leash. Restrooms are available at the start, finish and along the route.
For more information, phone George Christensen at 360-697-2172 or 360-473-8398, or go to www.opevolkssport.org.
Book discussion
SEQUIM — Sophie’s Choice by William Styron will be discussed at the Sequim Library at 3 p.m. Saturday.
The free discussion will take place at the library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Sophie’s Choice presents the consequences of lives dramatically thrust together in the wake of tragedy and the results that come from having to face the horror of living through the unimaginable.
Set in 1947, the story is told from the perspective of Stingo, a young aspiring writer from Virginia who falls for Sophie, a beautiful Polish émigré, but she is deeply in love with Nathan.
Copies of Sophie’s Choice are available in regular print and large print and can be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org.
For more information, phone 360-683-1161 or email sequim@nols.org.
Cookbook author
SEQUIM — Author Mi Ae Lipe will give a presentation about her new book, Bounty from the Box, at Nash’s Farm Store at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The presentation is free and open to the public at the store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way.
Lipe’s cookbook is directed toward people thinking about getting a community-supported agriculture box, where the customer pays ahead and receives a weekly box of fresh, seasonal produce from a local farm.
The book follows the seasons and is a guide for using the more than 90 different crops commonly found in CSA boxes across the nation.
Sequim book sale
SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library group will hold its monthly book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will take place rain or shine at the Friends building behind the Sequim Library, with a focus on music books.
Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund children’s and adult programs at the library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
The sale will include popular and classical sheet music, instrument instruction books, encyclopedias of musical terms and composer biographies.
Another large selection includes novels by Christian writers Jenette Oke, Karen Kingsbury and Beverly Lewis.
There will be 33 rpm vinyl records for sale as well as nutrition, health and religion books.
Introduction to birds
SEQUIM — “Raptors!,” an introductory class focused on local birds of prey, will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The $10 class will take place at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.
The class will include an optional field trip after the session.
For more information, contact Tom Butler at rceducation@olympus.net or 360-681-4601, or visit www.dungenessrivercenter.org.
Used gear sale
SEQUIM — The John Wayne Marina will have a used nautical gear sale in the parking lot from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The marina is located at 2577 W. Sequim Bay Road.
For more information, phone 360-417-3440 or 360-683-2957.
Red Cross open house
SEQUIM — The American Red Cross Kitsap and Olympic Peninsula will hold an open house at 151 Ruth’s Place, Suite 1-D, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Attendees can learn how to volunteer and find out more about health, safety and preparedness training schedules.
For more information, contact Leigh Kamasz at 360-584-2393 or leigh.kamasz@redcross.org.
Free concert
SEQUIM — Under the direction of Tyler Benedict, the Sequim City Band will present a free concert in the Sequim High School auditorium at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The band will perform some favorite marches including Sousa, musical theater numbers, a little classical Debussy, a recently composed grand overture and an elegy.
The announcer for the concert will be retired Coast Guard member Jim Stoffer.
Stoffer has volunteered with the Sequim School District since 2002 and was recently elected to the Sequim School Board.
For more information about the group, go to www.sequimcityband.org.
Science for kids
SEQUIM — Children are invited to sign up for the Second Saturday Science series from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Led by former chemist and science educator Anne Olson, the series — recommended for ages 7 to 12 — offers hands-on opportunities for children to explore scientific concepts.
“Density” is the topic of Saturday’s session.
Why airplanes fly and boats float will be explored, with ample opportunities provided for hands-on practice and discovery.
All classes in the series are free and all materials will be provided, but preregistration is required.
To register, visit the Sequim Library events calendar, call the library at 360-683-1161 or email youth@nols.org.
Appreciation dinner
SEQUIM — The Sequim Valley Lions Club will host a Veterans Appreciation Dinner from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Sequim VFW Hall.
Veterans are invited to eat free; all other guests are $5 per plate, with children 5 and younger eating for free at the hall, 169 E. Washington St.
The spaghetti dinner will be served by the Lions and supported by 7 Cedars Resort Properties.
For information, contact the Sequim Valley Lions at 360-674-8403.
Accordion social
SEQUIM — The Shipley Center will host the Sequim Accordion Social from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Accordion players, enthusiasts and dancers are invited to the center, 921 E. Hammond St.
A donation of $2 or $3 is suggested.
Players of all levels are encouraged to bring their accordions and play between one and three pieces.
The featured players for the second half of the afternoon will be Paul LaMarche, Elsa and Hermann Laresser, Ken Lillagore and Ilse Osier.
For information, contact Caryl Dowell at 520-369-3550.
Fiddlers’ meeting
SEQUIM — The Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association will meet and perform at the Sequim Prairie Grange on Saturday.
Doors will open at 9 a.m. and jamming will start at 9:30 a.m. A business meeting will be held at 11 a.m. and then jamming will continue until 1:30 p.m.
Free group fiddle lessons for members 13 and younger will be offered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
On-stage performances will be offered from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public.
PORT ANGELES
Nature walk set
PORT ANGELES — A nature walk on Peabody Creek will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The public is invited to join educators and scientists Barb Blackie, Brian Hauge and Pat Loafman for an investigation of birds, bugs, plants, moss and amphibians in the Peabody Creek watershed.
Participants should meet behind Olympic Powersports at 221 S. Peabody St.
They should wear clothes appropriate for the weather and boots that can get muddy.
Binoculars, microscopes, stream sampling tools and other items for a hands-on investigation of the urban watershed will be provided.
Participants will learn about how the Feiro Marine Life Center is using Peabody Creek for education programs and how to join in revitalization efforts with Friends of Peabody Creek.
Prior to the nature walk, there will be a short cleanup of the trail starting at 9 a.m.
Anyone who wants to join is welcome.
To RSVP and for more information, email melissaw@feiromarinelifecenter.org or phone 360-417-6254.
IPad painting
PORT ANGELES — An Apple iPad painting group will meet from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. today.
The class will take place at the Port Angeles Senior & Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
It is a free class for artists of all levels who have an iPad or are curious about extending their art to the digital world.
Participants will share, practice and learn about painting using apps for the iPad and iPhone that simulate oils/acrylics, watercolors, pen and ink, pastels and more.
For more information, email randy@washburnemarine.com or phone 360-452-8641.
DeMolay dance
PORT ANGELES — A dance to support DeMolay Youth & Books for Bikes will be held at the Port Angeles Elks Club from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday.
Dress is semi-formal. Black evening or cocktail dresses are suggested for women, while men are asked to wear nice jeans with button-up shirts.
Tickets are $10 in advance from Beauty and the Beach, 528 E. First St., or $15 at the door, 131 E. First St.
For more information, phone Skip Hutchison at 360-460-3605.
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
Marathon Bingo
FORKS — The Forks Emblem Club will host Marathon Bingo from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Forks Elks Club.
Games will be 25 cents at the Elks Club, 941 Merchants Road.
The Emblem Club will have food for sale.
All proceeds benefit the Nate Crippen Scholarship Fund.
For information, contact Susie Brandelius at 360-780-2000.
Community dance
FORKS — Rainforest of the Arts will host a community dance with lessons at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Rainforest Arts Center.
Music will be provided by Loose Gravel at the center, 35 N. Forks Ave.
All ages and all kinds of dancing are welcome at the community dance.
There will be tables and chairs set up for listeners as well.
Participants are asked to bring their own water bottles.
There is no charge for the lessons, but donations are appreciated to provide gas money for the instructors.
