Dance, dine at community potluck

Join the fun on Saturday, Oct. 3, when Nash’s Farm, 1865 E. Anderson Road, hosts its annual Community Potluck and Barn Dance to celebrate the 2015 harvest. Bring a dish to share with friends and neighbors at the potluck while enjoying the gypsy swing music of Eric Bogart, starting at 6 p.m.

Then get ready to dance-dance-dance to old-time country and blues when Blue Rooster takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. The North Olympic Land Trust will have wine and beer for sale; no outside alcohol is allowed. Cost is $10 adults, youths 16 and younger are free.

All net proceeds from the dance go to support the Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Market “Good Farmer Fund,” an emergency relief fund that benefits small farms suffering effects drought and fires in Washington in 2015.

PFOA plans benefit

Peninsula Friends of Animals will have a benefit concert from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall, 290 Macleay Road, Sequim. The concert features Joy in Mudville and admission $8. Light refreshments will be available available.

Bonsai expert to speak

The Dungeness Bonsai Society will host San Diego’s Glenn Jensen, the curator of the Japanese Friendship Garden Bonsai Collection in Balboa Park, as the presenter for the October meeting at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 6, in Sequim’s Pioneer Park, 387 E. Washington St. The public is invited to this free event. Refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact Ron Quigley at 681-7589.

2D, 3D art show set

The Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., Port Townsend, will have a juried show of two-dimensional and three-dimensional art, which has been created with materials that are recycled or repurposed. The show runs through Nov. 3, with the opening reception from 5:30-10:30 p.m. on Oct. 3. Juror Max Grover’s talk is at 1 p.m. Oct. 4. Exhibit hours are 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday-Monday.

For more information, visit www.northwindarts.org.

Classes slated for watercolorists

Watercolorist Catherine Mix offers a six-week Beginning Watercolor Class at 303 Dahlia Lane, Sequim, from 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Oct. 20 and ending Nov. 24. A fee applies. Each class is three hours.

Call 670-8671 to register or e-mail catherine@cuttinggarden.com.

Railroaders plan show

The North Olympic Peninsula Railroaders presents the 16th Annual Train Show & Swap Meet from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 MacLeay Road, Sequim.

There will be railroad items and memorabilia, model train layouts, a train room for children and door prizes.