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Events/drama
• Puget Sound Anglers’ North Olympic Peninsula Chapter meeting, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. People gather at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7 p.m.
• Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society meeting, 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Rainshadow Room at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Bill Baccus presents “Snowpack, Glaciers and the Future of Olympic Rivers.” Free.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “Tour Du Mont Blanc: A 100 mile trek through France, Italy and Switzerland,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• “Casserole Carnival” at the Sequim Guild of Seattle Children’s hospital’s February Bunco Party, noon-3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Admission is $15 at the door, and all proceeds go to Seattle Children’s Hospital for uncompensated care and research. 360-683-3089, sequimguild@gmail.com.
• Out Loud Story Slam, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave. Tickets $15 at door, online at olympictheatrearts.org or call 360-683-7326, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.
• Strait Turners woodturners meeting and demonstration, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road, and on Zoom. For a Zoom link or more information, contact Matthew Barton at matbarton@olypen.com or 360-271-5928.
• BSA Troop 1498 and Troop 7498 of Sequim’s drive-through style spaghetti dinner fundraiser, 5-7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, with pick-ups at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. Dinner tickets are $10 prior to the event, $15 the day of the event. Dinner includes pasta, homemade meat or vegetarian sauce, garlic bread and fresh salad. Get tickets at biddingowl.com/Auction/home.cfm?auctionID=31376.
• Native tree planting along Dungeness River, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Feb. 18-19. RSVPs are required and driving directions will be provided upon signing up; RSVP at nosc.org/upcoming-volunteer-plantings. 360-504-5611, outreach@nosc.org.
• Intentional Aging, monthly discussion group for adults who want to live well while aging, 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, on Zoom. Professional organizer and certified KonMari consultant Kristin DeCou will share strategies and tips to help you get started, stay motivated, enlist support and let go of the stuff that’s holding you back. Register at nols.org/intentional-aging or 360-683-1161.
• North Olympic Library System’s Novel Conversations Book Discussion Group: “Behold the Dreamers, 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, on Zoom; paperback copies available at the Sequim Branch Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
• North Olympic Library System’s Wednesday Evening Book Discussion Group: “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Carver Room at Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.; paperback copies available at the Port Angeles Library.
• Green Thumb Education Series presentation “Firewise Landscaping,” noon-1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. Or, join the meeting on Zoom at tinyurl.com/SEQfirewise (meeting ID 936 2989 8830, passcode 676224), or by phone at 253-215-8782.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “Madagascar: Island of Lemurs and Other Extraordinary Creatures,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s 16th-annual Red, Set, Go! Heart Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. Individual tickets $65. Persons interested in sponsoring or attending the event can contact the foundation office at 360-417-7144 or buy their tickets at omhf.org.
• End of Life Washington volunteers present “End of Life Ready” at noon on Friday, Feb. 24, at Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. Free. Call Kelly at 206-854-4302.
• North Olympic Library System’s trivia nights on Zoom, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24. Sign up in advance at nols.org/trivia to receive the Zoom link and information for team play.
• Nest Box Building Class set for 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Dungeness River Nature Center’s Rainshadow Hall, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Cost is $25 per nest box; funds cover materials and support the nature center’s programs. Must pre-register. Call 360-681-4076 or register online at tinyurl.com/SEQnestbox.
• Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County’s annual Remembrance Ceremony, 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., Port Angeles. Registration not required. office@vhocc.org, 360-452-1511.
• Sequim Irrigation Festival Pageant, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, in Sequim High School Auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave. $10 for 13 and older, $5 for 12 and younger. Tickets available at the show’s door, First Federal’s Sequim Avenue branch, and from contestants: Anne Marie Barni, Fred Cameron, Paige Krzyworz and Pepper Reymond.
• Sequim School District strategic planning meeting No. 4: “Identifying 21st Century Competencies,” 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at Guy Cole Event Center, 202 N. Blake Ave. 360-582-3260.
• Running Start Information Night, 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, in the Little Theater on the main campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles; an optional campus tour will be offered at 6:30 p.m. clauderback@pencol.edu, 360-417-6341, pencol.edu/running-start.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “Shifting Gears: Cycling Lisbon to Amsterdam on Roads Less Traveled,” 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• Sequim’s Sunshine Festival, Friday-Saturday, March 3-4. Various events, including Sun Fun Color Run(11 a.m. March 4) and drone show (7 p.m. March 4). See sequimsunshinefestival.com.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “On the way to the Pandemic: Africa/South Pacific and Pac-NW,” 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• Teen Board Game and Art Night, 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, March 10, at Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. For teens in grades 7-12. nols.org, 360-683-1161, teens@nols.org.
• Olympic National Park’s Perspectives Winter Speaker Series, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, on Zoom. Access the Zoom link at nols.org/ONP.
• Sequim School District strategic planning meeting No. 5: “Portrait of a Graduate, Competencies, Integrated with District Goals,” 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at Guy Cole Event Center, 202 N. Blake Ave. 360-582-3260.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “Massai Mara, East Kenya,” 7 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• St. Patrick’s Day Run/Walk 5k/10k, at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 18, on Waterfront Trail in Port Angeles, starting at the Red Lion Hotel. Run/walk participants can register at tinyurl.com/StPatrickRun. Registration is limited to 500 participants for the 1 mile, 5k and 10k combined. It will close at 6 p.m. Friday, March 17.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “Will there be refreshments? Hiking the Pyrenees High Route,” 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• Recognition, pinning ceremony for Vietnam War era veterans, set for 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, at the Clallam County Veterans Resource Center, 216 S. Francis St., Port Angeles.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “Cycling around the world with children: A family pedals across 4 continents and 24 countries for asthma,” 7 p.m. Thursday, March 30, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• Squatchcon Comic & Arts Convention, March 30-April 2, at the Vern Burton Community Center and Red Lion Hotel in Port Angeles. squatchconpa.com.
• Olympic National Park’s Perspectives Winter Speaker Series, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, on Zoom. Access the Zoom link at nols.org/ONP.
• Running Start Information Night, 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, in the Little Theater on the main campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles; an optional campus tour will be offered at 6:30 p.m. clauderback@pencol.edu, 360-417-6341, pencol.edu/running-start.
• 2023 Olympic BirdFest — field trips with experienced birders in Sequim fields, tide flats, estuaries and wooded areas, as well as a cruise around Protection Island — from Thursday-Sunday, April 13-16, with most events at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 West Hendrickson Road. OlympicBirdFest.org.
• Sequim School District strategic planning meeting No. 6: “Vision to Mission: Competencies and S.W.O.T. (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis,” 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, at Guy Cole Event Center, 202 N. Blake Ave. 360-582-3260.
• Teen Board Game and Art Night, 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, April 14, at Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. For teens in grades 7-12. nols.org, 360-683-1161, teens@nols.org.
• Sequim School District strategic planning meeting No. 7: “Strategic Plan Goals Development and Portrait of a Graduate Logo Creation,” 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11, at Guy Cole Event Center, 202 N. Blake Ave. 360-582-3260.
• Sequim School District strategic planning meeting No. 8: “Strategic Plan Goals Development and Portrait of a Graduate Logo Creation, continued,” 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25, at Guy Cole Event Center, 202 N. Blake Ave. 360-582-3260.
• Sequim School District strategic planning meeting No. 9: Strategic Plan Objectives Development and Portrait of a Graduate Logo Creation,” 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 8, at Guy Cole Event Center, 202 N. Blake Ave. 360-582-3260.
• 2023 Petals & Pathways Home Garden Tour, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, June 24. Six gardens will be featured from Happy Valley to the flatlands on a self-directed map printed on the tickets. Tickets are $15 for early bird rates, starting May 14, or $20 the day of the event. Get tickets online at clallammgf.org. Or, get tickets in Sequim at Over the Fence, 116 E. Washington St.; The Co-op Farm & Garden, 216 E. Washington St., and Sunny Farms Country Store, 261461 U.S. Highway 101.
Music/dance/etc.
• Time Out, songs Great American Songbook, Broadway shows, blues and easy listening, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave. $15. Get tickets online at olympictheatrearts.org or call 360-683-7326, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.
• Group dance lessons for couples: Beginner rumba (partner required); 6-7:30 p.m. on March 6, 13, 20, 27, at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St. $20 per person for all four lessons. Proceeds donated to Shipley Center. Pre-registration is required, not open to drop-ins. For information and to register, call Beth at 360-582-9038.
• Sequim City Band concert, “Music, She Wrote,” 3 p.m. Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Sequim High School auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave.
Auditions/Submissions/Rehearsals
• Sequim City Band rehearsals, 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave. Musicians need to show vaccination card at their first rehearsal. sequimcityband.org.
• Juan de Fuca Harmony, a cappella barbershop singing group for women, men. Rehearsals 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Sunland Golf Club, 109 Hilltop Dr. juandefucaharmony.org, 907-602-7008, 360-775-6547, 360-460-2801.
• Submissions accepted for Very Short Film Festival, slated for Thursday, March 16, at Peninsula College. Theme is “Dating.” Submissions are to be 1-10 minutes long and are due by March 1. Need to be in MP4 format and sent to laras@pencol.edu.
• Auditions for Olympic Theatre Arts’ “Calendar Girls,” Saturday, Feb. 11, Monday, Feb. 13, and Wednesday, Feb. 15, at OTA, 414 N. Sequim Ave. Show runs April 28-May 14. all 360-683-7326 between 1-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday.
Exhibits/workshops/series
• Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., February exhibit: “The World Around Us” with abstract expressionist Terry Grasteit and ceramic artist Janet Piccola. bluewholegallery.com.
• Solo exhibition by artist Karen Hackenberg titled “EcoArt,” Peninsula College’s PUB Gallery of Art (1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles), through March 16. Gallery open open 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Hackenberg is featured speaker at college’s March 2 Studium Generale presentation (12:30 p.m.).
Ongoing Events
• Shipley Center classes/activities: Tai chi, exercise classes, basic meditation, computer clinic, some offered via Zoom. 360-683-6806, info@shipleycenter.org. (Note: some classes are limited in size)
Mondays
• Clallam County Master Gardeners plant answer clinics, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. through Oct. 17 (except holidays), at Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. mgplantclinic.clallam@gmail.com.
Tuesdays
• Skwim Toastmasters Club. Meets every Tuesday, 7-8:30 p.m. Currently meeting online via Zoom. Get link at 907529.toastmastersclubs.org.
• “Northwest Passages,” program featuring excerpts from books with a connection to the Pacific Northwest, on KSQM 91.5. FM. At 6 p.m. Tuesdays.
• 2nd Tuesday Book Discussion Group, 11 a.m., currently meeting online via Zoom. Register at nols.org/nols-events.
Thursdays
• Olympic Peninsula Christian Writers, 6:30-8:30 p.m., third Thursday, currently meeting online via Zoom. Email to opchristianwriters@gmail.com.
• “Northwest Passages,” program featuring excerpts from books with a connection to the Pacific Northwest, on KSQM 91.5. FM. At 10 a.m. Thursdays.
• Gardiner Community Cemetery commissioners, 4 p.m., second Thursday, downstairs in Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road, Gardiner. Public invited to attend.
Fridays
• Sequim Duplicate Bridge Club, 12:30-4 p.m. at Masonic Lodge 213, 700 S. Fifth Ave., starting May 27. Proof of COVID vaccination is required; masks are optional. No fee through end of June. garygvip96@gmail.com/360-681-4308 or missycs@msn.com/360-681-4070.
• First Friday Art Walk Sequim. Free, self-guided tour of local art venues in Sequim, 5-8 p.m., first Friday of month. SequimArtWalk.com.
Saturdays
• Sequim Senior Singles, 1 p.m., the second Saturday of month at Big Elk Restaurant, 707 E. Washington St. Looking for new members. Call Barbara Miller at 360-809-8336.
• Strait Turners Woodturning Club. Currently meeting online. Contact Jackie Le Doux at 360-457-5172 (8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and after 5 p.m.) or 360-452-5673 (12:30-5 p.m.).
• 2nd Saturday Book Discussion Group, 3 p.m., currently meeting online via Zoom. Register at nols.org/nols-events.
