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Events/drama

• Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Dungeness River Nature Center’s Rainshadow Room, 1943 West Hendrickson Road. Members’ photos highlighted. Free, open to public.

• Puget Sound Anglers’ North Olympic Peninsula Chapter meeting, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. People start gathering at 6:30 p.m. Speaker is Tom Burlingame, owner/operator of Excel Charters in Neah Bay.

• Sequim School District safety meeting, 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Sequim High School library, 601 N. Sequim Ave. 360-582-3260.

• Sequim School District strategic planning meeting No. 2: “Workforce Needs and Societal Changes,” 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at Guy Cole Event Center, 202 N. Blake Ave. 360-582-3260.

• Strait Turners woodturning group meets, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road. Meeting also held on Zoom. matbarton@olypen.com, 360 271-5928.

• Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts’ Winter Benefit, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at Naval Elks Lodge ballroom, 131 E. First St., Port Angeles. JFFA.org, 360-457-5411.

• Pancake breakfast, 7:30 a.m.-noon Sunday, Jan. 22, at Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road. $7.

• Green Thumb Garden Tips presentation, “Where Are All The Weeds?”, noon-1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. Or, join via Zoom at the following link: tinyurl.com/GTwhiting (meeting ID 936 2989 8830, passcode 676224) or by phone 253-215-8782.

• North Olympic Library System’s trivia nights on Zoom, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27. Sign up in advance at nols.org/trivia to receive the Zoom link and information for team play.

• Native tree planting along Dungeness River, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Jan. 28-29. 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.

• 30th-annual Polar Bear Golf Tournament, Feb. 3-5, at The Cedars at Dungeness, 1965 Woodcock Road. 36-hole individual stroke play. Practice round 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3, 9 a.m. shotgun start, Feb. 4-5. 360-683-6344.

• Four Chaplains recognition ceremony, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, at American Legion Post 62, 107 E. Prairie St.

• Sequim School District strategic planning meeting No. 3: “Workforce Readiness and Skills for the Future,” 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at Guy Cole Event Center, 202 N. Blake Ave. 360-582-3260.

• Teen Board Game and Art Night, 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. For teens in grades 7-12. nols.org, 360-683-1161, teens@nols.org.

• Olympic Peninsula Toddler Prom, for children ages 0-6 (with parent(s), guardian(s)), 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. Free. tsnorfleet@hotmail.com, 425-512-2028.

• Super Bowl Scramble golf tournament, Saturday, Feb. 11, at The Cedars at Dungeness, 1965 Woodcock Road. Four-person scramble, with handicap and Callaway divisions. 9 a.m. shotgun start. $80 per player. 360-683-6344.

• “Creative Robotics: Life in the Dungeness River Watershed,” a six-week robotics class that combines art, science and technology, set for 3:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road, continues each Tuesday afternoon through March 21. Class limited to students 10-14 years of age. Cost for all six sessions is $100. tinyurl.com/SEQrobots.

• Olympic National Park’s Perspectives Winter Speaker Series, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, on Zoom. Access the Zoom link at nols.org/ONP.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Music/dance/etc.

• Port Angeles Symphony chamber concerts, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 Lopez Ave., Port Angeles, and 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., Sequim. Tickets $15 general admission 18 and younger free. portangelessymphony.org.

• Cool Jam & the Marmalades, 6-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, at Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. $12 guests, $10 elks members. 360-775-0872 or olytoo52@gmail.com.

• Family sing-along with Paper Tooth, 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. Free. nols.org, 360-374-6402, youth@nols.org.

• Olson Bros, country music, 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at 7 Cedars Resort, 270756 U.S. Highway 101. $10 cover ($5 with Rewards Card).

• Celtic concert featuring Seán Gavin and Johnny B Connolly, 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave. Admission is a $20-$25 donation at the door. Tea and cookies are available at intermission ($10).

• 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 March 1. Need to be in MP4 format and sent to laras@pencol.edu.

Exhibits/workshops/series

• Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., January exhibit: “The Joy of Creativity” with animal portrait painter Jean Glaser and mixed media sculptor Deborah Harrison. bluewholegallery.com.

• solo exhibition by artist Karen Hackenberg titled “EcoArt,” Peninsula College’s PUB Gallery of Art (1502 E.lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles), Jan. 18-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.).

• “Let’s Explore Color” exhibit, at the Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., through January.

• Exhibit featuring photographer Roger Mosley, at Harbor Art Gallery, 114 North Laurel St., Port Angeles, through January. Harbor Art Gallery hours 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

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.