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Events/drama

• “And Then There Was Water!” presentation by Judy Reandeau Stipe, executive director at Sequim Museum & Arts, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, in the media room at The Lodge, 660 W. Evergreen Farm Way. RSVP by May 16 calling 360-681-3100.

• Clallam County chapter of the Retired Public Employees Council meeting, 11 a.m. Thursday, May 18, at the Lincoln Center, 905 S. B St., Port Angeles.

• Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 430, “Flying Start” informational program about learning how to fly, 1 p.m. Saturday, May 20, in airport conference room at Fairchild International Airport, 1402 Airport Road, Port Angeles. Free. 360-808-6767, EAA430.org.

• Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers’ in-person presentation for helping people navigate landlord-tenant issues, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, at Port Angeles Food Bank and The Market, 632 N. Oakridge Drive, Port Angeles. Register/more info: Shauna Rogers McClain at 360-504-2422 and probonolawyers@gmail.com, or Mary Margolis at 360-504-2422 and probonomary2@gmail.com.

• Olympic UFO, at 1-3 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at Unity Church, 3918 San Juan Ave. in Port Townsend. 360-670-4213, olympic.ufo@gmail.com.

• Strait Turners Woodturning Club meeting, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 20, at Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road. Contact Jackie LeDoux at 360-457-5172 (8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., after 5 p.m.), 360-452-5673 (12:30-5 p.m.) or JackieLeDoux2022@outlook.com.

• Eco-printing demonstration, 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, May 20. Free. At Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St. bluewholegallery.com.

• Peninsula College’s Pirate 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, May 20-21, at college, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Three divisions: Men, High school boys, women’s (high school and older). $20 per team, T-shirts for bracket winners. jpjohnson@pencol.edu.

• 2023 Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run 5k, 10k at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend. Register at tinyurl.com/RhodyRedux2023. ptrhodyrun@gmail.com.

• “Super Seven: The Top 7 Foods for Your Health,” free presentation with nutritionist Heather Reseck, 7 p.m. Monday, May 22, at Sequim Adventist Church, 30 Sanford Lane.

• North Olympic Library System’s Novel Conversations Book Discussion Group, “Everything I Never Told You” by Celeste Ng; 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 24; paperback copies available at Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. 360-417-8500, discover@nols.org.

• North Olympic Library System’s Wednesday Evening Book Discussion Group, “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” by Carson McCullers; 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, in the Carver Room at the Port Angeles Library; paperback copies available at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

• 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.

• Sequim Record Show, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at Guy Cole Convention Center at Carrie Blake Community Park, 202 N. Blake Ave. Featuring vinyl records old and new plus other music mediums. Free. Register as a vendor for $50 per table. linktr.ee/sequimrecordshow, butlerg@olypen.com.

• Second-annual Community Connections Baby Shower, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. 360-457-8355, kelsi.millet@firststepfamilysupport.org.

• 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.

• Ensemble Sangineto, 7 p.m. Friday, May 19, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave. Admission $20-per-person free will offering. ensemblesangineto.com/ensemble.

• Sequim Accordion Social, 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, May 21, at Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St. Recommended $5 donation.

• Sound Advice, Motown, classic soul and rock favorites from the 1960s and 1970, 6-8:30 p.m. Sunday, May 28, at Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road.

• Sequim City Band Summer series: 3 p.m. Sunday, June 11, at James Center for the Performing Arts, 350 N. Blake Ave.

• Dance with The OG, 6-8:30 p.m. Sunday, June 11, at Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. $10 for Elks members, $12 guests.

• Sequim City Band Summer series: 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 4 (Independence Day Celebration), at James Center for the Performing Arts, 350 N. Blake Ave.

• Sequim City Band Summer series: 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, at James Center for the Performing Arts, 350 N. Blake Ave.

• THING Festival, music/arts/entertainment, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Aug. 25-27. thingnw.org, thingnw.org/tickets.

• Sequim City Band Summer series: 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at James Center for the Performing Arts, 350 N. Blake 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.

• An exhibit of the Sequim Police Department training requirements along with historical artifacts, is on display in the Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., through the month of May, in recognition of National Police Week. The gallery is open 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday.

Exhibits/workshops/series

• Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., May exhibit, “May Flowers,” featuring acrylic and mixed media painter Mary Franchini and 3-D multimedia artist Jane Smith. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays. bluewholegallery.com.

• Poetry Walks, poems featured along five Olympic National Park trails — Hall of Mosses, Living Forest, Madison Creek Falls, Peabody Creek and Spruce Railroad trails — through May 31. nols.org/poetry-walks.

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

• Second Saturday Garden Walk 10-11:30 a.m. at Fifth Street Community Garden, 328 Fifth St., Port Angeles. Veteran Master Gardeners will focus on refraining from planting warm season crops too early, the first spring pests and basics of intensive crop planting. Free, open to public: rain or shine. Garden walks for the remainder of the year will occur on the second Saturday through Sept. 9.

• 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.