Art Walk includes annual ‘Whodunnit Downtown?’ event

Published 3:00 am Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Collect the clues about the suspects who have fallen through time travel gateways to solve the Fourth Annual Mystery Game “Whodunnit Downtown? – The Case of the Chrome Key” on Friday, Jan. 8, during the Sequim Art Walk which was shifted from New Year’s Day.

The story is in 1946, the Atomic Age emerged and by chance temporal portals through time and alternative universes opened in Sequim. Pirate Captain C.R. Silverbeard’s locked silver chest was found in a farmhouse overlooking the City of Sequim and Strait of Juan de Fuca.

The chest from the past became a shiny curio on display at a local spice and tea shop. The treasure chest can only be opened by Silverbeard’s Chrome Key stolen from him in 1776.

Treasure hunting adventurers and pirates from the present, past and Neo-Victorian times will gather in Sequim to reveal who stole the Chrome Key that unlocks this pirate plunder.

About the game

Adventure around the Art Walk venues to mingle with the suspects in the mystery game and discover why they might have Silverbeard’s Chrome Key starting at 5 p.m. You can solve this crime that crosses time and space. Fill out your game card, enter it at Sequim Spice and Tea at 121 W. Washington St. and be part of the prize drawing for the correct answer at 7:30 p.m.

The first game card with the correct answer wins the big prize of treasured and educational experiences including a Seaview Vacation Rental Stay from Cedarbrook Lavender and Herb Farm. Visitors and sleuths to the Sequim Art Walk are encouraged to dress in the themed colors of silver, black and white, as well as, in 1940s era, steampunk or pirate garb. It is not required, but dressing up makes the evening more fun and festive.

Clue venues are A Dropped Stitch, 136 S. Second Ave.; Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St.; BrokersGroup, 219 W. Washington St.; Cedarbrook Lavender Farm Shop, 134 1/2 W. Washington St.; Hart’s Fine Books, 161 W. Washington St.; Local Yarn Shop, 213 E. Washington St.; Mia Bella, 130A N. Third Ave.; Museum & Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St.; Olympic Lavender Co., 120 W. Washington St.; Purple Haze Lavender Shop, 127 W. Washington St.; R & T Crystals & Beads, 158 E. Bell St.; Sequim Spice and Tea, 139 W. Washington St.; Solar City, 135 W. Washington St.; That Takes the Cake, 171 W. Washington St.; and Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St.

The Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber Merchant Group and First Friday Art Walk Sequim present this fun-filled evening.