‘The Finger’ opens Magic of Cinema series

Peninsula College’s fall  Magic of Cinema series opens with an Argentine film, Sergio Teubal’s  "The Finger," at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at Maier Performance Hall, on the main campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd. Port Angeles. Tickets are $5, P.C. students free. For more information, see www.pencol.edu.

‘Backyard Birding’ series opens

“What Bird Is That?”, first in a series of Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society’s classes in “Backyard Birding,” meets from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, Railroad Bridge Park, 5171 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim.

Bob Iddins provides information about getting started by choosing binoculars and field guides.

Cost of each session is $5, free for anyone under 18. After the completion of any five sessions, participants are offered a free year’s membership in OPAS. For more information, call 681-4076.

Computer tips, answers at genealogy meeting

The Clallam County Genealogical Society invites the public to its meeting Saturday, Oct. 13, at the First Baptist Church, 105 W. Sixth St., Port Angeles. Featured speaker is Juan Ruiz, owner of Askjuan computer services, on "Computer Research Tips and Tricks — Questions and Answers." E-mail computer queries to juan@askjuan.net before the meeting and he will provide answers within his presentation. The meeting is from 10 a.m.-noon; come earlier for coffee and registration. For more information, call 417-5000 or e-mail ccgs@olypen.com.

JFFA sponsors ninja comedy performance

The Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts presents a performance by ninja comedy troupe Nanda at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Port Angeles High School auditorium, 304 E. Park Ave. With its "high-energy Kung-faux fighting and pop culture parodies," Nanda combines theater, dance, juggling and vaudeville. Tickets, $20, are available in Sequim at Pacific Mist Books, in Port Angeles at Port Book and News and online at www.jffa.org.

GreyBird Barn Studio Sale

Six area artists will be showing their work from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 13-14 at GreyBird Barn in Glenn Cove. This fourth annual sale will feature quality art and crafts including jewelry, ceramics and art for the home. GreyBird Barn is at 11 Carroll Ave. in Port Townsend (from Highway 20 turn at Frederick Street and watch for signs).