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Events/drama
• Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge volunteer training, 9-11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 6, on Zoom. RSVP by emailing david_falzetti@fws.gov. Annual refresher for current and returning volunteers, 1-3 p.m. on April 6, also on Zoom.
• 2023 Golf for Softball tournament, 9 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at SkyRidge Golf Course, 7015 Old Olympic Highway. Funds raised going toward equipment, tournament fees and travel expenses for local softball programs. Four-person scramble. Cost is $50 per person and includes 18 holes of play, range balls, T-shirt and lunch. Carts are $15 each. 360-683-3673.
• Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association jam session, performance, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave. T
• Second Saturday Garden Walk, 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at Fifth Street Community Garden, 328 Fifth St., Port Angeles. Veteran Master Gardeners cover variety of food crop topics and focus on what is happening in Clallam County vegetable gardens. Free, open to public; rain or shine.
• Sequim Elks Lodge’s annual Easter Egg Hunt, 11 a.m. Saturday, April 8, 143 Port Williams Road. Children of ages 11 and younger welcome.
• “Hop Around Sherwood,” 2-3 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at Sherwood Assisted Living, 550 W. Hendrickson Road. Children invited. 360-683-3348.
• The Death Café “Tea to Die For” event, 4-5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 10, at KSQM 91.5 FM Community Room, 609 W. Washington St., No. 17. 360-452-1511.
• “Patients Before Profits: The Fight to Protect Medicare,” a free in-person presentation set for 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St. Register at psara.org. organizer@psara.org, 360-477-5104.
• Olympic National Park’s Perspectives Winter Speaker Series, Dealing with Asian Clams, a New Aquatic Invader on the Olympic Peninsula,” 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, on Zoom. Access the Zoom link at nols.org/ONP.
• WOW! Working on Wellness radio forum from 2-3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, on KSQM 91.5 FM, with Dr. Nathan E. Gelder.
• Jeanne Neal talks with Sequim Bay Yacht Club members about 2019, 2022 The Head of the Charles Regatta events, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, in the Hendricks Room at John Wayne Marina, 2577 W. Sequim Bay Road. Free.
• 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.
• The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood” by Port Angeles High School Thespian Society, April 13-16, at Port Angeles High School, 304 E. Park Ave. 6 p.m., April 13-15, and at 2 p.m. for a matinee on Sunday, April 16. Tickets $10 general admission, $5 senior citizens (60 and older), free for children younger than 10. Tickets at door (cash/check).
• BirdFest event: hummingbirds slideshow, 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 14, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Cost $20. OlympicBirdFest.org.
• 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.
• BirdFest event: “Beginning Birding Basics,” with Dungeness River River Center director Powell Jones, 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, April 15, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Cost $20. OlympicBirdFest.org.
• BirdFest event: corvids slideshow, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Cost $20. OlympicBirdFest.org.
• Missoula Children’s Theatre’s “The Jungle Book,” 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, at Sequim High School auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave. Admission $15 per adult (13 years and older), $10 for children (ages 6-12), free for 5 years old and younger. Families are $50.
• BirdFest event: “Meet and Greet” with Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue, 10 a.m.-noon on Sunday, April 16, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Cost $25. OlympicBirdFest.org.
• Inauguration of first Clallam County Poet Laureate, Jaiden Dokken, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, at Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. Event will also be livestreamed on Zoom. nols.org.
• 2023 Run the Peninsula racing series Railroad Bridge Park 5k/10k, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at Railroad Bridge Park, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. $40 per person ($35 for virtual). runthepeninsula.com/railroad-bridge.
• Chimacum Junior and Senior High School hosts “A Night of Pro Wrestling” on Saturday, April 22, at 91 W. Valley Road, Chimacum. Tickets are $10 (bleachers) and $15 (floor seats); 40 percent of ticket sales goes to the schools’ Associated Student Body funds. facebook.com/NWPWrestling.
• Sequim Irrigation Festival, Crazy Callen Weekend: May 5-7. Kids Parade, Family Fun Day, Innovative Arts Fair, 5k/1-mile/half run, Crazy Daze Breakfast, Trashion Show, Bandersnatch Ball (community dance), First Friday Art Walk, Sequim High School Operetta, wine and beer garden. irrigationfestival.com/site/event/crazy-callen-weekend-schedule.
• 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 Irrigation Festival, Grand Finale Weekend: May 11-13. 128th Grand Parade, Logging Show, Classic Car Cruise & Show, Fireworks, Sequim High School Operetta, Historic Walking Tour, past Royalty Luncheon, Golf Tournament
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• THING Festival, music/arts/entertainment, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Aug. 25-27. thingnw.org, thingnw.org/tickets.
Auditions/Submissions/Rehearsals
• Auditions for Missoula Children’s Theatre’s “The Jungle Book.” Open to children/young adults of ages 5-18, auditions are 3:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, April 10, at Sequim High School auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave. If selected, participation in the program is $30, $10 for each additional sibling. Rehearsals are 3:30-7:30 daily, April 10-14. Performances are 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 15.
• 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.
Exhibits/workshops/series
• Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., April exhibit, “Eye of the Beholder,” featuring photographer Hank Izley and kiln-formed glass artist Sheri Cox Whetstine. Meet the Artists event from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, April 7, at the gallery, 129 W. Washington St. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays. bluewholegallery.com.
• “What’s For Lunch?” exhibition, featuring work by members of the Peninsula Fiber Artists, through May 14, at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
• National Audubon Society’s 2022 contest on display at the Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road, through Sunday, April 16. Center open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday, and noon-5 p.m. on Sundays.
• 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.
• Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County five-week in-person grief support group, 1-3 p.m. each Monday, April 10-May 8, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 N. Blake Ave. volunteerhospice.org, 360-452-1511.
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.
