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Events/drama
• North Olympic Library System’s Novel Conversations Book Discussion Group: “Behold the Dreamers, 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, on Zoom; paperback copies available at the Sequim Branch Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
• North Olympic Library System’s Wednesday Evening Book Discussion Group: “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Carver Room at Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.; paperback copies available at the Port Angeles Library.
• Green Thumb Education Series presentation “Firewise Landscaping,” noon-1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. Or, join the meeting on Zoom at tinyurl.com/SEQfirewise (meeting ID 936 2989 8830, passcode 676224), or by phone at 253-215-8782.
• Studium Generale presentation, “Diplomatic Black Hole: Conspiracy and Political Fear in Mid-20th Century America,” with Peninsula College professor Michael Casella-Blackburn, 12:35 p.m. at the college’s Little Theater, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Free. Also available on Zoom at pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/89779530051 (meeting ID 897 7953 0051).
• Traveler’s Journal series, “Madagascar: Island of Lemurs and Other Extraordinary Creatures,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s 16th-annual Red, Set, Go! Heart Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. Individual tickets $65. Persons interested in sponsoring or attending the event can contact the foundation office at 360-417-7144 or buy their tickets at omhf.org.
• End of Life Washington volunteers present “End of Life Ready” at noon on Friday, Feb. 24, at Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. Free. Call Kelly at 206-854-4302.
• 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.
• Nest Box Building Class set for 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Dungeness River Nature Center’s Rainshadow Hall, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Cost is $25 per nest box; funds cover materials and support the nature center’s programs. Must pre-register. Call 360-681-4076 or register online at tinyurl.com/SEQnestbox.
• Learn about and practice pranayama, the practice of yogic breathing, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Blue Mountain Yoga+, 803 Carlsborg Road, Suite D. Free; donations accepted. Register by emailing to rhomsang@gmail.com.
• Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County’s annual Remembrance Ceremony, 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., Port Angeles. Registration not required. office@vhocc.org, 360-452-1511.
• North Olympic Library System (NOLS) “Introduction to Tarot” session, 3-5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. nols.org, 360-417-8500, discover@nols.org.
• Art documentary film/discussion, “Love in the Time of Fentanyl,” 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at First United Methodist Church, 110 E. Seventh St., Port Angeles. Wahji Kasten, Lisa Al-Hakim and Carra Wetzel-Chubb discuss the overdose crisis, a community’s response and how the film challenges entrenched beliefs about addiction and people who use drugs.
• Sequim Irrigation Festival Pageant, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, in Sequim High School Auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave. $10 for 13 and older, $5 for 12 and younger. Tickets available at the show’s door, First Federal’s Sequim Avenue branch, and from contestants: Anne Marie Barni, Fred Cameron, Paige Krzyworz and Pepper Reymond.
• End of life community panel/discussion, 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, in the Little Theater at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Hosted by the League of Women Voters of Clallam County. Free. Panelists include: Dr. Paul Cunningham, CMO of Jamestown Family Health; Dr. Joshua Jones, CPO of Olympic Medical Providers; Cassa Sutherland, client services manager for End Of Life Washington, and Sandy Ulf, retired registered hospice nurse from OMC, instructor and end of life doula.
• Free presentation, “Diabetes: What I Need To Know,” starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, at Sequim Adventist Church, 30 Sanford Lane, with registered nurse Susan Sorensen. Free.
• Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce’s annual Citizen of the Year event, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, in The Legends Room at The Cedars at Dungeness golf course, 1965 Woodcock Road. Tickets $30; purchase them at sequimchamber.com.
• Story People presentation, Irish folk tales, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave. Tickets $15, available online at olympictheatrearts.org or by calling the box office (360-683-7326) between 1-4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.
• North Olympic Library System (NOLS) “Introduction to Tarot” session, 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, on Zoom. Register at nols.org/tarot. nols.org, 360-417-8500, discover@nols.org.
• 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.
• Running Start Information Night, 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, 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.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “Shifting Gears: Cycling Lisbon to Amsterdam on Roads Less Traveled,” 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• Sequim High School Senior Class play, “Puffs,” 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, March 2-4, 2 p.m. matinee Saturday, March 4, at Sequim High auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave. Tickets $15 adults, $12 senior citizens/youths, $10 students with ASB cards.
• Sequim’s Sunshine Festival, Friday-Saturday, March 3-4. Various events, including Sun Fun Color Run (11 a.m. March 4) and drone show (7 p.m. March 4). See sequimsunshinefestival.com.
• Backyard Birding event, “Sounds of Spring,” 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, March 4, at the Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Presenters: Dow Lambert, a veteran birder and photographer, with Ken Wiersema. Suggested $5 donation.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “On the way to the Pandemic: Africa/South Pacific and Pac-NW,” 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• 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.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “Massai Mara, East Kenya,” 7 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• St. Patrick’s Day Run/Walk 5k/10k, at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 18, on Waterfront Trail in Port Angeles, starting at the Red Lion Hotel. Run/walk participants can register at tinyurl.com/StPatrickRun. Registration is limited to 500 participants for the 1 mile, 5k and 10k combined. It will close at 6 p.m. Friday, March 17.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “Will there be refreshments? Hiking the Pyrenees High Route,” 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• Recognition, pinning ceremony for Vietnam War era veterans, set for 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, at the Clallam County Veterans Resource Center, 216 S. Francis St., Port Angeles.
• Traveler’s Journal series, “Cycling around the world with children: A family pedals across 4 continents and 24 countries for asthma,” 7 p.m. Thursday, March 30, at Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road. Suggested $5 donation (adults).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Time Out, songs Great American Songbook, Broadway shows, blues and easy listening, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave. $15. Get tickets online at olympictheatrearts.org or call 360-683-7326, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.
• Buttercup Lane, classic rock and roll, blues, R&B, country, swing, more, 6-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. $10 Elks members, $12 guests.
• Group dance lessons for couples: Beginner rumba (partner required); 6-7:30 p.m. on March 6, 13, 20, 27, at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St. $20 per person for all four lessons. Proceeds donated to Shipley Center. Pre-registration is required, not open to drop-ins. For information and to register, call Beth at 360-582-9038.
• Sequim Accordion Social, 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, March 12, at Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St. $5 suggested donation.
• Sequim City Band concert, “Music, She Wrote,” 3 p.m. Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Sequim High School auditorium, 533 N. Sequim 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.
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 by March 1. Need to be in MP4 format and sent to laras@pencol.edu.
Exhibits/workshops/series
• Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., February exhibit: “The World Around Us” with abstract expressionist Terry Grasteit and ceramic artist Janet Piccola. March exhibit, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County: “Home Is Where the Heart Is.” Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday. Starting in April, gallery is open Sundays (11 a.m.-3 p.m.). bluewholegallery.com.
• Solo exhibition by artist Karen Hackenberg titled “EcoArt,” Peninsula College’s PUB Gallery of Art (1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles), through 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.).
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.
