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Events/drama
• “Arsenic and Old Lace,” Sept. 30-Oct. 2, at 414 N. Sequim Ave. Fridays/Saturdays at 7 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. Tickets $20, students $15. (Sept. 30 pay-what-you-will). olympictheatrearts.org, 360-683-7326.
• Shipley Center’s 12th-annual open house set for 1-3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at 921 E. Hammond St. 360-683-6806.
• City of Sequim’s Rally in the Alley, 9:30-11:30 a.m. — or until dumpsters are full — on Saturday, Oct. 1. Dumpsters at Carrie Blake Community Park (202 N. Bake Ave.) near pickleball courts, and the City of Sequim shop at South Second Avenue and West Hemlock Street. 360-775-3742, colleen@habitatclallam.org.
• National Solar Tour home demonstration, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at 173 Griffith Farm Road in Sequim. Free.
• Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s Hope Wine & Dinner Gala, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Guy Cole Event Center, 144 N. Blake Ave. Tickets are $135 per person. Get tickets at omcf.org, or by calling 360-417-7144.
• Peninsula College’s first Fall Spectacular, community-wide festival, Saturday, Oct. 1, at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. bungee run, festival performers, mini-lectures, poetry and prose readings, art exhibits, hands-on arts and crafts, and food and drink and more. kgriffith@pencol.edu.
• Sequim Prairie Garden Club meeting, 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 3 in Pioneer Memorial Park clubhouse, 387 E Washington St. 360-808-3434, sequimprairiegardenclub@hotmail.com, sequimprairiegradenclub.org.
• “Walk-about,” 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road.
• Voices For Veterans’ Veterans Stand Down, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at Clallam County Fairgrounds, 1608 W. 16th St., Port Angeles. All veterans and their families are welcome to come and talk to service providers, get breakfast and lunch, a haircut, see medical providers, get clothing and more. 360-797-1791.
• Olympic Theatre Arts’ Season Unveiling, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at 414 N. Sequim Ave. Free for OTA members, $10 general public. olympictheatrearts.org, 360-683-7326.
Music/dance/etc.
• Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra’s Family Pops performances, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, and 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave. Tickets are available at portangelessymphony.org, at Port Book and News in downtown Port Angeles and by phone at 360-457-5579.
• Deidre McCall, folk, 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9, at Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road. Tickets $20, at the door. dbrconcerts@yahoo.com.
Auditions/Submissions/Rehearsals
• Port Angeles Community Players audition for “Christmas at Pemberley — The Wickhams,” 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, on the Playhouse stage, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Those unable to attend an audition but want to try out can email to dramarex@gmail.com or call 360-461-1617.
• Peninsula ART Friends, exhibit running through Sept. 30 in Judith McInnes Tozzer Art Gallery at Sequim Museum & Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave. Museum is open 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; admission is free. 360-477-4317.
• Peninsula Singers: Rehearsals are 7-9 p.m. on Thursdays at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave. Dues $100 per semester helps defray costs, including scholarships for local students. Singers need to be able to read music, must have solid choral experience. Email director Dr. Jerome Wright at maestro@olympus.net
• 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., September exhibit: “Time of Harvest” and “Owls” book exhibit, featuring Debbie Cain (gourd art) and Jeannine Chappell (painting). bluewholegallery.com.
• “Turning Point” exhibition featuring Whidbey Island artist Hannah Klaus Hunter, Port Angeles Fine Art Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., through Nov. 6 (11 a.m.- 5 p.m., Thursday-Sunday).
• Harbor Art Gallery, 114 N. Laurel St., Port Angeles, features art of Jodi Riverstone throughout September. 360-808-4815, facebook.com/harborartgallery.
• Olympic Peninsula Art Association October showcase, Oct. 1-31 at Dandelion Botanical Company, 4681 Sequim Dungeness Way. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. opaagroup.org.
• North Olympic Library System storytimes, Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. Through Oct. 30 (6-6:30 p.m. Mondays, inside library; 1:30-11 a.m. Tuesdays, in field behind library). nols.org, 360-417-8500.
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.
