Crazy Callen Weekend to kick off festival

Crazy Callen Weekend at the Sequim Irrigation Festival, stage and music performances and plant sales highlight weekend events on the North Olympic Peninsula.

• 130th Sequim Irrigation Festival will begin with Crazy Callen Weekend activities on Saturday and Sunday at Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave., Sequim.

For more information or the complete festival schedule, visit www. irrigationfestival.com.

• Victorian Heritage Festival, sponsored by the Port Townsend Heritage Association, will take place in a variety of venues in downtown Port Townsend this weekend.

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Ticket sales and check-in will be at festival headquarters in the Cotton Building, 607 Water St.

Presentations will be at the Pope Marine Building, and the Fashion Show and Contra Dance will be at the American Legion Hall.

For more information or the complete festival schedule, with www.port townsendvictorianfestival.org.

• The Port Angeles Community Players will stage its production of “Clue: On Stage” with performances at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and matinee performances at 2 p.m. Sundays through May 18 the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

Tickets are $18 for adults and $9 for students at www.pacommunityplayers.org or at the box office.

The play, written by Sandy Rustin, is based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn, which was based on the classic board game.

• The Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra will feature Madrid-based pianist Josu de Solaun during a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles.

Solaun will play Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10.

Tickets are $20 to $40 per person at www.portangeles symphony.org or from Port Book and News, 104 E. First St., Port Angeles.

Conductor Jonathan Pasternak will present a pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets also are available for the orchestra’s final dress rehearsal at 10 a.m. Saturday for $10 per person.

• The Port Townsend Salish Sea Early Music Festival will present “Louis XIV’s Musicians” at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.

Admission is by a suggested donation of $20 to $30 per person.

The performers will include Caroline Nicolas of New York, playing the viola da gambist, Baltimore-based baroque guitarist William Simms and baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan.

The program will include music by composers who frequently played at the court of Louis XIV.

The program also will include a solo for viola da gamba by Nicolas, a guitar solo by Simms; and an early French solo written for the transverse flute by André Danican Philidor L’Aisné, the king’s court music librarian.

For more information, visit www.salishseafestival.org/porttownsend.

• Zoe Omega will host “Night of the Vamp: A Theda Bara Burlesque and Film Experience” at 7 p.m. Friday at Studio Bob, 118½ E. Front St., Port Angeles.

Tickets for the 21-and-older event are $10 per person at www.studiobob.art.

The evening’s entertainment will feature burlesque performances by Mia Maravilla of Seattle and a screening of “A Fool There Was,” plus ambient music by DJ Thaumatic.

• The Sequim City Band will present “Where Music Flows and the Force Grows” at 3:30 p.m. Sunday on the open-air stage at the James Center for the Performing Arts in Carrie Blake Park, 506 N. Blake Ave., Sequim.

The program will include “River of Life” by Steven Reineke, “Fanfare, Mules, and Roosters” by Jay Dawson, “El Capitan” by John Philip Sousa, “Sequim Centennial March” by Karl F. Bach, “Festival March” by William Huff, a medley of popular tunes from the late 1800s and early 1900s, “Themes Like Old Times” arranged by Warren Barker, and a Sousa adaptation of Percy Grainger’s “Country Gardens.”

The band also will perform a tribute to Star Wars, “A Galactic Tribute: May the Fourth Be with You,” in honor of May the Fourth.

The tribute will include “Star Wars Trilogy,” arranged by Donald Hunsberger, and “Star Wars Epic – Part I,” arranged by Robert W. Smith. Both pieces were composed by John Williams for the Star Wars film series.

• Tracy Grammer will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend.

Tickets are $25 per person at www.ticketstorm.com/c/17038/rainshadow recording or $30 at the door.

Grammer is renowned for her voice, guitar, violin and incantatory storytelling.

Grammer has recorded and performed with Joan Baez and Mary Chapin Carpenter and headlined at the Philadelphia Folk Festival and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Goshen, Conn.

• “Carmelita” continues with performances at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and matinee performances at 1:30 p.m. Sunday through May 11 at Key City Public Theatre, 419 Washington St., Port Townsend.

An American Sign Language performance is set for Sunday.

Tickets are $15 to $49 at www.keycitypublictheatre.org/carmelita or by calling 360-385-5278.

• “Wrong Turn at Lungfish” continues its run will shows at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through May 11 on the stage at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.

Tickets are $20 per person, $15 for students at www.olympictheatrearts.org or by calling the box office at 360-683-7326 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

The play by Garry Marshall and Lowell Ganz features Peter, a blind and bitter former college professor, and Anita, a streetwise young woman, who volunteers to read to him in the hospital.

Marissa Meek directs the comedy as it explores the clash of worlds and wit that takes the two from animosity and fear to friendship and understanding.

• The First Saturday Art Walk will feature Gallery-9, the Port Townsend Gallery and the PT Artscape’s Art Wave from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday in downtown Port Townsend.

— Art Wave will kick off in both the Uptown and downtown historic districts during Art Walk and continue throughout May.

Student work from Salish Coast Elementary, Blue Heron Middle School and Port Townsend High School will be on display at more than 40 businesses.

The program is a collaboration between the Port Townsend Main Street Program, local merchants and PT Artscape.

For more information, including a complete list of participating businesses, visit www.ptartscape.com.

— Gallery 9, 1012 Water St., will feature the jewelry of Roberto Costa Ribeiro and the paintings of Janice Pastor during May.

Costa Ribiero learned the basics of silversmithing from a friend in Brazil, where he was born and raised, and he has been making jewelry for nearly 30 years. He will showcase a selection of earrings, rings, pendants, bracelets and necklaces that he created this winter.

Pastor paints in a representational style with a touch of expressionism and will be showcasing some of her newer works featuring flowers in color and light.

Pastor has studied under John Heath in Marquette, Mich., and attended classwork at the Parson School of Design in New York.

The art of Ribeiro and Pastor will be on exhibit from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays during May at Gallery-9.

For more information, visit www.gallery-9.com.

— The Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water St., will host a reception for Cathy Weir and Brian Iverson from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Weir, a self-taught weaver, recently was introduced to shibori, the Japanese art of resist dyeing. Since then, she has incorporated dyeing and pleating into her woven pieces and silk creations.

One of Weir’s weavings was included in Interpretations 2025, an international juried exhibition at the Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego.

Iverson, a lifelong Washington resident, works as a glass artist in Jefferson County. His work includes a variety of large, fluted bowls, colorful paperweights and gazing balls as well as lampworked sculpture.

In addition to exhibiting at Port Townsend Gallery, Iverson is a weekly vendor at the Jefferson County Farmers Market.

The fiber art of Weir and glasswork of Iverson will be on exhibit at the Port Townsend Gallery from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

For more information, call the gallery at 360-379-8110 or visit www.porttownsendgallery.com.

• The Sequim Bay Yacht Club will host an opening day of boating season celebration starting at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the John Wayne Marina, 2577 W. Sequim Bay Road, Sequim.

Club members will be in the north parking lot, near the boat launch, registering visitors for free 20-minute boat rides until noon.

Minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Attendees 18 and older interested in rowing will get a quick introduction on a rowing machine before stepping into the club’s quad shell to experience sculling hands-on.

Personal flotation devices will be provided for every visitor.

Closed-toe, flat-heeled shoes are recommended.

The club will have a hospitality suite in the north end of the marina building from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

At 2:30 p.m., club members will conduct a brief ceremony at the marina flagpole followed by a 30-minute choreographed boat parade on Sequim Bay.

Eric Evans will provide bagpipe music as the decorated boats leave the marina.

For more information, visit www.sequimbayyacht.club.

• “Walk On With Hope,” a free community concert, will be performed at 2 p.m. Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 N. Blake Ave., Sequim.

A free will offering will be collected during the concert, with proceeds supporting local music programs and community outreach initiatives.

The concert will feature the Trinity United Methodist Church choir and instrumentalists, the Clallam Children’s Choir, the Olympic Theatre Arts Singers and the Peninsula Singers.

For more information, email church@sequim tumc.org.

• The Sequim High School Operetta Club’s production of “Oklahoma!” will open with performances at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium at Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.

Tickets are $18 per person, $15 for students, at https://events.hometown ticketing.com/boxoffice/sequimschools or at the door.

The play, produced in partnership with Ghostlight Productions, is directed by Anna Pederson with musical direction by Mark Lorentzen.

The musical, written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, will run through May 11.

• Camas Prairie Park will celebrate its 121st anniversary from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the golf course, 1948 Blaine St., Port Townsend.

Attendees can try out the driving range and disc golf, take prairie tours and enjoy live music from Greased Lightning and from Chuck Easton and Friends.

DJ Lunch Lady will spin tunes for a Kids Dance Party from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

• Matt Butler will present “Reckless Son: A Story of Resilience and Redemption” at 7 p.m. Saturday at Field Arts & Events Hall, 201 W. Front St., Port Angeles.

Tickets are $28 to $40 per person at www.fieldhall events.org/tickets.

• The Red Rose Jazz Project will perform at noon in the Sunset Lounge at Field Arts & Events Hall, 201 W. Front St., Port Angeles. No cover charge.

• Elissa Greisz and Maxwell Yakush will answer questions about their art exhibit “A Closer Look” at 3 p.m. Sunday.

The free session will be at the Jeanette Best Gallery, 701 Water St., Port Townsend.

The exhibit will feature mixed media work by Greisz and sculptures by Yakush.

“A Closer Look” will be on display from noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays to Mondays through May 19.

• The Port Angeles Fire Department Auxiliary will host a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the city’s firehouse, 102 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles.

Tickets are $10 per person, $5 for kids.

Breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, fruit, coffee and juice.

• The Clallam County master gardeners will host their annual plant sale from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. After a 30-minute reset period, it will reopen from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for a half-price sale at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road, Sequim.

The sale will feature a variety of plants and the general store with gardening gifts and gently used tools and supplies as well as tickets for this year’s Petals and Pathways Garden Tour for $20.

Clallam County Master Gardener volunteers will be on hand to give free advice and field questions about garden greenery.

Proceeds help to maintain the 2.4-acre Woodcock Demonstration Garden, the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles and support Master Gardener community services such as the Youth Enrichment Program in local schools, the Green Thumb Education Series and Digging Deeper presentations.

For more information, visit www.clallammgf.org.

Mari Bickford will present “Bobbin Lace” at 10 a.m. Saturday during a meeting of the North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033 N. Barr Road, Port Angeles.

The public is welcome to attend.

For more information, email n.o.shuttleand spindleguild@gmail.com or visit www.nossg.org.

• The Chimacum Farmers Market will begin its 17th season from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday in the grassy area behind Chimacum Corner Farmstand, 9122 Rhody Drive, Chimacum.

The day will begin with a twine-cutting ceremony and include kids’ activities, live music and local vendors offering farm-fresh produce, artisan foods and handmade arts.

The market will be open every Sunday through the end of October.

The market has added 11 new vendors, bringing the total to 35, offering a selection of seasonal veggies, baked goods and prepared foods.

The market offers programs for shoppers using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, allowing shoppers to double benefits up to $30 each market day, and it will accept applications for the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program.

• The Mother’s Day Market will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

The annual market will feature handcrafted items, including jewelry, bath and body products, fiber arts, housewares, toys and candles.

Food vendors Smokey Ridge BBQ and Dragon Brew Coffee Co. will be inside.

East Clallam 4H Livestock Club will have a lemonade stand just outside the doors.

There also will be face painting for kids and pictures at the Peninsula Party Booth.

Kit and Drew Coons will be on hand to sign copies of their new novel “Challenge in the Evergreen State.”

For more information, email Krista Cox at Evergreen Events at evergreenevents2@gmail.com.

• The Northwest Rangers 4-H Club will host a plant sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The fundraiser will be at Olympic Equipment Rentals, 972 Ness’ Corner Road, Port Hadlock.

• The Goodies Collective will host its spring makers’ market from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

The market will be at Pioneer Memorial Park, 387 E. Washington St., Sequim.

• The North Olympic Library System will host a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament for teens and tweens from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Forks Branch Library, 171 S. Forks Ave.

Pizza and light refreshments will be provided.

The champion will win a Smash Bros. poster, a trophy and bragging rights.

For more information, visit www.nols.org.

• Leigh Tucker and Marquis Richardson will present “Olympic Coast Garnet Sands” at 4 p.m. Saturday during a meeting of the Quimper Geological Society at the Port Townsend First Baptist Church, 1202 Lawrence St., Port Townsend.

The presentation will focus on where garnet sands come from and how they got to Olympic coast beaches.

For more information or a link to the lecture, visit www.quimpergeology.org.

• Sequim Prairie Grange will serve a pancake breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to noon Sunday at the grange hall, 290 Macleay Road, Sequim.

The menu will include ham, eggs, coffee, orange juice and all-you-can-eat pancakes.

The meal costs $9 per person, $4 for children 10 or younger; additional eggs or ham slices are available for 50 cents each.

There also will be a bake sale featuring homemade goods from grange members.

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