A first responder community celebration, theater productions and a totem pole rededication ceremony highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula.
• The Unity of Effort celebration will return to Sequim from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at Security Services Northwest, 250 Center Park Way.
Gates will open at 10 a.m. and helicopters will begin landing at 10:15 a.m.
Security Services Northwest has hosted the community celebration to honor and recognize military, first responders, law enforcement and security personnel for more than 20 years.
The Rally to Unity, with motorcycle riders from across the state, will arrive about 10 a.m.
In addition to aerial displays, vendor and community group booths will be on site.
The event also will feature a police K9 demonstration by the Port Angeles Police Department. Due to the presence of K9 officers, attendees are asked to leave pets at home.
Food vendors will open at 11 a.m. A wine and beer garden will open at 1 p.m.
Live music will include the Buck Ellard Band at 1:30 p.m., Chelsea Rose at 3:15 p.m., the Scooter Brown Band at 4 p.m. and Firehouse at 8 p.m.
Tickets for the Firehouse concert will be available at the gate.
The family-friendly celebration will include bounce houses, face painting and a toy find.
For more information, visit www.unityofeffort.org.
• The 2025 Children’s Theater production of “Alice in Wonderland” will be on stage at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Tickets are $15 per person, $10 for youths and free for children 5 and younger.
The family-friendly production follows Alice as she tumbles down the rabbit hole into a world of whimsical characters and nonsensical delights.
The book by Lewis Carroll has been adapted for the stage by Anne Coulter Martens and will be directed by Olivia Wray.
• The Burner Point totem pole will be re-dedicated during a ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday at 1 Heron Road, Port Ludlow.
The ceremony will include performances by native dancers and singers along with remarks from David Boxley, a Tsimshian master carver.
Originally commissioned by Pope Resources, the 40-foot totem was carved by Boxley from a western red cedar that blew down south of the Hoh Rain Forest during a 1993 windstorm. The tree was estimated to be 720 years old.
Boxley last worked on the totem pole ahead of a 2015 rededication ceremony.
“It’s really important to teach people the history behind the pole,” Boxley said during the 2015 restoration ceremony. “It represents all of us. Once people see that, they see the importance.”
Boxley will be on site this week refurbishing the totem pole with his team.
The public is welcome to view the restoration process, which uses traditional tools and techniques.
• Marley’s Ghost will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Palindrome Port Townsend Event Center, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend.
Tickets are $25 per person at www.rainshadowtickets.com or $30 at the door.
The band will perform music from its current album, “Travelin’ Shoes.”
The band is composed of singer/multi-instrumentalists Dan Wheetman, Jon Wilcox, Mike Phelan, Ed Littlefield Jr., Jerry Fletcher and Bob Nichols.
The band has been working together for more than 30 years playing roots, rock, blues, bluegrass, gospel and country.
• The Port Angeles Arts Council will sponsor the Second Saturday Art Walk from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at various venues in downtown Port Angeles.
For more information, visit www.portangelesarts council.org.
Some of the special events this month include:
— Cabled Fiber & Yarn, 125 W. First St., will host Robin Sidwell with a collection of hand-knitted items.
Sidwell, who worked as an engineer, began quilting and then knitting. She sees knitting as an outlet to play with color in another medium and to construct beautiful, creative garments.
For more information, call 360-504-2233, email info@cabledfiber.com or visit www.cabledfiber.com.
— Harbor Art Gallery, 114 N. Laurel St., will feature the work of ceramic artist Terri Enck from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Enck’s exhibit, “Once Upon a Garden,” will include ceramic garden stacks, flowers and gnome homes that are all crafted to brighten both landscapes and moods.
Enck’s ceramic sculptures are designed to be weatherproof with built-in drainage to prevent cracking from freeze-thaw cycles.
“I’m too busy to bring my art in every winter,” Enck said. “It has to survive the snow, and I love the pop of color it brings during the gray months.”
Once Upon a Garden can be viewed from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays throughout August at Harbor Art Gallery.
• Sequim Prairie Nights will start parking vehicles at 7:30 a.m. Saturday on Washington Street in Sequim.
Washington Street will be closed to traffic between Sequim and Third avenues until 3 p.m.
The show will include several raffle drawings for donated items throughout the day. Proceeds will benefit the Sequim High School scholarship fund.
Last year’s raffles funded two $1,000 scholarships for Sequim High School graduates: Simon Scribner for carpentry and Max Frankfurth for electrical lineman training.
This year’s show is open to street rods, hot rods, classics, muscle cars, trucks and vintage motorcycles.
Attendees are asked to bring unopened jars of peanut butter for the Price Ford peanut butter drive.
For more information, visit www.sequimprairienights.com.
• Saltfire Theatre will present “Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood” with shows at 4:30 p.m. today and Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday at Finnriver Farm and Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum.
Tickets are $20 per person at www.saltfiretheatre.org/tickets.
Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs or blankets.
The family-friendly production features more than 30 local actors, designers, choreographers and crew members.
The play was written by Ken Ludwig and is directed by Erik Van Beuzekom.
• Good Day Sunshine will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Summer Concert series at Olympic Cellars, 255410 U.S. Highway 101, Port Angeles.
Tickets are $30 per person at www.olympiccellars.com/summer-concert-series.
Part of the proceeds will benefit Peninsula Friends of Animals.
Good Day Sunshine is a Beatles tribute band.
The gate will open at 6 p.m. and the outdoor show will be played rain or shine.
Outside food is allowed. Local food vendors will be on site with food for purchase. Wine will be available for purchase by the glass or by the bottle. Concertgoers may bring non-alcoholic beverages.
Carpooling is appreciated as parking is limited.
Seating is festival-style — tables and chairs are first-come, first-served.
There is no seating in the space under the patio in front of the band because it will be reserved for dancing.
Attendees should bring warm clothes since it gets cold once the sun goes down.
The venue is family-friendly, but dogs are not allowed.
• The Port Townsend Handmade Market will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday on Washington and Madison streets in downtown Port Townsend.
The market will feature more than 90 makers and artists who will sell handmade goods, including accessories, art, bags, bath, body and wellness products, candles, ceramics, clothing, food purveyors, fiber and knitted goods, housewares, jewelry, kits, toys and games.
• The Jefferson County Master Gardeners will present “Lawn Alternatives” at noon Saturday in the Humphrey Room at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock.
The master gardeners will discuss the benefits of reducing or replacing lawns.
The free lecture will be followed at 1 p.m. by the Jefferson County Master Gardeners’ monthly “Ask a Master Gardener!” plant clinic, also in the Humphrey Room.
Master gardeners will be available to answer questions on selecting the right plants for the environment, composting, insect infestations and unknown pathogens damaging plants.
Attendees may bring a sample of an afflicted plant, or bring plant or insect specimens for identification.
Samples of plant problems should include both the healthy and affected tissue; the cut end of the stem should be wrapped with a moist paper towel, and the cut plants should be kept in a cool and dark location to prevent wilting.
For plant identification, include photos or samples of the leaves, branches and stems of the plant, a portion of the fruiting or flowering structure and a representative portion of the stem or bark.
Identification is more likely when more structures of the plant can be examined.
For insect identification, bring an intact specimen in a small container soon after capture; keep it stored in a cool, dark place.
For more information, visit www.jclibrary.info.
• “The Goonies” will be screened at dusk on Saturday at Tillicum Park on Tillicum Lane in Forks.
The 1985 adventure comedy film is set in Astoria, Ore., and many of the exterior shots were filmed there and at Cannon Beach, Ore.
Moviegoers are encouraged to bring chairs or blankets to the free outdoor screening.
• The Sequim Prairie Grange will host its last ice cream social for the season from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
The ice cream will be served in the grange hall, 290 Macleay Road.
The menu includes banana splits and sundaes for $7 each.
• Kelli MacConnell will discuss printmaking, inspiration and her creative process at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Jeanette Best Gallery, 701 Water St., Port Townsend.
MacConnell, a Chimacum-based printmaker, has several large-scale prints on display in the gallery’s “Showcase 2025” exhibit through Sept. 8.
For more information, visit www.northwindart.org.
