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What's Happening in Port Townsend This Week!


    
Live Music & Entertainment

Upstage: Celtic Harp Meets West African Harp - May 16
Owl Sprit: Steve Grandinetti - Thursdays
Sirens Pub: Birth of Sirens Midnight Disco - May 17-18
Hwy. 20 Roadhouse: Brian "Buck" Ellard - May 17
Uptown Pub: Eagle Mountain String Band - May 17
Bellydancing By Lobo Del Mar - May 17
Upstage: Rhythm & Blues Saxplayer Terry Hancke - May 17
Pourhouse: DJ Dance Party with Captain Peacock - May 17
Uptown Pub: Dirty Beat Duo - May 17
Upstage: Comedy with Babazot & Jazz with Barney McClure - May 18
Uptown Pub: Yogoman Burning Band - May 18
Shantala Kirtan: The Sacred Music of India with Benjy & Heather Wertheimer and David Michael - May 19

Theatre & Performing Arts
Kreepshow - Fri-Sat
KCPT Presents Heartbreak House - May 17-19
PT High School: The Imaginary Invalid by Moliere - May 17-18

Arts & Crafts
Gallery Shows - May

Readings & Lectures
Told: An Evening of Student Storytelling, Photography & Song - May 17
Free reading from The Pen and The Bell - Mindful Writing in a Busy World - May 17
Jefferson County Farmers Presentation & Discussion - May 17
Poetry Scream - Thursdays
Whitsun Observance - May 19

Community Events
Annual Rhododendron Festival - Rhody Fest 2013 - thru May 18
1850 Army Trading Post - May 18-19
AAUW University Women's Foundation Scholarship and Awards Presentation - May 18
Dine & Dash for Rhody Run! - May 18
Finnriver Cidery Open - Daily

Recreation & Sports
35th Annual Rhody Run - May 19
Yoga, Fitness, Swimming, Youth/Adult Classes - Ongoing

Dance & Movement
Third Saturday Quimper Grange Square Dance and Social - May 18
Dances & Classes - Ongoing

Classes & Workshops
Ongoing Classes - May

Film & Movies
Movies This Week


Ferry rainbow


Travel

The Port Townsend-Keystone (Coupeville) route - Check the ferry schedule for tide, wind or fog delays!

The Port Townsend Farmers Saturday Market opens for the season on April 6th!

May 1-19, Key City Public Theatre continues Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw. Click here for info.

Lots of good music so get out on the town this weekend!

  
                                           
May 13-18, Rhododendron Festival - Events include Royalty Hand Prints, Trike Races, Rhododendron Flower Show, Pet Parade, Kiddies Parade, Bed Races, Kiwanis Fish Fry, Jim Caldwell Memorial Rhody Open, Elks Rhody Fundraiser Pancake Breakfast, Carnival at Memorial Field and the Rhody Festival Grand Parade on Saturday. It's fun for the whole family, so come out and celebrate the week-long spring party for Port Townsend and East Jefferson County! Click here for more info.

Documentary Trilogy and Filmmaker Micha X. Peled - May 21
"Mama Stories: Our Mothers & the Mother in all of us" an interactive performance with Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble - May 21
Wooden Boat Wednesday: Easy Skills for Repairing Inflatable Boats - May 22

  

Steampunk Hootenanny, June 7-9. Join us somewhere between 1881 and a time that yet may be for the Brass Screw Confederacy--A Steam Punk Hootenanny, a celebration of creative genius, weird science, good friends, and a big metal prop. There are merchant sponsorship opportunities, window contests and exciting ways to get involved with Port Townsend's newest event.

 

June 13, The Taste of Port Townsend!  One of the most delicious days of the year in Port Townsend and we have some great restaurants this year. . .we are showcasing new spots and favorites too. Tickets will go on sale this week at www.eventbrite.com  

 

           
             

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Local Farms, Foods, Cideries

For more information about how to find our local farms, wineries and cideries, view this map >>

Chickens in the yardPicking BerrysWe are blessed with the many small farms that support and raise locally grown food in East Jefferson County. While taking advantage of our region's temperate climate and long growing season, we have a plethora of farms, cideries and wine makers in Quilcene/Brinnon, Chimacum, Port Hadlock and Port Townsend, WA.

Jefferson County has a rich agricultural heritage that is now seeing a surge of energy and vitality from farmers across our fertile valleys.  More than a dozen family farms are in operation producing a range of goods and produce from diverse vegetables, to fruit crops like berries and apples, to egg and poultry production, to goat cheese, to cow dairies and pasture-fed beef.

You can taste what grows in Jefferson County at our dynamic Farmers Markets (Port Townsend, Chimacum & Port Ludlow) or at several on-farm stands.  You can also drink the bounty of Jefferson County by visiting the Tasting Rooms of our many local wineries or cideries. The Chimacum Corner store at Center and Highway 19 offers a wide range of goods grown or made right here.

Farmers Markets can be found in the Event Calendar >>

Port Townsend Farmer's Saturday Market runs Apr-Dec.
Chimacum Farmers' Market runs May-Oct.
Port Ludlow Market runs May-Sept.

Local Farms and Food Businesses >>


 

 

Annual Festivals & Events


July
4th of July
Hadlock Days
Low Tide Festival
Jazz Port Townsend
Voice Works
Festival of American Fiddle Tunes
Port Townsend Writers’ Conference
Relay For Life

August
Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival
Jefferson County Fair
Uptown Street Fair
Classic Car Show
Shakespeare in the Park
Art Port Townsend

September
Wooden Boat Festival
WSU Farm Tour
PT Film Festival

Port Townsend Film Festival


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Here's what Guests are saying about The Commander's Beach House:




10/8/11
Dear Gail and Jim,
What a privledge and a blessing to stay in such a wonderful spot!!
Thank-you for the gift of the upgrade to the Lighthouse Suite.
We so enjoyed it! Good food at the Banana Leaf, love, laughter,
& a good night sleep, a delightful walk on the beach in the early
morning with sunrise photos begging to be taken & then a delicious
 breakfast....your attention to detail is wonderful!! Blessings on you,
 full and overflowing.
          Lynn & Paul Hamilton
           Courtney, B.C.

Sept 13th
Our first visit to your wonderful homein this magical setting. Thank-you so much for the warm
welcome and generous hospitality.
Wendy & Rebecca
Cambridge, England


                     Wooden Boat Festival

September 8th -11th
What an amazing festival! The boats, the workshops, the weather could not have been better!!!
Dancing till midnight to the great bands was such a treat. And the food... Lopez Isl. Creamery ice
cream, fish tacos, paella, great curries and wonderful salmon. Yum!! The hospitality at the Commander's
 Beach House is always the best and what a great spot to watch the sail by from. We will be back...again
and again....
Bob & Inez
Pullman, WA

August,22 
Gail & Jim---What a lovely three days we had here with a setting to die for, wonderful
breakfasts, and gracious hosts. Thanks for a first time visit that I hope won't be the last!.
We loved our little dinner on your lawn and of course, sitting at near midnight in the chairs
 on a warm clear August night, viewing a golden moon shining on the water, and looking at
tars with the sound of waves lapping the shore. It doesn't get better than that!
Cindy and Jeff Uecker
Hillsboro, OR


Haiku For Gail & Jim
Lovely blue sky day,
Water lapping at the shore_
Home away from home.
(many thanks, again to both of you)
Dot G. Lacey, WA


June 10-12, 2011
It's been said before, "A lovely piece of paradise". Salt air, seagull cries,
awesome hummingbirds, peaceful waterviews, comforting tolling buoy bell!!!.
 Delicious food, cozy room, Fun ...Fun...Fun!!!
Dan & Mari Brown
Bonney Lake, WA.


May 29th
Paradise on the beach

This is a fantastic location for anyone who enjoys strolling on the miles of beach
that adjoin this property just minutes away from downtown Port Townsend. The
 host and hostess are enthusiastic about making one's stay comfortable whether it be
relaxing on the waterfront lawn chairs or settling in to their B and B. There are lots of
 interesting things to do nearby, visiting the Maritime Centre, learning the historical
 aspects of the former Quarantine Station, or just watching the action in the boatyard.
 One starts the day with a great breakfast in the Commander's House and ends it with a
 super meal at the nearby restaurant on the waterfront, just a three minute walk. Highly
recommend this B and B!!!!!!!!!!!
Bob George


April 13
Thank-you so much for the marvelous escape from the real world.....it is a symphony
for the soul, and we shall return.The food, room, atmosphere are wonderful and that
big gorgeous dog stole my heart....too!
Many Thanks,
John and Muriel Logan


April 3 & 4
Gail, Jim $ Captain Cutter
Thank-you for making our time here in Port Townsend So Memorable. Gail- you are
 just so lovely and your breakfast was absolutely delicious! Jim- You definitely kept
 me laughing the entire stay!! Captain Cutter- you stole my heart! Thank-you everyone.
Love, Jesse & Lien




Truly a room with a view, the Lighthouse Suite
The Commander's Beach House: Window in my suite
Beautiful and restful. A great place for a beach walk. Thank-you. Jan Miller 

-Heron Haiku- 
Heron on a rock
Scanning the water at dusk
Preparing dinner 

SNOW in Port Townsend!! But some sun, some rain, wind, calm...a bit of everything for a perfectly wonderful
 visit in the Island View Room. We had everything we could have wanted and then some! We loved our stay here. Thanks for great hospitality and good suggestions for places to eat and things to see. We hope to return again.
2/21-24/2011
Bob and Martha from Boise

My First Blog - Thu Feb 24

It has been snowing like crazy the last two days! We're "swing in" in the snow NOW!

 

 

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