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                    What's Happening in Port Townsend This Week!

Live Music & Entertainment

Northwest Maritime Center Cafe: Steve Grandinetti - Feb 16-17
The Owl Sprit: Steve Grandinetti - Feb 16-17
Live at the Ajax: Buzz Ragowski - Feb 16
Upstage: Emma Hill - Alaskan Songstress! - Feb 16
Live at the Ajax: Ahmad Baabahar - Feb 17
Upstage: The Third Annual Olympic Comedy Competition!! - Feb 17
Sirens Pub: The Scott Pemberton Band - Feb 17
Live at the Ajax: Gerry Sherman - Feb 18
Castle Key Live Jazz: Mardis Gras Masquerade Ball - Feb 18
Upstage: Jim Nyby & The F Street Band - Feb 18
Sirens Pub: The Horde & The Harem - Feb 18
Centrum: Chamber Music Festival present the Cypress String Quartet - Feb 19
Upstage: Penultimate Sunday Jazz Jam - Feb 19
Sirens Pub: Sunday Music Series featuring Ches Ferguson - Feb 19

Theatre & Performing Arts
Auditions for spring musical, "Urinetown" at PTHS - Feb 16-17
I.C.E. Students Perform "Conference of the Birds" - Feb 16-17
Playwrights' Festival: "Is Sex Possible?" Solo Show by Constance Congdon - Feb 16
Playwrights' Fest: One-Act Plays - Feb 17-19
Playwrights' Festival: (Free) Panel Discussion with Playwrights - Feb 17
Playwrights' Festival: Free Workshop - Feb 18
Playwrights' Festival: Play-In-Progress ("The Odyssey") - Feb 18
Playwrights' Festival: Teenlab Writing Workshop - Feb 18
Playwrights' Festival: Intensive Playwriting Workshop - Feb 19
Playwrights' Festival: Play-In-Progress ("Diary of a M.A.D. Caregiver") - Feb 19

Arts & Crafts
Gallery Shows - Feb

Readings & Lectures
Inquiring Mind Lecture Series: Doing Homeland Defense the Old-Fashioned Way - Feb 16

Community Events
Admiralty Audubon - Birding the Unknown Southwest - Feb 16
Fort Worden State Park Public Meeting - Feb 16
Finnriver Cidery Open - Feb 17-19
Wine Tasting: Spanish & South of France Wines - Feb 17
Night of Dancing and Games for All Ages - Feb 17
Red Wine & Chocolate - Feb 18-20

Recreation & Sports
50 + Exercise Class - Ongoing
Twisters Gymnastics Classes - Ongoing
Winter Wanderlust Adventure Series - Feb 22
Next Week

Dance & Movement
Zumba Gold! - Feb 16
Olympic Peninsula Dance - Feb 17
Power Animal Ball Dance & Art - a benefit for Laura McKim - Feb 18
SoulFul Sunday Dance Church - for EveryBody! - Feb 19
Rock Your Asana Yoga in Chimacum - Ongoing
Rock Your Asana Yoga in Port Townsend - Ongoing

Classes & Workshops
February Sewing Workshops: Intermediate Sewing - Feb 18
NAMI Family-to-Family Course Begins - Feb 18
Revivification for Retiring Women - Feb 19
Ongoing Yoga Classes - Feb

Film & Movies
Tue, Feb 14th
Rose Theatre Movies
Tue, Feb 14th
Uptown Theatre Movies
             
                      Things to do in February
wine heart and glassesRed Wine and Chocolate Tour
                           Presidents Weekend February18-20
           

Wine and Chocolate tour

presented by Olympic Peninsual Wineries

11am - 5pm  800-785-5495

Wineries and Cidery Businesses >>

 

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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

February
Shipwright's Regatta
Playwrights' Festival

March
Marine Science Center Opens
Kitemakers' Conference
Victorian Heritage Days

April
Farmers Market Opens
Earth Day Events
Kitchen Tour
JeffCo Expo

May
Rhody Bike Tour
Rhody Festival
Rhody Run
ShrimpFest

June
Chili Cook-Off
Rat Island Regatta
Secret Garden Tour
Taste of Port Townsend

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


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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