March 9 (Tues.) Hilltop Tavern 7:00 pm
March 10 (Wed.) Courtyard Café Noon
Quincy Street
March 15 (Mon.) Undertown Coffee 5:00 pm
Quincy Street
March 17 (Wed.) Northwest Maritime Ctr. 4:00 pm
C handler Education Building
March 17 (Wed.) T he Boiler Room 7:00 pm
Water Street
March 23 (Tues.) Port Townsend Library 7:00 pm
OCEAN EVENTS
(All Events Free!)
The Sea: A Juried Show of Maritime Art
March 5-29
Opening Reception March 6 (Saturday) Northwind
Arts Center 5:30 pm
Regional artists
display their work. Show juried by Michael Hale. Refreshments served.
Seafaring Activities for the Whole Family March 6 (Saturday) Jefferson County Historical
Museum 11:30 to 3:30 pm Old Fire Hall: Sea
Scout ship Falcon presents “Sailors’ Knots & Splices,” a hands-on
demo.
Learn traditional knots, hitches and splices, and nautical skills and
games. Main Museum
Area: Exhibit of Historic Fishing Lures. Jefferson County Historical
Society’s unique collection
of lures. Historic Victorian Jail: Art Project: Make a “Fishing
Lure Necklace” using
wood, paint, and rope (no hooks!). “Sea Shanties” played throughout the
day. PT Shorts
March 6 (Saturday) Pope Marine Park Building 7:30 pm
Readings from The Hungry
Ocean and other books by Linda Greenlaw.
The Hungry Ocean from a Literary Critic’s Point of
View
March 11 (Thursday) Port Townsend Library 7:00 pm
Jordan Hartt, from the Peninsula
College faculty, will discuss The Hungry Ocean.
Reeling Them In: Fish Boats in the Evolution of
PT Marine Trades
March 16 (Tuesday) Northwest Maritime Center
(Heritage Bldg.) 7:00 pm
Kaci Cronkhite, from the
Wooden Boat Foundation, will moderate a panel of local marine
trades and business owners who were “there” in the early days of the
1970s, and helped
“reel in” those early fish boats and raise our wooden boat culture to
national recognition.
Boxing the Compass—Presentation by Poet
Holly J. Hughes
March 18 (Thursday) Port Townsend Public Library
7:00 pm
Holly J. Hughes has spent
the last thirty summers working on the water in Alaska in a variety
of capacities, including commercial fishing for salmon and skippering a
65-foot schooner.
Her collection of poetry, Boxing the Compass, will be the focus
of her presentation.
Film: The
Perfect Storm March 21 (Sunday) Rose Theatre 12:00 pm
A discussion of the film
led by Holly J. Hughes will follow the showing.
Sea Songs by “The Standbys”
March 25 (Thursday) PT High School Auditorium 6:30
pm
Meet the Author March 25 (Thursday) PT High
School Auditorium 7:00 pm
Linda Greenlaw will speak
about her book and her experiences as a fishing boat captain. An
audience question session will follow her talk. Copies of her books will
be available for sale,
to be autographed by the author, at the end of the presentation.
“Best Crab Cakes” Contest: Pick up a
ballot at the library circulation desk to vote
for your favorite of the crab cakes available at restaurants in Port
Townsend. Ballots due in
by Wed., March 24 at 5 p.m. Winner to be announced at Meet the Author on
March 25.
RAFFLE—Historic Schooner Cruise:
Ticket sales at the Library all month for raffle
of a full day cruise for six on the Martha. Sponsored by the Friends of
the Port Townsend
Library. Linda Greenlaw will draw the winner’s name at Meet the Author
presentation, March 25.
Sponsors:
Friends of the Port Townsend Library
Port Townsend Jefferson County Leader
Port Townsend School District
Northwest Maritime Foundation
Wooden Boat Foundation
Jefferson County Historical Society
This project funded in part by a grant from
