Upcoming events for the Port Townsend Friends Meeting, and events held at the PTFM meetinghouse. Our parking lot is rented to Salish Coast School at school opening and closing time for student drop-off & pick-up. Select Event Type (green Categories button) Click calendar icon to display Day/week/month
Veterans for Peace activist speaks in Port Townsend on Friday, August 4th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, at the Port Townsend Friends (Quakers) Meetinghouse, 1841 Sheridan Street.
VETERANS FOR PEACE is a global organization of Military Veterans and allies aiming to build a culture of peace by exposing the true costs of war.
PT Leader article: Veterans for Peace Activist speaks in Port Townsend
(Covid masks encouraged, but not required)
Peter Lumsdaine is a member of the Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) national committee to abolish nuclear weapons.
Sponsored by the Peace and Social Concerns committee, Port Townsend Friends Meeting.
Concert – Tall Poppy String Band
Doors 7:00 pm; Music at 7:30 pm. Admission: sliding scale $20 to $30.
Tall Poppy String Band is a brand new Old Time trio featuring fiddler George Jackson, guitarist Morgan Harris, and banjoist Cameron DeWhitt. Drawing from the deep well of American string band music, Tall Poppy String Band approaches tradition with playful curiosity; each performance more a discussion than a statement.
Whether they’re chasing the elusive downbeat of a source recording, playing with the pronouns in a bluegrass standard, or challenging the assumed roles of their instruments, Tall Poppy String Band endeavors to prove that tradition is still being written.
Band website: Tall Poppy String Band
The inaugural session of the “Readings at the MeetingHouse” series will take place on Thursday, November 16, at 7:00 p.m. in the worship room.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Four local authors will present their work: Peter Quinn, Nick Hill, Jayne Marek, and Bill Mawhinney.
For more information about the poets and about this series of readings, check out the newsletter here: Readings at the MeetingHouse. You may receive the newsletter by email at this link: Subscribe
Readings at the MeetingHouse will take place on Thursday, January 25, at 7:00 p.m. in the worship room. Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information about the poets and about this series of readings, check out the newsletter here: Readings at the MeetingHouse. You may receive the newsletter by email at this link: Subscribe
Speaker, Kamal Hassan: “PALESTINE ON FIRE! A political refugee’s perspective”
Kamal Hassan spent the first twenty years of his life in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon. Now he spends his time educating people about what it means to be a Palestinian in today’s world.
Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Location: Quaker Meetinghouse, Port Townsend Friends Meeting
1841 Sheridan St (corner of Sheridan & Discovery)
Presented by Jefferson County Palestinian Solidarity; Sponsored by the Port Townsend Friends Meeting Peace and Social Concerns Committee
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Readings at the MeetingHouse will take place on Thursday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. At the Quaker Meetinghouse. Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information about the poets and about this series of readings, check out the event page here: Readings at the MeetingHouse. You may receive the newsletter by email at this link: Subscribe
(setup at 6:30)
Jefferson County Palestine Solidarity presents: a 3-part speaker/discussion series with Peter Lumsdaine, “Gaza and Global Escalation”
Tuesdays — April 16, 23, and 30
7:00 – 9:00 pm
at the Friends Meetinghouse, 1841 Sheridan, Port Townsend
** Setup at 6:00 pm **
Jefferson County Palestine Solidarity presents: a 3-part speaker/discussion series with Peter Lumsdaine, “Gaza and Global Escalation”
Tuesdays — April 16, 23, and 30
7:00 – 9:00 pm
at the Friends Meetinghouse, 1841 Sheridan, Port Townsend
** Setup at 6:00 pm **
Jefferson County Palestine Solidarity presents: a 3-part speaker/discussion series with Peter Lumsdaine, “Gaza and Global Escalation”
Tuesdays — April 16, 23, and 30
7:00 – 9:00 pm
at the Friends Meetinghouse, 1841 Sheridan, Port Townsend
** Setup at 6:00 pm **
setup 6:00 pm
Celebration and Launch for Empty Bowl release of Memory’s Vault: The Poetic Heart of Fort Worden. Includes a presentation by artist Richard Turner and readings by local writers.
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PT Friends event host: Caroline Wildflower
Sat, May 18
Open bldg – 6:00 pm
Event start – 7:00 pm
Lock up – approx 9:00 pm
Readings at the MeetingHouse will take place on Thursday, May 23, at 7:00 p.m. in the worship room.
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information about the poets and about this series of readings, check out the newsletter here: Readings at the MeetingHouse. You may receive the newsletter by email at this link: Subscribe
The Golden Rule peace boat is a National Project of Veterans For Peace, aiming to advance opposition to nuclear weapons and war.
This speaker event is sponsored by the Peace and Social Concerns committee of the Port Townsend Friends Meeting.
(submitted by Caroline Wildflower)
Doors open 6:30; Event starts 7:00 pm
Book Launch for Plum Blossom Wine: Poems of Li Qingzhao, translated by Sibyl James and Kang Xuepei
More info:
Plum Blossom Wine: Poems of Li Qingzhao
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Kathy Railsback, Co-Clerk of Friends Peace Teams'(FTP) African Great Lakes Initiative, will speak on her work co-facilitating trauma education workshops for South Sudanese refugees with FPT partners in East Africa. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.
Kathy has traveled to the region roughly a dozen times over the past 11 years. In 2023, she won a service award to work with FPT partners in Kenya and Uganda to offer trauma education workshops for approximately 600 refugees and to train dozens of South Sudanese facilitators.
Article on Kathy’s work from the Friends Peace Teams website: Trauma Education with South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda & Kenya
For more info contact Kathy Railsback: railsback.kathryn@gmail.com or 208-949-3004