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
[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]
You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha
Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)
All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.
Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.
Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).
For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/
[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]
You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha
Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)
All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.
Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.
Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).
For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/
[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]
You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha
Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)
All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.
Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.
Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).
For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/
Event info from Anna Quinn:
This open mic will be a mixture of every genre, style, form, perspective and content — from fiction to memoir to poetry, unpolished to polished, unpublished to published. Writers of all steps along the writing path are welcome! Please don’t be shy — we have the most wonderful, supportive audiences!
There will be 10-12 readers, each reading for five minutes, plus two featured readers each reading for fifteen minutes. Names will be drawn out of a hat. Your name must be dropped into the hat by 2:50pm.
2025 Kaleidoscope Open Mic Events
January 25
February 22
April 26
June 28
August 23
October 25
December 13
DOORS 2:30 pm
EVENT 3:00 PM
[setup 2:00 pm]
[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]
You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha
Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)
All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.
Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.
Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).
For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/
Reserved 7 to 8 pm for setup by organizers of the Sangha 8/30 Retreat
This one-day meditation retreat is offered by the Port Townsend Sangha and is open to the public. The day will be led by Ayya Anandabodhi from the Parayana Vihara in Port Townsend.
Port Townsend Sangha: https://www.ptsangha.org/
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EVENT: Saturday August 30, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
open bldg 8:30 am; close 4:30 pm; setup time reserved: Fri 8/29, 7-8 pm
[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]
You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha
Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)
All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.
Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.
Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).
For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/
[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]
You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha
Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)
All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.
Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.
Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).
For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/
[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]
You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha
Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)
All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.
Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.
Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).
For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/
[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]
You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha
Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)
All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.
Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.
Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).
For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/
[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]
You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha
Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)
All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.
Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.
Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).
For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/
[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]
You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha
Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)
All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.
Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.
Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).
For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/
Judith-Kate Friedman and Songwriting Works™ presents the MusicTeams Workshop series for inter-generational music-making.
Four Wednesdays: October 8, 15, 22, and 29, at 2:00-4:00 pm
Everyone is welcome to join the MusicTeams — it’s fun, easy, and engaging. Songwriting Works’ mission is to restore joy, hope, vitality, and community through story and song. Coming together through music of all kinds is one of the most healing experiences imaginable!
PTFM host is Mhaire Merryman [setup: 7:00 pm]
organizer: Dave Lewicki
[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]
You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha
Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)
All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.
Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.
Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).
For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/
Judith-Kate Friedman and Songwriting Works™ presents the MusicTeams Workshop series for inter-generational music-making.
Four Wednesdays: October 8, 15, 22, and 29, at 2:00-4:00 pm
Everyone is welcome to join the MusicTeams — it’s fun, easy, and engaging. Songwriting Works’ mission is to restore joy, hope, vitality, and community through story and song. Coming together through music of all kinds is one of the most healing experiences imaginable!
Marco de Carvalho on guitar, with Neal Chin on ukulele and Abbey Blackwell on bass
A reading of “One Family in Gaza”: an original play by Crystal Zevon
[PTFM HOST: Doug Milholland; setup at 6:00 pm; sponsored by Peace and Social Concerns committee]