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
A series of readings presenting writing in all genres, Readings at the Meetinghouse will take place on the following dates, at 7:00 pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Hosted by Carl & Ellie.
sponsored by PTFM Outreach committee
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(setup 6:30 pm)
Mid-week gathering: The M&C committee would like to invite all to a mid-week gathering for a simple lunch on Tuesday, January 27, at 11:30 am.
We plan to have a short session of worship before a light lunch and conversation. This gathering will be based on the interests of attendees, with a goal of enjoying and building our community together. M&C Committee member Katy F. is coordinating for January 27, along with Uli L. Please feel free to chat with them if you have thoughts to share.
Organizers: Anna and Peter 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of every genre, style, form, perspective and content — from fiction to memoir to poetry, unpolished to polished, unpublished to published.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. Names will be drawn out of a hat. Your name must be dropped into the hat by 2:50pm.
DOORS 2:30 pm
EVENT 3:00 PM
[Event hosts for Feb 21: Carl & Ellie]
sponsored by PTFM Outreach committee
Caroline W. will lead a fun and interactive session on how to use people’s preferred pronouns, such as “they” and “them”
Carl & Dorn for AV check & setup planning – main room
Empty Bowl Press Reading: Jerry Martien, “Exploring Watersheds and Waveshocks”
PTFM event host: Monica F.
A series of readings presenting writing in all genres, Readings at the Meetinghouse will take place on the following dates, at 7:00 pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Hosted by Carl & Ellie.
sponsored by PTFM Outreach committee
—
(setup 6:30 pm)
Organizers: Anna and Peter 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of every genre, style, form, perspective and content — from fiction to memoir to poetry, unpolished to polished, unpublished to published.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 from 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. Names will be drawn out of a hat. Your name must be dropped into the hat by 2:50pm.
EVENT 3:00 to 5:00 PM
DOORS 2:30 PM
sponsored by PTFM Outreach committee
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(setup 2:00 pm)
Join us for a reading by Charles Goodrich and Edward Harkness.
Charles Goodrich, here from Corvallis, OR, will read from his just-released Knot House: New & Selected Poems. Ed Harkness will read from Creek Water, his volume of new and selected poems published by Empty Bowl in September 2025.
[setup 5pm; PTFM event host: Carl & Ellie]
A series of readings presenting writing in all genres, Readings at the Meetinghouse will take place on the following dates, at 7:00 pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Hosted by Carl & Ellie.
sponsored by PTFM Outreach committee
—
(setup 6:30 pm)
Simple lunch and Friendly conversation — Tuesday, July 14, at 11:30 am. This gathering is based on the interests of attendees, with a goal of enjoying and building our Meeting community together.
Organized by PTFM M&C Committee, and anyone else who would like to participate.