Upcoming Events / Calendar

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.
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Jan
18
Sat
Fun Day at the Meetinghouse
Jan 18 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Jan
22
Wed
Peace & Social Concerns Committee Meeting
Jan 22 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Jan
25
Sat
Kaleidoscope Open Mic for Writers
Jan 25 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm

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mixture of every genre, style, form, perspective and content from fiction to memoir to poetry, unpolished to polished, unpublished to published.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.”

Jan 25 link to Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1614960389455163

2025 Kaleidoscope Open Mic Events
January 25
February 22
April 26
June 28

DOORS 2:30 pm
EVENT 3:00 PM

[PTFM host: Paula J; setup 2 pm]

Feb
3
Mon
M&C (CANCELLED) @ meeting house
Feb 3 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Outreach Committee meeting
Feb 3 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Feb
7
Fri
Ministry & Counsel Committee (closed) @ meeting house
Feb 7 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Feb
8
Sat
Aktion Club – Service and Fun
Feb 8 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The Aktion Club is a service club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities — an inclusive activity for fun, fellowship, and service!

Volunteers are welcome to join in club activities.

Event contact: Curtis Wheeler, curtis@casconnections.org

Sponsored by:
Port Townsend Kiwanis Club and Cascade Community Connections

Hosted at the Friends Meetinghouse, by the Outreach Committee of Port Townsend Friends Meeting

(setup 12:00 – 1:00 pm; activity 1:00 – 4:00 pm)

Feb
11
Tue
Nominating Committee
Feb 11 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Feb
15
Sat
Empty Bowl Press – Poetry reading
Feb 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Please join us for a reading from two books focused on Southeast Alaska. Kurt Hoelting reads from his recently released book Apprentice to the Wild, and Tele Aadsen reads from her award-winning What Water Holds. The reading will be followed by a conversation between the authors and a book signing.

[setup at 3:00 pm; PTFM HOST: Carl Y. & Ellie M.]

Feb
22
Sat
Kaleidoscope Open Mic for Writers
Feb 22 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm

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 to 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

DOORS 2:30 pm
EVENT 3:00 PM

[PTFM host: Paula J; room setup 2 pm]

Feb
25
Tue
Nominating Committees
Feb 25 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Feb
26
Wed
Peace & Social Concerns Committee Meeting
Feb 26 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Mar
3
Mon
Ministry & Counsel Committee (closed) @ meeting house
Mar 3 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Outreach Committee meeting
Mar 3 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Mar
8
Sat
Aktion Club – Service and Fun
Mar 8 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The Aktion Club is a service club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities — an inclusive activity for fun, fellowship, and service!

Volunteers are welcome to join in club activities.

Event contact: Curtis Wheeler, curtis@casconnections.org

Sponsored by:
Port Townsend Kiwanis Club and Cascade Community Connections

Hosted at the Friends Meetinghouse, by the Outreach Committee of Port Townsend Friends Meeting

(Business at 12:00 noon; projects 1:00 – 4:00 pm)

Mar
11
Tue
Nominating Committee
Mar 11 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Mar
20
Thu
Readings at the Meetinghouse
Mar 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

A series of readings presenting writing in all genres, Readings at the Meetinghouse will take place on the following dates, at 7:00 pm:

Thurs, November 21, 2024
Thurs, January 16, 2025
Thurs, March 20, 2025
Thurs, May 15, 2025

Admission is free and open to the public.

For more information about the authors and about this series of readings, you may sign up for the email newsletter at this link: Subscribe-RFM

(setup 6:30 pm)

Mar
22
Sat
Fun Day at the Meetinghouse
Mar 22 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

[setup 1:30 pm]

Mar
26
Wed
Peace & Social Concerns Committee Meeting
Mar 26 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Mar
28
Fri
Nominating Committee
Mar 28 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm