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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Aug
9
Sat
Aktion Club – Service and Fun
Aug 9 @ 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)

Aug
23
Sat
Kaleidoscope Open Mic for Writers
Aug 23 @ 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of every genre, style, form, perspective and content — from fiction to memoir to poetry, unpolished to polished, unpublished to published.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.

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]

Aug
30
Sat
PT Sangha Retreat: 9 am to 4 pm
Aug 30 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

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/


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

Sep
13
Sat
Aktion Club – Service and Fun
Sep 13 @ 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)

Oct
8
Wed
MusicTeams Workshop series
Oct 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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!

Oct
9
Thu
Irish Fiddle concert, featuring Brian Conway
Oct 9 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

PTFM host is Mhaire Merryman [setup: 7:00 pm]
organizer: Dave Lewicki

Oct
11
Sat
Aktion Club – Service and Fun
Oct 11 @ 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)

Oct
15
Wed
MusicTeams Workshop series
Oct 15 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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!

Oct
16
Thu
Readings at the Meetinghouse – Barbara Bennett
Oct 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Oct
17
Fri
Concert: Brazilian guitar, Marco de Carvalho Trio
Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Marco de Carvalho on guitar, with Neal Chin on ukulele and Abbey Blackwell on bass

Oct
19
Sun
Reading: “One Family in Gaza”
Oct 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

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]

Oct
22
Wed
MusicTeams Workshop series
Oct 22 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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!

Oct
25
Sat
WAVE Food Drive
Oct 25 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Kaleidoscope Open Mic for Writers
Oct 25 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 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 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

[setup 2:00 pm]

(sponsored by Outreach committee)

Oct
29
Wed
MusicTeams Workshop series
Oct 29 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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!

Nov
1
Sat
Meditation Workshop with Tai Sheridan
Nov 1 @ 10:30 am – 2:30 pm

This workshop is fully booked.

“Awakening God’s Body: Embracing Agony & Ecstasy” — Meditation Workshop with Tai Sheridan, sponsored by the Salish Sea Fellowship ALPs (Adult Learning Programs).


[setup time 10:00 am]

Nov
8
Sat
Aktion Club – Service and Fun
Nov 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)

Nov
14
Fri
Empty Bowl Press – Reading: “My Heart Is Good: Treaty Rights and the Rise of a S’Klallam Fishing Community”
Nov 14 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Reading at 4:00 pm


[building setup 3:00 pm; PTFM HOST: Carl & Ellie]

Nov
20
Thu
Readings at the Meetinghouse
Nov 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:

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)

Dec
6
Sat
Aktion Club – Service and Fun
Dec 6 @ 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)