Literary

Join us somewhere between 1881 and a time that yet may be for the Brass Screw Confederacy, a celebration of weird science, art, good friends...

and a big brass prop.

Absinthe Tasting, Weird Science, Local Beer-Wine-Cider, Belly Dancing, Magic Show, Burlesque, Zombie Triathlon, Musicians-Bands, Photo Booth, Vendors, Demonstrators, & More!

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www.brass-screw.org

Sponsored by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce

Inspired by Erik Sandgren’s solo exhibition, Ghost Stories, THE STORY PEOPLE OF CLALLAM COUNTY will present an evening of their own ghost stories. Seven local tellers, surrounded by Sandgren’s mythic paintings, will spin word pictures brimming with the preternatural. Tellers are: Elaine Grinnell, James “the Obscure” Hodgson, Dennis Duncan, Pat Ferris, Alice Susong, Christy Wright and Cherie Trebon. They will be joined by Christopher Thomas a First Nations poet from the Couer d'Alene tribe.Suggested donation $6, $5 Friends members.

A slide show and reading on Suitcase Filled with Nails: Lessons Learned from Teaching Art in Kuwait by Port Townsend artist Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield on January 21 at 10 a.m. Sponsored by American Association of University Women. Free at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Free.

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2012 FIRST FRIDAY LECTURE SERIES In the Council Chambers of Port Townsend's historic city hall (540 Water Street) on the first Friday of each month at 7 p.m.

March 2 — Carol Estby Dagg, author of The Year We Were Famous, tells the tale of her great aunt who walked from Spokane to New York in 1896 to save the family farm and prove that women were up to the task.

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2012 FIRST FRIDAY LECTURE SERIES In the Council Chambers of Port Townsend's historic city hall (540 Water Street)on the first Friday of each month at 7 p.m.
January 6 — John Olson, Poulsbo author of Down John’s Road, retraces John Steinbeck’s exploration of America immortalized in Travels with Charley.

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Mosaic presents an evening presentation with Michael Meade in which he will discuss the roots of wisdom through stories from many traditional cultures.

There are many wisdom traditions, but each depends upon a “living wisdom” that can connect current dilemmas with eternal truths. For, wisdom seeks to transcend history in order to reveal the hidden unity and surprising resiliency of life.

Huge QUUF Annual Book Sale---affordable, quality material. Feb 25, 2012 9am-4pm. Scanners ok 2pm-4pm. 2333 San Juan Avenue, Port Townsend.

Terry Buchanan will speak and sign his new book "The History of Fort Casey and the Defense of the Pacific Northwest.

Open to the public, free admission.

Seafaring Activities for the Whole Family

Sea Scout ship Falcon presents “Sailors’ Knots & Splices,” a hands-on demo.

Learn traditional knots, hitches and splices, and nautical skills and games. Main Museum
Area: Exhibit of Historic Fishing Lures. Jefferson County Historical Society’s unique collection of lures.

Historic Victorian Jail: Art Project: Make a “Fishing Lure Necklace” using wood, paint, and rope (no hooks!).