Chimacum Arts and Crafts

Fair set for Dec. 8-9

The 32nd annual Chimacum Arts and Crafts Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 8-9 at Chimacum High School, 91 West Valley Road, in Chimacum.

With more than 100 vendors from Washington, shoppers can find crafts such as gold and silversmithing, textiles, candles, woodwork, leather works, artisan foods, clothing and more.

The fourth annual Chimacum Holiday Portrait by David Conklin, and the opening ceremony, will be held at the entrance to Chimacum High School at 9:50 a.m. Dec. 8. All are welcome to join. The festivities will start at 9:30 a.m., when the Chimacum High School Marching Band will perform.

The fair raises money for school programs, supports the economy and provides a marketplace for youth and nonprofit program fundraisers. The fair has helped to raise more than $400,000 over three-plus decades.

Using funds raised at the 2017 fair, grants were distributed to the Chimacum High School library, Chimacum School breakfast program, Chimacum boys and girls soccer, the Pi String Orchestra, Spanish novels for Spanish students and the Community Wellness Project.

For more information, visit chimacumarts.com or email chimacumarts@gmail.com.

Call to nominations for Angel of the Arts

The public is invited to nominate persons for the 2018 Angel of the Arts award, which is presented by the Port Townsend Arts Commission.

Nominees can be anyone in Port Townsend who is an active participant in arts-related events. The winner, along with the Patron of the Arts, will be honored during a reception in February at the Cotton Building.

Applications are available on the second floor of the Jefferson County Courthouse. They must be submitted to PTAC by Dec. 31.

11th annual Christmas Carol Sing-along Dec. 15

The 11th annual Christmas Carol Sing-along will be hosted by First Presbyterian Church at 4 p.m. on Dec. 15. Admission is free.

The sing-along will feature a Christmas orchestra, strings and woodwinds and Elisabeth Heiner on piano. For more information, call 360-344-3337.

Paul Rogers’ Holiday Hi-Jinx to help out Winter Shelter

The Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., will host the Paul Rogers’ Holiday Hi-Jinx at 7 p.m. Dec. 23.

Tickets are $20 in advance at www.hijinx.brownpapertickets.com or at the door the night of the show. The event is a fundraiser in cooperation with the QUUF for the C.O.A.S.T. Winter Shelter located in the basement of the American Legion hall.

The Holiday Hi-Jinx show features a variety of Rogers’ upbeat Yuletide tunes written during the past 30 years as a member of the San Francisco Bay-area Christmas Jug Band.

The show will feature a lineup of Port Townsend musicians,  including Carla Main, Laura Rogers, Dirk Anderson, Tom Svornich, Kurt Festinger and John Maxwell.