Second Weekend in Port Angeles

Don’t miss Port Angeles’ Second Weekend this Friday and Saturday, February 13th and 14th.

On Friday:

Studio Bob, 118 ½ East Front Street, will be showing the work of Anna Nichols, Valle Nevaril and Roxanne Grinstad. Food and drinks are catered by Michael's Steak and Seafood. Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Art Front, 118 East Front Street (below Studio Bob) — Showing the work of Michael Anderson. 6 to 9 p.m.

Waterfront Gallery is having their Grand Opening at their new location — 120 West First Street. They’ll be showing the work of Carol Janda. 5 to 8 p.m.

Hole In The Wall Gallery, 117 West First Street, will be showing southern California surf photos.

Karon’s Frame Shop, 625 East Front Street, will be showing the photography of Ross Hamilton. 6 to 8 p.m.

Necessities & Temptations, 217 North Laurel, will have a chocolate and wine tasting from local wineries. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Landings Art Gallery, in the Landing Mall, will celebrate the opening of their new gallery, featuring sculptures, watercolors, oil paintings and carvings.

The Jack Gunter Ideas & Design Gallery — downstairs at the Landing Mall — features the work of local (Camano Island) artist Jack Gunter. 5 to 8 p.m.

The Long Gallery — upstairs hallway of the Landing Mall — black and white photographs of eight different artists. 5 to 8 p.m.

On Saturday at 11 a.m., a guided walking tour of downtown public art will begin at the Landing Mall. There’ll also be a garden-art workshop at Studio Bob, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Heritage Weekend, Second Friday Art Walk and Farmers Market

Busy weekend coming up for Port Angeles. Heritage Weekend will be this Saturday and Sunday.

And don’t forget the Second Friday, organized by Bob Stokes for the second Friday of each month. Galleries participating in Second Friday include: Studio Bob, Waterfront Gallery, Anderson Gallery, Zenzizi, itty bitty BUZZ, Art Front (on the first floor below Studio Bob), Jack Gunter Art & Design Ideas Gallery and the Long Gallery (both at Landing Mall). Second Friday is really taking off; it's putting Port Angeles on the map as an artists’ community.

This Saturday will be the unveiling of Bob Stokes’ Avenue of the People — the newest installment of Port Angeles’ outdoor art collection. It will be nine sculptures along the west side of Laurel Street, downtown.

And last but not least, the Port Angeles Farmers Market will be back downtown this Saturday. And if I’ve understood correctly, they won’t just be in that parking lot next to The Toggery. They’ll be — better sit down for this — ON Laurel Street where they used to be. Ah, the memories.

UPDATE: Yes Laurel Street WILL be closed off for the Farmers Market tomorrow (Saturday). The street will be closed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. There will be live music at the Farmers Market. The market will close at 3 p.m. They usually close at 2 p.m. but the PDN article says 3. After the market closes, there will be "entertainment related to the 6 p.m. Avenue of the People ceremony." That's as specific as the PDN article gets.

Check it out.