Quimper Grange #720
1219 Corona St
Port Townsend WA 98368
360-531-0326
quimpergrange.org
Connect ~ Learn ~ Benefit
Grange motto: "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity."
April 2026
Special Events!
Sunday, April 12, 3:30-4:30 pm: Food for Thought presents:
From Field to Tortilla with La Cocina
Regular Grange Events check Calendar for updates
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Sundays, 1pm & Mondays, 6 pm - Line Dance Classes
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1st Tuesday, 5 pm - Ukuleles Unite
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Wednesdays, April 8, 15, 22, 29 - 7-9 pm - Dance Balkan
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Thursday, April 9, 5:15 pm - Death Cafe
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Saturday, April 18 - 7:30-10:00 pm- PT Community Dance
Save The Date!
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Tues, May 12 - 6:00-7:00- Food for Thought presents: Owner's Manual for your Body: Ergonomics & Body Care for Gardeners with Erica Mack
DRY CREEK GRANGE visits QUIMPER GRANGE
We were pleased to welcome Cindy Kelly from Clallam County's Dry Creek Grange at our March meeting. Our two Granges now have a familiar connection through which we can share events, opportunities, and friendship. Below are three events that Dry Creek wanted us all to know about. One does not have to be a Grange member to participate!
Thanks, Cindy, for your visit!
From Field to Tortilla
How PNW Grain Becomes the Food We Eat
Cassandra and Chef Lissette Garay
of La Cocina
Sunday, April 12, 3:30-4:30 pm
Join us for a conversation about how locally grown grains become one of the world’s most essential foods — the tortilla. Owners of La Cocina, Cassandra and Chef Lissette Garay will share the journey from field to tortilla and how regional agriculture can shape the food we eat every day.
In this talk we will explore:
• The history and cultural significance of tortillas
• How heritage corn and wheat are grown in the Pacific Northwest
• The process of turning grain into masa and tortillas
• Why local grain systems matter for farmers, restaurants, and communities
• How La Cocina is working with regional growers and millers
• The future of grain-to-table food systems in our region
• Our new expansion and tortilla production program in Port Townsend
TORTILLAS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE at this event by Cash, Phone, Venmo, Square app.
This free series offered by Quimper Grange #720, examines "all things food & growing” in our area. For over 100 years, this Grange has supported the Jefferson County community through public programming, concerts, dance, rental space, and a 7,000 ft² Food Bank Garden, donating produce to help mitigate food insecurity. The Grange is at 1219 Corona Ave, PT.
Doors open at 3:15 pm
Line Dance Classes
Beginning Line Dance Class
No Experience Necessary, Drop-ins Welcome
Every Sunday at 1:00 pm
90 minute class
$10 Suggested Donation
Intermediate Line Dance Class
One should have some line dance experience before attending.
Every Monday at 6:00 pm
90 minute class
$10 Suggested Donation
For more info: 360-302-0188
Ukuleles Unite!
Happy Hour:
Open Mic & Singalong
First Tuesday
Happy Hour is open to the public on the first Tuesday of the month starting at 5:00 pm. Enjoy listening and singing along with us. The relaxed atmosphere encourages beginners to advanced groups and individuals to perform. Bring your musical instruments and play along with us. We suggest a small donation to help pay the rent.
Guidelines: Sign up upon arrival if you wish to perform. Solo performers are allowed one song and one singalong song. Groups can perform up to three songs, with one designated as a singalong. Bring singalong music for projection.
For more info visit: ukulelesunite.com or George Yount at 360-477-5788 • gyount@olypen.com
Dance Balkan
Wednesdays
(except the 1st Wednesday of each month)
April 8, 15, 22, 29
New Time ~ 7:00 - 9:00 pm
No partner needed
Evenings start with mellow dances & progress to intermediate. Dances from Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria and more.
Fast paced & fun!
Richard & Susi Watson host • by donation
PT Community Dance
Saturday, April 18
Dancing from 7:30 to 10:00 pm
Doors open at 7:15 pm
With special thanks for support from the City of Port Townsend Arts Commission and the Country Dance and Song Society, The April Port Townsend Community Dance is free to the public. Donations gladly accepted!
The caller for April is Suzanne Girardot. Suzanne Girardot’s enthusiastic and clear dance teaching and calling have made her a favorite on both coasts. Her infectious laugh and easy-going personality put even the very beginning dancer at ease on the dance floor.
Her unique, energetic teaching style helps students gain proficiency not only in the dance style they are learning, but also basic movement skills. When she calls, she projects her love of traditional dance and music.
Port Townsend’s Boiler Room Stringband will be serving up dance tunes for the evening.
The Port Townsend Community Dance is inspired by traditional kitchen and barn dances and features a mixture of traditional sets, always danced to live music along with a dance caller.
All experience levels are welcome; all dances are taught! Come alone, with a friend, with a partner, with the family – or with the whole village! Admission for the April dance is free!
Donations to our program are always appreciated.
Please bring your own personal water bottle and consider arriving on foot or by bicycle if possible!
Death Cafe
Thursday April 9
5:15-6:30 pm (doors open at 5)
Want an old-fashioned Green burial, but need a local spot to get grounded? We'll cover exciting recent progress and obstacles towards locating a new burial ground/nature preserve on our Peninsula.
Learn about the old ways to truly lessen your carbon footprint at the end of life. How can we help grow support for a community burial ground in nature?
Get involved and make a difference!
Join us for a conversation.
Garden Notes
April 2026
What a fun time we've had planning and planting this Spring! Warm toasty weather - to predicted snow - and back again. Our typical NW kind of weather. Nonetheless, volunteers show up twice a week to help plan, seed, plant, fork, rake, amend - and last but not least, HARVEST (see our stats on the Garden page).
A recent addition this year is to adopt the Blessings Food Bank Garden, just down the road on Umatilla. Started by Jo Yount (also of the Grange garden!) and Judith Johnson in 2003, it was designed to grow food to the Christ Science Church congregation as well as for the PT Food Bank. Last year was going to be the final season of the garden, but Mary Beth and I couldn't stand to see that beautiful soil like fallow, so we opted to also grow there this year. Nels has stepped up to take a lead on this 2nd garden, which is a huge help. Adding this garden to the Grange's work will mean more volunteer hours, but the effort will help supply the households that have doubled use of the Food Banks over the past three years. WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE THIS EFFORT WORK! Please email: Contact@FoodBankGrowers.org
Arlene & Juliet finish planting our first full bed on a warm day in March
Mary Beth, Mary and Barbara enjoy a mini rest on a not-so-warm day in March