Fort Worden State Park

Mardi Gras Celebration and Benefit at Fort Worden

2012-02-03T08:24:17-08:00

Free your animal voice and spirit!

Madrona MindBody Institute is hosting a Mardi Gras Celebration and Benefit event at Fort Worden on Saturday, February 18, 2012, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

The "Power Animal Ball" is a benefit event for one of their dancers, Laura McKim, who is facing open heart surgery.

Admission to the event is on a sliding scale from $12 to $30. The evening will feature dancing, music, foods, face painting and more!

Event Schedule

7:00-9:00 p.m. MaskMaking | FacePainting | Collage Arts
8:00 p.m. - Feeding Frenzy of Finger (paw) foods - potlatch|potLuck and watering hole opens (non alcoholic).
10:00 p.m. Power Animal Parade | Circle
10:30 p.m. "KingFisher Cake" as in Mardi Gras King's Cake.

All species welcome and celebrated, and DJ CALEB PEACOCK and friends will "rattle your cage and let your boogie out to fly!"

Find out more about the event, and how you can help at: http://www.MadronaMindBody.com/power-animal-ball-benefit-dan/.

Additional information is available by contacting Madrona MindBody Institute (360) 344-4475, or event organizer Aimee Ringle at (360) 531-4395 or email.

Stoke the Fires for Valentine’s Day

2012-01-23T08:24:10-08:00

Super special rates on a great big Fort Worden four bedroom Officer Row accommodations will save you plenty for those chocolates and roses.

We’ll even get you started with a complementary Duraflame log for the Officer Row fireplace! Enjoy all of Port Townsend’s coolness while loving a spontaneous getaway to Fort Worden!

Rate includes daily Continental breakfast for each registered guest. Rate valid only on new bookings. Two night minimum stay required. Valid dates are February 9th - 15th. Space limited to availability.

Grab your sweetheart and make it a date to enjoy Fort Worden - book dates today!

Orcas: Ten Years of Learning and Research

2012-01-09T09:09:33-08:00

In commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the 2002 Dungeness Spit stranding of orca CA189 (aka Hope), the Port Townsend Marine Science Center is hosting a lecture and conversation with Pete Schroeder, DVM Marine Mammal Veterinarian, Marine Mammal Research Associates, and Brad Hanson, PhD Ecologist/Orca Researcher, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

The event will be held Saturday, Jan 14, 2012, at 2 p.m. in the Natural History Exhibit at Fort Worden State Park.

Southern Resident Killers Whales, or the orcas known as J, K, and L pods, were listed as endangered species in 2005. Since that time, a great deal of research has been conducted on both these fish-eating resident orcas and the mammal-eating transient orcas that use this area.

Join researchers Brad and Pete for a lecture-conversation that focuses on the health and survival of orcas in the Salish Sea - what they have learned in the last decade and what questions still remain.

$5 PTMSC members; $7 non-members
$3 youth members; $5 youth non-members.

Celebrate Our Local Wines & Ciders

2012-01-09T08:54:32-08:00

A Wine & Cider Tasting at Fort Worden

All proceeds will benefit activities at Fort Worden State Park

Friday, January 27 • 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
USO Building at Fort Worden State Park

Free for Members of the Friends of Fort Worden (and one guest) with reservation – please call 360.344.4459 to RSVP

Free with $25 Friends of Fort Worden Membership Purchase; $15 per person otherwise.

Light hors d’ouevres provided by Bon Appetit, courtesy of the Friends of Fort Worden.

Visit www.fwfriends.org to learn more.

New Years Eve at Fort Worden

2011-12-16T11:24:21-08:00

Celebrate New Years Eve at Local Goods

Live music, good food. No cover charge!

8:00 pm December 31st 'till after the new year's been rung in!

Full details on-line