On Wednesday, May 15, Pope Marine Park hosts a hula-hooping and object manipulation playshop from 3:30-5 p.m., the Port Townsend Athletic Club hosts “Narrative Rhythms: A Dance Workshop” from 5-6 p.m., and Kalma, on 926 Water St., hosts “Grieving the Trees: Ritual & Art,” creating art to grieve the degradation of old-growth and legacy forests, from 6-8 p.m.

On Thursday, May 16, Type Townsend, on 1007 Water St., hosts “What’s Your Type?” about how to select, operate and maintain a typewriter, from 9-10 a.m., after which people will meet at Sentinel Rock, in the Port Townsend Golf Park, for the Sentinel Rock and Camas Prairie trail tour from 3-4:30 p.m., to ramble around the Kai Tai Prairie Preserve and discuss traditional ways of Camas cultivation and cooking.

Camas Prairie, at the Golf Park, will then host “Song of the Camas” at 4:30 p.m., to listen to the sounds of the Camas plants, followed by a bring-your-own outdoor dinner at 5 p.m., after which attendees will head indoors at the Golf Park for “Nourishing Narratives: Stories of Food and Culture” from 6-7:30 p.m.

Zee Tai Collective, at 918 Water St., will wrap up the evening with “My Story, Mystory, Mythstory” from 7-8:30 p.m., a workshop conducted by Ron Johnson, a professor of the Makah Tribe, and Paul Magid, a historian of the Tribe of Judah.

On Friday, May 17, the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Flagship Landing building, in downtown Port Townsend, hosts a “Repair It” workspace and exhibit from noon to 3 p.m., and the Port Townsend Recreation Center Gym hosts a jugglers’ meet-up from 6-7:30 p.m.

On Saturday, May 18, “Repair It” returns to the Marine Science Center’s Flagship Landing from noon to 3 p.m., and the American Legion hall hosts “The Big Show” and Chautauqua fundraiser at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., with both shows featuring  “The Flying Karamazov Brothers” juggling and comedy troupe, and “Artis the Spoonman,” who uses spoons as a musical instrument.

Also appearing at both “Big Shows” will be clown Faeble Kievman, puppeteer Godfrey Daniels and cellist Christine Gunn, while the 8 p.m. “Big Show” will be your only chance to catch “Whistling Wonder” Jason Victor Serinus, musician and playwright  Amy Englehardt, writer and raconteur Alex Stein, “Acrobatic Artistes” Shawn and Sadie from the Pop-Up Movement, and magician Tobias Weinberger.

On Sunday, May 19, the American Legion hall opens with a “Community Congress” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., engaging in “a facilitated dialogue to explore the challenge of societal divisions, and how to weave a stronger community through genuine conversation,” while the Cotton building hosts a makers’ market from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., showcasing arts, crafts and other creations of local and Indigenous makers from across Jefferson County.

And from 1-4 p.m., multiple venues throughout downtown Port Townsend will host workshops, which are free but encourage donations to continue the New Old Time Chautauqua’s work.

The Pope Marine building will host “Indigenous Stories and Culture from the Olympic Peninsula, from Far to Near” from 1-4 p.m., conducted by the Hoh Tribe’s Vivian Lee, the Makah Tribe’s Maria Pascua, the Quinault Indian Nation’s Harvest Moon, and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s Mark Charles.

Pope Marine Park — or the American Legion hall, in case of inclement weather — will host circus arts and hands-on crafts from 1-4 p.m., including musical spoons, juggling, hula-hooping, making your own cordage, Kumihimo Japanese rope-braiding, string-making and string games from multiple cultures, peace crane folding and sock puppet creation, the latter leading into an interactive puppet show party at 3 p.m.

Also from 1-4 p.m., Brigid’s Loft will host “Healing Spaces,” with “Recovery Community Circus Arts” at 1 p.m., for individuals who have been sober at least 48 hours to “learn to play again,” and Naiome Krienke, of the Quinault Indian Nation, will teach the significance of cedar to Indigenous peoples at 2 p.m., after which Tribal leaders from the Port Gamble S'Klallam will discuss the Canoe Journey and canoe culture at 3 p.m.

And the American Legion hall will host “Listening and Connecting” from 1-4 p.m., with a 1 p.m. Community Congress “listening session” followed by yoga at 3 p.m.

The Cotton building will then host the “Everyone Wins” Lottery prize distribution and swap at 4 p.m., during which those who purchased winning lottery tickets in advance will be awarded experiential prizes, ranging from a fine dining experience to a night in jail, but if you don't show up for your prize by 4:30 p.m., it might be given away to someone else.

Pope Marine Plaza hosts the closing ceremonies at 5 p.m.