Castle performs Christmas celebration
Geoffrey Castle’s Celtic Christmas Celebration runs at 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 18, at the Port Angeles Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave. Call 452-7602 for ticket information. Information in the “2016 last-minute Holiday Gift Guide” states an incorrect time.
City band holiday concert canceled
The Sequim City Band’s holiday concert “Sounds of the Season” scheduled for the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 21, has been cancelled due to a late-breaking scheduling conflict.
Last chance for glass exhibit entries
The City Arts Advisory Commission has extended the deadline to Friday, Dec. 16, for entries of glass artwork, which may include mixed media utilizing glass, for the next exhibit “Fused, Fired, and Stained … All Things Glass Exhibit,” to be displayed in the lobby of the Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St. For complete entry guidelines and exhibit information, visit www.sequimwa.gov, get a brochure at the Civic Center or contact City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese at 681-3428 or kkuznek@sequimwa.gov.
Magic show on tap
The Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St., hosts Louie Foxx, who puts on a “one-man side show and magic show” at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10. Tickets are on sale now, $5 for members and $8 for non-members. Call 683-6806 for more information.
Boosters plan jazz/dinner event
The Sequim High School Band Boosters hosts a Jazz Dinner & Dance on Saturday, Jan. 14, featuring the Stardust Big Band and Sequim High School Jazz Band in the SHS cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave. Listen to great live music, eat a delicious dinner and do some dancing. Doors open at 6 p.m., music starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 each or $25 per couple and include a Hawaiian-style dinner. Proceeds benefit the Sequim High School band program.
Library offers LEGOs fun
The Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., will host fun, free LEGO Junior Maker programs from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturdays, Dec. 17, Jan. 21, Feb. 18 and March 18. Parents or caregivers are asked to accompany all children under 8 years old. All materials are provided. To make a LEGO brick donation to the library, contact Jennifer Knight at jknight@nols.org or call 417-8500 ext. 7733.
Author publishes Haiku volumes
Author Gordon W. Anderson of Port Angeles announces the publication of three volumes of Haiku and Tanka poems, “Gordito Haiku: Books One, Two and Three.” Each book contains 300 Haiku and 60 Tanka poems. The paperback books are sold on his website at echospringspub.com, through his email at echospringspub@gmail.com and on Amazon.com in paperback and as a Kindle e-book. Anderson’s books also are for sale at the Odyssey Bookstore in Port Angeles and all three are on the local writers’ shelf at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. Anderson also reads some of his poems during Fourth Friday Readings at The Lodge in Sequim.
Christmas tunes at Monday Musicale
Monday Musicale will meet in the Queen of Angels Fellowship Hall, 209 W. 11th St., from noon-1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19. The program’s featured performers are Curry Winborn and Gary McRoberts, one piano, four hands, highlighting the sounds of the season with Christmas music. The music entertainment is open to the public. For reservations or more information, call Ruth Welch at 457-5223.
