A&E Briefs 2-6-13

2FAR blends art, music

Port Angeles’ 2nd Friday Art rock features artists John Gussman and Phantom Jeffie, along with peninsula band Supertrees, at 8 p.m. Feb. 8 at Bar N9NE, 229 W. First St. Cover is $3.

Play cards for good cause

Card-playing groups are being formed for Cards for Cardiac, a fundraiser for the Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild. Signup for the winter/spring session is a one-time fee of $10. For more information or to sign up, call Berneita Miles, 683-3694.

Accordion social set

Paul LaMarche is the featured player at The Sequim Accordion Social from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Sequim Senior Activity Center, 921 E. Hammond St. A $2 admission pays for the room. All accordion players (with accordions) and accordion lovers are invited. Call 683-5620.

Love songs featured

LeRoy Davidson presents "Love Songs: The Happy, the Sad and the Downright Cheesy" during the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, Feb. 10, at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 73 Howe Road, Agnew.

Visit www.olympicuuf.org or call 417-2665.

Gaming comes to Science Cafe

Mathematician Darrell Plank presents "Computer Gaming & Modeling," when Science Cafe meets from 6:30-8 p.m.  Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Lipperts’ Restaurant, 136 S. Second Ave., Sequim. Admission is free to this open forum.

Foothills Writers hosts poet, memoirist

Foothills Writers Series presents Charlotte Gould Warren reading from her memoir "Jumna: Sacred River" at 12:35 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in Maier Hall at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Free.

‘Tribal Voices’ take stage at P.C.

Peninsula College’s Studium Generale and Foothill Writers present "Tribal Voices" at 12:35 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, in the Little Theater on the main campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd. "Echo" is an anthology of poetry by Native American writers collected and edited by Tor Parker, a former student and staff member at the college. The book was made possible by generous contributions from the Potlatch Fund. The reading is free.

PAFAC hosts Valentine’s concert

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., celebrates Valentine’s Day with a Feb. 13 concert by Scottish singer, guitarist and humorist Jim Malcolm. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert are $20 ($15 for PAFAC members). Find them at Port Book & News, 104 E. First St., Port Angeles, or call 457-3532.

Maximize e-reader usefulness

The Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., offers free workshops about downloading library e-books to personal e-readers at 10 a.m. and again at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, and Monday, March 18. Registration is not needed for the free workshop; bring e-readers or attend without one. Contact Rebecca Nugent at rnugent@nols.org or 417-8500 for more information.

Elks hosts Valentine Dinner Dance

The Sequim Elks hosts a Valentine Dinner Dance from 5:30-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at the Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. Dinner is $20/person. Dancing only is $10/person or $15/couple. The Old Sidekicks play and the event is open to the public. Tickets at the Elks Lodge, 683-2763.

Call for artists

Sequim Arts invites artists to apply for the Sequim Arts Studio Tour, running July 19-21. Enter by March 1 at sequimarts.org; or contact Catherine Mix, 670-8671, or catherine@catherinemix.com.

Painting workshop experiments with surfaces

A special painting workshop, "Pushing the Boundaries of Surface Design in Painting," by Marlana Stoddard-Hayes, is offered from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, in Room E-310 at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Cost is $35 ($25/students). Register at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd. Call 457-3532 or visit Pafac.org.

Ballet features Beatles’ songs

The Juan de Fuca Festival presents the Eugene Ballet Company in an original ballet, "All You Need Is Love,” to many of the Beatles great songs. The show is at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17 at the Port Angeles High School auditorium.   Tickets are available at the Juan de Fuca Festival website, www.JFFA.org, Port Book and News in Port Angeles and Pacific Mist Books in Sequim.