A&E briefs — May 2, 2018
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Storyteller Nixon presents at PC
At 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3, the Studium Generale program welcomes widely-celebrated storyteller Ingrid Nixon to Peninsula College’s Little Theater, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
In recent years, Nixon has performed with The Story People of Clallam County to introduce Studium Generale audiences to The Annual Forest Storytelling Festival. Nixon has performed in Seattle’s Northwest Folklife Festival and the Stone Soup Festival in Woodruff, SC. Nixon was a Seattle Moth StorySLAM winner, and she has received acclaim for the numerous films she has written, hosted, and narrated for Discovery Channel and the National Park Service. She founded the “Story Slam” competitions held regularly at Olympic Theatre Arts in Sequim.
Studium Generale is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Kate Reavey at kreavey@pencol.edu.
Writing workshop set
Tom Pitre, educator, trainer and author, offers a 12 hour, six-session class in fiction and fable starting in May.
Each class begins at 10 a.m. and dismisses at noon. The group plans to meet on six consecutive Saturdays. Classes are limited in size to eight students.
A class fee applies, with all materials provided; most materials will be downloadable. Sign up for the class via email at thomaspitre@gmail.com with the word “Writing” in the subject line.
McCollum featured in Las Vegas
Sequim artist Mike McCollum’s artwork of sea vessel-themed sculptural boxes are now being featured at Las Vegas (Nev.) City Hall through June 8.
An exhibiting artist since 1964, McCollum was awarded an individual fellowship grant from the National Endowment of the Arts in 1980.
For more about McCollum’s artwork, see mccollum-art.blogspot.com.
Book talk tackles ‘Man Called Ove’
The Second Saturday Book Discussion Group discusses Fredrik Backan’s “A Man Called Ove” at its next meeting set for 3 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Copies of the book e available in various formats including regular print, large print, audiobook on CD and downloadable eBook, which may be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org. A limited number of copies of each book discussion selection are available at the library the month prior to each meeting. To view a complete list of the 2018 selections, visit www.nols.org/book-discussion-groups.
The discussion group meets at the Sequim Library every second Saturday of the month at 3 p.m. To participate, simply read the book and attend the discussion; no reservations are needed, and drop-ins are always welcome. This program is supported by the Friends of the Sequim Library.
For more information about this and other programs for readers and book lovers, visit www.nols.org, email to Discover@nols.org or call 360-683-1161.
OTA’s ‘The Tin Woman’ sets Talk-Back Night
With a 6:30 p.m. curtain time on Thursday, May 3, Olympic Theatre Arts’ Talk-Back Night presentation of “The Tin Woman” gives patrons an opportunity to ask about the process of creating the production. Members of the cast and crew will be present for conversation over complimentary hors d’oeuvres, and OTA’s beer, wine and cocktail bar will be open.
“The Tin Woman” runs through May 6 on the Caldwell Main Stage, with Thursday-Saturday evening performances at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults and $12 for students with a school ID, though any student purchasing a ticket at the door five minutes prior to curtain gains entrance for $5 (if seating is available).
Get tickets at the OTA box office from 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday or online at www.olympictheatrearts.org. Call 360-683-7326 for more information.
Wildcrafting talk, plant walk set
Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski is hosting a wildcrafting talk and plant walk from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Dungeness River Audubon Center in Sequim. Fee applies; register by emailing to friendsofthetrees@yahoo.com.
The talk will include information on how to collect wild plants for commercial and home use. Attendees will will walk park trails and talk about the plants they encounter. The talk explores the primary medicinal plants found in Western Washington and includes optimum timing of harvest, collecting techniques, tools, processing and drying. Sustainable wildcrafting concerns and guidelines will be addressed.
Pilarski is a naturalist, farmer and educator with 45 years of experience; he has been commercially wildcrafting medicinal plants for 23 years. He writes and teaches about ethnobotany, wildcrafting, farming, seed collecting, permaculture, forestry and ecosystem restoration.
‘Glimpses’ presentation in Blyn
Jamestown Cultural Resources Specialist David Brownell offers “Glimpses of a S’Klallam Village at Washington Harbor,” a presentation on his ethnographic and archaeological research on one of the ancestral villages of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe that stood at Washington Harbor, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, at the Red Cedar Hall Community Center, 1033 Old Blyn Highway, Blyn.
The presentation will feature artifacts, maps, and historical photos. Refreshments will be provided.
See library.jamestowntribe.org/home.
Northwest Women’s Chorale sets concert
The Northwest Women’s Chorale presents their spring concert “Wade in the Watah,” celebrating water in song, at 7 p.m. Friday, May 11, at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave. A second concert is set for 7 p.m. Monday, May 14, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 Lopez Ave., Port Angeles. Included in the program is Gwyneth Walker’s cantata “Lessons from the Sea” based on the book “Gift from the Sea” by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Suggested donation is $15. For more information, visit www.nwwomenschorale.org.
