A&E briefs — Feb. 23, 2022
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Local authors to honor students at PAFAC event
The current exhibit at Esther Webster Gallery is “The World on Pause,” featuring original photography by students from Port Angeles High School that explores a youth perspective on a generation-defining experience.
To help celebrate this photography, poets from across the Olympic Peninsula will hold an ekphrastic (dramatic) poetry reading from 5:30-7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24, in the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s Gallery Courtyard, 1203 E. Lauridsen St., Port Angeles.
The program is free. Attendees are encouraged to dress warmly and wear a mask.
Fifteen authors will interpret what individual photos mean to them. The selected photography will be projected as the writers read their poems aloud. Performing poets include Dianne L. Knox, Katherine See Kennedy, Linda Gavin, Al Kitching, Ruth Marcus, Judy Rosen, Judith R. Duncan, Linda B. Myers, Jan Thatcher Adams MD, Nancy Fowler, Eva McGinnis, Gary Bullock and Stephen Workman. Heidi Hansen will read for Sandy Murray.
See “The World on Pause” gallery at pafac.org.
Free concert set at Sequim Adventist Church
World-renowned violinist Jaime Jorge presents a free, one-hour concert at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, at Sequim Adventist Church, 30 Sanford Lane.
An offering will be collected for Jorge’s “Healing Music Concert” travel expenses.
Born and raised in Cuba, Jorge began playing the violin at the age of 5. As his skill developed he was given many opportunities, including an offer to study in Moscow with some of the greatest musicians of our time, if he and his family would renounce their belief in God, event organizers said. They refused.
When Jorge was 10, his family was given the opportunity to leave the country; they came to the United States. In 1994 he entered the University of Illinois School of Medicine and two years later left medical school to devote his life to full-time music ministry.
Since 1988 he has traveled over six million air miles, played on six continents and in more than 80 countries, and has recorded and released 17 albums.
Jazz tunes on tap at PC’s PUB
Beat the winter blues with a performance by the 10-piece Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble, as they present “Jazz in the PUB” on Tuesday, March 8.
The free performance will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Pirate Union Building (building J), at PC’s Port Angeles campus, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd. The series is an informal chance to hear the Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. David P. Jones.
“This a great way to encounter jazz,” Jones said. “It provides a chance for PC faculty, administrators and staff to take a break from their busy day with live jazz as the attraction. And, of course, the community is always welcome.”
The ensemble will play music by Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Oliver, Benny Carter, Duke Jordan, Matt Dennis, Hank Mobley, Sonny Clark, Daniel Berry and a world premiere by Jones.
Sequim-area musicians in the group include Jeff Dingle (trombone) and Elaine Gardner-Morales (bass).
From Port Angeles are Richard “Doc” Thorson (tenor sax), Jim Bradbury (trumpet), Ken Young (trumpet), Marge Rosen (drum set), Kendall Melton (bass), Max Larsen (bass) and David Jones (keyboards/director); John Adams (alto sax, bass clarinet) hails from Port Townsend.
Attendance will be limited to a maximum of 40 guests in the concert area because of COVID safety protocols. Masks must be worn at all times. Attendees will be asked to provide space between households in the seating area, and will not be asked to provide proof of vaccination for the concert.
At this time, no eating or drinking will be allowed in the PUB, with the Market and Deli serving as “take out only.”
For more information, contact Jones at 360-417-6405 or at djones@pencol.edu.
