A&E briefs — Aug. 9, 2023
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Auditions set for OTA’s ‘Living Dead’
Olympic Theatre Arts will be hosting auditions for the second-annual “Night of the Living Dead” fall production. Roles are open to actors of any race, identifying gender, and those 12 years of age or older. This stage adaptation of the classic horror film “Night of the Living Dead” is set during the 2020 pandemic.
“Step into a world grappling with lock-downs, fear, and uncertainty, where a group of strangers seeks refuge in a nearby house from violent, flesh-eating undead,” play organizers note. “As the night unfolds, they discover that the real horror may not lie in the virus or the mysterious violence spreading across the country, but within themselves.”
Audition times are: noon on Sunday, Aug, 20; 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, and 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25. For more information, visit olympictheatrearts.org.
‘Magic of Rich’ comes to The Fifth
The community is invited to “The Magic of Rich” from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, at The Fifth Ave. 500 W. Hendrickson Road.
Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy a magic show by “The CEO of Magic” along with refreshments prepared by chefs of The Fifth Avenue.
The event is free and family-friendly.
For more about The Fifth Avenue senior living facility, call 360-683-3345, email to info@thefifthavenue.com or visit thefifthavenue.com.
Sherwood sets car show, live music
The community is invited to enjoy “Classic Hits & Classic Cars,” a free, special event set for 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19, at Sherwood Assisted Living, 550 W. Hendrickson Road.
Local rock-and-roll favorite Black Diamond Junction offer live music from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. alongside the Sequim Valley Car Club Car Show, which runs from 10 a.m-1 p.m. A burger/hot dog lunch is $5, and root beer floats are free.
For more about the event, email Janaye Birkland at marketing@sherwoodal.com or contact Christine Springer at smactivities@sherwoodal.com or 360-683-3348.
Dirty Cello to play at Field Arts & Events Hall
Field Arts & Events Hall and Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts (JFFA) last week announces their inaugural partnership, presenting the venue’s first Festival Encore Concert on Aug. 18 featuring Dirty Cello.
Hailing from San Francisco, Dirty Cello brings a blend of blues, rock and Americana, led by Rebecca Roudman, whose playing earned multiple standing ovations at the 2023 JFFA Festival.
The partnership between Field Hall and JFFA represents the realization of a collaborative and supportive working relationship envisioned by arts patron Donna Morris, whose $9 million bequest sparked the development of a world-class performing arts center in Port Angeles. The Donna M. Morris Theater inside Field Hall is named in her honor.
Dirty Cello performs at Field Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 18. Tickets are now on sale at jffa.org. General admission is $35, students are $15, and youths 17 and younger are $10.
Learn more about the Field Arts & Events Hall, which celebrated its grand opening on July 29-30, at fieldhallevents.org.
Toastmasters to talk ‘Awesome Intros’
Kyle Hall, a member of SKWIM Toastmasters, is the featured speaker in the group’s Aug. 15 meeting with the theme, “Awesome Intros.” The club meets from 7-8:30 p.m. at the KSQM 91.5 FM broadcasting offices at 609 W. Washington St., and online.
A toastmaster for 30 years, Hall will discuss in a 60-minute workshop what should and shouldn’t go into an introduction; how to draft an intro; the role of the speaker and emcee in delivering that intro, and examples of intros, from awful to awesome.
This event is free and open to the public, both on-line and in-person. Register for the meeting at awesomeskwim.eventbrite.com.
For more about Skwim Toasmasters, visit skwimtm.org or facebook.com/SequimToastmasters.
PC jazz ensemble sets summer concert for Aug. 15
Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble’s Summer Quarter Concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, in the Maier Performance Hall at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. The event is free and open to the public.
Along with the 15-piece jazz band, vocalist Robbin Eaves of Joyce will sing “You Don’t Know What Love Is”; the classic Jobim tune, “Corcovado,” and the 1931 Ozzie Nelson hit, “Dream a Little Dream of Me”.
The band will play a wide variety of music as well as four world premieres by conductor David P. Jones.
Performers in this band represent some of the very best jazz that the North Olympic Peninsula has to offer, including Sequim musicians Jayne Morrison (alto sax), Anton Hilmisson (alto/baritone saxes), Jeff Fox (tenor sax), Dan James (trumpet), Jeff Dingle and Tom Hartig (trombone).
From Port Angeles are Kevin McCartney (tenor sax/alto flute), Jim Bradbury and Joel Ricci (trumpet/flugelhorn), Ken Young (trombone), Arisa Tone (piano), Mya Hartman (bass), Sal Michael (drums), and Jones (keyboards/director), while John Adams (alto sax & bass clarinet) hails from Port Townsend.
For more information, contact Jones at 360-417-6405 or at djones@pencol.edu.
