A&E briefs— Dec. 13, 2023
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Authors’ group sets reading at Sequim’s Blue Whole Gallery
Those who enjoy the holidays or being outside around local waterways are encouraged to join the Olympic Peninsula Authors for their readings set for 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, at the Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St.
This Writers Read event is free and the public is welcome.
Authors will be reading their poem or prose pieces centering on two themes in December. The first is holidays — in all its possible meanings, for better or for worse.
As the gallery is celebrating the release of the movie “The Boys in the Boat,” and fundraising with Sequim Sunrise Rotary for the Joe Rantz Rotary Youth Fund, the second theme is water.
“With their words and our art, we hope not only to preserve history, but to also remind us that the stories we tell and the art we produce have the power to help others,” exhibit curators said.
The Blue Whole Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, visit bluewholegallery.com and joerantzrotaryyouthfund.org.
Sequim City Band sets ‘Sounds of the Season’ concert
The 70-piece Sequim City Band provides its “Sounds of the Season” Holiday Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 17, in the Donna M. Morris Theater at the Field Arts & Events Hall, 201 W. Front St.
The performance will include Alfred Reed’s epic “Russian Christmas Music,” Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” from “The Messiah,” “Pantomime” from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” George Wyle’s “Most Wonderful Time of the Year” and Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” and “Happy Holiday.”
As a special treat for children, they are invited to enjoy a model Polar Express train pulling Christmas cars through a wintry scene and, during the concert, music selections from the movie, “The Polar Express.”
Reservations are recommended for this free concert. More information about the concert and the link to reserve free tickets are found at fieldhallevents.org/#/events/88833.
For more about the band, visit sequimcityband.org.
