A&E briefs — June 29, 2022
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Author talks ‘Fat Girls Hiking’
As part of the Summer Reading Program, author Summer Michaud-Skog will join the North Olympic Library System virtually at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, to talk about her new book, “Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to Getting Outdoors at Any Size or Ability.”
Michaud-Skog is the founder of Fat Girls Hiking, a hiking community with more than 29 chapters across the country that are centered on a body positive mission to get people of diverse backgrounds out on trails no matter their size, ability, or experience level.
Registration is required at nols.org/fat-girls-hiking to join the event live via Zoom. A recording will be available for several weeks after the event.
Accordion social set for July 10
The Sequim Accordion Social will be held 1-4 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St. All accordionists are invited to bring their instruments and play a selection or two. No reservation is needed. Accordion lovers and dancers are also welcome.
A suggested donation of $5 is requested to help with room rental. The featured player is Joe Schipani of Sequim, who has been playing accordion and keyboard in bands in the U.S. and Germany for more than 45 years, in such styles as jazz, country western, blues, Christian contemporary, swing, Dixieland and rock and roll.
‘The Dilemma of Desire’ screening, talk set in PT
The Port Townsend Film Festival will screen and host a discussion of the documentary “The Dilemma of Desire” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12.
The film explores the work of women who are shattering myths and lies about female sexual desire. This will be followed by a discussion about “how we can change the conversation about female sexuality,” hosts note.
Tickets for the in-person showing and talk at The Balcony Theatre, 211 Taylor St. Suite 401A, Port Townsend, are $25 and includes a Vespertine swag bag. Online tickets are $10 and include a gift raffle ticket. Get tickets at ptfffocus.eventive.org/schedule.
City calls for Sunshine Fest poster art
The Sequim Sunshine Festival Committee is seeking applications from artists to develop artwork for the 2023 Sequim Sunshine Festival poster and promotional materials.
The selected artist will receive $500 in compensation upon completion of the final artwork, and have a table or booth at the 2023 Sequim Sunshine Festival marketplace.
To apply, submit an application (available at form.jotform.com/221794280228054) and provide three digital samples of existing work. Only digital applications will be considered. Deadline for submissions is 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1.
All entries will be juried by a subcommittee of the Sequim Sunshine Festival planning committee by Aug. 8. Artists will be notified of their status by Aug. 10.
The Sequim Sunshine Festival was first held in March of 2020; highlights have included the Sun Fun Color Run, Interactive Light Experience and illuminated drone show. A full festival is being planned again for 2023. For more about sponsorship opportunities, see visitsunnysequim.com.
For more information, contact Barbara Hanna, City of Sequim Communications and Marketing Director, at 360-681-3422 or bhanna@sequimwa.gov.
Revamped Juan de Fuca Harmony group forms
Boasting a new name, a long-time staple in the local arts community has opened to new members. Juan de Fuca Harmony is a singing group open to men and women, as the formerly known as the Olympic Peninsula Men’s Chorus — a chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society — decided to be all-inclusive for any adult wanting to sing in an a cappella group of mixed voices.
Juan de Fuca Harmony is a BHS chapter that sings four-part Harmony, usually in the “barbershop style,” as well as other genres like pop and do-wop. The original chapter re-chartered in 1983, and has been performing on the Olympic Peninsula ever since. The group will be celebrating their 40th anniversary next year.
Under the Direction of Linda Muldowney, Juan de Fuca Harmony rehearsals are held every Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. at Sunland Golf Club, 109 Hilltop Dr.
For more information, visit juandefucaharmony.org or call/text Ron at 907-602-7008, Linda at 360-775-6547 or Rich at 360-460-2801.
Auditions set for ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’
Olympic Theatre Arts and director Steve Humphrey will be holding auditions for Joseph Kesselring’s farce “Arsenic and Old Lace” at OTA, 414 N. Sequim Ave., this week.
Auditions are at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at 6:30 p.m., and Monday, July 11, with callbacks at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12.
There are no monologues in this play, so those auditioning are asked to come prepared with a short comedic piece from another work that demonstrates range. After the presentation, auditioners will be teamed with others to perform a variety of cold readings from the play.
The play, set in 1941, takes place in the Victorian era Brewster mansion. The cast requires a company of three women and nine men.
The first reading for the cast will be Monday, July 18. Rehearsals begin the following Monday (July 25) and are scheduled for Monday through Thursday evenings 6:30-9:30 p.m. until opening. The show runs three weekends, Sept. 16-Oct. 2.
PC professor releases book about ‘Self-Made Women’
Eleven female authors who wrote counter-narratives to the “sexism, racism, classism and homophobia that women faced during the Jazz Age,” are featured in Peninsula College English Professor Dr. Matt Teorey’s new book, “Self-Made Women in the 1920s United States.”
In the book, Teorey brings their novels, poems, plays, film scenarios, and blues lyrics into conversation with each other for the first time to show different approaches female readers could take to become autonomous individuals and full citizens, according to publisher Rowman & Littlefield.
“It takes an integrated look at the literature, music, dance, film, fashion, drama, advertising, and popular culture of the 1920s,” Teorey said. The book is based on a humanities seminar he taught several times between winter 2011 and winter 2018.
Teorey has worked at Peninsula College since 2005. For more on his published works, visit pencol.edu/faculty-staff/matt-teorey.
Slight lineup change for Music in the Park
Navy Band Northwest’s poular music/rock group will be entertaining the crowd at KSQM 91.5 FM’s free Music in the Park series event, set for 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Carrie Blake Community Park, 350 N. Blake Ave.
Navy Band Norrthwest had originally scheduled the organization’s NW Wind Ensemble/Concert Band to play on that date.
Deathtrap auditions set at Playhouse
Director Ron Graham will be holding auditions for the thriller “Deathtrap” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 7, and 2 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Callbacks, if needed, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10.
Those interested but unable to attend are asked to contact Port Angeles Community Playhouse via Facebook, by calling 360-452-6651 or emailing to pacommunityplayers@hotmail.com; provide contact information and details about experience and interest.
Scripts will be made available to read (not check out) at both Sequim and Port Angeles libraries.
“Deathtrap” will be the first play of the PACP Main Stage Season and will run Sept. 9-25. This mystery-within-a-mystery by Ira Levin, author of “Rosemary’s Baby,” has been one of the most frequently produced mysteries by community theaters across the country.
For more information about “Deathtrap,” audition requirements and more, contact Richard Stephens at 360-461-1617 or dramarex@gmail.com.
Tiny Landscape Painting kits available
As part of the Summer Reading Program, the North Olympic Library System (NOLS) is offering a Take and Make: Tiny Landscape Painting kit for teens and adults, available while supplies last.
Stop by any NOLS brnach to pick up one kit per person.
Each kit contains a small canvas and easel, paintbrushes and acrylic paint pots. For inspiration and painting tips, check out a book on painting from the library or visit LinkedIn Learning at nols.org/linkedin-learning for free painting tutorials.
Participants are invited to bring completed paintings back to their local branch by Aug. 1 to be displayed as part of a Mini Art Show through Aug. 15.
For more information about the Summer Reading Program, visit nols.org/srp, call 360-417-8500 or email to discover@nols.org.
