A&E briefs — Oct. 19, 2022

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Sequim band sets 2022-2023 indoor concert series

The Sequim City Band announces its indoor concert series, with each concert held at 3 p.m. at the Sequim High School auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave.

Concerts include: “Shades of Autumn,” Saturday, Oct. 29; “Sounds of the Season,” Sunday, Dec. 18, and “Music, She Wrote,” Sunday, March 12.

Wearing of face masks will be advised until the Clallam County COVID rates are in the “low” category as described by the county, band representatives said.

For more information about the Sequim City Band, including the status for its expanded rehearsal hall, sequimcityband.org or facebook.com/Sequim.City.Band.

Poet to share work at PC

The next Studium Generale welcomes Alice Derry, faculty emerita of English, literature and German, to read from her newest collection of poetry, “Asking,” at 12:35 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in the Little Theater at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

The event is free and open to the public. It will also be live-streamed at pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/82308557946 (meeting ID 823 0855 7946).

This is Derry’s sixth full collection of poetry. Her fifth book, “Hunger,” appeared from MoonPath Press in 2017. Her fourth book, “Tremolo,” appeared from Red Hen in 2012.

Derry has directed PC’s Foothills Writers Series for three decades. In 2013, she helped plan the 75th Raymond Carver Birthday Celebration and delivered its keynote address; in 2017, she was Peninsula College’s 17th Writer in Residence. She lives and works on the Olympic Peninsula.

Copies of Alice’s book, “Asking,” will be available at PC’s Bookaneer bookstore and she will offer a book signing there following her reading.

Call for Sunshine fest performers, vendors

The City of Sequim is now accepting applications for musical performers and food vendors to participate in the 2023 Sequim Sunshine Festival, set for March 3-4.

Performance venues will be outdoors and under cover. Power will be available at all sites. Musical performers of all genres are encouraged to apply.

Food vendors will be located outside around the Guy Cole Event Center. There is one inside space available within the Guy Cole Event Center, and power will be available.

Applications can be found on the City of Sequim Tourism website: visitsunnysequim.com.

Applications can be sent by email to pdashiell@sequimwa.gov, or mailed to: Sequim Civic Center, Attention: Sequim Sunshine Festival, 152 West Cedar Street, Sequim, WA, 98382.

The deadline for applications is Friday, Nov. 18. Applications will be reviewed, and applicants notified in early December, organizers said.

Now in its fourth year, the Sequim Sunshine Festival is designed to celebrate the end of the winter and the coming of the spring and summer seasons.

Toastmasters to tell tales

For fans of storytelling — especially the spooky, spine-tingling kind — either telling or hearing, are invited to attend “Spooky Story Relay Race,” a special SKWIM Toastmasters Club Halloween event from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the KSQM Radio Broadcasting offices, 609 W. Washington St., and on Zoom.

Two teams of four will be competing to create the spookiest story as they build the suspense to a surprising conclusion.

“It’s going to be a fun evening,” said M.E. Bartholomew, a past president of the club.

Whether in person or virtually, attendees are encouraged to wear a costume — spooky, funny or just plain crazy. Register at skwimspooky.eventbrite.com.

SKWIM Toastmasters is part of Toastmasters International, a worldwide nonprofit educational organization that “empowers individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders.” The Sequim club meets from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the KSQM 9.15 FM offices.

The club also meets on Zoom; join through the link on the club’s website home page at skwimtm.org, or search Sequim Toastmasters online or on Facebook for more information.

Teen lock-in set

The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) will host an after-hours “Lock-In” for teens in grades 7-12 from 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

The night’s activities will include snacks, a movie, games, crafts and more.

The event was designed with input from the NOLS Teen Advisory Board.

For more information, visit nols.org, call 360-417-8500 or email to teens@nols.org.

This program is funded in part by the Port Angeles Friends of the Library.

Flamenco dancer returns to peninsula for shows

Seattle-based Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes and singer/multi-instrumentalist Diego Amador Jr. will present “Rayn: Flamenco for a New World at the Palindrome” at two shows later this month on the Olympic Peninsula.

Fuentes and Amador Jr. hit the stage at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Eaglemount Winery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend, and at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30, at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road, Sequim.

Tickets are $12-$55.

Fuentes’ latest production sees newly-designed costumes, choreography and a new dance floor constructed for this tour.

“Rayn” symbolizes the fresh new start that comes after substantial rainfall while also paying homage to Savannah’s Seattle roots, concert tour organizers note.

Fuentes and Amador Jr. have forged an artistic partnership while performing throughout Washington state, Oregon and California since 2019.

More tour dates are available at savannahf.com/performance.