April-Fest set for Sunday
The Sequim Elks Lodge hosts April-Fest — a spring version of Octoberfest — at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 8, at 143 Port Williams Road.
The Silverdale HomeTown “German” Band performs “a mix of mostly German-style music featuring two-steps, waltzes and polkas,” organizers say.
Admission is $7 for Elks members, $8 for non-members. Call 360-460-9608 for more information.
OTA seeks local artists
Olympic Theatre Arts is looking to add to its 2018/2019 season by joining with original, iconic images for each of the theatre’s upcoming plays from community artists.
Each artist selected will be commissioned to create an original work of art which will be featured as the centerpiece of the production’s visual campaign.
To submit, include a sample of one’s body of work for review — a portfolio, website address or Facebook page. OTA will then pair each artist with a play that suits the artist’s style. Selected artists will be recognized for their work within theatre publications as well as some financial compensation.
For more information, call 360-683-7326 or email to marketing@olympictheatrearts.org.
OPMC moves to new location
The Olympic Peninsula Men’s Chorus announced last week they are moving to a new location. Effective this week, the chorus will meet on Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Sunland Golf and Country Club clubhouse, 109 Hilltop Road, Sequim. Drop-ins are welcome.
Square dance social on tap in Port Townsend
Quimper Grange Square Dance and Social with Joanne Pontrello and Wild Phil is set for 8-11 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at 1219 Corona St., Port Townsend. Pontrello will be calling squares, as dancing starts at 8 p.m. (dancers can come early and jam with band at 7 p.m.), and is bringing her friends and neighbors Wild Phil and the Buffalo Gals, also Chimacum Valley residents, to rock out the dance tunes. Wild Phil includes Becky Evasick, Quenn Charrier, Phil Andrus, Carol Sword and Tom Fenollosa.
All dances are taught, and all experience levels are welcome and encouraged. This is a family friendly event (no alcohol). Admission is $5 if for those arriving on bike or foot or bringing a non-disposable water bottle; $7 for car drivers. Attendees 16 and younger are free.
For more information, call Dave Thielk at 360-602-1270.
‘Working Backwards’ exhibit set
Self-taught artist Stephen O’Donnell’s “Working Backwards” solo exhibition will be on display in the PUB Gallery of Art at Peninsula College April 10-May 10. O’Donnell will also host a Studium Generale lecture in the Little Theater beginning at 12:30 p.m. on May 10, with a reception following at 1:30 p.m. in the Gallery.
O’Donnell has shown professionally since 1995 and has work in the permanent collections of the Portland Art Museum, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, Portland Community College, Portable Works Collection, and many notable private collections. A large format art book, a collection of his paintings along with writings inspired by his work, will appear in 2018 under the title “The Untold Gaze.”
For more information, contact Michael Paul Miller at mpmiller@pencol.edu.
Dancing, live music at grange
Round Trip brings the band’s rock ’n’ roll and country music to the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall Dance Show, set for 5:30-8 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at the grange hall, 290 Macleay Road. Cost is $10; fee includes meal.
‘Big Library Read’ connects readers across the globe
Join readers from across the world through the North Olympic Library System by taking part in OverDrive’s Big Library Read program, the world’s largest global eBook reading club, as they read Jennifer McGaha’s memoir, “Flat Broke with Two Goats.” The program will have unlimited downloadable access to the book via the NOLS OverDrive website, also known as the Washington Anytime Library, at www.nols.org from April 2-16.
“‘Flat Broke’ is about monumental financial troubles, staggering life changes and a marriage stretched to its very limit,” McGaha said.
“It is also about unruly dogs, ladies of bluegrass laying hens, and the ins and outs of goat dating. But it is about more than that. It is about home and family and the journeys we take to find our way back to ourselves when we are lost.”
Readers can join an online conversation about the book at BigLibraryRead.com. The eBook can be read on all major computers, phones and tablets without worrying about wait lists or holds. It will automatically expire at the end of the lending period and there are no late fees.
