Rock club hosts fall open house
All “rockhounds” and “rock lovers” with boxes and buckets of rocks are invited to see what they can do with their treasures at the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association’s shop and lapidary classroom for an open house set for Saturday, Aug. 18.
The shop and classroom at 81 Hooker Road, Carlsborg, will be open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Knowledgeable club members will be available to show how to cut and polish stones. Class instructors will also be available to explain the various club classes, including metal smith, wire wrap, chain maille, faceting, beading and rock painting.
The club is a nonprofit association organized for educational activity in the science of geology as it relates to the discovery of rock, mineral and fossils; the art of lapidary to enhance rocks’ natural beauty, and to the promotion of rocks and “rock hounding” through information and special programs.
For more information, call club president Scott Thornhill at 360-912-2987 or publicity coordinator Kathy Schreiner at 360-681-3811. See the club’s website at sequimrocks.org.
Book group to talk ‘Evicted’
The Novel Conversations Book Discussion Group is set to talk about “Evicted” by Matthew Desmond at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Desmond’s novel takes readers into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge.
The book group meets every fourth Wednesday of the month at the Sequim Library. To participate, simply read the book and attend the discussion; no reservations are needed, and drop-ins are welcome.
Copies of “Evicted” are available in various formats including regular print, large print, audiobook and downloadable eBook, which may be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org. A limited number of copies of each book discussion selection are available at the Library the month prior to each meeting. To view a complete list of the 2018 selections, visit www.nols.org/book-discussion-groups.
Call 360-683-1161, email to discover@nols.org or see www.nols.org for more information.
OTA sets annual meeting for Aug. 25
Olympic Theatre Arts will hold its annual meeting at noon on Saturday, Aug. 25, in the OTA Gathering Hall at 414 N. Sequim Ave. in Sequim. Board members for the 2018-2019 term and the annual budget will be voted upon at this meeting.
Call 360-683-7326 for more information.
Free jazz concert set at Peninsula College
The Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble will present their Summer Quarter Concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, in the Maier Performance Hall at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Admission is free.
The PC Jazz Ensemble features Robbin Eaves on vocals with an eight-piece jazz band. Eaves will sing the well-known bebop classic, “Bernie’s Tune” as well as the ballad “A Timeless Place.”
Special guest on trumpet and flugelhorn is Ed Donohue, who serves as director of bands at Stevens Middle School and one of the top jazz soloists in the Pacific Northwest, event organizers say.
Also heard will be music by Sonny Rollins, J. J. Johnson, Kenny Dorham, Benny Golson, Joe Zawinul, Walter Davis, Jr., and two brand new originals by ensemble director David P. Jones.
The performers in this band come from Sequim, Port Angeles, Joyce, Quilcene and Port Townsend.
For more information, contact Jones at 360-417-6405 or djones@pencol.edu.
Calling all fiber artists
Applications are now available for an upcoming fiber art exhibition at the Studio Bob gallery, 118 ½ E. Front St., Port Angeles.
The non-juried exhibit, sponsored by Cabled Fiber & Yarn, is set for Sept. 8-29, and is an extension of the North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival, held annually in Sequim beginning in October.
Artists may submit up to three original pieces for a $4-per-piece hanging fee.
The exhibition will be open from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, and noon-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 22-23, during the Arts and Draughts Festival, or by appointment.
Application forms are available at Cabled Fiber & Yarn, 125 W. First St., and online at www.cabledfiber.com. Art pieces may be brought to Studio Bob’s from 5:30-8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 5, or to Cabled Fiber from 3-6 p.m., Aug. 28-Sept. 4
For more information, contact Beth Witters at 360-504-2233 or info@cabledfiber.com.
