‘Grease’ screening set at Olympic Theatre Arts
Olympic Theatre Arts, sponsored by Laurie Stewart and Sound Community Bank, is offering a classic movie series in 2024.
At 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, the series offers “Grease” in the Elaine and Robert Caldwell Main Stage Theatre at OTA, 414 N. Sequim Ave. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. for pre-film trivia.
“Grease” details the love story between greaser Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and Australian Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John), along with the T-Birds and Pink Ladies.
Tickets are $10 and are available at olympictheatrearts.org or by calling the box office (360-683-7326) between 1-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday.
On June 22, the series screens “Hamlet.”
Sequim store features local author Motokane
Pacific Mist Books, 122 W. Washington St., features Sequim author Christine Motokane and her book, “The Revolving Door: The Untold Story of Disability Support.”
The novella details the life of an autistic adult female who moves from a big city to a small town in Oregon. Her quest of finding an ideal support person is dotted with challenges and frustrations.
”Through innovative strategies, Fiona, the main character, eventually finds people who understand her and support her needs. It is the heart gripping story of Fiona and her family dealing with isolation and frustration — a must read for professionals or people dealing with autism.”
Motokane is an autistic self-advocate who moved to Sequim in 2018. She graduated magna cum laude from Loyola Marymount University with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology. In 2014, she wrote an autobiography titled “Working the Double Shift: A Young Woman’s Journey with Autism.” She has spoken about her experiences with various groups, organizations, and conferences.
Motokane decided to write “The Revolving Door” based on her personal experience of dealing with the turnover of direct support professionals, as well as raising awareness about this issue and the need to increase pay for caregivers and other direct support professionals. Her passion is to spread autism acceptance and to educate others about the need to create a variety of supports and opportunities for adults with autism and other developmental disabilities.
For more about Motokane, visit workingthedoubleshift.com.
Toastmasters to teach emceeing ‘like a maestro’
Join SKWIM Toastmasters from 7-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, for an evening with a lively panel of four charismatic emcees discussing how one can channel their strengths into becoming a confident emcee.
The panel features discussion from Mary Morrison, Brian Trendler, Gisele Nguyen and Kyle Hall, moderated by Judy Sadler and held at the KSQM 9.15 FM broadcasting offices, 609 W. Washington St.
Register at emceelikemaestro.eventbrite.com, or join online at skwimtm.org or on Facebook.
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. on Tuesdays at the KSQM offices and on Zoom. See skwimtm.org.
Monday Musicale awards 2024 scholarships
Three vocalists — one from Sequim and two from Port Angeles — were recently awarded scholarships from Monday Musicale for 2024.
Pearle Peterson of Sequim received $3,500 for her performance of “O Mio Babbino Caro.” She will be attending the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana as a lyric theatre major as she pursues her dream of being on Broadway.
Photo courtesy of Monday Musicale Monday Musicale members recently awarded their 2024 scholarships to three local singers. Pictured, from left, are scholarship chair Lori Gilko, club president Becky Morgan, and scholarship winners Sean McDaniel, Grace Pereira and Pearle Peterson.
Sean McDaniel, from Port Angeles, was awarded $2500 for his rendition of “Nina by Ciampi,” while Grace Pereira, also of Port Angeles, was awarded $1,500 for singing “Ici-Bas” by Gabriel Faure.
McDaniel and Pereira plan on minoring in music and will be attending Peninsula College in the fall.
Each singer was accompanied by John Lorentzen. The scholarship judges were: Mark Johnson, music director for Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church; Dr. Bobbie Zajkowski, academic adviser at Peninsula College and Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra musician; and, Morgan Bartholick, previous winner of a Monday Musicale Scholarship and the principal second violin in the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra.
PC schedules Moving Pictures Festival
Peninsula College hosts the 11th-annual Moving Pictures Festival Film on Thursday, June 6, as part of the college’s Spring Arts Week. Deadline to submit work for the festival is noon on Thursday, May 30.
Entries are open to current and former Peninsula College students. Entries need to be available as a high-quality video on YouTube for submission and less than 11 minutes in length. Animations, slide presentations,and films saved in video format are welcome to be considered. Works can be student work or productions outside of coursework.
Email a YouTube URL to professor Renne Emiko Brock at rbrock@pencol.edu with a name, years attending PC, title of the film or animation, length of media, and year produced. Be sure the film/video is set to public and can be added to a playlist.
Video submissions will reviewed by Brock and students who’ve earned short-term certificates in digital video. Selections and curation of the entries will be created, and video files are edited together.
The Moving Pictures Film Festival and Multimedia Honors Presentations is from 1:40-3 p.m. in the Little Theateron the PC campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Participants can also view the event via Zoom at pencol.edu.
For more about the event and submission details, contact Brock at rbrock@pencol.edu, call 360-417-6249, or visit facebook.com/MovingPicturesFestival.
