Storytelling festival brings in local and national talent
The 20th Annual Forest Storytelling Festival will be held Oct. 17-19 in the Peninsula College Little Theater in Port Angeles. Over the three days, nationally known performers will weave vocal magic for local residents as well as storytellers and story listeners from near and far.
Some of the featured tellers include Jay O’Callahan, Maine, Mary Gay Ducey, Tim Tingle, Bryan Bowers and Jill Johnson.
A complete schedule and registration form is available online at www.clallamstorypeople.org. For more information, contact Cherie at 417-5031 or forestfest@yahoo.com, or Rebecca at 360-878-0838 or backroadsteller@gmail.com.
Advance tickets for Friday and Saturday night concert tickets can be purchased at Odyssey Bookshop, 113 W. Front St., Port Angeles.
NAMI to hold benefit
On Saturday, Oct. 18, NAMI of Clallam County (National Alliance on Mental Health) invites the public to a fun night out to enjoy local musicians at its fundraiser beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St.
NAMI is the largest nonprofit grassroots organization involved at a national, state and county level whose purpose is dedicated to education, support and advocacy for individuals and families dealing with mental illness.
For more information regarding NAMI or the fundraiser, which is taking the place of the monthly affiliate meeting, call 452-5244. Tickets are available at the door.
College hosts benefit
Music lovers on the peninsula will have an opportunity to show their support for Peninsula College’s Music Department at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, when a special benefit concert for the department will be staged in Maier Performance Hall on the main campus in Port Angeles.
The concert will open with some classical selections by faculty member and pianist Kristin Quigley-Byre, who will accompany soprano soloist Robbin Eaves on a number of classical selections. A jazz combo featuring faculty members David Jones on keyboards and Elaine Gardner-Morales on bass also will play several pieces.
Admission is by free-will donation. Proceeds will help the music department to purchase music and equipment and host future guest artists for community concerts.
‘Return of the River’ returns to college
Peninsula College’s Magic of Cinema film series opens its fall quarter programming with an Oct. 22 screening of “Return of the River,” a story about the Olympic Peninsula’s own Elwha River and the largest dam removal in history.
The 7 p.m. screening in Maier Performance Hall is immediately followed by a question-and-answer session with the film’s two co-directors, John Gussman and Jessica Plumb.
Completed in February 2014, “Return of the River” was filmed over the course of four years and features people and perspectives on all sides of the Elwha debate.
General admission is $5; it is free with a student ID.
Slattery piece stars at P.T. art show
Patrick Slattery took top honors at the “Art and Word” juried art show at the Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend.
Slattery won for “Surface.” Merit awards went to Port Townsend artists Norma Fried (for “Afternoons in the Dark”), Pat Herkal (for “Gratitude”) and Kim Simonelli (for “Cipher”). Show juror Alan Newberg’s talk is at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. See northwindarts.org.
Caspar Babypants comes to peninsula
Children’s music artist Caspar Babypants returns to peninsula libraries on Oct. 23. The Sequim Library, in collaboration with the Sequim Boys & Girls Club, present a 10:30 a.m. matinee at the Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St. An encore performance is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Raymond Carver Room of the Port Angeles Main Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles.
Caspar Babypants is Seattle-based Chris Ballew, member of the popular alternative-rock band The Presidents of the United States of America. Both performances are free of charge.
