WEEKEND: Readings from 2015 Tidepools magazine scheduled starting today in Port Angeles; Port Townsend up next on June 18

Published 12:01 am Friday, June 12, 2015

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, June 12.

PORT ANGELES — The new edition of Tidepools, Peninsula College’s literary magazine, comes out today loaded with stories, essays, music and visual art from people all over the North Olympic Peninsula.

Two free readings from the magazine are open to the public: at 7 p.m. tonight in the Raymond Carver Room at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., and at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St. in Port Townsend.

At both events, local musicians, artists and writers will present their Tidepools work live.

There is considerable variety, from Port Townsend resident Alicia Demetropolis’ story “23 Things I Never Thought I’d Hear Myself Say at Age 48” to “Body Language,” a song by John Rollston of the Soul Ducks band based in Port Angeles.

Tidepools accepts submissions during December and January from adults and youngsters in Clallam and Jefferson counties, and bestows awards for their prose writing, poetry, art, photography and songwriting.

The magazine is sponsored annually by Peninsula Daily News and the college’s Associated Student Council.

Those awards will be presented tonight in a ceremony co-sponsored by Port Book and News of downtown Port Angeles.

The Tidepools staff encourages all who have contributed works to the magazine this year to attend the events and to bring their family and friends.

For those who want to purchase a copy, the magazine will go on sale today at bookstores in Sequim, Port Angeles and Port Townsend.

For more information, find “Tidepools magazine” on Facebook or contact Peninsula College professor and Tidepools adviser Michael Mills at mmills@pencol.edu or 360-417-6264.