Art walks, music performances and the 40th Home Show highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula.
• The Sequim City Band will present “Dawn to Dusk” at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Performing Arts Center at Port Angeles High School, 304 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles.
Tyler Benedict will direct the ensemble, which will feature more than 75 wind and percussion musicians.
The concert will open with Franz von Suppé’s “Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna.”
Other works on the program include Robert Sheldon’s “Appalachian Morning,” Randall D. Standridge’s “Havana Nights,” Karl L. King’s “Circus Days” and Isabella Piritta Morrill’s “Voyage of the Northern Lights.”
The band also will be joined by vocalist Olga Palenga for a performance of Harold Arlen’s “Over the Rainbow.”
The program will finish with “Give Us This Day” by David Maslanka, a two-movement symphony commissioned by a consortium of high school and college wind ensembles that premiered in 2006.
Before the concert, the Port Angeles High School Band Boosters will host a bake sale in the lobby, with proceeds supporting the high school band’s travel fund for out-of-state performances.
For more information, visit www.sequimcityband.org.
• First Friday Art Walk will celebrate with a green-themed walk from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at various venues in downtown Sequim.
Maps for the self-guided tour are available at www.sequimartwalk.com.
Special events in March include:
• The sixth Sequim Sunshine Festival will open with a brief ceremony from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Civic Center Plaza, 152 W. Cedar St.
• Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., will host Shayna Robnett, along with Russell the Rooster, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.
Shayna and Kristen Robnett operate Lilly’s Safe Haven, a 5-acre farm animal rescue in Sequim.
Gallery members donate art in March to support a local nonprofit. This year’s recipient, Lilly’s Safe Haven, will receive the proceeds from sales of art in this month’s A Little Art Goes a Long Way! exhibit.
• The city’s Arts Advisory Commission will show its annual High Schools of the Olympic Peninsula Arts Exhibition from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery at the civic center, 152 W. Cedar St.
• The Navy Northwest Band will perform from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the auditorium at Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
• Olympic Peninsula YMCA, 610 N. Fifth Ave., will host an exhibit of paintings, photographs and 3-dimensional art created by YMCA members and staff from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• Pondicherri, 121 E. Washington St., will host Kathy Nichols demonstrating how to create a small-scale watercolor of a tree branch with blossoms to encourage the arrival of spring.
Attendees may create their own. Supplies will be provided. RSVP to 360-681-0954 so enough supplies can be on hand.
• The Juan de Fuca Harmony Chorus will perform at various locations and along the sidewalks throughout the evening.
• Pacific Pantry, 229 S. Sequim Ave., will be open until 7 p.m. showcasing water-based media artworks from Peninsula Art Friends.
• The River House Bakery and Cafe, 120 W. Bell St., will host June Echternkamp and her stained glass art.
For more information, including adding a venue or an artist to the list, call Renne Emiko Brock at 360-460-3023 or email renneemiko@gmail.com.
• The Ludlow Village Players will open their 19th season of staged reading with performances of “Ripcord” at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Beach Club, 121 Marina View Drive, Port Ludlow.
Tickets are $20 per person at www.ludlowvillageplayers.org or at the door.
The play, written by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Steve Browning, is a comedy set in a senior living facility.
It features Lou Vilvandre’ as Abby Binder, a sharp-tongued and fiercely independent resident who has been assigned Marilyn Dunne, played by Melissa Denny, as her new roommate.
The mismatched pair embark upon a series of escalating pranks, emotional confrontations and unexpected moments of vulnerability as they push each other to the edge.
Other cast members include Don White as Scotty, Cheryl Weinstein as B.J., Lewis and the clown, Christie Lang as Colleen and the woman in white, Dave Cunningham as Derek, the zombie butler and the masked man, and Diane Bryson as the narrator and first alternate.
• The sixth Sunshine Festival will open with a ceremony at 5 p.m. on the Plaza at the Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., Sequim.
The ceremony will include a welcome by Mayor Brandon Janisse, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s “Hooya Hooyay” Social Dance and a ribbon cutting by the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Returning to the festival will be the Sun Fun Color Run, Interactive Light Experience, Sunshine Market and the Illuminated Drone Show, which will feature 300 drones this year.
New events will include Boards, Bags and Brainpower: Speed Cornhole and Trivia following the opening ceremony on Friday evening and Sunshine After Dark with the Super Nostalgic Band following Saturday evening’s drone show.
The Sun Fun Color Run will start at 11 a.m. at Albert Haller Playfields with 1-kilometer and 5K options available. Register at www.visitsunnysequim.com/307/2024- sun-fun-color-run.
For complete festival details, visit www.sequim sunshinefestival.com.
• The American Ballet Company studio company will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Donna M. Morris Auditorium at Field Arts & Events Hall, 201 W. Front St., Port Angeles.
Tickets are $50 to $80 per person, $25 to $35 for the matinee performance, at www.fieldhallevents.org/tickets.
The performances include U Don’t Know Mes, Crimson Flame, Night Falls, Human, More Than Nothing, Tarantella, Birthday Variations pas de deux, Interplay and the Black Swan pas de deux from Kevin McKenzie’s Swan Lake.
The abbreviated family-friendly matinee on Saturday is designed as an introduction to ballet for curious audiences.
The Studio Company, led by artistic director Sascha Radetsky, prepares its pre-professional dancers for careers at the American Ballet Theatre or other leading ballet companies worldwide.
Currently, 15 principal dancers and eight soloists at the American Ballet Theatre are ABT Studio Company alumni.
Each season, the company commissions new works from emerging and established choreographers and engages the broadest ballet audience by performing varied repertory in a range of venues around the world.
• The 40th Home Show will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday in the gymnasium at Port Angeles High School, 304 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles.
With more than 120 exhibitor booths, giveaways and free admission, the show offers resources for home improvement, real estate and lifestyle enhancements.
The show also will feature the Sparkle & Spackle Giveaway, where three attendees will each win ruby jewelry pieces valued at $1,100, courtesy of Caviar of Port Angeles.
Attendees will have an opportunity to sample Bedford’s new Raspberry Crème soda. Two winners will receive a 12 pack of the unreleased flavor.
The Black Ball Ferry Line will offer a round-trip ferry ride for a vehicle, driver and passenger, valued at more than $100.
The Home Show will offer a selection of food and beverage options, including Corner Caboose, Drake’s Subs, Pizza Hut and Fogtown Coffee.
The 7 Cedars Casino will offer complimentary shuttle service from the lower parking lots at Port Angeles High School.
• Salish Sea Early Music Festival will present “The Trio Sonata” at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.
Admission is by a suggested donation of $20 to $30 per person.
Bernward Lohr, a harpsichordist, and Anne Röhrig, a violinist, both part of the Hanover, Germany-based Musica Alta Ripa, will perform.
The pair will be joined by Montreal-based Susie Napper, playing the viola da gamba, and festival director Jeffrey Cohan, playing the baroque flute.
The program features trio sonata masterpieces by Georg Philipp Telemann, Louis-Gabriel Guillemain and Jean Baptiste Quentin le jeune.
A trio sonata is a chamber music composition for two melody instruments and a basso continuo. Although it is called “trio,” the basso continuo is usually performed on two instruments so the piece is performed by four musicians.
In Sunday’s concert, the basso continuo will be provided by Lohr’s harpsichord and Napper’s viola de gamba, leaving the melody instruments to Rohrig’s violin and Cohan’s flute.
Future performances in the festival include “European Tour 1690-1790,” April 6; “The Musique de la Chambre of Louis XIV,” May 4; “Concerti from the Court of Frederick the Great,” May 25; “Beethoven’s Flute, Viola and Guitar,” June 8; and “Johann Sebastian Bach,” July 13.
For more information, visit www.salishseafestival.org/porttownsend.
• Rick Stafford will talk about his career during an artist talk at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Jeanette Best Gallery, 701 Water St., Port Townsend.
Stafford, a nationally known ceramic artist, works out of a studio in his Port Ludlow garage.
Stafford’s creations, ranging from colored porcelain Nerikomi vases to what he calls “dove pots,” are inspired by his travels and by his desire to continually try new things.
His work, along with 14 other regional artists, is part of the Showcase 2025 exhibit on display at the gallery through May 12.
• Steve Fisher will direct Neil Simon’s “Fools” with performances at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and matinees at 2 p.m. Sundays through March 23 at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.
Tickets are $20 per person, $15 for students at www.olympictheatrearts.org or by calling the box office at 360-683-7326.
There will be a free preview performance at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The play, which features Leon Tolchinsky as a teacher who has landed a job at a Russian hamlet that has been cursed with chronic stupidity for 200 years, is Olympic Theatre Arts’ 2025 Members’ Choice production.
• Nathan Shields will open a new exhibit from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday during the Second Saturday Art Walk in downtown Port Angeles.
Shields’ exhibit will be on display at Harbor Art Gallery, 114 N. Laurel St. Shields, a teacher at Crescent School in Joyce, is displaying recent drawings and prints that focus on irrational fears.
Shields collaborated with his middle school art students on one of the pieces, “Bad Dreams.”
A number of student collaborations will be on display. Proceeds from “Bad Dreams” will go toward classroom art materials at Crescent School.
Shields’ artwork will be on display from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays in the gallery’s Featured Work Room throughout March.
• The Port Angeles Community Players’ production of “Enchanted April” will finish its run with shows at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday and a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday on the main stage at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Tickets are $18 each, $9 for students, at www.pa communityplayers.org or at the box office 30 minutes before each performance.
The play, written by Matthew Barber, was nominated for two Tony awards after its 2003 Broadway production.
“Enchanted April,” a comedy set in 1920s post-war period, is based on Elizabeth Von Arnim’s novel, “The Enchanted April.”
Directed by Janice Parks, the play features a pair of newly acquainted London housewives, played by Sarah Winters and Traci Waknitz, who rent a villa in Italy to get a holiday from their emotionally absent husbands, played by Justin Stapleton and Sean Stone.
To help pay the bills the pair recruit a pair of difficult upper-class women, played by Anna Andersen and Olivia Wray.
The cast of eight is filled out with Sean McDaniel as the owner of the villa, and Emma Easton as the the Italian housekeeper.
• “The Winter’s Tale,” by William Shakespeare and adapted by Denise Winter, will continue its run with performances at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and matinee performances at 1:30 p.m. Sundays through March 16 at Key City Public Theatre, 419 Washington St., Port Townsend.
Tickets range from $39 to $44 per person with reduced prices for active duty military personnel and for youths.
Pay-what-you-will tickets are available at some performances.
The play is considered a problem play by Shakespearean scholars since the first three acts are psychological drama while the last two are comedic in nature.
Winter’s adaptation of the play is set in Southern California wine country and is not recommended for young children.
For more information or tickets, call the theater at 360-385-5278, email info@keycitypublictheatre.org or visit www.keycitypublic theatre.org.
• The Friends of the Sequim Library will conduct a book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Friends’ storefront location at Rock Plaza, 10175 Old Olympic Highway, Sequim.
The sale features some first edition books as well as books on gardening and women’s studies.
The sale also features a $1 bag sale in the annex area beginning at noon.
• Dan Coe will present “Mapping the Glacial Legacy of the Pacific Northwest” at 4 p.m. Saturday to a meeting of the Quimper Geological Society at First Baptist Church, 1202 Lawrence St., Port Townsend.
Coe’s presentation will focus on how the Puget Lobe of the Cordilleran ice sheet, repeated ice age floods and expansive alpine glaciation have left their distinctive fingerprints on the topography of our region.
For more information, visit www.quimpergeology.org.
• Maya Roe will call for a contra dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Black Diamond Community Hall, 1942 Black Diamond Road, Port Angeles.
Music will be provided by Na Mara.
Roe will teach a free lesson at 7 p.m. to those who have paid admission.
Requested donation is $10 to $20 per person, half price for youths younger than 18.
