A magic show and sketching in an urban environment highlight weekend events on the Peninsula.
• Phina Pipia will present “The Vanishing Act Magic Show” at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend.
Tickets are $30 per person at www.phinapipia.com.
Proceeds will benefit the Huntington’s Disease Society of America.
Performers include JustinCredible, a circus performer; the Pipia Sisters, double sousaphone duo; Scott Benjamin, a New York magician; Jeff Evans, a Pacific Northwest magician; Smoke n’ Mirrors, an illusion ensemble; Kevin Wolfe, a Seattle-based magician; the Unexpected Brass Band; Harry Levine, a folk musician; Artis the Spoonman; Jason Victor Serinus, a whistler; Fiona Rose, a foot-bell player; and the juggling duo JugglyPuff.
Sophie Pipia, a Los Angeles musician, will lead a live stage band playing all-original and traditional tunes, including jazz, bluegrass, swing and folk.
The show was inspired by Joey Pipia’s diagnosis with Huntington’s disease, a rare genetic neurodegenerative disease.
“The show is a chance to celebrate the joy of finding the ‘Wow!’ especially in life’s most challenging moments,” said Phina Pipia, Joey’s daughter and longtime performance partner.
“Magic and art, and the magic of art, have been the tools my family has used to get through a very challenging few years,” said Sophie Pipia, Joey’s younger daughter. “Creating art together is the best way we have of expressing joy and love. This show is a chance to celebrate that.”
Huntington’s disease causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain, leading to the loss of physical and mental abilities and, ultimately, death.
There currently is no cure. Treatment is focused on slowing disease progression and managing the symptoms.
For more information, visit the Huntington’s Disease Society of America at www.hdsa.org.
• The Port Townsend Urban Sketchers will sketch at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Port Townsend Public Library, 1220 Lawrence St.
The group will meet at the library’s Harrison Street entrance.
The group will reconvene at noon to share their work and take a photo.
The event is free and open to sketchers of all skill levels.
For more information, visit www.urbansketchers porttownsend.wordpress.com.
