A pre-St. Patrick’s Day concert, a barn dance and a photography exhibition by six local women: They’re sharing space on the North Olympic Peninsula’s itinerary for this weekend.
Here is a sampling of the art, theater and music out there.
• The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center presents its new show, “Science Stories: A Collaboration of Book Artists and Scientists,” starting tonight.
The free, public opening reception goes from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the arts center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Then the exhibition stays on display through May 29.
For details about the art show and its related activities, see PAFAC.org or phone 360-457-3532.
• Geoffrey Castle’s 17th annual St. Patrick’s concert happens tonight at the Naval Elks Ballroom, 131 E. First St., Port Angeles. The 7 p.m. show, presented by the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts, features electric violinist Castle and his All-Star Celtic Night band; tickets range from $10 for kids 14 and younger to $25 general.
See jffa.org for more information or phone 360-457-5411.
• “Baskerville,” the comedy mystery at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, has its final performances this weekend. In this saga, Sherlock Holmes (Tim Thorn) and Dr. Watson (Peter Stone) investigate a legendary curse on the Baskerville family. All the while, 40 other roles are played by just a handful of fellow actors who change costumes and personas in full view of the audience.
Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Tickets — $15 general, $8 students — are available at www.pacommunityplayers.org and at the theater door if any are left. All patrons must show proof of full vaccination through the end of this show’s run.
• “Imagined Reality,” Olympic Theatre Arts’ improv comedy show, returns Saturday night to OTA, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim. Tickets are $10 for the 7 p.m. show and details await at olympictheatrearts.org and 360-683-7326.
• The Beaver Valley Barn Jam has its finale Saturday night at White Lotus Farm & Inn, 3723 Beaver Valley Road, Port Ludlow.
These outdoor dances have been going on since October; like the rest, this last one is open to the community.
The White Lotus, Space Twins, Salish Sound, and IAMS crew host the jam from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; donations are welcome and attendees are encouraged to carpool out to the farm.
• “Six Points of View: Fine Art by Pacific Northwest Women Photographers” opens this weekend at Studio Bob, the event space at 118 ½ E. Front St. in downtown Port Angeles.
Admission is free, all ages are welcome and guests may bring their well-behaved dogs.
This exhibition, starring photographers Peg Hanson, Lori Moilanen, Marian Bodart, Mary Swartz, Suzanne DeMerci Anaya and Susan White, has public opening receptions from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and again from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. Refreshments will be available for purchase at both.
For more about Studio Bob, see facebook.com/Studiobobupstairs or visit studio_bob on Instagram.
• The Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents “Russian Guitar and Beethoven’s Flute for Our Friends in Ukraine” this Sunday.
Music from France, Germany, Russia and Italy will flow as guitarist Oleg Timofeyev and flutist Jeffrey Cohan appear at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church parish hall, 1020 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.
The 2 p.m. performance features Timofeyev on a 207-year-old Russian seven-string guitar and Cohan playing an eight-keyed flute made in London in 1820.
Attendees must show proof of vaccination and wear a mask inside the church. The suggested donation is $15 to $25 while children 18 and younger will be admitted free.
For more information about the early music festival and its next concert in April, phone 360-385-0770 or visit www.salishseafestival.org.
• Live music pours out at Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum, all weekend long.
The farm’s Cider Garden is the place for the PT KokoNuts from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight. This duo has keyboardist Pete Lack and bassist Max Lehman playing covers and originals in a free-flowing dub style.
Then comes Laborer, a reggae artist from Tacoma, playing from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and Dead Lee, the cosmic-Americana-folk duo of Kara Harris and Brian Koch, appearing from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
At each of these gigs, a $5 cover charge starts half an hour before the live music begins.
For details, see finnriver.com under the Visit menu; then select Events.
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Jefferson County Senior Reporter Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-417-3509 or durbanidelapaz@peninsuladailynews.com.
