PORT TOWNSEND — The actor, storyteller and Native American flute player known as Raven will arrive here for a meditational tamanowas concert at the Northwind Arts Center tonight (Wednesday night).
The suggested donation for the 7 p.m. gathering, part of the Songwriters Showcase series, is $3 to $5 to support the nonprofit Northwind center at 701 Water St.
Tamanowas is a Chinook jargon word meaning a power spirit, said organizer Bill Mawhinney.
One could say the concert is a sacred space where such a spirit lives, as each musical instrument and voice has its own tamanowas.
Mawhinney, a local poet, will join Raven in a verse-and-flute collaboration.
This promises to be “a cross-cultural, healing experience with dreamy flights of spiritual fantasy,” Mawhinney said.
Everyone is welcome at tonight’s concert; blankets and pillows are a good idea.
More information can be found by phoning Mawhinney at 360-302-1159.
