Singer wears his soul on his sleeve
PORT ANGELES — Country-soul singer Austin Jenckes, a performer in his mid-20s who’s appeared on NBC’s “The Voice” and played at Chinookfest, is headed for Olympic Cellars this Saturday night.
A product of rural Duvall, King County, Jenckes packed up a while back for Nashville, where he recorded an independent EP titled “An American Story.”
He’ll sing songs from it on the outdoor stage at the winery, where gates open at 6 p.m. and the concert starts at 7 p.m.
Food and drink will be available for purchase, and music lovers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and their own food and nonalcoholic beverages if they’re so inclined.
Advance tickets are $14 at Olympic Cellars, 255410 U.S. Highway 101, and at brownpapertickets.com, while children 12 and under get in free.
At the gate it’s $17 for adults, and either way, half the proceeds go to this week’s local nonprofit organization: Key City Public Theatre of Port Townsend.
To find out more about Saturday’s concert and the rest of the winery’s summer series, visit OlympicCellars.com or phone 360-452-0160.
‘Dreamcoat’ wraps
SEQUIM — “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” the musical based on the Old Testament story, has its last two performances tonight and Saturday at the Sequim High School Performing Arts Center.
Curtain time is 7 p.m. for the Peninsula Family Theater production, starring Nicholas Fazio, 17, in the title role, Christie Honore, 19, as Mrs. Potiphar and Richard Stephens as Jacob, amidst a raft of dancers and singers.
Tickets, which range from $8 to $20, are available at penfamtheater.org and, if still available, at the door of the school auditorium at 601 N. Sequim Ave.
Wind Rose jazz
SEQUIM — Vocalist Robin Bessier will bring her jazz trio to Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St., for a concert this Saturday night.
There’s no cover charge for the music to flow from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., while food and drink are available for purchase.
Bessier, with pianist George Radebaugh and bassist Ted Enderle — and perhaps a guest or two — will play a mix of Latin jazz, standards and possibly music from Bessier’s CD, “The Other Side of Forever.”
For information, phone Wind Rose at 360-681-0690 and visit www.robinbessier.com.
Picasso, Einstein
SEQUIM — “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” comedian Steve Martin’s play about Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein’s Parisian cafe encounter, reaches the end of its three-week run at Olympic Theatre Arts on Sunday.
Three performances of the spicy show happen this weekend: tonight and Saturday at 7:30 and finally Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tickets range from $10 to $16 at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave. while those who want to ensure a seat can go to OlympicTheatreArts.org or phone the office between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. today at 360-683-7326.
Friends of Brubeck
SEQUIM — Back-to-back jazz concerts are set for next Saturday, Aug. 1, and Sunday, Aug. 2, as New York City-based singer Elinore O’Connell and the Friends of Brubeck ensemble arrive at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave.
The Friends — pianist Linda Dowdell, saxophonist Craig Buhler, drummer Terry Smith and bass man Ted Enderle — will take the stage for a night of Dave Brubeck’s music at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1.
Tickets are $20 via www.OlympicTheatreArts.org and 360-683-7326.
Then on Aug. 2, it’s a 2 p.m. concert with just O’Connell, Buhler and Dowdell doing a matinee.
Tickets for this are also $20, or music lovers can catch both performances for $35.
If any are left at show time, tickets will also be available at the door.
Free art for all
PORT ANGELES — Drink and Draw, the weekly art night at Studio Bob’s Loom lounge, provides art supplies, a live model and time to sketch, paint and even sculpt every Thursday.
Doors open at 7 p.m. and art starts up at 7:30; admission is free while food, soft drinks, wine and beer are available from the Loom.
Artists of all ages are welcome.
To learn more about Drink and Draw, visit the “Drink and Draw at the Loom” page on Facebook or stop by Studio Bob, which is upstairs at 118½ E. Front St.
Free writing
PORT TOWNSEND — The Writers’ Workshoppe and Imprint Books host a free-writing session from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at 820 Water St., and all writers are welcome.
Kristy Webster facilitates the workshop, while more details about the weekly offering and other Writers’ Workshoppe activities awaits at 360-379-2617.
A new mystery
PORT ANGELES — Local writer Linda B. Myers has just published her latest mystery, Hard to Bear, online.
This is Myers’ fifth book that appears exclusively on Amazon as a Kindle Select book.
“I am particularly fond of the Amazon program for electronic books,” Myers noted, “because it offers readers such a good ‘rental’ program,” while making thousands of titles available.
Hard to Bear is the second in a mystery series that began last year with Bear in Mind.
Myers also penned Fun House Chronicles, a prequel to the series.
“The characters from the prequel simply wouldn’t go away after I finished writing it. They are a tough group of seniors who can push me around,” she said.
The seniors in her books have “physical issues,” Myers added, but they’re tough fighters for justice.
“They don’t assume that being old means being dead,” she said.
To find Bear in Mind, search for Linda B. Myers at www.amazon.com.