PORT TOWNSEND — Weaving partners, colored pencils and laughter are all part of this Saturday night’s Port Townsend Gallery Walk, a circuit of art shows open from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Admission is free to the activities, which include:
■ The Red Raven Gallery, 211 Taylor St., where the new show is “Love and Wonder: The Whimsical Art of Amy Weber.”
■ The Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water St., which is showcasing pastelographs — photos treated with a pumice gel — by Carol Heath Stabile.
Also on display are embroidered Japanese temari ornaments by Rebekah Cadorette and scarves, runners and shawls by Cadorette and Ann Norton, partners in weaving for many years.
■ Gallery 9, 1012 Water St., whose new show, “The Heart of Fantasy,” features fantastical colored-pencil images by Heather Hart.
■ “Winter drags on; time for some laughs” is the theme of Saturday’s PT Shorts, the monthly literary reading from Key City Public Theatre.
In this free program to start at 7:30 p.m., Mara Lathrop directs Pam Sousa and Paul Rice in an hour of Henry Alford stories at the Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St.
Alford, an “investigative humorist and guy of letters,” will also make an appearance, according to the invitation at KeyCityPublicTheatre.org.
■ Studio 36, on the third floor of the Mount Baker Block building, 211 Taylor St., presents “Garden of the Fugitives,” a performance by David Noble with live music by Dmitry Artamonov.
This piece, a meditation on ecological crisis inspired by imagery of Pompeii, will take the stage for two performances, at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Admission is free, though donations are welcome.