PORT TOWNSEND — The Second Occasional Surf Culture of the Strait of Juan de Fuca & Salish Sea Event will be held in the Port Townsend Public Library Carnegie Reading Room, 1220 Lawrence St., from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
The free event will celebrate surfing culture, bringing together Northwest surfing writers and artists for an evening of refreshments, readings, art and music.
Among those who will attend are Justin Hocking, the Portland, Ore., author of The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld, a memoir about surfing, obsession and Moby Dick; and Drew Kampion, an author, surfing historian and former editor of Surfer, Surfing, Wind Surf and Wind Tracks magazines.
Art will include acrylic surfscapes by Stephen Davis, pen-and-ink drawings and surf cartoons by Erwin Dence, author of the Northwest surf blog www.realsurfers.net.
Todd Fischer’s watercolor surfscapes, Peter Kinney’s scrimshaw, Tim Nolan’s custom paddleboard designs and construction, and Jesse Joshua Watson’s surfscapes also will be exhibited, and KPTZ 91.9 FM disc jockey Pete Raab has created a surf playlist for the celebration.
The event is sponsored by the city of Port Townsend, Port Townsend Library and Northwind Arts Center.
For more information, email kdarrock@cityofpt.us or phone 360-385-3181.