Music entertainment on tap for Peninsula this weekend

Music entertainment, an art walk and plays will highlight the Peninsula this weekend.

• “Gunmetal Blues” continues its run with shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and a matinee at 1:30 p.m. Sundays through April 28 at Key City Public Theatre, 419 Washington St., Port Townsend.

Tickets range from $18 to $53 per person and can be purchased from the box office at 360-385-5278 or online at www.keycity publictheatre.org.

• A reception is planned for the High Schools of the Olympic Peninsula Creative Crafts and Arts Exhibit at 5 p.m. Friday in the Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., Sequim.

The exhibit, which will be on display through April 28, features 27 pieces selected from submissions from students at Sequim, Quilcene and Crescent high schools.

The gallery is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

• Kathryn Claire and Margot Merah will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend.

Whidbey Island singer-songwriter Timothy Hull will open the show.

Tickets are $20 per person online at https://www. ticketstorm.com/e/29630/t or $25 at the door.

• “Tales from the Hedgerows,” featuring William Kennedy Hornyak, is set for 7 p.m. Friday at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.

The show is sponsored by the Story People of Clallam County.

Tickets, which are $20 per person, are available by calling the box office at 360-683-7326 or online at www.olympictheatrearts.org.

• Curtis and Loretta, Minnesota-based folk singer-songwriters, will play at 3 p.m. Sunday for Concerts in the Woods at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel Point Road, Coyle.

Tickets are a suggested donation of $20.

• Second Saturday Art Walk

PORT ANGELES — There is a reception for Carol Marshall from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday during the Second Saturday Art Walk in Port Angeles.

Marshall’s nature photography is featured at the Harbor Art Gallery, 114 N. Laurel St., Port Angeles, through the end of April.

• The Community Chorus of Port Townsend and East Jefferson County will perform Robert Ray’s Gospel Mass and Songs of Americana at two concerts this weekend.

The chorus will sing at 7 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Franklin St., Port Townsend, and again at 3 p.m. Sunday at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 45 Redeemer Way, Chimacum.

Tickets to either concert are a suggested $15 and are available at www.brown papertickets.com or at the door.

• “Singin’ in the Rain” will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday in OTA’s Elaine and Robert Caldwell Main Stage Theatre at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.

Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. for trivia and prizes.

Tickets are $10 per person and are available by calling the box office at 360-683-7326 or online at www.olympictheatrearts.org.

• “Nunsense” will start a two-week run with shows at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place

The Ludlow Village Players production of the musical comedy will be on the stage through April 21.

Tickets are $19 per person and are available online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

• Mia Torres will perform from 5 to 7 tonight at the Old Alcohol Plant Inn, 310 Hadlock Bay Road, Port Hadlock.

No cover charge.

• Stephanie Anne Johnson will perform at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Field Arts and Events Hall, 201 W. Front St.

Tickets are $15-$25 per person and can be purchased at www.fieldhall events.com.

• Kevin Magner will perform from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday in Spirts Bar and Grill at the Old Alcohol Plant Inn, 310 Hadlock Bay Road, Port Hadlock.

No cover charge.

• Mel Dalton will perform from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday in Spirts Bar and Grill at the Old Alcohol Plant Inn, 310 Hadlock Bay Road, Port Hadlock.

No cover charge.

• The Stardust Big Band will perform from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, Sequim.

Tickets are $12 per person, $10 for Elks members.

• “The Big Year” will be shown at 6 p.m. Friday in the Rainshadow Room at the Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim.

The 2011 comedy stars Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson as bird watchers competing to spot the highest number of species.

The free screening is hosted by the North Olympic Library System, Dungeness River Nature Center and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Library to celebrate BirdFest.

For more information or to register to attend, visit www.nols.org/birdfest.

Shredding from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., or until the truck is full, will be Saturday at 1st Security Bank’s Port Townsend branch, 734 Water St., Port Townsend.

Attendees may bring up to 10 boxes or bags of papers that may include paper clips, staples, Acco fasteners (those metal prongs in manila folders), binder clips, rubber bands, window envelopes and manila folders.

The organizers cannot accept X-rays, actual photographs, sheet protectors and transparencies or anything covered in plastic, three-ring binders, computer data binders, newspapers or magazines.

• More shredding from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., or until the truck is full, will be Saturday at the Steve Methner State Farm office, 611 E. Front St., Port Angeles.

Proceeds will benefit the Back to School Fair sponsored by Lutheran Community Services and the Port Angeles School District in August.

• Second Saturday Garden Walks will resume at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fifth Street Community Garden, 328 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles.

The walks, led by Clallam County master gardeners, will continue through Sept. 9.

Participants will get advice on vegetable and berry gardening, learn what problems are likely to appear this month, learn what control measures exist for common pest and diseases and get timely gardening advice.

For more information, call the Washington State University Extension at 360-565-2679 or visit https://extension.wsu.edu/clallam/mg.

• Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association will host a jam session from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 Fifth Ave., Sequim.

Performers with other acoustic instruments, such as guitars, bases, mandolins, autoharps, ukuleles, dulcimers and percussion instruments, are welcome to attend.

The jam session is free, although donations to support the district’s scholarship program are welcome.

• Friends of the Jefferson County Library will conduct a book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Hagen Building adjacent to the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock.

The sale features used books, audiobooks, DVDs and music CDs.

All proceeds benefit the library district.

• Friends of the Sequim Library will conduct a book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Friends’ storefront location at Rock Plaza, 10175 Old Olympic Highway.

The sale features books on gardening, flyfishing and the works of John Gardner.

• Ask a Master Gardener plant clinic will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Humphrey Room at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock.

The library hosts the plant clinic on the second Saturday of each month through Oct. 12.

Preceding this week’s clinic, at 12:30 p.m., master gardener Dianna Wiklund will present “WSU Garden Know-How: All About Growing Potatoes.”

During the clinic, master gardeners will be available to answer questions on selecting the right plants for the environment, composting, insect infestations and unknown pathogens damaging plants.

For more information, email bridget.gregg@wsu.edu.

Contra dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Black Diamond Community Hall, 1942 Black Diamond Road, Port Angeles.

Joe Michaels will call, and music will be provided by Sound Crossing.

Requested donation is $10 per person, $5 for youths younger than 18.

• Comedy Night, hosted by Carole Freeman, will be at 8 p.m. Saturday at Bourbon West, 125 W. Front St., Port Angeles.

The show features stand-up comedians Xander Beltran and Simon Kaufman.

Tickets are $15 per person online at www.eventbrite.com or $20 at the door.

• Crescent Bay Lions Club will serve breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sundays at the Lions Clubhouse, 181 Holly Hill Road, weekly through June 16.

The menu includes eggs cooked to order, hash browns, bacon or sausage, a choice of pancakes, French toast or biscuits and gravy and beverages.

The meal costs $12 per person, $10 for seniors and $8 for children 12 and younger.

Proceeds support scholarships for Crescent High School seniors, holiday food baskets, glasses for the needy and other community projects.

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