Renegade Blues Band to take stage

The Renegade Blues Band hits the stage at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, from 6-8:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 14.

Admission is $12 for guests, $10 for Elks club. members

For more information, contact Alvin Owen at 360-797-4327 or owenalvin439@gmail.com.

Blues, jazz set at Wind Rose Cellars

Tess Teel & The Side Hustle offer blues and jazz tunes from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, at Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. There is no cover, but reservations are recommended. For more information, contact Tess Teel 360-216-6652 or tessteelmusic@gmail.com.

Libraries offering concert, songwriting workshops

The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) presents an indie folk rock concert with Seattle-based musicians Connor Colbert and K. Van Petten. A free all-ages show is set for 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

The musicians will also host songwriting workshops for teens in Sequim, Port Angeles and Forks. Teens will learn to analyze songs to assess form, discuss what makes a song “catchy,” and practice writing their own music. Songwriting workshops are scheduled for: 10 a.m.-noon on Monday, July 15, at the Forks Library, 171 S. Forks Ave.; 2-4 p.m Tuesday, July 16, at the Port Angeles Library; and, 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, in the Olympic Peninsula Academy gymnasium, 400 N. Second Ave.

Van Petten and Colbert are singer/songwriters and poets whose joint musical projects include Baddy Gold, Wet Whitman and False Hemlock. Van Petten is the author and composer of “For Someone,” a cassette tape of music and poetry made in residence at Centrum in Fort Worden and released on Hello America Stereo Cassette. They currently work for the local music non-profit Sonic Guild, supporting the creation and performance of local music. Colbert has a degree musical theatre with an emphasis in songwriting and directing from Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

This event is part of the “Read, Renew, Repeat” Summer Reading Program, happening now through Aug. 24. Sign up for the reading challenge, earn a T-shirt, win prizes and participate in free events. Visit NOLS.org/SRP, call 360-417-8500 or email to discover@nols.org.

Authors set reading at Blue Whole

Join the Olympic Peninsula Authors for a Writers Read event from 2-3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, at the Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St.

The Writers Read theme this month will be on vacations: Do you enjoy getting ready for a vacation or are you trying to get over one? Is a vacation a pleasure or something else?

In addition, local author Linda Myers will be introducing her new book at the event, a publication featuring 50 of her Sequim Gazette columns. The book is described as “perfect for folks entering their golden years with all the joys and jolts.”

This event is free and open to the public. For more information about the gallery, visit bluewholegallery.com.

Exhibit: ‘Beauty and Resilience’ at PAFAC

The Port Angeles Fine Art Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., will present “Beauty and Resilience- From Dismantling to Ecosystem Recovery,” on display from July 12-Sept. 8.

The exhibition is based on the Elwha Dam and Glines Canyon Dam removals and subsequent Elwha River restoration over the past decade. The fine arts center invited artists to share work that is inspired by the beauty, resilience and power of the river ecosystem. The result is a curated collection of artwork that informs and inspires.

Community members are invited to join for the opening reception from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, July 12. The opening reception is free and open to the public, with donations welcomed.

Many of the 13 artists on display have come alongside researchers, engineers, tribal members and advocates over the last 10 years in the process of dam removal and restoration, and are habitat recovery advocates themselves. Exhibiting artists include Kristian Brevik, Jeanne Edwards, Roger Fernandes, Shelley Jaye, Larry Eifert, John Gussman, Cat Brimhall, Darrell Charles, Jessica Plumb, John McMillan, Flora Melcer, Kristi Nakata and Sebastian Kennerknecht.

“From advocating for dam removal, helping replant trees, revegetating the land, to lecturing about the removal from across the country, everyone was touched by this monumental undertaking,” said Stacey Rekkedahl, gallery and program director and exhibit curator. “All of the artists in this show have been touched by the river and created work that tells a part of the story.”

“Beauty and Resilience” combines a variety of mediums including photography, weaving, wood carving, dried flora and fauna, oil painting, and mosaics. Most of the 32 artworks will be available for sale.

“To visually tell the story of the revegetation process allows the viewer to intimately experience the power and sublime beauty that nature has to offer. From photographs taken in planes to macramé weavings to wood carving, this exhibit invites the viewer to go along the journey the land has taken,” Rekkedahl said.

The exhibit will remain on display at the historic Esther Webster Gallery during regular gallery hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday-Sunday, through Sept. 8. For more about the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, visit pafac.org.

Woodturning turn-a-thon scheduled

The Strait Turners chapter of the American Association of Woodturners is set to host a Turn-A-Thon during Sequim’s Lavender Weekend.

The event is set for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, at Wild Birds Unlimited, 275953 U.S. Highway 101 in Gardiner.

Club members say the event promises a showcase of wood-turning skills with demonstrations on multiple lathes by club members. Attendees can also get hands-on experience with the lathes, and a variety of turned wood items and exotic hardwoods will be available for purchase.

For more details, call Brian Johnson at 828-989-3350.

Auditions set for ‘Almost, Maine’

Auditions for the Port Angeles Community Players’ (PACP) fall offering, “Almost, Maine,” by John Cariani, are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18, and 2 p.m. Saturday, July 20, on the Playhouse main stage at 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

The casting is flexible, ranging from just two males and two females playing multiple roles, up to nine males and 10 females each playing just one role. No experience is necessary.

Auditions will consist of reading small sections of the script, which will be provided at PACP. Perusal copies of the script are available at the Sequim and Port Angeles libraries.

Barb Frederick and Ken Winters are co-directing this show. Those who wish to audition but cannot make the scheduled audition dates, or those with more questions about the play or roles, are encouraged to contact Winters at kenpacp@gmail.com.

Rehearsals will generally be weeknights, starting at 6:30 p.m. There will be a read-through by selected cast members from noon-3 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, and the regular rehearsal schedule starts the following week.

The show runs Sept. 27-Oct. 13, with 7:30 p.m. performances on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. matinees on Sundays.

OTA to host ‘King Lear’ broadcast

See Ian McKellen’s portrayal of the title role in “King Lear,” a filmed version of London’s West End production, at noon on Saturday, July 20, at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., via National Theatre Live. Tickets are $13-18, and are available online at glp.ludus.com/index.php or through the OTA box office between 1-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, or call the theatre at 360-683-7326.

Chichester Festival Theatre’s production received five-star reviews for its sell-out run, and transfers to the West End for a limited season. Jonathan Munby directs this contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’ s tender, violent, moving and shocking play.

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written,

“King Lear” sees two aging fathers — one a king, one his courtier — reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.

OTA will host a screening of National Theatre Live’s “Hamlet” on Aug. 17.

For more information, visit olympictheatrearts.org or call 360-683-7326

Heart By Heart back at 7 Cedars

Heart by Heart, featuring founding Heart bassist Steve Fossen and original Heart drummer Michael DeRosier, is making a return trek to the Olympic Peninsula takes to the 7 Cedars Casino stage at 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 20.

Tickets are $20-$30 and are available at brownpapertickets.com/event/6336572. Doors open at 8 p.m. for the 21-and-older show.

Fossen and DeRosier were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 as members of Heart. Both band members were in the classic Heart lineup that recorded a string of top-selling albums, including “Dreamboat Annie,” “Magazine,” “Little Queen,” “Dog & Butterfly,” “Bebe Le Strange” and “Private Audition,” with the albums producing chart hits such as “Crazy on You,” “Barracuda,” “Even It Up” and more.

Heart by Heart also features vocalist Somar Macek, guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Lizzy Daymont and guitarist Chad Quist.

Artwork courtesy of Port Angeles Fine Arts Center “Canyon to Estuary — Return of the Elwha River” by Larry Eifert, a featured piece at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s “Beauty and Resilience – From Dismantling to Ecosystem Recovery” exhibit.

Photo courtesy of Renegade Blues Band The Renegade Blues Band plays the Sequim Elks Lodge on July 14.

Photo courtesy of North Olympic Library System / Connor Colbert and K. Van Petten will play an indie folk rock concert at the Port Angeles Library on July 16, along with a songwriting workshop series that includes a session in Sequim on July 17.