‘Night of the Living Dead’ auditions set

Olympic Theatre Arts hosts two upcoming auditions for “Night of the Living Dead.”

Producers are seeking a cast of zombies and victims with characters open to gender and age.

Auditions are set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, and 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, at OTA, 414 N. Sequim Ave.

Auditioners will be asked to read from the script and give a good zombie walk.

The play hits the OTA stage Oct. 21-31.

Get more information at olympictheatrearts.org or by calling 360-683-7326 between 1-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday.

Teen game, art series to start at Sequim Library

The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) and its Teen Advisory Board have designed a new Teen Board Game and Art Night series at the Sequim Library.

Students in grades 7-12 are invited to the library at 630 N. Sequim after-hours, from 6-7:30 p.m. on the second Friday of the month, starting Sept. 9. The series continues Oct. 14, Nov. 4 (moved to the first Friday because of Veteran’s Day) and concludes Dec. 9.

Teens can bring their own games or play one from the library’s collection, eat free pizza and get creative with art supplies for drawing, origami and more. Library access will be limited only to teens participating in the event.

For more information, visit nols.org, call 360-417-8500, or email to teens@nols.org.

Black Diamond Junction to provide free Labor Day concert

Local musical favorite Black Diamond Junction offers a free concert at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5. at John Wayne’s Rustic Waterfront Resort, 2634 W. Sequim Bay Road.

The concert is open to the public and family-friendly; visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating. Refreshments will be available for sale at the event.

Black Diamond Junction has been voted “Best Live Performance Group” in Clallam County 2016-2021 by Peninsula Daily News readers. The band performs classic hits from the 1960s-2000s.

The free Labor Day weekend concert has become a tradition, as the band partners with the resort each year to celebrate the end of the summer season and say thank you to locals and visitors alike.

Deadline nears for Artists Studio Tour

The deadline to be a part of the Strait from the Artists Studio Tour — a celebration and sale of art by local artists working in cooperation on the Olympic Peninsula in November — is Thursday, Sept. 1.

Submitted photo / Mary Beth Beuke works at her West Coast Sea Glass Studio. View Bueke’s work and more at the Strait from the Artists Studio Tour on Nov. 12.

The registration fee is $25. Apply online and get more information at straitfromtheartists.com/apply.

Strait from the Artists Studio Tour, set for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, is a self-guided, free and open to the public tour of multiple artist studios and exhibition spaces from along the inspiring Strait of Juan de Fuca, which includes the Sequim and Port Angeles cultural corridors.

Attendees can visit, view, and learn directly from the artists about their diverse creative processes and the imaginative community-minded efforts of their work.

For more information, email Renne Emiko Brock at renne@uniqueasyou.com or visit straitfromtheartists.com.

Accordion social set

The Sequim Accordion Social will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St.

All accordionists are invited to bring their instruments and play a selection or two. Accordion lovers and dancers are also welcome. A suggested donation of $5 is requested to help with room rental.

The featured player is Andy Mirkovich from Sammamish.

Riverstone’s art on display at Harbor Art Gallery

Jodi Riverstone’s creative eye for two-dimensional artistic expression is on display in September at Harbor Art Gallery, 114 North Laurel St., Port Angeles.

Through the use of acrylics, Riverstone conveys her interpretations of regional scenes as well as other colorful mixed media art, some of which evokes the feeling tone of the poetry and prose she has written that is sometimes seen within the image.

“I’ve been recently drawn to creating poetry or prose when contemplating a subject and it’s been fun to see how the written work then also informs the visual art that comes out of that process,” Riverstone said.

Harbor Art Gallery is open 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. During the Second Saturday Art Walk on Sept. 10, the gallery will be open until 7 p.m., and visitors can meet with Riverstone and other artists present that are part of the artist cooperative.

The gallery showcases work by local artists Bob Stokes and Cindy Elstrom, Carolyn Guske, Robert Amaral, Kelly Coffey, Garret Delabarre, Terri Ench, Tammy Hall, David Johannessohn, Susan Kantowitz, Ruth Kaspin, Nancy McFaul, Gail McLain, Roger Mosley, Eric Neurath, Randy and Sallie Radock, Jodi Riverstone, Nathan Shields, Lance and Haley Snider, Eileen Webb and Kevin Willson.

For more information, visit facebook.com/harborartgallery or call 360-808-4815. Some of Riverstone’s art can also be viewed on her website: jriverstoneart.com.

Square dancing to restart

The Rhody O’s Square Dance Club is offering beginning square dance lessons starting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road.

All are invited to a free ice cream social and an introductory dance lesson.

Lessons are held each Thursday evening through the autumn and winter, with graduation in the spring.

Organizers note there is no experience necessary; the program is designed for those who have never square danced in their lives (or maybe years ago), but wished they had.

Big skirts and bolo ties are not part of the dress code; the Rhody O’s are an informal group who dance in shorts and jeans and sometimes their gardening clothes.

For more information, call Trish Gaine at 360-683-2409.

Art Faire set for Sept. 1-30

Peninsula ART Friends, a group of local artists who live and create water-media art in Sequim, are hosting their first annual Art Faire, an exhibit running Sept. 1-30 in the Judith McInnes Tozzer Art Gallery at Sequim Museum & Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave.

The museum is open 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; admission is free.

The exhibit includes more than 70 original artworks from the nine founding members: Beverly Beighle, Melissa Doyel, Connie Drysdale, Roger Huntley, Allyne Lawson, Jerri Moore, Cecilia Olivera-Hillway, Shirley Rudolf and Randy Washburne.

For more information, call 360-477-4317.

Book signing on tap

Alice McCracken, also known as Dorothy Rice Bennett, holds a book signing of her latest novel “Long-Distance Loving,” a sequel to her book “Lives Intertwined: Love on Sequim Bay,” at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in Pioneer Memorial Park, 387 E. Washington St., by the picnic tables in the back of the park.

She’ll have copies of her books available for purchase. This is her sixth novel and her books are available in print and digital editions on Amazon.

Peninsula Singers to host ‘meet and greet’

Peninsula Singers invite potential singers to a “meet and greet” on Thursday, Sept. 1, at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave.

Conductor and musical director Dr. Jerome Wright asks interested singers to call him at (206) 369-3349 to schedule an audition.

With general questions about Peninsula Singers and COVID-19 protocols, call Karla Morgan at 360-477-0984. For more information, visit peninsulasingers.org.

Submitted photo / Black Diamond Junction — from left, Harry Bidasha, Bob Allen, Todd Ortloff, Rudy Maxion and Amanda Bacon — offers their annual free Labor Day Concert at at John Wayne’s Rustic Waterfront Resort on Sept. 5.