A&E briefs – Feb. 17, 2016

Caspar Babypants returns to Sequim; old-time fiddle music comes to library; art classes at Campfire Club; ‘The Breach’ plays at PC; Fourth Friday Readings feature novelist, storyteller

Caspar Babypants returns to Sequim

Don’t miss the one and only Caspar Babypants during his free concert tour of the North Olympic Peninsula! Caspar will return to the North Olympic Library System and nearby locations at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. and at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St.

All performances are free of charge.

 

More fiddling around

Learn to play old-time fiddle tunes by ear from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, in the Sequim Public Library meeting room, 630 N. Sequim Ave.

The session, the second of a series, is intended for those 21 and under with one to two years playing a melody instrument, but all are welcome to listen or play back-up with acoustic instruments.

Attendance at the first session is not required. The sessions are free and presented by District 15 of the Washington Old-Time Fiddlers Association. Donations are welcome. For more information, call 477-9373 or see www.d15.wotfa.org.

 

Art classes at Campfire Club

New children’s art programs are being offered for children ages 7-12 at the Campfire Clubhouse, 619 E. Fourth St., in Port Angeles. Classes are from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday.

Classes include Marine Debris Sculptures (Monday), Exploring Art (Tuesday), Theatre (Wednesday) and and Dance (Thursday).

For Marine Debris Art and Drama Club, contact Sarah Tucker at 775-4154, for Exploring Art contact Monica Quarto at 775-7276 and for Dance contact Anna Pederson at 559-827-3407.

 

‘The Breach’ plays at PC

Peninsula College’s Magic of Cinema and The Sierra Club North Olympic Group present “The Breach,” a story of filmmaker and fishing guide Mark Titus’s journey to discover why the populations of native salmon have plummeted in the Pacific Northwest.

The film will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, in PC’s Maier Performance Hall on the college’s main campus 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd. A discussion with director Titus and producer John M. Comerford follows the screening.

The event is free and open to the public, with donations accepted.

For more information, call 417-6362.

 

Readings feature novelist, storyteller

The next Fourth Friday Readings are at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 26, at The Lodge, 660 Evergreen Farm Way in Sequim and feature romance novelist Jayne Nichols and the quirky storytelling of Jon Eekhoff.

Writers may sign up for the 5-minute open mic readings that follow.

Guidelines are available at Rmarcus@olypen.com.