Student art at Sunshine

Pieces from the Olympic Peninsula Art Association’s Student Show are at the Sunshine Café, 145 W. Washington St., from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. through April 30. These are the ones that received awards from Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society for “Bird Art” and awards from the Dungeness River Audubon Center for “Connections With Nature.”

Experience TaKeTiNa rhythm

Discover the rhythm of TaKeTiNa with Zorina Wolf at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. TaKeTiNa promotes personal and musical potential through connection to rhythm. Wolf is an advanced TaKeTiNa leader, pan-African drum teacher and founder of Village Heartbeat Studio in Sequim. The class is free and geared toward adult participants. To register, visit the Sequim Library events calendar at www.nols.org or call 683-1161.

Children’s choir to sing

The African Children’s Choir will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, April 15, at Eastern Hills Community Church, 91 Savannah Lane, in Carlsborg, featuring lively African songs and dances. The program features well-loved children’s songs, traditional spirituals and gospel favorites. Concerts are free and open to all. A free-will offering is taken at the performance to support African Children’s Choir programs, such as education, care and relief and development programs.

PC plans play auditions

Open auditions are being held for this year’s Find Your Voice Play Festival known as Misfit Manifesto. The theme of this year’s festival is “Eccentrics of the Northwest,” and each of the plays touches on the theme in myriad ways. Anyone wanting to audition is asked to bring only themselves and a willingness to do a cold reading from a scene that they will be given. No memorization required. Prepared monologues are welcome but not necessary. Auditions are open to the public and take place from 6-8 p.m. April 7-8 in the Little Theatre on the Peninsula College campus. Contact Dr. Lara Starcevich at laras@pencol.edu for more information.

Learn West Coast Swing

The final ballroom dance offerings of the North Olympic Peninsula Dance Consortium will run from 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays from April 5-26 at the Sons of Norway Hall at 151 W. Fifth St., Port Angeles. Darlene and Michael Clemens will teach West Coast Swing for beginners. Fee applies. Call 457-2001 for more information.

PC hosts top trumpeter

The final concert of the Maier Hall Concert Series, set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 12,  brings one of the top young trumpeters in the nation to Peninsula College. Timothy Hudson, founder and leader of Carolina Brass, has held principal trumpet positions with the Knoxville Symphony, State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra of Northern New York. His recital will include a great variety of interesting and accessible music from several historical periods, including works by G. F. Händel (“Water Music”), Henry Purcell, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and others. Season subscriptions are now available for purchase for $40. Individual tickets to each concert are $15 and $5 for students. For more information about the series, call 417-6405. To buy tickets online, go to www.pencol.edu/cultural-events.

Costco to host book signing for ‘Olympic Hot Springs’

Local author Teresa Schoeffel-Lingvall will be available to sign copies of her book “Olympic Hot Springs” from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Costco, 955 W. Washington St., Sequim.

Kepley opens photographic exhibit

Jan Kepley will be opening a fine art photographic show from 5-6 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Pacific Pantry, 329 S. Sequim Ave. The show will remain up for the months of April and May. Wall-hung images and the Kepleys’ greeting cards www.resonancecards.com will be for sale. It is also Pacific Pantry’s second anniversary of opening. Pastrami, sausage, cheesecake and other items are available as well as food for dinner along with a beer and wine selection.

OTA presents children’s workshop

OTA Children’s Theatre Spring Workshop is “Stage Presence with Music and Song!” This one week workshop will focus on stage skills such as voice projection by finding the strength behind the voice both in the spoken word and in song. The children also will take part in various movement exercises to explore how their bodies can become a part of their stage presence in any scene. The workshop is from 9-3 p.m. daily from April 4-8. Register at olympictheatrearts.org or at the box office from 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday or by calling 683-7326.

Faith News: ‘The Earth Delights’

Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 73 Howe Road, Agnew, presents the Rev. Amanda Aikman who will give a talk called “The Earth Delights” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 3.

Aikman served OUUF from 2001-2005 as its consulting minister. She now serves South Fraser Congregation in Surrey, British Columbia. Call 417-2665 or visit www.Olympicuu.org.