OTA auditions set for ‘Gin Game’

Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., is calling for actors for its Second Stage production of D.L. Colburn’s Pulitzer Prize winning play “The Gin Game.” Auditions are at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 16, and 2 p.m. Saturday, March 18.

The director is Dimitri Gerasimenko, who describes the play as being about a couple of lonely people who find themselves warehoused in an old-age home.

The cast includes Weller Martin, male, 50-100 years of age, and Fonsia Dorsey, female, 50-100 years of age. Those auditioning will be asked to cold read from the script, copies of which are available for review at the OTA office.

For more information or to schedule an alternate audition, call OTA at 683-7326.

Read-along set at NOLS

The North Olympic Library System will take part in OverDrive’s Big Library Read program, the world’s largest global eBook reading club, connecting millions of readers around the world with the same eBook at the same time. NOLS patrons will have unlimited downloadable access to “Art of the Pie” by Kate McDermott, one of 2016’s best-selling cookbooks, from March 16-30. To borrow a copy of the eBook, visit the NOLS’s OverDrive website, also known as the Washington Anytime Library, at www.nols.org. Big Library Read is facilitated by OverDrive, the leading platform for eBooks and audiobooks available from libraries.

Fiddlers tune up for meeting

The Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association meet and perform at their new location — the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St. — on Saturday, March 11. Open jamming starts at 9:30 a.m., along with a fiddle workshop covering basic technique and a new tune being taught from 9:30-11 a.m. A business meeting set for 11 a.m., then open jamming continues until 1:30 p.m. On stage performances by association members are from 1:30-3 p.m. The first 30 minutes is old-time fiddle tunes, followed by fiddle, bluegrass and country music. This is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome. For more information, see www.d15.wotfa.org.

Otherworldly novel on tap

“The Martian” by Andy Weir will be discussed at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. All are welcome to drop in and participate. Copies of “The Martian” are available in regular print, large print, audio book on CD, and e-book in Spanish, and can be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org.

PC screens ‘The Cherokee Word for Water’

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, Magic of Cinema and the Peninsula College House of Learning Longhouse will screen “The Cherokee Word for Water” at 7 p.m. in Maier Performance Hall, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

The feature length film tells the story of Wilma Mankiller, the first modern female chief of the Cherokee Nation. Set in the 1980s, the film highlights the struggle for, and ultimate success of, a rural Cherokee community to bring running water into families’ homes using the traditional concept of gadugi — working together to solve a problem.

More information about the film also can be found at its website, cw4w.com. The event is free and open to the public, but donations are accepted. For more information, contact Dr. Helen Lovejoy at hlovejoy@pencol.edu.

Club sponsors LEGO event

The Sequim Boys &Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St., is hosting a Mother/Son Retro LEGO Block Party at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11. The cost is $20 per “couple” and is for moms and sons of all ages. Tickets are available at the club in Sequim or online at https://bgc-opevent.maxgiving.com/. Admission includes dinner and dessert for two, a commemorative photo and four bingo cards. There will be building contests, bingo, games and raffles.