Music concerts, a stage performance and a toy run highlight this weekend’s event on the North Olympic Peninsula.
• The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Tigran Arakelyan, will open its season at 2 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium at Chimacum High School, 91 West Valley Road, Chimacum.
The orchestra also has a free dress rehearsal at 7 p.m. Friday.
The program features “Pas un Monde, Mais un Miroir” by Antoine Martel, who goes by the name Sous Chef.
Martel describes the piece as “a film score to a cosmic horror film that doesn’t exist.”
The music achieves a big cinematic sound through the blending of classical instruments and modern electronics.
Also on the program is “Threnody: In memory of Jan Sibelius” by William Grant Still.
Still, a groundbreaking African American composer, was commissioned to write this tribute for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Sibelius’ birth.
Rounding out the program will be Symphony #2 by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, including the music of Ukrainian folk songs.
For more information, visit www.ptsymphony.org.
• David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach will perform at 7:30 tonight at Rainshadow Recording in Building 315 at Fort Worden State Park, 200 Battery Way, Port Townsend.
Tickets are $25 per person at www.ticketstorm.com/c/17038/rainshadow recording or $30 at the door.
Jacobs-Strain and Beach have been performing together since 2010 and currently perform between 70 and 100 shows each year on both the east and west coasts.
Jacob-Strain, a slide guitarist from Eugene, Ore., has studied masters like Robert Johnson, Taj Mahal and Jackson Browne but plays his own sound.
Beach has been a working musician for more than 40 years, bringing harmonica, flute and vocals to a broad scope of genres.
A Philadelphia native, Beach has recorded or performed with acts such as Ollabelle, Langhorne Slim, The Avett Brothers, Pat Wictor, Beaucoup Blue and Fruit.
• Schola Galante will present “The Power of Patronage” a 2 p.m. Saturday at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona Ave., Port Townsend.
Tickets are $20 per person at the door. Music students of high school age or younger can attend for free.
Saturday’s performance will feature chamber music from the court of Frederick the Great, including works by Johann Quantz, Johann Hasse, Georg Czarth and Christoph Nichellmann.
Schola Galante consists of flutists Douglass Hjelm and Miguel Rode, harpsichordist Dahti Blanchard and Lee Inman, who plays violoncello and piccolo.
The performance is part of the Early Music at the Grange series.
For more information, visit www.quimpergrange.org.
• The Sequim City Band and the Port Angeles High School symphonic band will present “Timeless Treasures” at 2 p.m. Saturday in the auditorium at Port Angeles High School, 304 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles.
The joint performance will bring the energy of young musicians together with the experience of the seasoned community ensemble playing wind band standards and new favorites.
The Port Angeles High School symphonic band, under the direction of Jarett Hansen, will open the concert with “Three Ayres from Gloucester” by Hugh M. Stuart, followed by John Mackey’s “Sheltering Sky.”
The high school ensemble will close its set with “Primal Dances” by Brian Balmages.
After an intermission, the Tyler Benedict will direct the Sequim City Band’s program, starting with “Toccata Marziale” by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
The program also will include “An American Elegy” by Frank Ticheli, “Shepherd’s Hey” by Percy Grainger, “Khan” by Julie Giroux and “Incantation and Dance” by John Barnes Chance.
The program will end with Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Galop,” arranged for band by Donald Hunsberger.
For more information, visit www.sequimcityband.org.
• Tom Stahl will present an organ and piano concert at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Franklin St., Port Townsend.
The concert will showcase the church’s 1889 Whalley and Genung tracker pipe organ.
The organ has nearly 700 pipes ranging from 2 inches to 16 feet in length.
Admission is free, although donations to the organ and piano maintenance fund will be accepted.
Stahl will perform a variety of genres, including Baroque, Romantic, jazz and ragtime as well as Broadway and film scores.
Stahl, who began organ study when he was 5, also played at the church’s sesquicentennial celebration in 2023.
“It’s a different kind of musical journey this time,” Stahl said, “and one that shows just how versatile the organ can be.”
• “All The King’s Women” will finish its run with shows at 6:30 tonight and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place, Port Ludlow.
Tickets are $27 per person at www.ludlow villageplayers.org or at the door.
The play, written by Luigi Jannuzzi, explores the world of Elvis Presley mania through the eyes of women whose lives were forever touched by The King.
The production is being staged by the Port Ludlow Village Players and directed by Ted Brown.
Brown will direct a cast that includes Nancy Bamberg as Barbara and Bonnie, Dave Cunningham as the radio announcer, Starley Flynn as Eve and Alice, James Gormly as the guard, Jackson as Eddie, Christie Lang as Cynthia and Lora, Kate Marshall as Cathy and the saleswoman, Kelly McNees as Abby and Leslie, Karen Ni as Mona, Vickie Norris as Alice and Cindy, Carol Riley as Beth and Cheryl Weinstein as Paula.
• Locomotive Breath will present a tribute to the music of Jethro Tull from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Highway 20 Roadhouse, 2152 W. Sims Way, Port Townsend.
• Rude and Unprofessional will perform music for dancing from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Elks Lodge #2642, 143 Port Williams Road, Sequim.
Admission is $12 per person, $10 for lodge members.
• Friday Night Movies will show “Return to Me” at 6:30 tonight at the temporary location of the Sequim Branch Library, 609 W. Washington St., Sequim.
The 2000 romantic drama starring Minnie Driver and David Duchovny is rated PG.
For more information, call the library at 360-683-1161, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
• The 33rd Clallam County Salvation Army Toy Run will be hosted by the Christian Crusaders on Saturday.
The annual event is open to motorcycles, hot rods, rat rods and classic cars.
Registration will open at 11 a.m at 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101 in Blyn.
The entrance fee is $10 per driver and one new toy.
There will be a drivers’ meeting at 11:40 a.m. and kickstands up at 11:50 a.m.
Riders will meet up at 12:30 p.m. at the Salvation Army, 202 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles, for food, raffles and a 50/50 drawing.
For more information, call Hot Rod at 360-775-8160 or L’il Bill at 360-775-4539.
• Lisa Gilbert will present “Intro to Book Arts” from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Guy Cole Center at Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave., Sequim.
Gilbert will discuss traditional practices such as bookbinding, printmaking and papermaking along with contemporary approaches like artists’ books, sculptural forms and mixed-media experimentation.
Participants will create a multi-page artist book with a hand-sewn binding to take home.
The free workshop is open to ages 17 and older. No experience is necessary.
Space is limited, so RSVP by calling Sarah Hurt at 360-582-2477 or emailing shurt@sequimwa.gov.
• Olympic Angels will host an information session for prospective volunteers from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Port Angeles Main Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles.
The nonprofit is seeking volunteers to join or create Love Box groups, community circles that provide practical, consistent support for children, youth and families experiencing foster care.
Five families are currently on the waitlist in Port Angeles. Additional families in Sequim and Jefferson County also are seeking support.
For more information, email info@olympicangels.org or visit www.olympic angels.org.
