ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY: Artists sought for studio tour . . . and other items you should know about

Artists can sign up for studio tour

PORT TOWNSEND — The 17th annual Art Port Townsend Studio Tour is still open to artists who want to open their doors to the public to show and sell their work.

Monday is the deadline to apply for the tour, set for Aug. 22-23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For information and an application form, visit artporttownsend.org.

Surfing Day bash

PORT ANGELES — A party for International Surfing Day is coming to Harbinger Winery, 2358 U.S. Highway 101 West, next Friday, June 19.

In this fundraiser for the Olympic Peninsula chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, the band Twisted Roots will play; the Next Door gastropub will lay out the food and Port Townsend Brewing will offer beer along with the Harbinger wines from 6:30 p.m. till 9:30 p.m.

Also, a raffle and an auction will bring local art and gear from Lib Tech surf-, snow- and skateboard company.

Tickets will be $20 at the door, while party-goers can find information and reservations by emailing opcsurfrider@gmail.com.

For more details about the surfriders and their activities through the year, visit olympicpeninsula.surfrider.org.

Read for prizes

The 2015 Adult Summer Reading Program is on at all four North Olympic Library System locations: Sequim, Port Angeles, Forks and Clallam Bay.

To participate, pick up a reading log at the one of the libraries — and check out some books — and keep track of each book you finish by July 31. For every complete book you read, you will receive one entry in the program’s grand prize drawing; the more you read, the better your chances of winning.

Two winners will be drawn, and each will have a choice among four grand prize options: a $150 gift card from Adventures through Kayaking, Port Angeles Whale Watch Co. or Rite Bros. Aviation, or a package with Victoria ferry tickets, an Olympic National Park pass and a Swain’s gift card.

Also over the next six weeks, the North Olympic Library System will host Summer Reading Program events and drawings for gift certificates to Friends of the Library bookstores at the various libraries.

To find out more about the program, check in at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.; the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.; the Forks Library at 171 S. Forks Ave. or the Clallam Bay at 16990 state Highway 112.

Information is also abundant at www.nols.org under the “Events” tab, and via 360-417-8500.

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