“Today” and “tonight” signify Friday, June 5.
Three more shows for ‘Side by Side’
SEQUIM — The final three performances of “Side by Side by Sondheim,” the musical revue of songs from “West Side Story,” “Follies,” “A Little Night Music” and other Stephen Sondheim works, are this weekend at SunLand Golf & Country Club.
Carol Swarbrick Dries, Ric Munhall and Janice Parks star, while Jim Dries narrates the Readers Theatre Plus show at 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
“If you did not know much about Stephen Sondheim, one of the best songwriters of the last half-century, this is the perfect way to get to know him and his work,” said Munhall, who sings songs including “Anyone Can Whistle” and “Marry Me a Little.”
“The songs are beautiful and touching, and the lyrics are often humorous and thought-provoking,” he said.
Munhall feels the chemistry — among the singers and the piano-playing pair Linda Dowdell and Darrell Plank — has been “phenomenal.”
Tickets are $12 in advance at Odyssey Books in Port Angeles and at both Sequim Tea & Spice and Purple Haze Lavender in downtown Sequim; at the door of the SunLand club, 109 Hilltop Drive, they’re $15.
For information, see ReadersTheatrePlus.com or phone 360-797-3337.
Kingston Trio set
SEQUIM — The Kingston Trio plus opening performer Geoffrey Castle will appear Aug. 22 at the James Center for the Performing Arts at Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave.
Gates will open at 4 p.m.; a Wind Rose Cellars wine and beer garden will be set up for the show to start at 5 p.m.
Tickets range from $25 for general admission to $40 for premium reserved seats and $60 for VIP passes.
To purchase, go to brownpapertickets.com or stop by Strait Music or Port Book and News in Port Angeles; Windemere Realty or Olympic View Inn in Sequim; 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn or the Pennysaver Mart in Port Townsend.
For information, find “Kingston Trio Sequim” on Facebook.
Renew a book cart
The North Olympic Library Foundation is calling for artists and designers to submit proposals for its new Art Cart project before the deadline this Wednesday.
Seven wooden book carts are being decommissioned from the library fleet, and local artists — of any age and experience level — are needed to turn them into works of art.
To submit a proposal, pick up an Art Cart flyer at the Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks or Clallam Bay public libraries or email artcartdesign@gmail.com.
Blank-canvas book carts can be seen at all four libraries.
After they’re transformed, the art carts will be exhibited during October, November and December, and then auctioned during a library event in early 2016.
To learn more about this and other foundation activities, visit northolympiclibraryfoundation.org.
Seeking show logo
SEQUIM — The Sequim Soroptimists are seeking artwork — paintings, drawings, photography, digital graphics — for the March 19-20, 2016, Gala Garden Show logo.
Submissions, due July 10, must be garden-related, no smaller than 8 inches by 10 inches and no larger than 17 inches by 24 inches.
Each year, an original work, donated by a local artist or photographer, is chosen to be the Garden Show logo and featured on marketing materials throughout the year.
The artist also is offered a free vendor booth at the 2016 show.
The event helps raise money for Sequim Soroptimists projects benefiting local women and girls.
For information and an entry form, contact artwork coordinator Cindy Rhodes at 360-683-5388 or CLRhodes2@olypen.com.
Outdoor artmaking
PORT ANGELES — Plein air art kits — aka kits for painting out in the fresh air — are available now for the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s “Panache!” art contest.
The kits, available for $5 at the fine arts center at 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., provide the goods — pastels, paper, blending tools, smudgers and basic guidelines — to create artwork for the contest, which is open to adults and children.
The $5 fee also includes registration for the contest.
Participants can choose to use watercolors, oils or acrylics in their paintings, while contest entries must be on a 9-inch-by-12-inch surface — paper is fine — with no frames or matting.
The deadline to turn in artwork is Aug. 1.
Contest participants can choose to have their work included in the Plein Air Art Show at The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave., from Aug. 8 through Sept. 18.
Winners of the people’s choice voting at the show will be in line for more than $800 in prize money.
The Panache! plein air painting competition also includes another event: the Festival of Colors in the Park on Sunday, Sept. 13.
For information, see www.PAFAC.org, phone 360-457-3532 or stop by the fine arts center.
Its hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays.
