Bread and Gravy serve good tunes
PORT ANGELES — Friday nights at the Lazy Moon are devoted to acoustic music and local artists, so tonight, host Dan Maguire will bring in the duo Bread and Gravy.
This pair, also known as Stephanie Doenges and her husband Jess, sing and play popular songs from several decades.
Local music lovers will remember Stephanie’s voice from when she sang with Rollin’ Waters and the Cornstalks.
These days she and Jess’ repertoire ranges from the Beatles’ “All My Loving” to Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” and even an original spoken-word piece, “Strawberry.”
Tonight, Maguire will start the music at 7:30; then Bread and Gravy will step up at 8 p.m.
There’s no cover charge at the Lazy Moon Craft Tavern, 130 S. Lincoln St.
For information, phone the venue at 360-452-2802 or see www.theLazyMoon.com.
Lucky for 14
PORT ANGELES — Dave Secord of the Luck of the Draw band will celebrate 14 years of playing live music at the Fairmount Restaurant, 1127 U.S. Highway 101, tonight.
Luck of the Draw will play after the open mic from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., with guest performers Jim Lind on guitar and vocals and Peter Larsen on blues harp.
The festivities will go on till 8 p.m., and Rosalie Secord said there should be enough chocolate cake to go around.
Details can be had at 360-457-7447.
Dancing in PT
PORT TOWNSEND — The Olympic Peninsula Dance group is adding a new second-Saturday dance at the Masonic Lodge, 1338 Jefferson St., this weekend.
The evening will start with Janice Eklund’s lesson from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; then comes DJ’d music for swing, country two-step, foxtrot, zydeco and other styles till 10:30 p.m.
Admission is $10 for the whole package, and information awaits at OlympicPeninsulaDance.com and 360-437-0654.
Sunday Salsa Night
PORT TOWNSEND — Latin dancing is the main event this Sunday at Manresa Castle, 651 Cleveland St., starting with a beginning salsa lesson at 7 p.m. and a rumba session at 7:30 p.m.
DJ’d dance music for cha cha, bachata, merengue, rumba, salsa and samba follows from 8 p.m. till 10 p.m.
Admission, including both lessons, will be $7, and dancers should use the banquet room entrance at the south side of the castle, closest to Jefferson Healthcare.
To find out more about this Second Sunday Salsa get-together, phone 360-379-6609.
Tidepools deadline
PORT ANGELES — The editors and staff of Tidepools magazine are accepting submissions of art, writing and music for one more week.
The 2015 edition of the magazine, a publication of Peninsula College, will showcase poetry, prose, photography, original music and visual art from people of all ages who live in Clallam and Jefferson counties.
The deadline to submit works in any of these art forms is Friday, Jan. 16.
Winning entries will be announced by March 20.
For rules, submission options and general information, visit www.TidepoolsMagazine.com or find Tidepools on Facebook.
‘Waterfront’ film
PORT TOWNSEND — The Starlight Room, the 46-seat theater upstairs from the Silverwater Cafe at 237 Taylor St., features vintage films about once a month, and next Wednesday, Jan. 14, “On the Waterfront” lights the screen at 7:30 p.m.
This 1954 picture starring Marlon “I coulda been a contendah” Brando and Eva Marie Saint received 12 Academy Award nominations.
It won eight, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Brando, Best Supporting Actress for Saint and Best Director for Elia Kazan.
These classic-movie nights, presented by the Rose Theatre, have sold out in the past, so advance tickets are available now at www.RoseTheatre.com or at the Rose box office, 235 Taylor St.
Artist Trust funds
The Artist Trust, a Washington state nonprofit organization, invites artists working in traditional, folk, performing and visual arts to apply for its 2015 fellowships prior to its Jan. 20 deadline.
These awards — $7,500 each — will be given to “12 practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability, acknowledging the artist’s creative excellence and accomplishment, professional achievement and continuing dedication to their artistic discipline,” according to the trust’s news release.
In addition, one artist each in the emerging fields/cross-disciplinary and visual arts areas will receive a one-month residency at the Millay Colony for the Arts in upstate New York, along with a $1,000 stipend.
To apply, see ArtistTrust.org.
Mongrels, colonels
PORT TOWNSEND — Tickets are available now through Feb. 4 for “Seriously Silly Songs,” a concert featuring the Kings of Mongrel Folk and the Colonels of Corn at the Northwest Maritime Center ballroom, 431 Water St.
The show isn’t till April 11, but because tickets are only available through an Indiegogo online fundraising page, patrons must purchase them by that Feb. 4 deadline.
Tickets come with donations — $10, $50, whatever the supporter chooses — to a fundraising campaign for the Boiler Room, Port Townsend’s volunteer-run coffeehouse.
To find out more, stop in at 711 Water St., see the Port Townsend Boiler Room page on Facebook or www.ptbr.org.
To contribute and secure concert tickets, visit http://igg.me/at/silly-songs.
The Kings of Mongrel Folk is made up of singer and Dobro and guitar player Orville Johnson and Mark Graham, who is known for songs such as “I Can See Your Aura and It’s Ugly” and “Zen Gospel Singing.”
The Colonels of Corn are Greg and Jere Canote, identical twins whose music is steeped in vintage Americana, from forgotten fiddle tunes to swing classics and quirky novelty songs.
For more about all of these guys, see www.canote.com and www.mongrelfolk.com.
