ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS: Dance event tonight (Friday) . . . and other items you need to know

“Today” and “tonight” signify Friday, May 15.

Quintet set to open door onto dance

PORT TOWNSEND — Sollati, the quintet featuring vocalist Robin Bessier, will bring swing, Latin and other jazz styles to the Cellar Door, 940 Water St., tonight.

The band will seek to fill the dance floor from 8:30 p.m. till 11:30 p.m., for a $5 cover charge.

To find out more, visit www.Sollati.com or phone the Cellar Door at 360-385-6959.

‘Fiddler’ finale

SEQUIM — “Fiddler on the Roof,” the spring musical at Sequim High School, has its last two performances at the Sequim High School auditorium, 601 N. Sequim Ave., at 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday.

The show has a cast of nearly 50 performers plus a live orchestra and those classic songs — “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “Tradition” — all set in the village of Anatevka.

Senior Ben Heintz plays Tevye; sophomore Victoria Hall is his wife Golde.

Sarah Isenberger, Sydney Negus and Brianna Dalton, all seniors, portray the three eldest daughters while Danny Willis, Dylan DePrati and Nicholas Fazio play their counterparts Fyedka, Motel and Perchik.

To reserve tickets to “Fiddler,” see SHSoperetta.org.

If available, tickets will also be sold at the auditorium, with doors opening 30 minutes before show time and prices ranging from $10 to $15.

‘Dreamcoat’ tryout Monday

SEQUIM — Auditions for Peninsula Family Theater’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” are set for 6 p.m. this Monday and Tuesday at the Sequim High School auditorium, 601 N. Sequim Ave.

All interested community members are encouraged to try out.

More details can be had by phoning Christy Rutherford at 360-460-7517.

In addition, the Sequim High School Operetta Club and director Robin Hall will conduct a children’s theater workshop from 9:30 a.m. till noon June 29 through July 9.

Kids in first through seventh grades are invited to learn acting skills, singing, dance, stage presence, set construction and other aspects of theater in this program, which costs $79 per child.

The youngsters will then have the opportunity to be part of the chorus in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

Phone Hall at 360-460-7860 for details and registration.

“Joseph,” the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical based on the coat-of-many-colors story from the Bible’s book of Genesis, will take the Sequim High auditorium stage July 10-25.

Juan de Fuca Fest volunteers needed

PORT ANGELES — The Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, that cavalcade of music, dance, food and drink, is coming right up next weekend, May 22-25, in and around downtown Port Angeles.

That means volunteer coordinator Sam Calhoun is looking for volunteers to help make it all happen.

Calhoun urges newcomers and returning volunteers alike to contact her at 360-670-6471, while abundant information can be found on the festival site, JFFA.org.

Click on the “Participate” heading to find the volunteer application.

Cello show Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND ­— Cellist Lori Goldston, an internationally recognized player, improviser and composer, will give a rare performance at Studio 36, the third-floor space at 211 Taylor St., this Saturday.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.; admission is a $10 donation for the 7 p.m. event.

Goldston, who describes herself as “classically trained and rigorously de-trained,” has quite a list of people she calls her “collaborators, co-conspirators and bosses.” They include David Byrne, the Portland Cello Project, LeRoy Bell and Cat Power.

The cellist also toured with Nirvana.

To find out more, visit www.LoriGoldston.com.

Information about Saturday’s performance can be had by emailing studio_36@icloud.com.

Dance workshop Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND ­— Dancer Evan Foster of Berlin is visiting his hometown of Port Townsend this week, so he plans to offer a workshop and a performance at Studio 36, upstairs at 211 Taylor St., this Sunday.

Foster, who’s been studying and performing with the internationally known dance company Chaim Gebber Works, will give a workshop from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The cost is $15, and since the class is limited to eight, participants should RSVP by emailing studio_36@icloud.com.

The workshop will focus primarily upon The Conscious Body, a system that teaches how to use strength in a safe and healthy way.

Foster’s performance, supported by Studio 36 regulars Camille Hildebrandt, David Noble and Dmitry Artamanov, will start at 7 p.m., after the doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Admission is $10.

Abstract art call

PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwind Arts Center is open to entries in “Alchemy of the Abstract VII,” its juried exhibition of abstract art.

The show, to run June 5-29, is open to artists working in all media.

For a prospectus and entry form, visit the Northwind Arts Center at 701 Water St., or go to www.Northwindarts.org.

Entries may be dropped off between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, May 31, or between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday, June 1 at Northwind.

For information, phone 360-379-1086.

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