NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 4.
PORT ANGELES — “All of Me,” “Bye Bye Blackbird,” “Song for My Father,” “Take Five,” “This Masquerade,” “Cantaloupe Island” and “The Girl from Ipanema” are a few of the numbers in Kris Grier and Friends’ Concert at the Q this Saturday afternoon.
Grier, a trumpet man with the Olympic Express Big Band, has assembled drummer Terry Smith, guitarist Brian Douglas, keyboardist Mark Schecter and bass player Elaine Gardner-Morales especially for this occasion at the Clallam County Democratic Headquarters, aka the Q, at 124 W. First St.
Everybody is welcome; admission to the 2 p.m. concert, refreshments and party afterward is $25 to benefit the Clallam Democrats.
Guests are also encouraged to bring a nonperishable food item for the Port Angeles Food Bank. For more information, phone the Democrats’ Headquarters at 360-452-0500.
Collage demo in Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — Artist Marilyn Sandau will demonstrate her collage and mixed media techniques from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., where her creations are on display in the Artist Showcase Gallery.
“I will be creating some background papers with gelli plate monoprints, sanding magazine images, and using text and paint to demonstrate materials,” Sandau said.
“Then I will do some collaging with these backgrounds, and demo using stencils, deli paper images, and texture.”
To find out more about this and other events at Northwind, see northwindarts.org or phone the center at 360-379-1086.
Catch a ride
SEQUIM — Chartered bus transportation will be available from Sequim to Port Angeles Symphony events starting with the Dec. 12 holiday concert at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave.
Sequim music lovers can catch the bus at 6:30 p.m. at the SunLand parking lot at 135 Fairway Drive, or at 6:40 p.m. at Walmart’s large parking lot, 1110 W. Washington St., on that Saturday. Concert-goers will arrive at 7:15 p.m., 15 minutes before the music starts.
The cost for this service is $18.75 per person, and details are available at the symphony office, 360-457-5579. For more about the orchestra and this season’s concerts, visit portangelessymphony.org.
