NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, April 15.
PORT ANGELES — Studio Bob, 118 ½ Front St., at 7:30 p.m. tonight is set to host musicians David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach.
The concert is presented by the Juan de Fuca Foundation.
Jacobs-Strain — a fierce slide guitar player and a song poet from Oregon — is known for both his virtuosity and spirit of emotional abandon, according to his biography.
Jacobs-Strain has appeared at major festivals throughout the world including a stint on the faculty of Centrum’s Blues and Heritage workshop at the age of 15.
Beach is a renowned harmonica player from Philadelphia.
Tickets are $20 for attendees ages 15 and older and $10 for those ages 14 and younger.
Tickets are available at Port Book and News, 104 E. First St., Port Angeles, and Joyful Noise Music Center, 112 W. Washington St., in Sequim.
Tickets also are available online at jffa.org.
Miss Lillian Speaks
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., on Saturday and Sunday will host “Miss Lillian Speaks” starring Carol Swarbrick-Dries of Sequim.
The presentation focuses on the life of Lillian Carter, mother of President Jimmy Carter.
Saturday’s performance begins at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday’s performance set for 2 p.m.
A question-and-answer session will follow each performance.
Tickets are $15 each and will benefit the Community Players Youth Theater program, which was established in 2013.
The program allows youths ages 6 to 18 to learn about theater through workshops.
Swarbrick will donate a portion of her fee to the Plains Better Hometown Program, the Carter’s nonprofit community building organization.
Trashy Art Night
PORT ANGELES — Want to make a tuxedo out of duct tape and used carpet, or a nice shady hat out of discarded drinking straws? If so, this event is for you.
The Port Angeles Main Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., on Sunday is set to host Trashy Art Night.
The event is co-sponsored by the Forks Trashion Show and CoastSavers.
This free, all-ages event will take place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. inside the Raymond Carver Community Meeting Room.
Organizers encourage participants to take items that would otherwise go in the trash and use them to create wearable works of art.
While some materials will be provided, organizers encourage participants to bring interesting refuse items and crafting supplies.
For more information, call 360-417-2619.
Live music, lunch
SEQUIM — St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., will host violin and fiddle virtuosa Kate Powers at noon Tuesday during the monthly Music Live With Lunch event.
Powers will be accompanied by David Rivers on guitar.
The music program will include several original compositions.
Powers was first introduced to the violin through a scholarship from the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association in 2010.
She has since performed with the Port Angeles Symphony and is a member of the Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble.
She also is working on a debut album with Rivers slated for release later
this year.
The noon half-hour concert is followed by a hot lunch and camaraderie in the parish hall.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at the church office or at the door.
The office is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon.
For more information, call 683-4862.
