NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 4.
SEQUIM — Olympic Theatre Arts hosts the performance “Times and Places” by clarinet group Toot Sweet tonight.
The one-hour performance will begin at 6 p.m. in the Olympic Theatre Arts Gathering Hall, 414 N. Sequim Ave.
Doors to the theatre will open at 5 p.m.
There will be no charge for attendance.
Refreshments, including wine, beer and light snacks will be available for purchase.
The Toot Sweet ensemble includes Nancy Peterson, Mark Holman and John Adams on clarinet with Vicky Blakesley on bass clarinet.
The group has developed a unique style and identity and has now performed widely on the Peninsula with such groups as the Sequim City Band, Port Angeles Symphony, Port Townsend Community Orchestra and Port Townsend Summer Band.
The performance features music from various eras and countries and spanning time from the Victorian age to the 1960s.
The repertoire will include folk, American classical and jazz compositions.
For additional information, contact the theatre box office at 360-683-7326.
PT readings
PORT TOWNSEND — Canadian author, social activist and filmmaker Naomi Klein is the featured guest during this weekend’s presentation of the Port Townsend Shorts program hosted by Key City Public Theatre.
The free, monthly program features dramatic readings of contemporary literature, and is sponsored by the Port Townsend Arts Commission.
Klein will give a reading of her book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, at 7: 30 p.m. Saturday and again at
5:30 p.m. Sunday at Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St.
Klein is best known for No Logo, a book that went on to become an international bestseller; “The Take,” a documentary film about Argentina’s occupied factories that she wrote and was directed by her husband Avi Lewis; and The Shock Doctrine, a bestselling critical analysis of the history of neoliberal economics.
In This Changes Everything, Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care, but rather an alarm that demands the economic system be addressed.
For more information, visit keycitypublictheatre.org for more information and to see the full schedule for this season of PT Shorts.
Saturday music
PORT TOWNSEND — Snohomish based duo The Ginger Ups will perform from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday at Sirens Pub, 823 Water St.
There is a cover charge of $5 at the door.
The duo — Jennifer Spector and David Tieman — will perform original award winning songs on acoustic & electric guitars, alternating with guitar and bass.
Spector and Tieman have been making music together for almost 20 years.
They have been national finalists in multiple songwriting competitions, opened for national acts and toured in the past under the name The Hayburners.
As The Ginger Ups, they released their self-titled debut album in 2015 and took off running with a five-state tour.
With 135 performances under their belt in 2015, they are working hard to make sure that music performance and songwriting stay their primary focus.
Pour House show
PORT TOWNSEND — Musician Ian McFeron will perform Saturday at the Pour House, 2231 Washington St.
The free show is held from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
McFeron’s music maintains stout-hearted positivity while exploring themes of troubled times, hard traveling and a thin wallet.
He is joined on tour by longtime friend and musical accompanist Alisa Milner on fiddle, cello and harmony vocals.
Fans of John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Jackson Browne will feel at home in his music, organizers say.
