Jeremy and Anna Pederson of Port Angeles will bring their folk harmonies to Sequim's Wind Rose Cellars tonight and to Port Angeles' Metta Room next Thursday evening

Jeremy and Anna Pederson of Port Angeles will bring their folk harmonies to Sequim's Wind Rose Cellars tonight and to Port Angeles' Metta Room next Thursday evening

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS: Two voices, two cities, no cover charge . . . and other items

Jeremy & Anna, those young musical partners, will bring their vocal harmonies and folk arrangements to a couple of venues this week and next. Wind Rose Cellars, the wine bar at 143 W. Washington St. in downtown Sequim, is their next stop tonight from 6 until 8 o’clock. There’s no cover charge to come in and listen.

Then the pair comes to the Metta Room, 132 E. Front St. in Port Angeles, to make music from 9 p.m. until midnight next Thursday, Jan. 21. No cover charge there, either.

Anna and Jeremy Pederson’s repertoire is a varied one, including One Republic’s “Love Runs Out,” George Ezra’s “Blame It on Me” and “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” the hit by Elton John.

To find out more, see the “Jeremy and Anna” band page on Facebook.

Danish joy in PT

PORT TOWNSEND — The traditional band Lydom, Bugge & Hoirup are bringing Danish songs and dance tunes — from wild polkas to lyrical waltzes — to the Quimper Grange Hall at 7 p.m. next Friday, Jan. 22.

This is joyful stuff, publicist Devon Leger said, adding it’s “great music and a nice way to discover Danish culture,” via their jigs, reels and exotic dance music from the island of Fano.

Admission to the show at the grange, 1219 Corona St., will be a suggested $10 to $15 donation. For details, see Quimpergrange.com or phone the hall at 360-385-0456.

Applause!

PORT ANGELES — “Oh What a Night! Treasuring our Symphony” is the theme of the 2016 Applause! Auction, the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra’s biggest fundraiser of the year.

The event is set for 6 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St., and includes a lavish dinner, live music from an ensemble of orchestra musicians and opportunities to bid on an African safari and trips to Italy, Hawaii, the Caribbean and New Orleans, among other packages.

Tickets are $75, with the proceeds to provide 70 percent of the symphony’s operating budget.

For details and reservations phone 360-457-5579 and visit portangelessymphony.org.

‘Perles’ in PT

PORT TOWNSEND — New York City’s Metropolitan Opera, the Bolshoi Ballet and Elvis Costello are all coming to the little old Rose Theatre this month thanks to live-streaming technology.

Next up on the screen at 235 Taylor St. in downtown Port Townsend is the Metropolitan Opera’s “Les Pecheurs de Perles,” at 9:55 a.m. Saturday. Tickets to the 175-minute screening are $24 for adults, $22 for seniors and $16 for children and students.

Then it’s the Bolshoi Ballet’s performance of “The Taming of the Shrew” at 1 p.m. Jan. 24, with tickets at $15 general, $14 for seniors and $12 for students and children. “Taming” runs 135 minutes.

Costello, in his hometown concert at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, will be beamed onto the Rose screen at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27 along with his opening act, the Atlanta bluegrass and roots-rock act Larkin Poe.

Tickets to this 112-minute concert are $12.

For details and reservations, see Rosetheatre.com or call the business office at 360-385-1039.

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