PORT ANGELES — Nationally renowned children’s musician, author, early childhood education expert and performer Jim Gill will visit the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Gill will offer a three-hour workshop for early childhood education providers, librarians and other adults who work with young children.
His visit, which focuses on music play with purpose, is free to attend, though preregistration is required.
To register, visit www.nols.org and select “Events” and “Port Angeles” or email Youth Services Librarian Jennifer Knight at jknight@nols.org.
During the workshop, Gill will introduce and explain concepts of active music play and how they provide a context for children to develop abilities — such as self-regulation — that are “essential to school success,” according to a news release.
A child development specialist with more than 20 years of experience, Gill’s music is designed to create playful interactions between a child and a caring adult, according to the release.
He is the author of two children’s books.
For more information, phone 360-417-8500, ext. 7705, or visit www.nols.org.
Chinese medicine
PORT TOWNSEND — Friends of Jung will present an evening with Laura Lewis Thayer at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.
Admission is $8, with all proceeds going to the fellowship.
Thayer has been practicing in mental health since 1990 and in East Asian medicine since 2001.
She practices privately in Port Townsend and lectures internationally.
For more information, visit www.quuf.org and click on “Upcoming Events.”
History Tales set
PORT ANGELES — Author Eleanor Corey Guderian will share stories from her book Sticks, Stones and Songs: The Corey Story at the Clallam County Historical Society’s History Tales presentation Sunday.
The program begins at 2:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 110 E. Seventh St.
Parking and entry to the church’s social hall are on Laurel Street.
Sticks, Stones & Songs: The Corey Story is the true tale of a family of 12 that survives in midcentury rural America on half a ration, twofold ingenuity and undeniable faith, according to a news release.
History Tales is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone Clallam County Historical Society’s office at 360-452-2662 or email artifact@olypen.com.
