PORT ANGELES — Come Friday evening, the place won’t look or sound like the library of yore.
It should be downright exuberant, with large-scale art and a concert by the Pine Hearts, a traveling band.
“The goal is to play more pop and indie rock but on country instruments,” said Joey Capoccia, the Pine Heart who plays acoustic guitar.
His band, formed in Olympia some three years ago, will step up at 7 p.m. Friday for the Art Blast party at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Admission is free to the concert, in which Capoccia will play alongside upright bassist Kate Benak, pedal steel man Phil Post and drummer Austin Cooper.
The Pine Hearts have two CDs, 2013’s “Distant Lights” and “Winter on Orcas,” recorded live last year on Orcas Island.
They’re calling their sound “Cascade mountain music” these days, Capoccia said, and one example is “Don’t Let the Stars Get You Down,” a song about being amazed by the constellations. Instead of trying to figure out all of the science behind them, see, it’s alright to be fine with the mystery.
“People of all ages tend to like it,” Capoccia said of the Pine Hearts’ sound. “I look out and see toddlers up to 70-year-olds . . . across the board, the music makes people happy.”
Admission is also free to Friday’s Art Blast opening reception, which precedes the concert at 6:30 p.m.
This event presents a chance to chat with the artists who contributed their work to the library’s Marine Debris Art Show, a display to stay up through July 7.
It’s big stuff, including Jennifer Bright’s larger-than-life jellyfish made of plastic bottles and other beach-harvested objects and Tammy Hall’s “Chicken of the Sea,” built out of driftwood.
Other local artists in the show are Deidre Gonzales, Carole Knutson, Dani LaBlond, Judy Larimore, Richard Stephens, Melanie Salazar, Bill Wood and art students from Forks and Port Angeles.
The display ties in with Earth Day activities on the Olympic Peninsula, which include the Washington Coast Cleanup on April 25.
The cleanup’s sponsor, Washington CoastSavers (www.coastsavers.org), has mounted a traveling exhibit titled “Bottles, Foam and Rope: Talking Trash on the Washington Coast,” at the library just through April 23.
Its panels delve into Washington’s Pacific coast habitats and wild things and how marine debris affects them all.
To find out more about these exhibits and other library activities, visit the North Olympic Library System website at www.NOLS.org or phone the Port Angeles Library at 360-417-8500.
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5062, or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
