NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, August 21.
PORT TOWNSEND — Novelist and essayist Lidia Yuknavitch will give a free reading at the Writers’ Workshoppe and Imprint Books, 820 Water St., this Saturday evening.
The author of the anti-memoir The Chronology of Water and the novel Dora: A Headcase, will step up at 7 p.m. to read from her new novel The Small Backs of Children, published in July by HarperCollins.
Yuknavitch lives in Portland, Ore., where she’s also written stories and essays for theRumpus.net and The Sun, among other publications.
The recipient of an Oregon Book Award and a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association honor, she’s also been a finalist for the PEN Center Prize in nonfiction.
For details about this and other readings at the Writers’ Workshoppe, phone 360-379-2617 or visit www.writersworkshoppe.com.
Pederson solo
PORT ANGELES — Singer-guitarist Jeremy Pederson will bring an acoustic rock set to the Elks Naval Lodge this Saturday night.
Music lovers are invited to enjoy songs from the 1960s on up to today from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Elks’ second-floor lounge.
At the lodge, 131 E. First St., there’s no cover charge and everyone, Elk or not, is welcome.
Pederson is also part of a performing duo with his wife Anna; they’re planning a number of gigs around Port Angeles and Sequim in coming weeks.
Art, words collide
PORT TOWNSEND — An Ekphrastic Evening — a night of reading poetry and prose in response to visual art — is set for this Thursday at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., with admission a suggested $3 to $5 donation.
In the 7 p.m. gathering, writers who came to Northwind to be inspired by the “Expressions Northwest” art show there will read their works aloud.
It’ll be an open-mic night, with readers and listeners welcome.
The Ekphrastic Evening between the visual arts and the literary community is part of the monthlong series of Art Port Townsend activities, which includes the “Expressions Northwest” display up through the end of August.
To find out more, see www.northwindarts.org or phone series coordinator Bill Mawhinney at 360-302-1159.
Creativity, refreshed
A pair of “CreativiTea @ the Library” events — free programs open to anyone 15 and older — are coming to the West End: Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Clallam Bay Library and Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Forks Library.
Each “CreativiTea” is part art class and part tea party, with art instructor Courtney Garman providing painting tips and supplies while the library brews hot and iced teas.
These paint-and-sip parties go from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at both locations: the Clallam Bay Library at 16990 state Highway 112 and the Forks Library at 171 S. Forks Ave.
Space is limited, so participants should phone 360-963-2414 for Clallam Bay or 360-374-6402 for Forks.
Information about this and other North Olympic Library System activities can also be found at NOLS.org.
