NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Sept. 11.
PORT ANGELES — Whether rocking blues, recycled art or romantic paintings are your thing, downtown’s Second Weekend events offer it all — free or for just a few bucks. Here’s a sampling of the activities starting this evening in Port Angeles galleries and nightclubs.
■ Second Friday Art Rock, aka 2FAR, returns tonight with a mashup of a new band, the Crocs, with veteran sculptor Gray Lucier. Starting at 8 p.m. at Bar N9ne, 229 W. First St., the Crocs — Jason Mogi, Mike Pace, Terry Smith and Paul Stehr-Green — will supply the blues, rock, reggae and Americana while Lucier creates an on-site work of art.
“This best-of-the-best band will make you dance so hard you’ll wish you were wearing more comfortable footwear,” organizer Dan Lieberman quipped of the Crocs.
As ever with 2FAR, the $3 cover charge supports the musicians and artist.
■ Nancy Delgado displays the results of her ongoing love affair with watercolors this evening at Karon’s Frame Center, 625 E. Front St. A free reception with refreshments, the artist and her paintings is open from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
■ The Landing Artists Studio on the ground floor of The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave., features Cherie Wilson, a painter who draws on her Native American roots and background in science to create acrylic, oil, and ink works.
A free reception with snacks, drinks and conversation with the artist is set for 4 p.m. to 7:30 tonight.
Retired from a career as a research chemist in Berkeley, Calif., Wilson now works with the Colorado History Museum to re-create historical Native American photos as full color oil paintings. She also serves on the board for the Olympic Peninsula Art Association, formerly known as Sequim Arts.
■ The Heatherton Gallery, also on the ground floor of The Landing mall, hosts painter and author Beverly Hooks of Poulsbo, who will sign copies of her new book Come Walk with Me: A Poetic Journal. A reception with Hooks, plus refreshments and music by Blue Skyz, is open to the public from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 tonight.
■ Roma Peters, aka Hawaii Amor, will sing and play ukulele from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Elliott’s Antique Emporium, 135 E. First St. She invites everyone to stop in for the free music.
■ “Eye Test” is the name of the new show at Studio Bob, upstairs at 118½ E. Front St. Paintings and photography by Andy Audette, Jeff Heistand, Larry White and Wendy White fill the place, where the opening party will go from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free while a no-host bar awaits in the adjacent Loom lounge. After 8 Saturday night, Classic Vinyl Play will dish out music for dancing, again with no cover charge.
To finish off the weekend, “Eye Test” has another reception, also open to the public, at Studio Bob from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.
■ Harbor Art, 110 E. Railroad Ave., features driftwood sculpture, ceramics, photography, jewelry and art from recycled materials in its waterfront gallery. A free reception with member artists beckons from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
