Today and tonight are Friday, Nov. 8.
PORT ANGELES — A reception for an artist from Mississippi, live painting beside the dance floor and the rhythms of Brazil are part of the goings-on tonight as another set of Second Weekend art happenings get underway in downtown Port Angeles.
Here’s a cross-section of places to go and art to see — free unless otherwise noted.
■ “Gambles and Promises” is the exhibition this month by Trey Hensley, who left his Clarksdale, Miss., home for a new life in Port Angeles.
Hensley’s photography awaits visitors to Karon’s Frame Center, 625 E. Front St., as does the artist during a reception today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
■ Second Friday Art Rock, aka 2FAR, brings together the band Tanga, with its Caribbean and Latin sound, and performance painters Jeff Tocher and Doug Parent.
The music and on-site art start at 8 o’clock tonight at Bar N9ne, 229 W. First St.; cover charge is $3. Dancing is encouraged, as is audience participation in Parent and Tocher’s art-making.
■ Roma Peters, whose stage name is Hawaii Amor, plays her ukulele at Elliott’s Antique Emporium, 135 E. First St. from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
■ “Bare, Naked Souls,” Merryn Welch’s production featuring spoken word, visual images and dance, will arrive at Studio Bob, 1181/2 E. Front St., for an opening reception from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Spirit Messenger will offer tarot readings during the event, which also features art and performances by Welch, Tana Villella, Clay and Angie River, Amy Christine Meyer, Wayne King, Sol, Nicole Perez, Brandon Christensen and other local artists.
An encore opening for the show follows on Sunday from noon to 3 p.m.
■ Dan and the Juan de Fuca Band will play original Americana and rock from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at Studio Bob.
There’s no cover charge, but The Loom bar will have drinks available for purchase.
■ “From PA to P.A.,” a new art show by Pennsylvania transplant Dave Rodriguez, adorns Oven Spoonful, the cafe at 110 E. First St., through November. A reception with the artist will go from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
■ LeRoy Beers’ watercolors of local barns, beaches and back roads are waiting for visitors at the Landing Art Gallery, inside The Landing mall at 115 E. Railroad Ave.
Refreshments and conversation with the gallery’s variety of artists will also be on tap during the free reception from 5 p.m. to
8 p.m. Saturday.
■ Harbor Art, 110 E. Railroad Ave., highlights glass art by Valerie Thomas with an opening reception from 5 p.m. to
8 p.m. Saturday.
■ A Steampunk Tea, a gathering open to all who enjoy steampunk culture, will take place at The Loom lounge inside Studio Bob, 1181/2 E. Front St., from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
There’s no admission charge while tea and other drinks will be available at the bar.
