SEQUIM — “Steel Magnolias,” the tale of six Louisiana women dealing with life, love and hairdos, is playing this weekend and next at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave.

Larry Harwood directs an ensemble cast including Olivia Shea, Darlene Clemens, Lily Carignan, Lauren Denton, Jennifer Horton and Angela Poynter-Lemaster at 7:30 Fridays and Saturdays; and at 2 p.m. Sundays through April 19.

An additional performance is slated for 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Tickets are $16 for adults and $10 for youngsters 16 and younger via OlympicTheatreArts.org and 360-683-7326.

If available, tickets are also sold at the door.

Kids’ art club

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s after-school Art Club, a program for children age 6 to 12, is open for sign-ups.

The new session will start Tuesday at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., and continue each Tuesday through April 28.

Each class meets from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., and the theme this month is printmaking: block prints, multimedia and monoprinting.

The cost is $45 for the session, and parents can register their kids by contacting the center via pafaced.org or 360-457-3532.

1960s hitmakers Association to appear in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — “Along Comes Mary,” “Cherish,” “Windy” and “Never My Love” will fill the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center next Friday, April 17, as the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts presents The Association, the million-selling band that burst onto the music scene from Southern California.

Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. show range from $15 to $35 or $10 for youngsters 14 and younger, via www.JFFA.org.

Outlets also include Port Book and News, 104 E. First St., Port Angeles, and the Joyful Noise Music Center, 108 W. Washington St., Sequim.

Remaining tickets will be sold at the door of the Port Angeles High auditorium, 304 E. Park Ave.

The Association’s current lineup includes original members Jim Yester and Jules Alexander along with Jordan Cole, son of the late Association bassist Brian Cole, and Del Ramos, brother of the late guitarist Larry Ramos.

Percussionist Terry Kirkman and drummer Bruce Pictor have been with the band since the 1980s.

Next Friday’s show is the last of the season before the Juan de Fuca Festival, May 22-25 in and around downtown Port Angeles.

To find out about the lineup of bands and venues, visit www.JFFA.org, phone 360-457-5411 or find the Juan de Fuca Festival on Facebook.

Four-day festival passes are on sale for $55 until May 22, when they go up to $70.

As is traditional, however, children 12 and younger get in free.

‘V-E Day’ auditions

PORT ANGELES — Auditions for “V-E Day,” a Readers Theatre Plus production, are set for next Sunday, April 19, with director Pat Owens.

Tryouts will start at 1 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Grange Hall, 2432 Mount Pleasant Road, which is 2½ miles south of U.S. Highway 101 east of Port Angeles.

Just one performance of “V-E Day” will take place at the grange hall Friday, May 8, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of World War II’s Victory in Europe Day, on which the Allied Forces accepted Germany’s surrender.

The play, written by Faye Sholiton, has roles for five women and two men of various ages.

In this story, an old friend suddenly appears unannounced at the doorstep of Evelyn, a widow and former professional photographer of some renown. He stirs up memories of a time long past, and the far-ranging effects of events and decisions that had been all but forgotten.

Five rehearsals will be held, all at 6:30 p.m., on April 27-28 and May 4-6.

For information, email the director at pjowens@olypen.com.

Port Townsend chorus

The Community Chorus of Port Townsend and East Jefferson County will offer three concerts of music from the eras of World Wars I and II next weekend: at 7 p.m. both Friday and Saturday, April 17-18, at First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Franklin St., Port Townsend; and at

3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 45 Redeemer Way, Chimacum.

These performances include popular tunes — “Yankee Doodle Boy,” “Over There,” “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag” and “Keep the Home Fires Burning.”

The singers also will offer music of war and sacrifice, such as a modern composition with the lyrics of the World War I poem “In Flanders Fields,” alongside Port Townsend composer Karl Bach’s new song inspired by a Navy friend.

The Community Chorus concerts feature pianist Lisa Lanza and guest musicians Kim Clarke, Jim Goldberg and Connie Rosenquist, plus an appearance by Exact Change, a women’s vocal ensemble.

At all three performances, the chorus intends to recognize veterans of World War II who are in attendance, as well as sing a medley of armed services songs to honor veterans of every branch of the service.

Tom Berg, a violinist and World War II vet who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor, will perform in this number.

Tickets are available for $15 via brownpapertickets.com, while more information awaits at ptchorus.org.

Free art talk

PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwind Arts Center presents a free lecture by University of Washington art professor Layne Goldsmith this Sunday afternoon.

Goldsmith, an internationally known artist herself, will discuss the Northwest Designer Craftsmen exhibition now at the center.

The show of works in clay, metal, fiber, wood and mixed media will stay on display at Northwind, 701 Water St., through

April 27.