NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Oct. 9.
SEQUIM — Songstress Robin Bessier will fill Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St., with jazz from the 1940s through the ’60s this Saturday evening.
With stand-up bassist Ted Enderle and pianist Mark Schecter alongside, Bessier will sing jazz standards from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the wine bar, where there’s no cover charge.
To find out more about the Port Townsend-based singer, see www.robinbessier.com, and for details about the venue, phone 360-681-0690.
Quick comedies
SEQUIM — “A Handful of Humor,” Readers Theatre Plus’ slate of five short comedies, is on stage at the Guy Cole Center for just three more shows: at 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The plays — “Afternoon in the Park,” “The Something Special Coffeehouse,” “The Cinderella Story,” “Blue Murder” and “The Writing Life” — showcase local actors and playwrights including Michael Aldrich, Barbara Drennan, Ric Munhall and Bobbie Lowe-Kreider.
And as with all Readers Theatre Plus productions, proceeds benefit a nonprofit organization; this time it’s the Sequim-Shiso Sister City Association.
Tickets are $10 in advance at Odyssey Books in Port Angeles, and at Purple Haze Lavender shop and Sequim Spice and Tea, both in downtown Sequim.
Patrons also can buy them for $12 at the door of the Guy Cole Center, in Carrie Blake Park at 202 N. Blake Ave.
To find out more about the troupe, see readerstheatreplus.com or phone 360-797-3337.
Free artist’s talk
SEQUIM — Richard Jesse Watson, the acclaimed illustrator and fine artist from Port Townsend, will give a talk at the Blue Whole Gallery this Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Admission is free to the 6 p.m. discussion, titled “Mining Realism, Fracking Abstraction: Digging Deep with Art.”
Watson’s work is also featured this month at the Blue Whole Gallery, the artists’ cooperative at 129 W. Washington St.
For more details, phone the venue at 360-681-6033 or visit bluewholegallery.com.
Mix’s pastels in PT
PORT TOWNSEND — Artist Catherine Mix will demonstrate her pastel painting techniques at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., in a free program from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday.
In a new series at Northwind, Mix will give her demo in concert with an exhibition of her art in the center’s Artists Showcase gallery through Oct. 17.
“I paint with watercolor and/or pastel to communicate my excitement about what I see, such as dramatic sunlight on the grand vistas of the North Olympic Peninsula,” Mix writes.
For more details about this and other activities at the center, see Northwindarts.org or phone 360-379-1086.
Dance open to all
SEQUIM — Scott Marckx and the Washington Old Time Fiddlers will play and Jeanie Murphy will call the steps at a contra dance this Saturday night at the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall, 290 Macleay Road.
Admission is a suggested $5 donation for adults while youngsters age 16 and younger get in free to the dance, which starts with a lesson in the basics at 7 p.m.
The music will flow from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., and no partners nor previous experience are necessary to join in.