Arts and Entertainment Briefs for April 24, 2019

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Northwind Reading Series launches publication

The organizers of the Northwind Reading Series are launching the inaugural issue of The Sextant Review, a biannual literary journal.

The journal’s mission is to foster the literary community throughout the Olympic Peninsula and Pacific Northwest regions by creating a literary art-focused platform that features local artists alongside writers from around the world, according to a news release.

A 7 p.m. April 25 at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St. in Port Townsend, Barbara Sjoholm, Bill Mawhinney and Corinne Adams will read selections from Volume 1, Issue 1.

Copies will be available for sale at the event.

For more information call 360-302-1159.

Cannabis 101 Class

Cannabis 101, a class designed to provide information about cannabinoids, the active ingredient in marijuana, will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. April 27 at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler Street.

The class, sponsored by Choice Cannabis, will explore terpenes, the THC crystals on marijuana buds, and different strains that are said to treat various illnesses.

There will be a question and answer session following the presentation.

There will be no marijuana products at the event.

The program is free and open to the public.

Master Gardener Plant Sale

The 2019 Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation Plant Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 4 in the large pavilion at H.J. Carroll Park.

Visitors will find hundreds of plants including landscape shrubs, ground covers, bulbs, annuals, perennials, succulents ornamental grasses, fruiting and edible plants and plants native to the Pacific Northwest.

Volunteer Master Gardeners will also be on hand to provide guidance to visitors.

Proceeds from plant sales benefit the foundation’s efforts to promote public education, demonstration garden projects and community grants in Jefferson County.

For more information, call 360-379-5610.

THING Festival announced for summer 2019

THING, a new multidisciplinary event located at Fort Worden, has been announced to launch in August.

Produced by Seattle Theatre Group and Adam Zacks - STG’s Chief Programming Officer and founder of the Sasquatch! Festival - this two-day event will feature music, comedy, film, dance, food, podcasts, visual arts and a mentalist.

The origin of the name “THING” comes from the medieval term “Ting.”

“We are excited to be offering this unique new event for people to come together to celebrate a shared love of music, art, and community,” Zacks said. “It’s especially thrilling to be teaming up with Fort Worden on this event, continuing the ongoing partnership we’ve been fortunate enough to have with this extraordinary site for the past 10 years.”

THING will feature three primary stages including a decommissioned zeppelin hangar, the Wheeler Theatre, and the Parade Grounds overlooking Puget Sound.

A variety of camping, parking and housing accommodations will also be available for purchase.

The event is open to all ages and will feature multiple beer gardens with valid ID required for entry. Kids 13 and under can attend free.

The full programming for THING was announced April 22.

Music acts including Violent Femmes, hip-hop pioneers De La Soul, Mexico’s Café Tacvba, and a joint appearance by Calexico and Iron & Wine.

Actor and musician John Reilly will have his roots group in tow as they tap into the spirit of the old west.

Also on the schedule is Napoleon Dynamite Live!--featuring a conversation with Jon Heder and other members of the cast, as well as a screening of the classic movie.

Speaking engagements with stage, film, and television actress Natasha Lyonne and writer, comedian, and activist Lindy West will take place, as well as a comedy set from comedian Todd Barry.

Podcast offerings include live tapings of Bunny Ears with Macaulay Culkin, The Tobolowsky Files with Stephen Tobolowsky, and Too Beautiful To Live with Luke Burbank and Andrew Walsh.

A live reading of the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, which was filmed on location at Fort Worden, will also take place, and the U.K.’s Architects of Air will display their Luminarium, a monumental inflatable sculpture of color, air and light.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. April 26 at thingnw.org.

Compiled by Chris McDaniel