Concerts in the Barn begin Saturday

Free chamber music concerts are offered on five weekends at Alan Iglitzin’s farm in Quilcene, starting this weekend. All concerts begin at 2 p.m., and guests are encouraged to come early, bring a picnic, and enjoy the picturesque grounds and the music, said concert organizers.

Originally conceived as a summer home for the Philadelphia Quartet, the farm has presented concerts in the barn every summer since 1984, and was once home to the Olympic Music Festival, which now takes place at Fort Worden.

Iglitzin is now offering free concerts through Sept. 9.

“I was one of the luckiest of a whole generation of musicians to have seen their nascent sensibilities cultivated and honed on the stage in the barn,” said violinist Stefan Hersh, who performs on the first weekend of Concerts in the Barn this summer. “Alan had shared a stand with my grandfather, violist Ralph Hersh, at the Aspen Music Festival, where he also met my father, pianist and violist Paul Hersh.”

The first concert, set for Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 12-13, features music by Dvorak and Mozart. The farm opens at 11 a.m. Doors open at 1 p.m.

The farm is located at 7630 Center Road in Quilcene. For more information, visit

concertsinthebarn.org.

Port Ludlow league honors artists

Port Ludlow Artists’ League honors three artists of the month at its next Second Wednesday Reception, set for 4-6 p.m., Aug. 9 at the gallery and in the lobby of the adjacent Sound Community Bank, 9500 Oak Bay Road, Port Ludlow.

Pamela Raine comes to Port Ludlow from a career in computer technology. An avid gardener, she blends her love of all things growing with watercolors on canvas. She recently began exploring abstract art using encaustics, collage, clay and jewelry. She has been leading small groups in a program she calls “Share and Explore” from 10 a.m. to noon on the first Friday of each month at The Beach Club’s Bridge Deck.

Linda Henderson enjoys finding treasures in her travels, which she then incorporates into her jewelry. The pieces express her eye for color and style.

James Ferrara comes to the art world from a background as a master woodworker. He has recently turned his knowledge and skills of fine craftsmanship to creating jewelry.

Goodbye, Thrasher

Key City Public Theatre presents a farewell performance by 2016 Kitsap Sun Best Actress Diane Thrasher on her 77th birthday. The reading of “Daughters of the Appalachians: Six Unique Women” by Linda Goodman is set for 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 10 at the theater’s playhouse, 419 Washington St.

Thrasher is joined onstage by Erin Lamb, Maggie Bulkley, Crystal Eisele, Michele Hensel, Amanda Steurer-Zamora and Kristin Wolfram.

Tickets, $15, are available at the theater, online at keycitypublictheatre.org or by phone at 360-385-KCPT (5278).

Pigs on the Wing perform ‘The Wall’

Portland-based Pink Floyd tribute band Pigs on the Wing brings its show to the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend on Saturday, Aug. 12.

Instead of creating a look-alike faux experience, Pigs on the Wing is a group of veteran musicians steeped in the Northwest rock scene who share a love of the music of Pink Floyd, according to the press release.

For the first time, the band is to present “The Wall,” arguably Pink Floyd’s best known and most controversial work, in its entirety.

Members of Pigs on the Wing state that while they believe the music and lyrical themes speak for themselves and bear no political commentary from them in their relevance to our modern day, they do feel the album makes a timely statement.

Doors open at 9 p.m. with the concert beginning at 9:30 p.m. at 209 Monroe St. Tickets, $12, are available at brownpapertickets.com.