Arts and entertainment week of Aug. 13

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Events:

Ongoing

• Art Works in Soldotna has photography by Bill Heath on display through August.
• Kaladi Brothers in Soldotna has fiber art by Connie Goltz on display through August.
• The Kenai Fine Arts Center in Old Town Kenai has art by Laura Faeo and Regina McAbee on display through August.
• The Funky Monkey coffee shop in Kenai has “Altered Threads,” a fiber arts display by Kenai Peninsula College students, on display through August.

Today

• The Totem Tracers Genealogical Society will hold its monthly meeting, beginning with a work session, at 6 p.m. at the Kenai Community Library. Call 283-4378.
• Martha Merry will give a presentation on what it was like to homestead on the Kenai at 1 p.m. at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. Call 283-1991.

Friday

• Ron Sexton, owner of Trinity Greenhouse, will speak about gardening on the Kenai Peninsula at 1 p.m. at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. Call 283-1991.
• Triumvirate Theatre will stage “The Star Spangled Girl” by Neil Simon at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the theater in the Peninsula Center Mall in Soldotna. Tickets are $10 in advance from the bookstore or at the door. Call 953-7262.

Saturday

• Triumvirate Theatre performs “The Star Spangled Girl.” at 7 p.m. (See Friday listing)
• Kenai Performers will hold auditions for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” directed by Ken Duff, at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Old Town Playhouse in Kenai. There are roles for seven men, four women and five roles that could be either. Performances will be Oct. 17-19, 24-26 and Oct. 31-Nov. 1. E-mail Duff at pappap3@hotmail.com or call 252-0178.
• Sidecar, a three-man improv troupe from New York, will perform live shows Saturday, Aug. 21 and Aug. 22 at the Old Town Playhouse in Kenai. Each night has two performances with different content each time at 7 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the first show and $5 for any additional show. Early shows are family friendly, later shows may by PG-13. Tickets are available at Charlotte’s in Kenai, River City Books in Soldotna and at the door.

Sunday

• Sidecar (see Saturday listing) will conduct a youth (15 and under) imrpov workshop from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Old Town Playhouse. A beginning improv adult workshop (16 and up) will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 20, with an advanced adult class meeting from 8 to 10 p.m. those nights. Registration forms are available at River City Books and Charlotte’s. Call 776-8308 for more information.
• Auditions for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at 2 p.m. (see Saturday listing).

Monday

• Tom Jahns of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will give an overview of agricultural activities on the Kenai Peninsula at 1 p.m. at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. Call 283-1991.
• Sidecar improv workshops (see Saturday listing).

Tuesday

• Sidecar improv workshops (see Saturday listing).

Aug. 20

• Contributing scholar Shane Lopez will discuss the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center’s exhibit on the first- and second-edition journals of explorer Capt. James Cook.
• Sidecar improv workshops (see Saturday listing).

Nightlife:

DJ

• The Riverside in Soldotna has live DJ music every Friday and Saturday at 10 p.m.

Live music

• BJ’s in Soldotna has acoustic country, folk and bar songs by Hobo Jim at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
• The Funky Monkey in Kenai has bluegrass music by Them Other Shuckers from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
• Hooligan’s Saloon has acoustic music by Travis B. and Sean at 10 p.m. Thursday and rock covers by 9-Spine at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
• The Maverick in Soldotna has acoustic classic rock by the Free Beer Band at 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
• Mykel’s in Soldotna has acoustic music by Dave Unruh from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
• The Place in Nikiski had bluegrass music by Them Other Shuckers at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
• The Rainbow Bar in Kenai has rock covers by The Mabrey Brothers Band at 10 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
• Veronica’s in Kenai has open mic music at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, acoustic folk, blues and Hawaiian music by Mike Morgan at 6:30 p.m. Friday and acoustic music by Jack Will and Sue Biggs at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Karaoke

• 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays at the Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road.
• 9 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays at the 406 in Kenai.
• 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hooligan’s in Soldotna.
• 8:30 p.m. Friday at the J-Bar-B in Kasilof
• 9:30 p.m. Monday at the Maverick in Soldotna.

Other

• Moosequito’s in Sterling has “Guitar Hero” at 9 p.m. Thursdays.

• The Maverick in Soldotna has pool night at 9 p.m. Fridays.