Author Sophia Shalmiyev with “Mother Winter” at Get Lit at the Beach this weekend; Poet & musician Ivy Ross Ricci with “The Force of Gravity” & more at Sou’Wester in Seaview, WA; Conductor Dave Becker & soloist Bob LaTorre in North Coast Symphonic Band Liberty Theatre concert 4/7; Author Runar Helgi Vignisson reading at Icelandic Connections at AVA 4/6.