Diane Urbani de la Paz

In her story “The Blue Remove” told Friday night at Peninsula College

Storytelling Festival wraps today in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — In her dream, Anne Rutherford walks toward “The Blue Remove,” a paradise high in the mountains. The people she loves are there:… Continue reading

In her story “The Blue Remove” told Friday night at Peninsula College
Coulter Kisler

WEEKEND: Abundant apple harvest prompts outdoor party

CHIMACUM — World Apple Day, a celebration of local fruit and flavor, comes to the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend, bringing free orchard walks, games… Continue reading

Coulter Kisler
Port Townsend author Patrick Jennings will read from his latest novel

WEEKEND: Children’s book author to hold free talk in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Novelist Patrick Jennings will host a free program for book lovers young — or young at heart — at the Port Townsend… Continue reading

Port Townsend author Patrick Jennings will read from his latest novel
MoZo

WEEKEND: Ex-street buskers to wheel into Coyle for Saturday show

COYLE — MoZo, aka Moe Provencher and Aimee Zoe, started out as a street busking project on wheels. Two wheels per woman, in fact. MoZo… Continue reading

MoZo
Tlingit-Cherokee-Filipino performing artist Gene Tagaban touches down at Peninsula College this weekend for the Forest Storytelling Festival.  -- Photo by Clark James Mishler

WEEKEND: Forest Storytelling Fest to entwine around audience

Note: Tonight means Friday, Oct. 18. PORT ANGELES — Cherie Trebon never forgot Meg Philp. The two storytellers, from Port Angeles and Australia respectively, met… Continue reading

Tlingit-Cherokee-Filipino performing artist Gene Tagaban touches down at Peninsula College this weekend for the Forest Storytelling Festival.  -- Photo by Clark James Mishler
John Miller

WEEKEND: Guitarists to share blues concert at Fort Worden this Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — In a concert titled “Essentially Blues,” guitarists Mike Dowling and John Miller will bring the American musical landscape inside Fort Worden's Wheeler… Continue reading

John Miller

WEEKEND: Kings, queens pulling out stops at Drag Off

PORT ANGELES — The first-ever Drag Off — a contest for drag queens and kings — will arrive on the Alle Stage at Studio Bob,… Continue reading

The Key City Playhouse mockumentary “Zombie Town” stars

WEEKEND: Play takes comedic look at town after zombie attack

Today and tonight mean Friday, Oct. 18. PORT TOWNSEND — This is some wicked comedy starting tonight at the Key City Playhouse. “Zombie Town,” a… Continue reading

The Key City Playhouse mockumentary “Zombie Town” stars
Anne Amar while teaching Jazzercise.  -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

PENINSULA PROFILE: She takes her love of dance to exercise franchise

Anne Amar remembers having 30 pounds to lose. And out there in the get-fit universe, there was the panoply of exercise videos, cardiovascular workout machines… Continue reading

Anne Amar while teaching Jazzercise.  -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Paul Galbraith

Well-traveled musician to strum strings in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — At the Segovia International Guitar Competition, Paul Galbraith, the youngest of 50 rivals, won a silver medal. When Andrés Segovia himself heard… Continue reading

Paul Galbraith

WEEKEND: Art, music in downtown Port Angeles highlight Second Weekend festivities

Today and tonight are Friday, Oct. 11. PORT ANGELES — A steampunk tea, “Art and Urgency,” a concert in the library: That's a quick summary… Continue reading

Tana Villella

WEEKEND: Burlesque aims to bring together friends, strangers

SEQUIM — Get ready, Sequim: That’s the message from Tana Villella, presenter of “Bosom Buddies,” a night of burlesque, cabaret, comedy and drag — 14… Continue reading

Tana Villella
Cellist Mara Finkelstein is the guest artist for the Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra's first concerts of the season. Peter Klein

WEEKEND: Classically accessible: Port Angeles orchestra concerts to begin tonight

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Oct. 11. A musical masterpiece lost for two centuries — rediscovered in the early 1960s — will come… Continue reading

Cellist Mara Finkelstein is the guest artist for the Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra's first concerts of the season. Peter Klein
Family of Friends

WEEKEND: Collection of friends, relatives to bring night of music to Sequim

SEQUIM — It’s a kind of flashback, only better. Pat Roberts spent a decade as a touring musician, traveling with the likes of Merle Haggard,… Continue reading

Family of Friends
Maria in the Shower

WEEKEND: Maria in the Shower will wash away the blues on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Jack Garton, trumpeter-accordionist in the band Maria in the Shower, says there are two kinds of music. Good and bad. “We play… Continue reading

Maria in the Shower
Photographer and former climate-change skeptic James Balog is the man behind “Chasing Ice

‘Chasing Ice’ documentary looks for ‘hope among facts’ amid climate change

PORT ANGELES — The night will not, organizers say, be all about doom. No, the screening of “Chasing Ice,” a documentary about the glaciers of… Continue reading

Photographer and former climate-change skeptic James Balog is the man behind “Chasing Ice
Mildred Bay and her daughter Olivia

Hundreds of farm aficionados get close to Clallam County animals, crops, flowers and more

After days of rain, the sun emerged just in time for this year’s Clallam County Farm Tour, bringing with it flocks of people. An estimated… Continue reading

Mildred Bay and her daughter Olivia
Carol Hathaway  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]

Peninsula woman wins four gold medals at Seattle dance competition

SEQUIM — A decade ago, Carol Hathaway liked to go out swing dancing. One night, she saw Derek and Pamela Perkins float across the floor.… Continue reading

Carol Hathaway  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]

Reception scheduled for Port Ludlow artist

PORT LUDLOW — Marti Mathis, a watercolorist drawn to sunshine and flowers, will be celebrated with an artist’s reception at the Columbia Bank lobby, 9500… Continue reading

Lauren Jeffries-Johnson is organizing a souk — a North African-style market — in Port Angeles on Sunday.  -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz

Arabian-style market in Port Angeles on Sunday draws out artist in all

PORT ANGELES — North Africa, the Middle East and the North Olympic Peninsula will meet this Sunday in a souk — an Arabian-style marketplace —… Continue reading

Lauren Jeffries-Johnson is organizing a souk — a North African-style market — in Port Angeles on Sunday.  -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz