Diane Urbani de la Paz

Anat Cohen

WEEKEND: Annual Brazilian-style concert Saturday night

PORT TOWNSEND — Four Brazilian musicians will join Israeli jazz artist Anat Cohen in a performance of choro — a lively street music from Brazil… Continue reading

Anat Cohen
Sandy Diamond

WEEKEND: Artist-poet to sell works to benefit remodeling of Paradise Theatre School

For a show and sale this weekend called “Bedazzled and Bejeweled,” artist and poet Sandy Diamond has donated more than 100 of her illustrated calligraphic… Continue reading

Sandy Diamond

WEEKEND: Free your inner art lover at Port Townsend Gallery Walk

PORT TOWNSEND — This Saturday night’s Gallery Walk, a free tour of art shows around downtown, promises “Kitchen Magic,” a literary reading and “Coming Unbound,”… Continue reading

Pato Banton

WEEKEND: Reggae artist coming to Port Angeles for concert

PORT ANGELES — Once Brian and Cody Coughenour discovered reggae artist Pato Banton, they wanted more. The Port Angeles father and son were in Kona,… Continue reading

Pato Banton

WEEKEND: Sequim’s First Friday to put spring into art lovers’ steps

SEQUIM ­— A cherry-blossom pink color theme, the BirdQuest matching game and other Olympic BirdFest activities make tonight’s Sequim Art Walk a distinctly springtime gathering.… Continue reading

24-hour theater project to begin in Sequim

SEQUIM — Another 24-hour theater project — much like those staged in Port Angeles this past winter — is about to unfold, this time at… Continue reading

Oakland

‘Frothy’ music on tap for special concert

PORT ANGELES — Dancing in the aisles is perfectly all right, pianist Margret Elson says. The internationally known performer and artists' coach likes nothing better… Continue reading

Oakland
“Borscht

‘One-of-a-kind’ exhibit on display at Museum & Arts Center

SEQUIM ­— Images by Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans and many other renowned photographers have been brought together at the Museum & Arts Center,… Continue reading

“Borscht

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center cuts hours

PORT ANGELES — As the solo paid staff member at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Robin Anderson has reduced the hours of the city’s… Continue reading

From let

Roughriders round out Big Apple visit at U.N.

NEW YORK — On their last full day in Manhattan on Monday, 110 Port Angeles teenagers were given a look across the world — and… Continue reading

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Port Angeles High School Roughrider Orchestra conductor Ron Jones acknowledges the applause following Sunday's performance with 110 young musicians at Carnegie Hall.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

PA High School Orchestra takes stage at Carnegie Hall (*Photo Gallery*)

NEW YORK — When at last the moment comes, when Carnegie Hall fills up with music, it's as if a door to Eden has swung… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School Roughrider Orchestra conductor Ron Jones acknowledges the applause following Sunday's performance with 110 young musicians at Carnegie Hall.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Debbie and Arnold Schouten live just outside Port Angeles beside Dry Creek — which in fact is a healthy stream running through lush forest. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

PENINSULA PROFILE: Couple have private refuge for waterfowl

PORT ANGELES — Since he was a young boy on a densely populated island, Arnold Schouten has cared for animals. Growing up in Long Island,… Continue reading

Debbie and Arnold Schouten live just outside Port Angeles beside Dry Creek — which in fact is a healthy stream running through lush forest. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Alex Robertson

Start spreading the news: Port Angeles High musicians play New York’s famous Carnegie Hall today

NEW YORK — The day is upon them. From the Grand Hyatt next door to Grand Central Terminal, 110 Port Angeles teenagers will take three… Continue reading

Alex Robertson
Quinault tribal ambassador Harvest Moon is one of the storytellers who will share tribal and traditional yarns this Monday night in “Trickster Tales

‘The old stories are alive’: Traditional ‘Trickster Tales’ to be told April Fool’s night

PORT TOWNSEND — The Trickster will slip out to play this Monday night. That’s a promise from storyteller Brian Rohr: In the voices of four… Continue reading

Quinault tribal ambassador Harvest Moon is one of the storytellers who will share tribal and traditional yarns this Monday night in “Trickster Tales

WEEKEND: Cabaret brings ‘Kreepshow’ to Port Townsend stage

PORT TOWNSEND — The Black Pearl Cabaret rides again, starting tonight. “Kreepshow: A Gothic Comedy Cabaret” will open for an extended run at Manresa Castle,… Continue reading

Tana Villella-Flath is one of the performers at "Rebels on Stage: Breaking Free." Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Women tell stories of breaking bonds

PORT ANGELES — Six women will step forward, speak up and break free. This is their idea of something wild to do on a spring… Continue reading

Tana Villella-Flath is one of the performers at "Rebels on Stage: Breaking Free." Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Anton Kathol

Green ogre star of show at Five Acre School production

PORT ANGELES — A rainforest full of animals and a green ogre: They're about to frolic across the Little Theater stage, thanks to a herd… Continue reading

Anton Kathol

Drum circle at Peninsula College tonight to welcome full moon

PORT ANGELES — A community drum circle is open to all tonight inside the Longhouse at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd. Drummers, dancers and… Continue reading

Judith Pasco

Sequim author to read memoir of Women of Corn

SEQUIM — As the driving force behind a nonprofit that has flourished beyond her imagining, Judith Pasco of Sequim could have penned a vanity memoir,… Continue reading

Judith Pasco
"Contents May Have Shifted" author Pam Houston will visit Port Townsend and Port Angeles this week.

Community Read featured author to appear on Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND — In Contents May Have Shifted, this year's Port Townsend Community Read selection, author Pam Houston travels through moments of searing pain, joy… Continue reading

"Contents May Have Shifted" author Pam Houston will visit Port Townsend and Port Angeles this week.