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PENINSULA PROFILE: Woman finds herself through study, art of bellydancing

When she first began bellydancing, Lauren Jeffries-Johnson says, she was “all sorts of confused.” As it made its way from East to West, this form… Continue reading

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Ash Devine

Port Townsend musician seeks donations to record album, go on tour

PORT TOWNSEND — Ash Devine, a local musician and former “caring clown” with Dr. Patch Adams’ tour of children’s hospitals, is one of a varied… Continue reading

Ash Devine
Corrie Befort

WEEKEND: Movement, fun point of class for nervous system issues

PORT ANGELES — Pretend you have two helium balloons just above you, with their strings attached to your collarbone. Let them lift you up so… Continue reading

Corrie Befort
Aletia Alvarez

WEEKEND: Animal Ball to stir sense of fun for benefit of Port Townsend Food Bank

PORT TOWNSEND — The second annual Animal Ball, an all-ages dance and art party, is about to bring together a panoply of creatures at the… Continue reading

Aletia Alvarez

WEEKEND: Concert to celebrate Port Townsend’s musical diversity

PORT TOWNSEND — There’s about to be a Harmonic Convergence. Of the musical kind. Simon Lynge, a Greenlandic pop singer-songwriter who lives here; jazz songbird… Continue reading

Danny Barnes

WEEKEND: Duo to perform benefit concert for Juan de Fuca Foundation

PORT ANGELES — Danny Barnes believes in taking the banjo places it has never been before. Matt Sircely, his partner in performing and exploration, is… Continue reading

Danny Barnes
A gray whale emerging from the Pacific off Tatoosh Island is part of Meredith Parker's exhibition “Images

WEEKEND: Neah Bay life shown through lens of Makah photographer

NEAH BAY — A leviathan rising from the Pacific Ocean, the expanse of Hobuck Beach, young Makah men and women performing their traditional dances .… Continue reading

A gray whale emerging from the Pacific off Tatoosh Island is part of Meredith Parker's exhibition “Images

WEEKEND: Playwrights’ Festival wrapping up

PORT TOWNSEND — The 17th annual Key City Public Theatre Playwrights’ Festival, a two-week pageant of new plays, workshops and experiments, is entering its final… Continue reading

At the Jefferson County Fund for Women and Girls Soiree earlier this month are mistress of ceremonies Shelly Randall

Women’s economic growth priority at Jefferson ‘soiree’

PORT TOWNSEND — With treats donated by Elevated Ice Cream, Olympic Cellars and Mount Townsend Creamery, the Jefferson County Fund for Women and Girls' fourth… Continue reading

At the Jefferson County Fund for Women and Girls Soiree earlier this month are mistress of ceremonies Shelly Randall
In “Rumors

Neil Simon comedy to be staged in Port Ludlow

PORT LUDLOW — “Rumors,” the classic Neil Simon comedy — “a delicious romp,” in the words of director Vallery Durling — is on stage Thursday… Continue reading

In “Rumors
The Port Townsend Youth Chorus is one of three groups to fill Trinity United Methodist Church with song this Thursday night. Singers include

Groups to perform Candlelight Concert at Port Townsend church

PORT TOWNSEND — Spirituals, traditional songs and even show tunes will fill Trinity United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. Thursday night, as three groups give… Continue reading

The Port Townsend Youth Chorus is one of three groups to fill Trinity United Methodist Church with song this Thursday night. Singers include
Artist Kim Thomson will give a presentation on felting at this Wednesday's Port Ludlow Artists League meeting. Guests are welcome.

Port Townsend artist to give felting lecture in Port Ludlow

PORT LUDLOW — Kim Thomson is the woman often seen at the Port Townsend Farmers Market wearing a hat adorned with a ball of yarn… Continue reading

Artist Kim Thomson will give a presentation on felting at this Wednesday's Port Ludlow Artists League meeting. Guests are welcome.

Singer to perform at Music Live with Lunch in Sequim

SEQUIM — Folk singer and guitarist Dennis Blair will bring his repertoire of songs from the 1960s and ’70s to the next Music Live with… Continue reading

‘Working Girl’ has a new job: Olympic Cellars owner moves on

PORT ANGELES — Kathy Charlton bursts through the barn door, slips back behind the bar and takes down a bottle of Working Girl white wine.… Continue reading

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PENINSULA PROFILE: Career gives him a closer view of nature’s beauty

PORT ANGELES — Stop the car, Bunny Cornwall told her date. I see the man for me. Cornwall was living on the U.S. Virgin Island… Continue reading

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Ron Jones

Port Angeles school orchestra offers sneak peek of Carnegie Hall concert [Bonus: Orchestra’s Harlem Shake]

PORT ANGELES — Tchaikovsky led his orchestra there on opening night in 1891. Both George Gershwin and Igor Stravinsky came in 1925, and The Beatles… Continue reading

Ron Jones
In this photo taken by Jim Dries

Sequim actress interviews ex-president, wife for ‘Miss Lillian’ role

PORT TOWNSEND — Actress Carol Swarbrick Dries first stepped into the persona of Lillian Carter, mother of former President Jimmy Carter, in spring 2011. She… Continue reading

In this photo taken by Jim Dries

Port Angeles arts center to shut door for vacation

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, the city’s public art gallery at 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., will be closed Saturday through March… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Blues, folk to ramble into Coyle on Saturday

COYLE — Blues and folk singer Eric Miller of Seattle, writer of songs such as “The Ghost of Jack Kerouac,” “Good Strong Coffee” and “Hopeful… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Playwrights’ Festival gives peek into many shades of human life

PORT TOWNSEND — A homeless woman looks back on her youth and on the decisions that shaped her life. As she speaks to us, a… Continue reading