Diane Urbani de la Paz

Sandy Reed

Big turnout at Sequim breakfast to benefit women

SEQUIM — Sunday morning was sabroso, flavorful, with hot salsa, corn tortillas, scrambled eggs and Mexican cheese in the first Mujeres de Maiz breakfast at… Continue reading

Sandy Reed
Barbara Brabant

PENINSULA PROFILE: A different kind of matchmaker

SEQUIM — Barbara Brabant's six children have grown and flown, but her nest is not a bit empty. The sign in her kitchen, “Welcome to… Continue reading

Barbara Brabant
Devon Santiago

Students from Sequim to Neah Bay create oeuvres for art show [ *** PHOTO GALLERY *** ]

SEQUIM — In your art, you can create any world you want. So learned the students whose work is celebrated in the show now open… Continue reading

Devon Santiago
“Girl with Books on Boat

Port Townsend Community Read ranges far afield

PORT TOWNSEND — This winter into spring, the Port Townsend Community Read travels well beyond the book — and far outside Port Townsend. Pam Houston’s… Continue reading

“Girl with Books on Boat
The Olympic Peninsula Men's Chorus hosts “Harmony Hi-Way

WEEKEND: Choruses to take listeners on road trip through song

SEQUIM — If you're going to drive across the nation, you need some good songs to sing. That way, you and your fellow travelers can… Continue reading

The Olympic Peninsula Men's Chorus hosts “Harmony Hi-Way
Illusionist Joey Pipia and his daughter

WEEKEND: Get your kicks with Pipias’ ‘Tunes, Tricks’

PORT TOWNSEND — Just about anything can happen this Saturday night, Phina Pipia has declared. She and her father, Port Townsend illusionist Joe Pipia, will… Continue reading

Illusionist Joey Pipia and his daughter
Psychiatrist Richard Dysart (Ron Graham)

WEEKEND: Performers to bring ‘Equus’ to Port Angeles stage

PORT ANGELES — For years, actor Ron Graham has contemplated staging “Equus,” the Tony Award-winning play about a teenage boy, a psychiatrist and the demons… Continue reading

Psychiatrist Richard Dysart (Ron Graham)

WEEKEND: Program spans Bach to quantum physics

PORT TOWNSEND — Vladi Chaloupka, a professor of both physics and music, will take listeners on a brief — but grand — tour of the… Continue reading

Molly Rivard and Steve Gilchrist of the Mujeres de Maiz Opportunity Foundation will combine their cooking skills and love of Mexican food for a benefit breakfast at the Sequim Prairie Grange this Sunday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Spicy breakfast to aid Mujeres de Maiz

SEQUIM — We won't have the warm Mexican sun, but we will have the hot salsa. So promise the two cooks who will rise early… Continue reading

Molly Rivard and Steve Gilchrist of the Mujeres de Maiz Opportunity Foundation will combine their cooking skills and love of Mexican food for a benefit breakfast at the Sequim Prairie Grange this Sunday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Slam poet Jason Carney will give a free

Slam poet to touch on tough topics at college

PORT ANGELES — Poet Jason Carney's world changed one day in a Dallas psychiatric hospital. His roommate, Patrick, was a gay man afflicted with AIDS.… Continue reading

Slam poet Jason Carney will give a free
A trio of recorder lovers — Gertie Johnsson

Trio to combine new, old music in evening concert

PORT ANGELES — Three recorder-playing women, a new piece called “Woodland Sketches” and a selection of Baroque sonatas are all part of the fare today… Continue reading

A trio of recorder lovers — Gertie Johnsson
Slam poet Jason Carney will give a free

Slam poet to touch on tough topics at college

PORT ANGELES — Poet Jason Carney's world changed one day in a Dallas psychiatric hospital. His roommate, Patrick, was a gay man afflicted with AIDS.… Continue reading

Slam poet Jason Carney will give a free
Angie Huckstep  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]

PENINSULA PROFILE: Educator uses poetry, dance to help others reach out

PORT ANGELES — By day she teaches and trains students in the WorkFirst program at Peninsula College. And by night, Angie Huckstep is fierce and… Continue reading

Angie Huckstep  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]
Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force

Port Townsend Film Festival event to put on the ritz for the Oscars

PORT TOWNSEND — Hollywood may have the ball gowns and big diamonds, but Port Townsend has salmon from the Silverwater Cafe, a “Whiskey and Words”… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force
Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force

Port Townsend Film Festival event to put on the ritz for the Oscars

PORT TOWNSEND — Hollywood may have the ball gowns and big diamonds, but Port Townsend has salmon from the Silverwater Cafe, a “Whiskey and Words”… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force

WEEKEND: Chamber to perform ‘Baroque Offerings’

PORT TOWNSEND — Musicians from San Francisco, Los Angeles and beyond will gather for “Baroque Offerings,” another event in the Centrum Chamber Music series at… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Dance class set for neurological patients

PORT ANGELES — A dance class for people with Parkinson’s disease or other neurological conditions will be offered at the Sons of Norway Hall, 131… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Hymn-fest fetes pipe organ

PORT ANGELES — Everyone is invited to sing in a “hymn-fest” this Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave. “Through the Church… Continue reading

Christopher Wren (Jeremiah Paulsen) seeks to charm Monkswell Manor proprietress Mollie (Erin Henninger). Kate Carter

WEEKEND: Port Angeles Community Players stage Agatha Christie ‘whodunnit’

PORT ANGELES — Trap an assortment of people inside a country manor after a blizzard, and odd things occur. Murder is only one of those… Continue reading

Christopher Wren (Jeremiah Paulsen) seeks to charm Monkswell Manor proprietress Mollie (Erin Henninger). Kate Carter
Hollie Kaufman Karl Perry

WEEKEND: Port Townsend Community Orchestra to give free concert

CHIMACUM — Watch Hollie Kaufman leading the orchestra, and her joy is as clear as a virtuoso's solo. So promises Dewey Ehling, director of the… Continue reading

Hollie Kaufman Karl Perry