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Cort Armstrong

Nash’s Farm Store holding first anniversary today

DUNGENESS — This harvest season, full circles are easily found around the farm. Nash's Farm Store, for example, was a creamery back in Sequim's dairy-rich… Continue reading

Cort Armstrong

Port Angeles poet to share ‘Tremolo’ on Friday

PORT ANGELES — Alice Derry laid her heart between the pages of her book Tremolo. “For Bruce and Lisel,” she writes near the front, dedicating… Continue reading

On her free Elwha Discovery Walks

Walkers see past, present on bottom of former Lake Aldwell

PORT ANGELES — To see what transition looks like and to feel it under our feet — this is the place. Walking across the bottom… Continue reading

On her free Elwha Discovery Walks
Larry Eifert shows off "A Walk on the Wild Side

Port Townsend artist reveals his ‘Wild Side’

PORT TOWNSEND — Fifty kinds of wild things, close up and together: They're now found on a mural in the middle of their natural surroundings… Continue reading

Larry Eifert shows off "A Walk on the Wild Side
Lower Elwha Klallam tribal chairwoman Frances Charles

Lower Elwha Klallam women remember road to renewal

PORT ANGELES — This is a story of healing, a story of connection between a strong people and a powerful river. The Lower Elwha Klallam… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal chairwoman Frances Charles
Susan Parr Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

PENINSULA PROFILE: She helps travelers reach dream destinations

Joe Cruz and Marilyn Cooke, both 74, could have become completely stressed about their forthcoming trip. “I was having heart palpitations, just getting packed,” said… Continue reading

Susan Parr Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Jeff Crane

Texas professor’s book about Elwha River finalist for state award

SEATTLE — Jeff Crane, a Texas professor who was once a teenager roaming alongside the Elwha River, is feeling gratitude for two kinds of praise.… Continue reading

Jeff Crane

Tribe to offer free activities Monday for anniversary of dam project

PORT ANGELES — To mark the first anniversary of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams' deconstruction, the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe is hosting free public… Continue reading

Slurpin’ wolf: Jamie Pate

Born to be wild: Steppenwolf music, live wolf to benefit Sequim-area game farm today

SEQUIM — Coming to the stage today: Steppenwolf and a live wolf named Jacob. Olympic Game Farm, home to some 275 creatures at 1423 Ward… Continue reading

Slurpin’ wolf: Jamie Pate
Slurpin' wolf: Jamie Pate

WEEKEND: Born to be wild: Steppenwolf music, live wolf to benefit Sequim-area game farm Saturday

SEQUIM — Coming to the stage Saturday: Steppenwolf and a live wolf named Jacob. Olympic Game Farm, home to some 275 creatures at 1423 Ward… Continue reading

Slurpin' wolf: Jamie Pate
David Christensen is “Mick Jagger” in Midnight Rambler

WEEKEND: Rolling Stones tribute band to perform twice on North Olympic Peninsula

One thing about this Keith Richards: He used to be somebody else. John Lennon. To explain: Ciggy Cater, the guitarist who today portrays Keith in… Continue reading

David Christensen is “Mick Jagger” in Midnight Rambler
Marrowstone Island's Shelly Solomon

‘River as Spirit’ to be shown at Rose Theatre

PORT TOWNSEND — This movie, with its native script and green, serpentine stream, is no ordinary picture. “River as Spirit: Rebirth of the Elwha” is… Continue reading

Marrowstone Island's Shelly Solomon
Lady A will be bringing the West Coast Women's Blues Revue to Port Angeles next weekend for the inaugural blues festival.

First Port Angeles Blues Festival to start Friday

PORT ANGELES — Lady A cuts straight to the point as she sees it. “I bring my fun. And I expect my audience to bring… Continue reading

Lady A will be bringing the West Coast Women's Blues Revue to Port Angeles next weekend for the inaugural blues festival.
Emblem3 is shown auditioning for Fox TV's "The X Factor.” The X Factor

Sequim-bred band tries again for TV fame

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Last spring, a Sequim-bred band was slated to go on “America's Got Talent,” the NBC reality show where contestants angle for… Continue reading

Emblem3 is shown auditioning for Fox TV's "The X Factor.” The X Factor
Carol Swarbrick Dries plays a journalist — and unlikely confidante — to Paul Martin's New York City fire chief in “The Guys

9/11 drama staged in benefit for Legion Riders

DUNGENESS — “The Guys,” a play about a man and woman who help each other cope after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will come… Continue reading

Carol Swarbrick Dries plays a journalist — and unlikely confidante — to Paul Martin's New York City fire chief in “The Guys
Photo of Lee Tyler Post by Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Profile

PENINSULA PROFILE: Troubadour weaves life’s stories into songs

Lee Tyler Post is a big man who doesn't do small talk. Sit down with him to discuss music, and Post will soon sweep you… Continue reading

Photo of Lee Tyler Post by Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Profile
Today’s Peninsula Spotlight magazine — the North Olympic Peninsula’s premiere entertainment magazine — is available in the Peninsula Daily News wherever the PDN is sold.

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: ‘Red’ more than just a color at Olympic Theater Arts

SEQUIM — Olivia Shea wasn’t expecting this thing to overtake her. On a train ride to Portland, Ore., Shea, a theater director, picked up “Red,”… Continue reading

Today’s Peninsula Spotlight magazine — the North Olympic Peninsula’s premiere entertainment magazine — is available in the Peninsula Daily News wherever the PDN is sold.
Trisa Chomica and her son

Port Angeles shops to take part in Fashion’s Night Out

PORT ANGELES — These three women intend to dispel what they perceive as downtown's bad reputation. Well, maybe not so bad — but boring, they… Continue reading

Trisa Chomica and her son
Dance teachers Rosalynn Rees and Paul Kelly

Salsa dance heats up Wednesdays in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — As promised, salsa dancing is turning into a regular thing downtown. This Wednesday night Salsa in PA, the new organization devoted to… Continue reading

Dance teachers Rosalynn Rees and Paul Kelly
Sarah Cronauer says goodbye to “my captain

Mourners bid farewell to Port Angeles entrepreneur Paul Cronauer

PORT ANGELES — Until not long ago, Paul and Sarah Cronauer would wake up together, talk a bit and share a deep belly laugh before… Continue reading

Sarah Cronauer says goodbye to “my captain