Diane Urbani de la Paz

Port Townsend singer faces fundraiser deadline for CD

PORT TOWNSEND — A life-threatening house fire, a beloved father, a community of musicians: They're all on Janna Marit's forthcoming album. If it's finished, that… Continue reading

PENINSULA PROFILE: Instructor heats Port Angeles with passion for salsa

PENINSULA PROFILE: Instructor heats Port Angeles with passion for salsa

Paul Kelly always did feel like dancing. Salsa, that blend of African, European and Latin rhythms, appealed to him. But the boy from Grand Ledge,… Continue reading

PENINSULA PROFILE: Instructor heats Port Angeles with passion for salsa
WEEKEND: The Paperboys return with rhythmic news

WEEKEND: The Paperboys return with rhythmic news

PORT ANGELES — Revved reggae, Irish jigs, Latin beats, full-on rock ’n’ roll: The Paperboys are delivering their musical news to the Olympic Peninsula this… Continue reading

WEEKEND: The Paperboys return with rhythmic news
IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Los Lobos to prowl into Port Townsend on Sunday

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Los Lobos to prowl into Port Townsend on Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — Listen and hear the living, rocking, twangin’ proof: Music transcends time and difference. This true story starts a little while back, as… Continue reading

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Los Lobos to prowl into Port Townsend on Sunday

WEEKEND: Youths to venture to ‘Looking Glass Land’

PORT ANGELES — There’s been a lot of drama this summer at the Clallam County YMCA, and it’s about to culminate in a public performance… Continue reading

Kilmer, Driscoll will face off for Congress in November

Kilmer, Driscoll will face off for Congress in November

PORT ANGELES — Democrat Derek Kilmer held a commanding lead Tuesday night in the race to represent the 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House… Continue reading

Kilmer, Driscoll will face off for Congress in November
Kilmer, Driscoll will face off for Congress in November

Kilmer, Driscoll will face off for Congress in November

PORT ANGELES — Democrat Derek Kilmer held a commanding lead Tuesday night in the race to represent the 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House… Continue reading

Kilmer, Driscoll will face off for Congress in November
Faith Junker

PENINSULA PROFILE: Mother helps children heal from traumatic beginnings

PORT ANGELES — Tiffany Sudela-Junker has a 13-year-old daughter: a blue-eyed blond girl who, after joining her new family, renamed herself Faith. Mother and child… Continue reading

Faith Junker
IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Not just any old summertime blues

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Not just any old summertime blues

PORT TOWNSEND — Ultimately, the blues is an optimistic music. It’s about moving through life, dancing sometimes, and sometimes just making your way through sorrow… Continue reading

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Not just any old summertime blues

WEEKEND: ‘Chocolate Confessions’ tastes life’s many flavors

SEQUIM — She’s an authority on chocolate: its history, its flavors . . . and its powers. And Joan Freed — ­aka Coco Bliss —… Continue reading

“Dungeness Homecoming

WEEKEND: Demonstrations, crafts part of Art in the Park

SEQUIM — Feel like a walk in the woods or a visit to an art gallery? You can do both starting today with Art in… Continue reading

“Dungeness Homecoming
Berkeley

Key City Cabaret wraps this Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — When George Rezendes said come to the cabaret, people listened. And this weekend, the guitarist and recording studio operator is wrapping up… Continue reading

Berkeley

Children’s musical show coming to Port Angeles, Sequim

Recess Monkey, a “kindie” band on a nationwide tour, is bringing its children’s musical comedy show to the Port Angeles and Sequim libraries Tuesday, and… Continue reading

Jaden Rockwell

Youthful exuberance fills Dungeness showcase

DUNGENESS — The striking thing about this Broadway-style show was its theme, danced and demonstrated, that a stage production isn't necessarily about stars. A good… Continue reading

Jaden Rockwell
“My Own Two Wheels

‘Bike relief’ on gear at Port Angeles shop, college

PORT ANGELES — For people around the world, a bike means freedom. It means pedaling into a brand-new day, propelled by one's own power. That's… Continue reading

“My Own Two Wheels
“This Imaginary Something” by Amy Weber

Art, natural world to grace park for festival of displays

SEQUIM — Your eyes have an appetite for art, but you're not inclined to spend too much time inside a gallery while the sun's out.… Continue reading

“This Imaginary Something” by Amy Weber

PENINSULA PROFILE: Man uses boat building, fishing to help veterans, others recover from pain

PORT ANGELES ­— There’s the pretty award. And then there is a long-lasting reward. Both came to Bill Kindler this year. The midwesterner-turned-Pacific Northwesterner has… Continue reading

This image of Richard Kobayashi is among the pictures taken by famed photographer Ansel Adams of Japanese-Americans at Manzanar internment camp in California in the 1940s. An exhibit called "Ansel Adams: A Portrait of Manzanar" is on display at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History through Aug. 18. Ansel Adams

Port Townsend museum opens Ansel Adams display today

PORT TOWNSEND — Pictures of one of the nation's darkest moments, captured by a famous photographer, are part of a new show at the Jefferson… Continue reading

This image of Richard Kobayashi is among the pictures taken by famed photographer Ansel Adams of Japanese-Americans at Manzanar internment camp in California in the 1940s. An exhibit called "Ansel Adams: A Portrait of Manzanar" is on display at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History through Aug. 18. Ansel Adams

Film on autism attitudes to screen Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — A one-time benefit screening of “Wretches & Jabberers,” a movie about two men with autism who go traveling around the world, is… Continue reading

Sue McGrew of Tacoma carves the visage of Batman for the Windermere Sand Sculpture Classic in Port Angeles. The event is part of the larger Arts in Action festival taking place throughout downtown and City Pier this weekend. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sand sculptures part of Arts in Action festival

PORT ANGELES — The suspense. The sunshine. The suppers. The tons upon tons of impermanence. Beach Master Bert Adams loves it all, at competitions across… Continue reading

Sue McGrew of Tacoma carves the visage of Batman for the Windermere Sand Sculpture Classic in Port Angeles. The event is part of the larger Arts in Action festival taking place throughout downtown and City Pier this weekend. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News