Diane Urbani de la Paz

WEEKEND: Parties, music enliven Esprit weekend

PORT ANGELES — Esprit, the weeklong conference for transgendered people held at the Red Lion Hotel since 1990, culminates in public parties, live music, dancing… Continue reading

Poet Tess Gallagher returns to her native Port Angeles to give a free reading Thursday at Peninsula College.

Port Angeles poet returns to roots with free reading

PORT ANGELES — The internationally known poet and Port Angeles native Tess Gallagher is home again to give a free reading Thursday of her acclaimed… Continue reading

Poet Tess Gallagher returns to her native Port Angeles to give a free reading Thursday at Peninsula College.
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Sequim musicians to appear tonight on ‘America’s Got Talent’

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — It looks to be a promising summer for three young men from Sequim, who'll appear on “America's Got Talent,” the reality… Continue reading

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Parkinson’s dance class offered today

PORT ANGELES — Dance classes tailored to people with Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders, including stroke patients, are offered once a month… Continue reading

Joycelyn Elders signs copies of her memoir

Ex-U.S. surgeon general talks of sex education, health care reform

PORT ANGELES — Joycelyn Elders' brand of frankness drew fire before, during and after her time as U.S. surgeon general, but she found a hero's… Continue reading

Joycelyn Elders signs copies of her memoir
Becky Northaven

PENINSULA PROFILE: Passions keep businesswoman moving ahead

Becky Northaven’s recent posting on Facebook spells out her feelings. It’s a motto, superimposed on a photo of a sunlit horizon: “No matter how you… Continue reading

Becky Northaven
IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Rock 'n' art explode with color

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Rock ‘n’ art explode with color

PORT ANGELES — Thom Catts. SuperTrees. Edwardian bicycle suits. The May Second Weekend art activities cover the gamut. This is downtown Port Angeles’ party for… Continue reading

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Rock 'n' art explode with color
The outspoken Dr. Joycelyn Elders will speak at the Vern Burton Center at 5 p.m. Friday. Individual tickets are $100.

Ex-surgeon general to speak Friday night in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Dr. Joycelyn Elders wasn't afraid to rile people when she was U.S. surgeon general, and she's certainly not afraid to rile them… Continue reading

The outspoken Dr. Joycelyn Elders will speak at the Vern Burton Center at 5 p.m. Friday. Individual tickets are $100.
“Miss Representation

‘Miss Representation’ to screen in Port Angeles on Friday

PORT ANGELES — “Miss Representation,” a documentary film known for sparking passionate conversations — from the Sundance Film Festival in Utah to Fort Worden State… Continue reading

“Miss Representation
Members of the football team at Monument Valley High on the Navajo Reservation practice on their field with the famous buttes in the background. This is just north of the Arizona/Utah border. Alan Berner

‘Gone West’ photographer to speak at Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES ­— In making photos, as in life, Alan Berner keeps his aperture and mind open, open wide to surprise. And he and his… Continue reading

Members of the football team at Monument Valley High on the Navajo Reservation practice on their field with the famous buttes in the background. This is just north of the Arizona/Utah border. Alan Berner
Novelist Jim Lynch's newest book

Puget novelist coming to Forks, Port Angeles

Novelist Jim Lynch is touring the West's big-city bookstores with his latest acclaimed book — but this week, he's headed for venues in Forks and… Continue reading

Novelist Jim Lynch's newest book
Students including Daniel Iredale

Multimedia play about the Holocaust opens Tuesday

Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — As this story unfolds on stage, both actors and audience can learn about history — and feel a sense… Continue reading

Students including Daniel Iredale
Ernst-Ulrich Schafer shows a photograph to one of his clients while working in his Port Angeles studio.  -- Photo by Chris Tucker/Peninsula Profile

PENINSULA PROFILE: Photographer tells subjects’ stories with light, lenses

PORT ANGELES — On the eve of his departure for Vietnam, Ernst-Ulrich Schafer went to a movie: “Alice’s Restaurant,” the 1969 classic starring a young… Continue reading

Ernst-Ulrich Schafer shows a photograph to one of his clients while working in his Port Angeles studio.  -- Photo by Chris Tucker/Peninsula Profile
IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Guys and their guitars perform on Cinco de Mayo tonight for nonprofit

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Guys and their guitars perform on Cinco de Mayo tonight for nonprofit

SEQUIM — This combination bursts with sabor — flavor — and it’s cooking up quick. Men with Guitars, an evening of songs from the 1950s… Continue reading

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Guys and their guitars perform on Cinco de Mayo tonight for nonprofit

WEEKEND: Kiwanis garage sale to offer diverse items

PORT ANGELES — The shopping will be thrifty and the goods diverse at the Camp Beausite garage sale this weekend. Filling the Home Arts Building… Continue reading

Betsy Robins

WEEKEND: Webster’s Woods site of Cinco de Mayo fun in day of play

PORT ANGELES — In a free Cinco de Mayo party Saturday, the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will turn its woods and meadow into an… Continue reading

Betsy Robins
Kathryn Lorentzen and Brice Taylor are Harold Hill and Marian the librarian in “The Music Man

Talent with a capital T: ‘Music Man’ opening in Sequim

SEQUIM — “Ya Got Trouble,” right here in River City, and fortunately, you also have on hand “Marian the Librarian.” Yes, “The Music Man,” that… Continue reading

Kathryn Lorentzen and Brice Taylor are Harold Hill and Marian the librarian in “The Music Man
Haley Fox  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Profile]

PENINSULA PROFILE: Woman puts her heart into helping children in Third World nations

PORT ANGELES — Michael Rivers is planning an elaborate party for a friend this Friday night. It could be quite the memorable bash; Rivers is… Continue reading

Haley Fox  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Profile]

Band to play Steppenwolf’s hits to benefit Irrigation Festival

SEQUIM — The Magic Carpet Ride, a band specializing in the music of Steppenwolf — think “Born to Be Wild” and “The Pusher” — will… Continue reading

IN THIS WEEKEND’S PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Olympic Theatre Arts’ ‘Paragon Springs’ life in small town on verge of change

SEQUIM — Into this town “where water is wealth” — so goes the Irrigation Festival slogan — comes “Paragon Springs,” a story about healing waters… Continue reading