Diane Urbani de la Paz

Tenor, pianist team for music, lunch program

SEQUIM — “The Poet’s Love” by Robert Schumann, the patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Sorcerer” and “Ombra mai fu” from Handel’s opera “Xerxes”… Continue reading

Mark Pearson of The Brothers Four will share songs and stories in a free program Monday evening in Sequim.

Folk artist to talk of Web ‘campfires’

SEQUIM — Mark Pearson of The Brothers Four, the folk group famed for its 1960 No. 1 hit “Greenfields,” offers what he calls “campfires” on… Continue reading

Mark Pearson of The Brothers Four will share songs and stories in a free program Monday evening in Sequim.
Arlo Guthrie through the years. [Cover design by Heather Loyd]

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Music legend Arlo Guthrie coming into Port Angeleeze on Sunday

PORT ANGELES — He’s coming to the end of his Boys’ Night Out Tour, and savoring each night. And Arlo Guthrie, he of “Alice’s Restaurant,”… Continue reading

Arlo Guthrie through the years. [Cover design by Heather Loyd]

WEEKEND: Author shares stories of Kuwait

PORT ANGELES — A woman who left her secure career and home life to teach art to Muslim women in Kuwait is the first speaker… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Dungeness couple in ‘Titanic’ drama

SEATTLE — For weeks, Dungeness resident and actress Carol Swarbrick Dries and her husband, Jim Dries, have been immersed in one true drama. From 7… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra

WEEKEND: Port Angeles Symphony to offer free Saturday performance

PORT ANGELES ­— To round out the 2011-2012 season, the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra is inviting children, teenagers, friends and families to “A Zoo Called… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra

San Francisco, Port Townsend poets to appear at Northwind

PORT TOWNSEND — My Father’s Love: Portrait of the Poet as a Young Girl and Love on the Streets are two of the books by… Continue reading

Ernst-Ulrich Schafer of Port Angeles won the Portrait Photographer of the Year and other awards at the Professional Photographers of Washington spring convention in Olympia. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles photographer wins state awards

PORT ANGELES — Portrait Photographer of the Year was just one of the trophies Ernst-Ulrich Schafer took home from the spring Professional Photographers of Washington… Continue reading

Ernst-Ulrich Schafer of Port Angeles won the Portrait Photographer of the Year and other awards at the Professional Photographers of Washington spring convention in Olympia. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Markette Parker

WEEKEND: Easter eggs tucked away throughout Peninsula

Thousands of eggs are being laid today and Saturday for that multicolored rite of spring, the Easter egg hunt. They're hidden all over the North… Continue reading

Markette Parker
Chocolate Serenade owner Jim Queen

WEEKEND: Spring Fling previews Open Aire Market

SEQUIM — To pique your senses Saturday: Jose's Famous Salsa, Mexican ceviche and tamales hot or mild. Hot, locally roasted coffee from the Rainshadow cafe.… Continue reading

Chocolate Serenade owner Jim Queen
Nature Lindsay  adopted Port Townsend as her new home town in 2006 and built a landscaping business. Now

PENINSULA PROFILE: Life blooms anew for singer/songwriter Nature Lindsay

JOYCE — People tend to ask questions about Nature Lindsay's first name, while which one depends on which part of the country she's in. On… Continue reading

Nature Lindsay  adopted Port Townsend as her new home town in 2006 and built a landscaping business. Now

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEKEND: Performers reveal personal stories in ‘Courageous Acts’

PORT TOWNSEND — The man onstage is peeling away his shell, to expose the story he’s living through. It’s about being a provider, and about… Continue reading

Abby Mae & the Homeschool Boys — Hayden Pomeroy

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Popular Abby Mae & Homeschool Boys to break up after summer album

PORT ANGELES — Just like the lead singer’s voice, this band soared, high and fast and across the Northwest. They played their signature blend of… Continue reading

Abby Mae & the Homeschool Boys — Hayden Pomeroy

WEEKEND: Girdle Scouts bring burlesque to Port Angeles

Note to readers: There is a chance a performance to the sold-out show “Naughty & Nice” might be added Sunday. Please check the Girdle Scouts… Continue reading

Olympic Cellars owner Kathy Charlton and the Vineyard Angel

International Women’s Day party in Port Angeles on Thursday

PORT ANGELES — The all-woman-owned Olympic Cellars winery will again open its doors for an International Women's Day party at 6 p.m. Thursday — to… Continue reading

Olympic Cellars owner Kathy Charlton and the Vineyard Angel

Parkinson’s, MS dance class topic of support group

PORT ANGELES — The possibility of a new dance class for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions is the topic of… Continue reading

Ira Stollak. -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Profile

PENINSULA PROFILE: The world views of Ira Stollak

Ira Stollak shot a personal question to his audience, which ranged from college students to retirees. “How many of you,” he asked, “grew up in… Continue reading

Ira Stollak. -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Profile
The Peninsula Singers

WEEKEND IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Voices, instrumentalists to perform ‘The Redeemer’ in Port Angeles, Sequim

There are passions for a lot of things in life. And then there is the Passion. And on this Lenten weekend, the Peninsula Singers will… Continue reading

The Peninsula Singers
Members of the Sequim Community Church youth group

WEEKEND: Sound of singing to be heard in Sequim, Joyce

Spring is here at last, and suddenly, we hear a lot of singing. There's secular and sacred music, choirs and quartets, Sequim and Joyce, so… Continue reading

Members of the Sequim Community Church youth group
Charlotte and Aaron Elkins

Married novelists mix passions for latest book: Hers is art, his is mystery, and theirs is a labor of love

SEQUIM — “My first love,” Charlotte Elkins says as her husband, Aaron, steps away to fetch coffee, “was the art world.” Now a novelist, Charlotte… Continue reading

Charlotte and Aaron Elkins