Diane Urbani de la Paz

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Art sparkles during First Friday in Sequim

SEQUIM — Eggnog, nontraditional wreaths and one icy windshield are all part of the First Friday Art Walk through downtown Sequim tonight. On this free,… Continue reading

Port Townsend concert to honor Pearl Harbor survivors

PORT TOWNSEND — Tom Berg, 89, has played the same violin since he was a teenager on the USS Tennessee. “It's a copy of a… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Art Is a Gift moves into downtown Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Starting tonight, the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will be in two places at once. And for the first time, the center's… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Rock ‘n’ roll, country to benefit Peninsula animals

PORT ANGELES — Saturday will be a day for dogs, cats, country and rock ’n’ roll on the waterfront at The Landing mall. Rosalie Secord… Continue reading

Duo brings Quebec, Appalachia to Port Angeles, Port Townsend

Port Angeles and Port Townsend both vibrate with musical energy, fiddler Lisa Ornstein of Portland, Ore., believes. “They have a disproportionate number of people who… Continue reading

Madrigal Dinners to offer glimpse of 17th century

PORT ANGELES — Your 17th-century castle awaits, as does a five-course feast that starts with wassail and wraps with tarts. The fifth annual Madrigal Dinners,… Continue reading

Volunteer Hospice marks 33rd year of providing free services in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES — To a traditional accountant, this operation might not pencil out. Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, which marked its 33rd anniversary this month,… Continue reading

Comedians tell jokes to keep Upstage open

PORT TOWNSEND — A foursome of Seattle standup comics are planning to carpool over to The Upstage for an unusual event this Wednesday. Brad Upton,… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN I: Carmen Haskins

PORT ANGELES — Carmen and Kevin Haskins agree: When you adopt, you don't expect perfect little angels. Walk into the Haskins' household, yet, and you… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN II: Jackie Baermann

You take it on faith You take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part — Tom Petty, “The Waiting,” 1981 PORT ANGELES… Continue reading

Port Townsend man publishes book on favorite city

PORT TOWNSEND — Mike McAndrew, a traveling photojournalist in his youth, happened to discover Port Townsend in the early 1990s. He was working in Seattle,… Continue reading

WEEKEND: The hills are alive: ‘Sound of Music’ sing-along Saturday night

PORT ANGELES — We’ve all heard that the hills are alive with “The Sound of Music.” What’s new is that the Olympic Mountains will soon… Continue reading

Cake and all on ‘eTown’ radio show

PORT ANGELES — As promised, the national radio show “eTown,” recorded in Port Angeles this September, will at last arrive on local airwaves Friday afternoon.… Continue reading

Sequim Lavender Growers group to host art bazaar

SEQUIM — The call was heard around the country: We lavender growers want pictures. Pictures of pets with lavender, wildlife and herbs, whatever lavender means… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: ‘Revolutionize this’

With two hands and her whole heart, Kia Armstrong takes on the big problems — by homing in on her immediate surroundings. Back East in… Continue reading

Former Peninsula photographer back with images of Bhutan

PORT ANGELES — Alongside the book Away Out Over Everything comes Between Heaven and Earth. Mary Peck, the woman behind both books, is a photographer… Continue reading

Lower Elwha event to be feast of viewpoints

PORT ANGELES — It will be an unusual open-mic night — with emphasis on “open.” Brenda Francis, a poet and a member of the Indian… Continue reading

Reflections fodder for Port Angeles writers benefit Saturday night

PORT ANGELES — Facebook posts-turned-poetry, a fond look back at people left behind, lighthearted “sonnettes” and the sound of a chant — like a November… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Nature Mart offers food, holiday gifts — and a chance to pose with a (stuffed) bear

SEQUIM — Nature Mart has no traditional vendors this year. What it does have is natural art, hot soup, apple cider and pies right out… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Peninsula Singers in tribute to two standards bearers: Cole Porter and Jerome Kern

SEQUIM — Surrender to the music this Saturday night. And if possible, do it again Sunday afternoon. You will feel fabulous. That, essentially, is the… Continue reading