Diane Urbani de la Paz

Sequim cafe opens its doors to coffee lovers

SEQUIM — “Someday” has come for Don Batcheller, the man behind Rainshadow Coffee Roasting Co. Batcheller, who's been roasting coffee beans for 15 years, celebrated… Continue reading

Packing school lunches on global scale

PORT ANGELES ­— It’s an afternoon, a morning or both, packing school lunches on a grand, border-crossing scale. The first-ever Olympic Peninsula Meal Marathon on… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: Quartet turns up volume at pair of fundraising concerts

SEQUIM — Some might say the song’s risque. But it’s also one descriptive invitation from four women who know a good time when they hear… Continue reading

WEEKEND — Port Townsend Film Festival offers feast for movie lovers’ eyes starting today

Click here for a schedule of film showings: http://tinyurl.com/pdnptfilm PORT TOWNSEND — Flip to the program centerfold and find the blue. That's your ticket, Janette… Continue reading

WEEKEND — Myriad activities highlight Dungeness River Festival

SEQUIM — A river of life is cause for celebration this weekend — in the woods, on a restored railroad bridge and on the pebb­led… Continue reading

Area gospel leader’s performance of new record to be tribute to musician’s father

PORT ANGELES — September was going to be an intense month for former Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers director Michael Rivers. His solo album, “My Father’s… Continue reading

Author to speak about yoga, motherhood in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND ­— Yoga is funny. It can also be “incredibly annoying.” So Elizabeth Gilbert, she of Eat Pray Love fame, says on the back… Continue reading

Singers, quartet to perform Thursday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Moonflower, an a cappella singing ensemble, and the quartet Pleasures of the Court will come together for a Candlelight Concert on Thursday… Continue reading

‘eTown’s’ Port Angeles episodes to air in November

PORT ANGELES — The national radio show “eTown,” which came to the North Olympic Peninsula last Saturday night to record a concert by the California… Continue reading

Elwha dam removals — ‘eTown’ crowd roars out approval at Port Angeles radio show [**Gallery**]

PORT ANGELES — When asked, the fans didn't merely cheer. They roared. Saturday night at Port Angeles High School's Performing Arts Center, the national radio… Continue reading

Music, lunch on menu for Sequim concert series

SEQUIM — A new season of noon concerts — complete with hot meals and a warm welcome — begins this week as “Music Live with… Continue reading

‘Prayers answered’: National figures join Peninsula leaders at dam ceremony [***Video, Photo Gallery***]

PORT ANGELES — It was a morning to rejoice in a desire that would not die, a day to bathe in a shared victory. Saturday's… Continue reading

‘Sleuth’ keeps audience guessing until the very end

SEQUIM — Two men, one young and lithe and one older and toting a giant ego, are about to play a deadly game at Olympic… Continue reading

Elwha Central at City Pier on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles waterfront will turn into “Elwha Central” as a free, public dam-removal festival spreads out on City Pier from 10… Continue reading

Artists create banners for Elwha fete

PORT ANGELES — It's as if they've been deep in the river, so saturated are these with colors of water and joy. A suspended array… Continue reading

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: National radio show ‘eTown’ to tape in Port Angeles as part of Elwha River events

PORT ANGELES — If you join the party at Port Angeles High School this Saturday night, you’ll have Cake, and then some. In a historic… Continue reading

Hundreds turn out for Elwha River science talks at Peninsula College symposium; more today

PORT ANGELES — The Elwha River is attracting an abundance of creatures — in numbers greater than expected — to what is described in the… Continue reading

Murder mystery preview set in Sequim

SEQUIM — “Sleuth,” that murder mystery made famous by the 1972 movie with Michael Caine and Sir Laurence Olivier, is coming to the Olympic Theatre… Continue reading

CELEBRATE ELWHA! — Inspired voices at Elwha Heritage Center reflect on dam removals

PORT ANGELES — This Tuesday night, the celebration begins: Voices, Native American and non-Native, will be heard together, like the blend of creatures whose lives… Continue reading

WEEKEND (Peninsula Spotlight) — What’s happening at the Wooden Boat Festival

PORT TOWNSEND — Romance. Schooners. Passion. Kayaks. Sun, wind, sea chanteys and danceable blues. The Wooden Boat Festival, wrapped around the Point Hudson Marina near… Continue reading