Diane Urbani de la Paz

Port Angeles’ public Victory Garden taking shape

PORT ANGELES — On Earth Day this Friday, you can dip your hands into the earth itself, while building both community and a fence. Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles poetry slam to be a contest, ‘display of guts’

PORT ANGELES — Given the opportunity to recite a poem in front of his peers — plus lots of parents and the public — sixth-grader… Continue reading

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Violinist joins symphony for difficult concerto by Tchaikovsky

PORT ANGELES — The piece is “stupendously difficult,” says Suzanne Berg of the Port Angeles Symphony. The Violin Concerto that Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky finished in… Continue reading

‘Backcountry’ art sought for Port Angeles Fine Arts Center show

PORT ANGELES — A walk among the towering trees beside the Hoh River inspired this summer's show at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. Those… Continue reading

Variety hallmark of student film fest

SEQUIM — Short snapshots of teen-generated comedy and drama will light the screen Friday night in the Student Film Festival at the Sequim High School… Continue reading

Muralist finds new career after suffering layoff

PORT ANGELES — First he painted the sunshine, and then the torrential waterfall. And, Jim Lidback admits, he avoided the harder parts — the lush… Continue reading

Virtual community topic of talk in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Surrounded by Webster’s Woods, that forest full of art, and the Webster House art gallery, you can embark on another kind of… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: Student follows path quickly opening up to more women

PORT ANGELES — Vanesa Prince Stoken took a chance on a wholly unfamiliar course — and found her path forward. Ask her to explain composites,… Continue reading

Weekend slated to go to the birds

SEQUIM — The scoping — of sky, river mouth and bays — starts today. The Olympic Peninsula BirdFest, a welcoming of spring, gives local residents… Continue reading

BirdFest celebrates feathered friends this weekend

SEQUIM — It’s possible, the bird king believes, to hit the century mark this weekend. During the Olympic Peninsula BirdFest ­— three days of field… Continue reading

Youths asked to bring drama to Poetry Slam at Port Angeles Library

PORT ANGELES — Jennifer Knight is inviting young people to stand up, speak up and take part in a slam. That's the first-ever Poetry Slam,… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: Olympic Park Institute program director returns home

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Kristin Halberg has come home, to a place that is the same as it was back when she played in the… Continue reading

Writers’ rite of spring this Tuesday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A night of reveling in “renewal and reawakening” is coming up Tuesday at an appropriately named place. Renaissance, the cafe at 401… Continue reading

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Fish, pulp, paint, beads create ‘Sustainability’

SEQUIM — Feel free to “thump the chum,” Margaret Owens says, adding that her artwork is quite sturdy. But these chum, aka dog salmon, look… Continue reading

Listen to Trickster at tonight’s storytelling fest in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Be careful on this particular evening, the storyteller Harvest Moon says. “I am a trickster, and I may do some April Fools'… Continue reading

Spend a Sunday afternoon with Mozart

PORT ANGELES — It sounds lightweight — “An Afternoon with Mozart.” Might this be a Sunday walk in the park, something the Peninsula Singers and… Continue reading

Port Angeles actress returns to stage after successful chemotherapy

PORT ANGELES — In February 2010, Marianne Trowbridge knew she had ovarian cancer. She didn’t stop for it, though, not then. At age 86, she… Continue reading

Let it all out at benefit melodrama Friday in Quilcene

QUILCENE — You're encouraged to let it all out — all your booing, hissing, clapping and cheering — this Friday in a one-night-only show called… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: Educator learns as she teaches volunteers about marine life

PORT ANGELES — The great body of water beside us has long held Janet Lamont in its thrall. “My favorite place to be,” says the… Continue reading

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Flying Karamazovs swoop onto North Olympic Peninsula

While the juggling is stupendous — known to involve pies, candy-filled plastic eggs and sea creatures — the Flying Karamazov Brothers are not just about… Continue reading