Diane Urbani de la Paz

Dancer Rose Kelly will present “Chandelier

WEEKEND: Gymnast, dancer to perform one Sequim show; Rose Kelly to mix tap, modern, more on Saturday

SEQUIM — Dancer Rose Kelly, at just 17, found sublime inspiration in cinema: The kind from Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s, '40s and '50s.… Continue reading

Dancer Rose Kelly will present “Chandelier
Songstress Lynne Ferguson and her former husband Roger Ferguson will make music together

WEEKEND: Lynne and Roger Ferguson back in Coyle for Sunday afternoon Christmas concert

COYLE — Such a good time was had last December with Lynne and Roger Ferguson that “we decided right then and there to have them… Continue reading

Songstress Lynne Ferguson and her former husband Roger Ferguson will make music together
Strong Sun Moon — Camelia Jade

WEEKEND: Port Townsend connects with Syrian refugee crisis with live music and motion this Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — This will be a weekend of live music and motion — for an international cause — at Room to Move, uptown Port… Continue reading

Strong Sun Moon — Camelia Jade
Vocalist Sarah Shea will stir some jazz into her Christmas songs at Sequim's Wind Rose Cellars on Saturday. Shawn McGrath

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS: Festive jazz blooms at Wind Rose Cellars on Saturday . . . and other items

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 18. SEQUIM — Sequim-bred songbird Sarah Shea is coming home from Seattle for a jazz-spiced Christmas show… Continue reading

Vocalist Sarah Shea will stir some jazz into her Christmas songs at Sequim's Wind Rose Cellars on Saturday. Shawn McGrath
The Holiday Hi-Jinxers band — from left

Hi-Jinxers ready for ‘Rockin’ the Nativity Scene’ this week in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — With his Holiday Hi-Jinx shows sold out for the past two years, Paul Rogers and his band are back for this year's… Continue reading

The Holiday Hi-Jinxers band — from left
Geoffrey Castle will wield his electric violin in the Christmas extravaganza at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center this Sunday.

WEEKEND: Celtic Christmas show brings Castle, Santa and 115 students to Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center this Sunday

PORT ANGELES — There is a thrill that overtakes you, says this teenager, in that moment when the music feels just right. Sometimes it comes… Continue reading

Geoffrey Castle will wield his electric violin in the Christmas extravaganza at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center this Sunday.
FarmStrong — from left

WEEKEND: FarmStrong brings ‘pure, distilled country music’ to Port Angeles on Saturday night

PORT ANGELES — It's not every day you hear a country band play a bass-thumping song by the Temptations. Or a bluegrass quartet trying out… Continue reading

FarmStrong — from left
Dancer Rose Kelly will present “Chandelier

WEEKEND: Gymnast, dancer to perform one Sequim show; Rose Kelly to mix tap, modern, more on Saturday

SEQUIM — Dancer Rose Kelly, at just 17, found sublime inspiration in cinema: The kind from Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s, '40s and '50s.… Continue reading

Dancer Rose Kelly will present “Chandelier
Songstress Lynne Ferguson and her former husband Roger Ferguson will make music together

WEEKEND: Lynne and Roger Ferguson back in Coyle for Sunday afternoon Christmas concert

COYLE — Such a good time was had last December with Lynne and Roger Ferguson that “we decided right then and there to have them… Continue reading

Songstress Lynne Ferguson and her former husband Roger Ferguson will make music together
Strong Sun Moon — Camelia Jade

WEEKEND: Port Townsend connects with Syrian refugee crisis with live music and motion this Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — This will be a weekend of live music and motion — for an international cause — at Room to Move, uptown Port… Continue reading

Strong Sun Moon — Camelia Jade
Joshua L. Reid

‘Sea is My Country’ author set for Neah Bay book reading Thursday

NEAH BAY — Facing the ocean that provides sustenance physical and spiritual, the author of The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the… Continue reading

Joshua L. Reid
The Choral Belles will give a Candlelight Concert at Port Townsend's Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday evening.

Choral Belles to perform holiday classics Thursday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Choral Belles, the women's chorale led by Mary Lou Montgomery, will offer a Christmas Candlelight Concert at Trinity United Methodist Church,… Continue reading

The Choral Belles will give a Candlelight Concert at Port Townsend's Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday evening.
The Full Circle band — from left

Get moving Friday with Full Circle band in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Whether it’s Tina Turner, Ray Charles, Cole Porter or Benny Goodman who inspire your feet, you’ll have a chance to dance to… Continue reading

The Full Circle band — from left
Images of a reopened Lincoln Theater are posted on the Light Up the Lincoln page at www.RevitalizePortAngeles.org.

WEEKEND REWIND — Light Up Lincoln campaign calls in $185,000 pledged by donors

PORT ANGELES — The Light Up the Lincoln campaign to buy and reopen downtown's shuttered movie house is looking to turn supporters' pledges into actual… Continue reading

Images of a reopened Lincoln Theater are posted on the Light Up the Lincoln page at www.RevitalizePortAngeles.org.
Port Angeles Symphony cellist Traci Winters will bring Christmas classics and then some to the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center on Saturday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: ‘A Christmas Festival’ part of symphony’s concerts Saturday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Just back from leading concerts in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, maestro Jonathan Pasternack is ready for Christmas music in his adopted home town. Pasternack,… Continue reading

Port Angeles Symphony cellist Traci Winters will bring Christmas classics and then some to the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center on Saturday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Ebenezer Scrooge (Josh McLean) listens and learns from a ghost (Sharah Truett) in “A Special Christmas

WEEKEND: ‘A Special Christmas’ set for Port Angeles Community Playhouse starting tonight

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 11. PORT ANGELES — For his holiday show, director Ron Graham decided to go straight to the… Continue reading

Ebenezer Scrooge (Josh McLean) listens and learns from a ghost (Sharah Truett) in “A Special Christmas
Joy in Mudville

WEEKEND: Joy and gingerbread: Second Weekend’s here in Port Angeles tonight

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 11. PORT ANGELES — A couple of parties, with distinct personalities, will start off Port Angeles' Second… Continue reading

Joy in Mudville
The Peninsula Men's Gospel Singers will give Christmas concerts in Sequim on Saturday and Port Angeles on Sunday Bob Dunlap

WEEKEND: O come all ye to pair of gospel singers’ matinees in Sequim, Port Angeles starting Saturday

Small ensembles, soloists, new arrangements of traditional songs and sing-along caroling are all part of the Peninsula Men's Gospel Singers' Christmas concerts, open to everyone… Continue reading

The Peninsula Men's Gospel Singers will give Christmas concerts in Sequim on Saturday and Port Angeles on Sunday Bob Dunlap

WEEKEND: Partridge is in a pear tree, but she’s reconsidering; ’12 Days’ play hits stage in Chimacum this weekend

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 11. CHIMACUM — Shirley, the partridge everybody crows about around Christmas time, is facing obstacles this year.… Continue reading

Early in “The Sound of Music” at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre

WEEKEND: Seattle production of ‘Sound of Music’ featuring Sequim actors gives a ‘spiritual lift’ for audience

SEATTLE — “The Sound of Music” is a story of refugees, a tale that is as powerful today as when it took the stage and… Continue reading

Early in “The Sound of Music” at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre