Diane Urbani de la Paz

Among the many singers at Olympic Theatre Arts this weekend are the men of No Batteries Required

WEEKEND: Sequim hearts full of song for OTA performances tonight, Saturday

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 11. SEQUIM — Melodies, harmonies and good cheer will share the stage as the annual Holiday Music… Continue reading

Among the many singers at Olympic Theatre Arts this weekend are the men of No Batteries Required

WEEKEND: Sequim’s music makers revel Sunday afternoon in the Sequim High School auditorium

SEQUIM — “Tidings of Comfort and Joy,” “The Nutcracker Suite” and the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s “Messiah” are among the gifts — presented free to… Continue reading

Activist and singer Cris Williamson will give a benefit concert at Port Townsend's Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship this Saturday.

WEEKEND: Singer Cris Williamson to perform in Port Townsend benefit concert Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — This holiday show is “all heart, all music,” promises Cris Williamson, the singer known for blending her songs with her work for… Continue reading

Activist and singer Cris Williamson will give a benefit concert at Port Townsend's Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship this Saturday.
Images of a reopened Lincoln Theater are posted on the Light Up the Lincoln page at www.RevitalizePortAngeles.org.

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
Among the many singers at Olympic Theatre Arts this weekend are the men of No Batteries Required

WEEKEND: Sequim hearts full of song for OTA performances tonight, Saturday

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 11. SEQUIM — Melodies, harmonies and good cheer will share the stage as the annual Holiday Music… Continue reading

Among the many singers at Olympic Theatre Arts this weekend are the men of No Batteries Required

WEEKEND: Sequim’s music makers revel Sunday afternoon in the Sequim High School auditorium

SEQUIM — “Tidings of Comfort and Joy,” “The Nutcracker Suite” and the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s “Messiah” are among the gifts — presented free to… Continue reading

Activist and singer Cris Williamson will give a benefit concert at Port Townsend's Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship this Saturday.

WEEKEND: Singer Cris Williamson to perform in Port Townsend benefit concert Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — This holiday show is “all heart, all music,” promises Cris Williamson, the singer known for blending her songs with her work for… Continue reading

Activist and singer Cris Williamson will give a benefit concert at Port Townsend's Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship this Saturday.
Local jugglers Rio Sabella

Aerialists, jugglers, magicians, musicians to make weekend return to former home at Port Townsend’s Palindrome

PORT TOWNSEND — The New Old Time Chautauqua, that traveling troupe of aerialists, jugglers, magicians and musicians, returns to its Port Townsend roots this weekend,… Continue reading

Local jugglers Rio Sabella
The Wild Rose Chorale

Three ensembles to blend in Port Townsend this Friday, Sunday for holiday-themed concerts

PORT TOWNSEND — “Behold New Joy,” one of the songs the Wild Rose Chorale will offer during separate concerts Friday and Sunday, could also be… Continue reading

The Wild Rose Chorale
The Coats — from left

A cappella group to croon Thursday in Sequim

SEQUIM — Here are four guys who sing with their whole hearts — and make you laugh, promises Doug Wisness, spokesman for The Coats, the… Continue reading

The Coats — from left
While holiday refreshments flow

Dramatic reading of ‘A Christmas Carol’ set for Friday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Plum pudding, holiday punch and a dramatic reading of “A Christmas Carol” will come together at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water… Continue reading

While holiday refreshments flow
Seattle songstress Greta Matassa will join the Peninsula College Vocal Jazz Ensemble for Jingle Jazz

Cold outside, warm inside at Jingle Jazz concert in Port Angeles this Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is but one of the observations to be made during Jingle Jazz, the concert, starring Seattle singer Greta… Continue reading

Seattle songstress Greta Matassa will join the Peninsula College Vocal Jazz Ensemble for Jingle Jazz
Kathryn Claire of Portland

WEEKEND: ‘Heartfelt songs, foot-stomping sing-alongs’ coming to Coyle on Sunday with Kathryn Claire

COYLE — Kathryn Claire, the internationally known singer, fiddler and guitarist, doesn't hold back when describing the last time she played here. “It was such… Continue reading

Kathryn Claire of Portland

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS: Music matinee slated Saturday at the Q in Port Angeles . . . and other items

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 4. PORT ANGELES — “All of Me,” “Bye Bye Blackbird,” “Song for My Father,” “Take Five,” “This… Continue reading