Diane Urbani de la Paz

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY . . . Singer heads for studio concert in Port Townsend on Sunday — and other items you need to know

Singer heads to Soundlab on Sunday PORT TOWNSEND — Psychedelic-folk-Americana artist Joanne Rand is on tour in support of her forthcoming CD, and she's headed… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Seventh conductor candidate to lead Port Angeles Symphony on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — One of the things about classical music, says maestro Matthew Savery, is that it does away with the politics, the religion, the… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Seventh conductor candidate to lead Port Angeles Symphony on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — One of the things about classical music, says maestro Matthew Savery, is that it does away with the politics, the religion, the… Continue reading

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ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY . . . Singer heads for studio concert in Port Townsend on Sunday — and other items you need to know

Singer heads to Soundlab on Sunday PORT TOWNSEND — Psychedelic-folk-Americana artist Joanne Rand is on tour in support of her forthcoming CD, and she's headed… Continue reading

Starring in “Moon over Buffalo

WEEKEND: Comedy ‘Moon Over Buffalo’ opens tonight (Friday) in Port Angeles

“Today” and “tonight” signify Friday, April 17. PORT ANGELES — To make great art, the actor must suffer. “And God, do I suffer,” says Richard… Continue reading

Starring in “Moon over Buffalo
The Northwest Navy Band's Puget Sound Machine

Nine-piece part of Northwest Navy Band to perform in Port Angeles tonight

PORT ANGELES — The sound of New Orleans brass will fill the Stevens Middle School gym as the Puget Sound Machine, a nine-piece group that's… Continue reading

The Northwest Navy Band's Puget Sound Machine
The Northwest Navy Band’s Puget Sound Machine

Nine-piece part of Northwest Navy Band to perform Thursday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The sound of New Orleans brass will fill the Stevens Middle School gym as the Puget Sound Machine, a nine-piece group that’s… Continue reading

The Northwest Navy Band’s Puget Sound Machine
At the Makah Museum in Neah Bay this Tuesday

New book out on Ozette, ‘the American Pompeii;’ reading by author in Neah Bay today

NEAH BAY — The Ozette story borders on hyperbole, writes Ruth Kirk, a woman who saw it all unfold. Kirk is the teller of this… Continue reading

At the Makah Museum in Neah Bay this Tuesday
The Northwest Navy Band’s Puget Sound Machine

Nine-piece part of Northwest Navy Band to perform Thursday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The sound of New Orleans brass will fill the Stevens Middle School gym as the Puget Sound Machine, a nine-piece group that’s… Continue reading

The Northwest Navy Band’s Puget Sound Machine
Members of Port Angeles High School's choirs display the gold awards brought home from the New York Heritage Festival

Port Angeles choirs return from New York City competition with awards

PORT ANGELES — Five days singing and sightseeing in New York City did not seem to tire anybody out. These are teenagers, mind you, who… Continue reading

Members of Port Angeles High School's choirs display the gold awards brought home from the New York Heritage Festival
At the Makah Museum in Neah Bay this Tuesday

New book out on Ozette, ‘the American Pompeii;’ reading by author in Neah Bay on Tuesday

NEAH BAY — The Ozette story borders on hyperbole, writes Ruth Kirk, a woman who saw it all unfold. Kirk is the teller of this… Continue reading

At the Makah Museum in Neah Bay this Tuesday
Following their performance on the 9/11 Memorial plaza are Port Angeles High School choir members

Port Angeles teens sing out at 9/11 Memorial in New York [Photo Gallery]

NEW YORK — The choir director from Port Angeles had a plan for bringing song to the 9/11 Memorial. Jolene Dalton Gailey, who traveled with… Continue reading

Following their performance on the 9/11 Memorial plaza are Port Angeles High School choir members
Following their performance on the 9/11 Memorial plaza are Port Angeles High School choir members

Port Angeles teens sing out at 9/11 Memorial in New York [Gallery]

NEW YORK — The choir director from Port Angeles had a plan for bringing song to the 9/11 Memorial. Jolene Dalton Gailey, who traveled with… Continue reading

Following their performance on the 9/11 Memorial plaza are Port Angeles High School choir members
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WEEKEND: Sing, sharpen mind at Showtunes for Health on Sunday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — This Sunday afternoon for the first time, Jim Couture of the Arts & Minds Memory Wellness program will host Showtunes for Health,… Continue reading

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Following their performance on the 9/11 Memorial plaza are Port Angeles High School choir members

Port Angeles teens sing out at 9/11 Memorial in New York [Gallery]

NEW YORK — The choir director from Port Angeles had a plan for bringing song to the 9/11 Memorial. Jolene Dalton Gailey, who traveled with… Continue reading

Following their performance on the 9/11 Memorial plaza are Port Angeles High School choir members

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY: ‘Steel Magnolias’ plays on in Sequim . . . and other briefs you need to see

SEQUIM — “Steel Magnolias,” the tale of six Louisiana women dealing with life, love and hairdos, is playing this weekend and next at Olympic Theatre… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School choirs perform Thursday at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles singers take bows after New York City cathedral performance; choirs will perform today at 9/11 memorial

NEW YORK — A long, choir-robed line of teenagers caught some attention on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, especially as they ascended the… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School choirs perform Thursday at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Nicola Pieper of Port Hadlock plays the title role in “Alice in Wonderland.” (Melanie Pieper)

WEEKEND: ‘Alice in Wonderland’ drops into Chimacum through April 25

“Today” and “tonight” signify Friday, April 10. CHIMACUM — Wonderland is here, complete with the Caterpillar, the March Hare and the Mad Hatter. The trees… Continue reading

Nicola Pieper of Port Hadlock plays the title role in “Alice in Wonderland.” (Melanie Pieper)
Northwest Raptor Center volunteer Shannon Gordon and Belle

WEEKEND: Fine feathered friends feted at BirdFest through Sunday

“Today” and “tonight” signify Friday, April 10. SEQUIM — To modify a quotation from the poet Rumi, there are a thousand ways to celebrate spring.… Continue reading

Northwest Raptor Center volunteer Shannon Gordon and Belle

WEEKEND: Peninsula Singers to lift voices, spirits in Saturday, Sunday concerts in Sequim

SEQUIM — The Peninsula Singers don't dabble; they dive into music they find sublime, then offer it straight from their hearts. So promise the singers… Continue reading