Diane Urbani de la Paz

WEEKEND: Second Weekend brings artistic light to downtown Port Angeles through Sunday

“Today” and “tonight” signify Friday, April 10. PORT ANGELES — Let's start with a few words to crystallize matters. They're words from Ianthe Moul, one… Continue reading

Jim Coture ()

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

Jim Coture ()

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.”  —Photo by Melanie Pieper ()

WEEKEND: ‘Alice in Wonderland’ drops into Chimacum starting tonight (Friday)

“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.”  —Photo by Melanie Pieper ()
Northwest Raptor Center volunteer Shannon Gordon and Belle

WEEKEND: Fine feathered friends feted at BirdFest today 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

WEEKEND: Second Weekend brings artistic light to downtown Port Angeles starting tonight

“Today” and “tonight” signify Friday, April 10. PORT ANGELES — Let’s start with a few words to crystallize matters. They’re words from Ianthe Moul, one… Continue reading

Jim Coture ()

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

Jim Coture ()
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 next 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)
French-born singer Claude Bourbon brings his music to Coyle’s Laurel B. Johnson Community Center this Friday evening. ()

French-born musician slated at next installment of Concerts in the Woods on Friday in Coyle

COYLE — Concert promoter Norm Johnson must have hosted more than 500 singers with guitars. He’s been at this music-in-cafes business for a while now… Continue reading

French-born singer Claude Bourbon brings his music to Coyle’s Laurel B. Johnson Community Center this Friday evening. ()
The Pine Hearts

Port Angeles Library to overflow with sounds, sights at Art Blast party Friday

PORT ANGELES — Come Friday evening, the place won’t look or sound like the library of yore. It should be downright exuberant, with large-scale art… Continue reading

The Pine Hearts
(Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Anonymous donor pledges $75,000 matching grant to Lincoln Theater campaign in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — An anonymous donor has pledged $75,000 to the Light up the Lincoln campaign to reopen downtown's shuttered Lincoln Theater as a community… Continue reading

(Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sahrah Brown of Victoria has constructed a heart of driftwood on windswept Ediz Hook. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Heart to heart: Sculptor melds nature, artistry on Port Angeles’ Ediz Hook

PORT ANGELES — The wind walloped Ediz Hook. Waves rushed in, adding to the soundtrack. And Sahrah Brown, working in it without a shelter, answered… Continue reading

Sahrah Brown of Victoria has constructed a heart of driftwood on windswept Ediz Hook. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
(Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Anonymous donor pledges $75,000 matching grant to Lincoln Theater campaign in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — An anonymous donor has pledged $75,000 to the Light up the Lincoln campaign to reopen downtown's shuttered Lincoln Theater as a community… Continue reading

(Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sahrah Brown of Victoria has constructed a heart of driftwood on windswept Ediz Hook. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Heart to heart: Sculptor melds nature, artistry on Port Angeles’ Ediz Hook

PORT ANGELES — The wind walloped Ediz Hook. Waves rushed in, adding to the soundtrack. And Sahrah Brown, working in it without a shelter, answered… Continue reading

Sahrah Brown of Victoria has constructed a heart of driftwood on windswept Ediz Hook. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles High School's Vocal Unlimited choir is headed for New York City this week. The ensemble is

New York, New York: Port Angeles choirs to perform on big stage of the Big Apple

PORT ANGELES — New York City, said choir director Jolene Dalton Gailey, is a singer's paradise. Which is why, after 21 fundraisers, a series of… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School's Vocal Unlimited choir is headed for New York City this week. The ensemble is

Anonymous donor pledges $75,000 matching grant to Lincoln Theater campaign

PORT ANGELES — An anonymous donor has pledged $75,000 to the Light up the Lincoln campaign to reopen downtown's shuttered Lincoln Theater as a community… Continue reading

Sarah Shea ()

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY: Events this weekend and beyond you need to know about

Songbird flies home for the weekend SEQUIM — Sarah Shea, the Sequim-bred singer who now lives in Seattle, is back for a few days and… Continue reading

Sarah Shea ()
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WEEKEND: ‘Steel Magnolias’ takes Olympic Theatre Arts stage in Sequim

“Today” and “tonight” signify Friday, April 3. SEQUIM — The women come from New Jersey, Kentucky, Port Angeles and Sequim. Together, they are our “Steel… Continue reading

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