Diane Urbani de la Paz

Starring in “The Cupcake Conspiracy” at the Mount Pleasant Grange southeast of Port Angeles are

WEEKEND: Readers Theatre Plus bakes up ‘The Cupcake Conspiracy’ opening tonight (Friday) in Port Angeles

Today and tonight signify Friday, March 27. PORT ANGELES ­— Both Max and Suzie sense something highly weird about their dates. But as many hopeful… Continue reading

Starring in “The Cupcake Conspiracy” at the Mount Pleasant Grange southeast of Port Angeles are
Sophie Pipia

WEEKEND: Sisters’ songs of elephants, elevators, bathrobes part of ‘Good Clean Fun’ concert Saturday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Pipia Sisters, Sophie and Phina, are bringing a show full of songs about the moon, elephants, sandwiches, elevators and bathrobes out… Continue reading

Sophie Pipia
Dana Lyons ()

WEEKEND: Topical singer-songwriter in concert in Port Townsend on Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — Dana Lyons, the singer-songwriter who manages to stir humor into his environmental activism, will give a family concert at the Quimper Unitarian… Continue reading

Dana Lyons ()
Sculptures made of seaweed

‘Underwater’ art show to open today at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

PORT ANGELES — Stitched sea kelp, rocks, commercial fishing line and even vintage game-board pieces find their way into Shannon Weber's art. For decades now,… Continue reading

Sculptures made of seaweed
Fierce in “Night of January 16th

Audience serves as jury in trial drama in Port Ludlow, starting tonight

PORT LUDLOW — Members of the audience can become the jurors in a murder trial — or just listen in — as the Ludlow Village… Continue reading

Fierce in “Night of January 16th
The Friends of Brubeck will dish up a concert of Dave Brubeck’s music at Maier Hall this Friday. From left

Quartet to perform tribute to Dave Brubeck on Friday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — An unconventional piano player, a jazz saxophonist, the “ultimate side man” and a rock ’n’ roll drummer: They’ve been rehearsing together for… Continue reading

The Friends of Brubeck will dish up a concert of Dave Brubeck’s music at Maier Hall this Friday. From left
Sculptures made of seaweed

‘Underwater’ art show to open Thursday at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

PORT ANGELES — Stitched sea kelp, rocks, commercial fishing line and even vintage game-board pieces find their way into Shannon Weber’s art. For decades now,… Continue reading

Sculptures made of seaweed
The Friends of Brubeck will dish up a concert of Dave Brubeck’s music at Maier Hall this Friday. From left

Quartet to perform tribute to Dave Brubeck on Friday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — An unconventional piano player, a jazz saxophonist, the “ultimate side man” and a rock ’n’ roll drummer: They’ve been rehearsing together for… Continue reading

The Friends of Brubeck will dish up a concert of Dave Brubeck’s music at Maier Hall this Friday. From left
Air Force veteran Lauren Piper is among the GI Bill students at Peninsula College. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Military veterans forge new careers with Peninsula College studies — corrected

EDITOR'S NOTE: This report has been corrected to reflect that Chris Enges served as a Navy Seabee from 1972-76. PORT ANGELES — At 24, Lauren… Continue reading

Air Force veteran Lauren Piper is among the GI Bill students at Peninsula College. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
The Lincoln Theater is shown shortly after it was closed last year and put up for sale. (Peninsula Daily News)

Campaign to reinvigorate Port Angeles’ shuttered Lincoln Theater enters final scene today

PORT ANGELES ­— Today, officially, is the deadline for Light Up the Lincoln, Scott Nagel and Karen Powell's effort to raise $235,000 to buy the… Continue reading

The Lincoln Theater is shown shortly after it was closed last year and put up for sale. (Peninsula Daily News)
Air Force veteran Lauren Piper is among the GI Bill students at Peninsula College.  — Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News ()

Military veterans forge new careers with Peninsula College studies

PORT ANGELES — At 24, Lauren Piper has seen plenty. And she knows exactly what she wants. Piper joined the U.S. Air Force a little… Continue reading

Air Force veteran Lauren Piper is among the GI Bill students at Peninsula College.  — Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News ()

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY: Stage tryouts, Brubeck jazz tribute and other things you need to know

Tryouts for ‘Lark Eden’ set in Sequim SEQUIM ­— Auditions for a readers’ theater staging of “Lark Eden,” a comic look at the friendship of… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY: Stage tryouts, Brubeck jazz tribute and other things you need to know

Tryouts for ‘Lark Eden’ set in Sequim SEQUIM ­— Auditions for a readers’ theater staging of “Lark Eden,” a comic look at the friendship of… Continue reading

"The Joy of Photography" by Alexander Hallett of Port Angeles took second place in Tidepools magazine's adult photography category. (Alexander Hallett)

Tidepools magazine announces writers, musicians, artists to be included in this year’s edition

PORT ANGELES — The local residents whose work will fill the 2015 edition of Tidepools, Peninsula College's art, music and literary magazine, have been announced.… Continue reading

"The Joy of Photography" by Alexander Hallett of Port Angeles took second place in Tidepools magazine's adult photography category. (Alexander Hallett)
Lindy MacLaine ()

WEEKEND: Book launch party on Saturday in Sequim

SEQUIM — Lindy MacLaine, a former staff member at the Sequim Library, has embarked on a new path: author and creativity coach. This Saturday, she’s… Continue reading

Lindy MacLaine ()
The Peninsula Men's Gospel Singers. (Photo by Bob Dunlap)

WEEKEND: Fill-a up your heart at Men’s Gospel Singers’ concert in Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The words “Fill-a Me Up,” from a song title, jumped out at Michael Rivers. It helped that his choir, the 16-voice Peninsula… Continue reading

The Peninsula Men's Gospel Singers. (Photo by Bob Dunlap)
Merv Wingard and Brenda DeChant play blind daters Max and Natasha in “The Cupcake Conspiracy” at the Mount Pleasant Grange this weekend. (Diane Urbani/Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND: Just desserts served with ‘Cupcake Conspiracy’ in Port Angeles

Today and tonight signify Friday, March 20. PORT ANGELES — When Readers Theatre Plus put out the call for original plays, a doozy came in… Continue reading

Merv Wingard and Brenda DeChant play blind daters Max and Natasha in “The Cupcake Conspiracy” at the Mount Pleasant Grange this weekend. (Diane Urbani/Peninsula Daily News)
Forks senior Brooke Jacoby shows a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am donated by Wilder Auto of Port Angeles to the Forks High School Scholarship Auction

WEEKEND: Phone booth, car among items at Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction this weekend in Forks

FORKS — You have your baked goodies, your smoked salmon and your handmade wooden toys and furniture. But what jumps out at Cheri Dahlgren and… Continue reading

Forks senior Brooke Jacoby shows a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am donated by Wilder Auto of Port Angeles to the Forks High School Scholarship Auction
Mary Coney

WEEKEND: Port Townsend museum to feature ‘best-known unknown artist’ in display this Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — “Thomas T. Wilson: The Best-Known Unknown Artist in the Northwest,” a new art exhibition, opens at the Jefferson Museum of Art &… Continue reading

Mary Coney
Forks senior Brooke Jacoby shows a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am donated by Wilder Auto of Port Angeles to the Forks High School Scholarship Auction

WEEKEND: Phone booth, car among items at Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction this weekend in Forks [corrected]

Corrects the story to say this is the third consecutive year www.Forks1490.com will stream the auction live, according to Forks 1490 AM news director John… Continue reading

Forks senior Brooke Jacoby shows a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am donated by Wilder Auto of Port Angeles to the Forks High School Scholarship Auction