Diane Urbani de la Paz

The Fantabulous Follies of Port Townsend

WEEKEND: Fantabulous Follies ‘Putting on the Glitz’ in Port Townsend starting today (Friday)

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 13. PORT TOWNSEND — The Fantabulous Follies are all about frolic. And this time around, their big… Continue reading

The Fantabulous Follies of Port Townsend
Cover photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News ()

WEEKEND: Guest conductor of Saturday’s Port Angeles Symphony performances has traveled the globe

Jooyong Ahn is a man who speaks the international language of music. Born in Seoul, South Korea, he's a U.S. citizen who has taught music… Continue reading

Cover photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News ()
Joey Pipia ()

WEEKEND: Magician pulls up matinee in Port Townsend on Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — Magician Joey Pipia’s “HeadTrip: The Mind Magic Show” keeps selling out: the Chameleon Theater filled up for evening shows in December, January… Continue reading

Joey Pipia ()
Doris Baizley ()

Port Townsend’s two-week PlayFest going out with a bang this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND — PT PlayFest, this town’s two-week celebration of live theater and fresh ideas, is going headlong into its final days with a slate… Continue reading

Doris Baizley ()
Isaiah Brown

Taking the first steps: Youths learn good manners from new Cotillion group meeting Thursdays in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — At first, the dance floor was full of nervous young people. “Everyone's hands were sweaty,” a candid Faithlynn Corey, 15, said of… Continue reading

Isaiah Brown

Concert to jazz up Peninsula College with ensemble performance Tuesday

PORT ANGELES — The 17-piece Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble — with singer Robbin Eaves up front — will fill Maier Performance Hall with crystalline rhythms… Continue reading

Sequim artist Sherri Lewis' wood mural will be auctioned online to raise money for the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Sequim artist lends talent to aid at-risk rhinos, elephants with online auction beginning Tuesday

SEQUIM — Sherri Lewis used to make her living doing pet portraits: images in smooth wood of collies, huskies, hounds. Business was so good that… Continue reading

Sequim artist Sherri Lewis' wood mural will be auctioned online to raise money for the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Dulce Maria

Mujeres de Maiz Opportunity Foundation to host fundraiser at Sequim Prairie Grange Hall today

SEQUIM — Call it Mexican soul food. This (Sunday) morning, a team of volunteer cooks will whip up breakfast: corn tortillas, scrambled eggs with cheese,… Continue reading

Dulce Maria

Wild Rabbit hops into Coyle for last music matinee today

COYLE — Wild Rabbit, the Bellingham quartet stirring up “folk-stomp Americana from the Pacific Northwest,” is the next band to play the Concerts in the… Continue reading

The Possum Carvers — from left

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS: Contra dance welcomes all comers Saturday in Port Angeles . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Possum Carvers, a band from Port Townsend, and Linnaea Chapman, a Seattle-based caller who likes to mix new and old styles,… Continue reading

The Possum Carvers — from left
Dulce Maria

Mujeres de Maiz Opportunity Foundation to host fundraiser at Sequim Prairie Grange Hall on Sunday

SEQUIM — Call it Mexican soul food. This Sunday morning, a team of volunteer cooks will whip up breakfast: corn tortillas, scrambled eggs with cheese,… Continue reading

Dulce Maria
Cynthia Thomas' images await visitors to Gallery Nine in downtown Port Townsend. ()

Port Townsend’s Gallery Walk appeals to all tastes today

PORT TOWNSEND — The galleries come in all flavors in downtown Port Townsend. From a full-on nonprofit art museum to an ice cream parlor, they're… Continue reading

Cynthia Thomas' images await visitors to Gallery Nine in downtown Port Townsend. ()
Keira DeLuna portrays Juliet and Noah Phillips her Romeo in OCEAN's production of Shakespeare's play. ()

WEEKEND: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in Port Townsend for two-weekend run

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 6. PORT TOWNSEND — “Give me my Romeo, and when he shall die/Take him and cut him… Continue reading

Keira DeLuna portrays Juliet and Noah Phillips her Romeo in OCEAN's production of Shakespeare's play. ()
The Beat the Blues Barn Dance is this Saturday in Sequim. (Five Acre School)

WEEKEND: Beat the Blues Barn Dance in Sequim will put spring in your step Saturday

SEQUIM — A lot goes on at the Big Barn Farm, especially on this end-of-winter weekend. Winter was the original spark, about a half-dozen years… Continue reading

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The Beat the Blues Barn Dance is this Saturday in Sequim. (Five Acre School)
Rebecca Rottsolk will co-conduct the Mirinesse Women's Choir in Port Townsend this Saturday. ()

WEEKEND: Mirinesse Women’s Choir to bring joy of song to Port Townsend on Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Mirinesse Women's Choir of Seattle, co-conducted by Port Townsend resident Rebecca Rottsolk, will begin its 2015 season here with “Wearing the… Continue reading

Rebecca Rottsolk will co-conduct the Mirinesse Women's Choir in Port Townsend this Saturday. ()
Awaiting the start of PlayFest in downtown Port Townsend are local playwrights

WEEKEND: Port Townsend PlayFest offers myriad productions, workshops

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 6. PORT TOWNSEND — Love, art, war and “Let's Give the Dog Hands!” Sounds like the PT… Continue reading

Awaiting the start of PlayFest in downtown Port Townsend are local playwrights
Eleanor Byrne

WEEKEND: Sequim Ballet’s ‘The Magic Slippers’ showcases Peninsula talent with two performances Saturday

SEQUIM — Oversize butterflies, delicate hummingbirds and the Queen of Everything Good: They’re together for two performances, courtesy of the Sequim Ballet, this Saturday. The… Continue reading

Eleanor Byrne
Sequim High School ninth-grader Aubry Young's “One with Nature” is part of the Sequim Arts Student Show

WEEKEND: Sequim student art ‘will knock your socks off’ at Port Angeles show; reception set for Saturday

PORT ANGELES — From the hearts and hands of teenagers comes a fresh show of art free to visitors all March long. It's the Sequim… Continue reading

Sequim High School ninth-grader Aubry Young's “One with Nature” is part of the Sequim Arts Student Show

WEEKEND: Wild Rabbit hops into Coyle for last music matinee Sunday

COYLE — Wild Rabbit, the Bellingham quartet stirring up “folk-stomp Americana from the Pacific Northwest,” is the next band to play the Concerts in the… Continue reading

Sequim High School ninth-grader Aubry Young's “One with Nature” is part of the Sequim Arts Student Show

WEEKEND: Sequim student art ‘will knock your socks off’ at Port Angeles show; reception set for Saturday [corrected]

Corrects the spelling for Aubry Young, a Sequim High School ninth-grader. PORT ANGELES — From the hearts and hands of teenagers comes a fresh show… Continue reading

Sequim High School ninth-grader Aubry Young's “One with Nature” is part of the Sequim Arts Student Show