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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

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
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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
Keira DeLuna portrays Juliet and Noah Phillips her Romeo in OCEAN’s production of Shakespeare’s play. ()

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

PORT TOWNSEND — “Give me my Romeo, and when he shall die/Take him and cut him out in little stars/And he will make the face… 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

  • Mar 6, 2015
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 to offer myriad productions, workshops starting today

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
Cynthia Thomas’ images await visitors to Gallery Nine in downtown Port Townsend. ()

WEEKEND: Port Townsend’s Gallery Walk appeals to all tastes Saturday

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. ()
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
Mixed-media artist Barbara De Pirro's work is in the spotlight this month at Sequim's Blue Whole Gallery. ()

WEEKEND: Sequim sprouts spirit of spring tonight in art walk

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 6. SEQUIM — Tonight's First Friday Art Walk, the free event all over downtown Sequim, brings together… Continue reading

  • Mar 6, 2015
Mixed-media artist Barbara De Pirro's work is in the spotlight this month at Sequim's Blue Whole Gallery. ()

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

Among the Sequim teenagers who took home awards from Seattle’s Dupree Dance competition are

6 Clallam dancers take home awards from Seattle contest

SEQUIM — Six young dancers from Clallam County took home gold, silver and platinum awards and a scholarship from a Seattle dance competition, reported Naomi… Continue reading

Among the Sequim teenagers who took home awards from Seattle’s Dupree Dance competition are
Savannah Fuentes will perform in a flamenco music and dance concert at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse on Wednesday. — Stephen Rusk ()

Flamenco steps onto Port Angeles stage with Wednesday performance

PORT ANGELES — Each time, Savannah Fuentes steps out further. The Seattle-based flamenco dancer is independent, which means she books and promotes herself, her art… Continue reading

Savannah Fuentes will perform in a flamenco music and dance concert at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse on Wednesday. — Stephen Rusk ()
Rose Gibbs is clinic director of the Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic while Dr. Kip Tulin is the volunteer medical director. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

HEALTH CARE — Free clinics in Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend help local residents with care and advice

While measles and flu make the headlines, a small army of doctors and nurses contends with another public health ailment. Its symptoms: high insurance deductibles… Continue reading

Rose Gibbs is clinic director of the Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic while Dr. Kip Tulin is the volunteer medical director. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Rose Gibbs is clinic director of the Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic while Dr. Kip Tulin is the volunteer medical director. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

HEALTH CARE — Free clinics in Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend help local residents with care and advice

While measles and flu make the headlines, a small army of doctors and nurses contends with another public health ailment. Its symptoms: high insurance deductibles… Continue reading

Rose Gibbs is clinic director of the Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic while Dr. Kip Tulin is the volunteer medical director. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Rose Gibbs is clinic director of the Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic while Dr. Kip Tulin is the volunteer medical director. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

HEALTH CARE — Free clinics in Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend help local residents with care and advice

While measles and flu make the headlines, a small army of doctors and nurses contends with another public health ailment. Its symptoms: high insurance deductibles… Continue reading

Rose Gibbs is clinic director of the Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic while Dr. Kip Tulin is the volunteer medical director. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Mezzo-soprano Sharon Trent and accompanist Helen Lauritzen will offer a concert of art songs at Port Townsend’s Grace Lutheran Church this Sunday. ()

WEEKEND: Afternoon of song Sunday in Port Townsend to aid Dove House

PORT TOWNSEND — French romantic songs, music from Richard Strauss, a song from “Peer Gynt”: They’re a few highlights in a performance at the Grace… Continue reading

Mezzo-soprano Sharon Trent and accompanist Helen Lauritzen will offer a concert of art songs at Port Townsend’s Grace Lutheran Church this Sunday. ()

WEEKEND: Sequim theater group stages reading of Eve Ensler’s ‘The Vagina Monologues’

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Feb. 27.  SEQUIM — Alexandria Edouart is still laughing. “Until I read it out loud, I had no… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Find Your Voice Play Festival begins in Port Angeles

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Feb. 27. PORT ANGELES — This year's Find Your Voice Play Festival, a theater showcase with plays by… Continue reading

Mark Lewis will be joined by the David Jones Jazz Trio on Saturday night at Maier Hall on the Peninsula College campus. ()

WEEKEND: Jazzman Mark Lewis brings original tunes to Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Internationally known jazzman Mark Lewis is coming back to town for a concert of original music at Maier Performance Hall, Peninsula College's… Continue reading

Mark Lewis will be joined by the David Jones Jazz Trio on Saturday night at Maier Hall on the Peninsula College campus. ()