Diane Urbani de la Paz

WEEKEND: Saturday party in Port Townsend to raise money for Rhody Cake Picnic

PORT TOWNSEND — Preparations have already started for the second annual Cake Picnic, one facet of the Rhododendron Festival next month. For one thing, a… Continue reading

Julio Elizalde

WEEKEND: Solo concert Saturday in Port Ludlow to benefit Olympic Music Festival

PORT LUDLOW — A pianist praised for his “catlike ease” at the keys will give a pre-season recital at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place,… Continue reading

Julio Elizalde
Director Jacob Kornbluth

‘Inequality for All’ screens Friday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — When this filmmaker set out to direct a movie about the income gap, he took it personally. “I grew up knowing I… Continue reading

Director Jacob Kornbluth

Get your groove on at Sequim Prairie Grange on Tuesday

SEQUIM — Two new dance classes are set to start Tuesday at the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall, 290 Macleay Road, as Pam and Derek Perkins… Continue reading

Trumpeter Steve Swanson will host a free jazz improvisation clinic in Port Angeles on Tuesday.

Noted trumpeter to host jazz clinic Tuesday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Music lovers, especially ones with a taste for jazz, have a rare opportunity at Peninsula College on Tuesday. That’s the day noted… Continue reading

Trumpeter Steve Swanson will host a free jazz improvisation clinic in Port Angeles on Tuesday.

BRIEFLY — New dance floor to be broken in Saturday in Sequim . . . and other entertainment briefs

New dance floor broken in SEQUIM — The Cort Armstrong Band is set to do some springtime reveling on the new dance floor at the… Continue reading

Joe Louis Walker  [Photo by Michael Weintrob]

WEEKEND: Bluesman Joe Louis Walker to play Port Townsend roadhouse Saturday

People like to call Joe Louis Walker a blues man. But one brief conversation affirms that for this artist, music is bigger than any label.… Continue reading

Joe Louis Walker  [Photo by Michael Weintrob]
Lawrason Driscoll stars in “King Lear.” —Photo by Shelly Randall/Key City Public Theatre

WEEKEND: Port Townsend troupe to perform Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ on Saturday, Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — The compact Key City Playhouse has been rearranged into an arena-style theater. Cornish College of the Arts teacher Kerry Skalsky is stepping… Continue reading

Lawrason Driscoll stars in “King Lear.” —Photo by Shelly Randall/Key City Public Theatre
The Hesperiana Quartet — from left

WEEKEND: Quartet to bring classics to life in Coyle concert Saturday

COYLE — This music has been loved so long, mused the cellist, that it is called “classic.” This Saturday night, the classics will come alive… Continue reading

The Hesperiana Quartet — from left

WEEKEND: Saturday’s Carry It On Tour in Port Angeles to honor Seeger

PORT ANGELES — The Carry It On Tour, a sojourn honoring the late Pete Seeger’s legacy, will bring seasoned folk singers and activists Anne Feeney… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Tale of healing in ‘Brilliant Traces’ playing Saturday, Sunday in Sequim

Tonight signifies Friday, April 18. SEQUIM — In she comes, out of the Alaskan snowstorm, high on sugar. Rosannah is a stranger in a white… Continue reading

BRIEFLY — New dance floor to be broken in Saturday in Sequim . . . and other entertainment briefs

New dance floor broken in SEQUIM — The Cort Armstrong Band is set to do some springtime reveling on the new dance floor at the… Continue reading

Joe Louis Walker  [Photo by Michael Weintrob]

WEEKEND: Bluesman Joe Louis Walker to play Port Townsend roadhouse Saturday

People like to call Joe Louis Walker a blues man. But one brief conversation affirms that for this artist, music is bigger than any label.… Continue reading

Joe Louis Walker  [Photo by Michael Weintrob]
Lawrason Driscoll stars in “King Lear.” —Photo by Shelly Randall/Key City Public Theatre

WEEKEND: Port Townsend troupe to perform Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ starting Friday

PORT TOWNSEND — The compact Key City Playhouse has been rearranged into an arena-style theater. Cornish College of the Arts teacher Kerry Skalsky is stepping… Continue reading

Lawrason Driscoll stars in “King Lear.” —Photo by Shelly Randall/Key City Public Theatre
The Hesperiana Quartet — from left

WEEKEND: Quartet to bring classics to life in Coyle concert Saturday

COYLE — This music has been loved so long, mused the cellist, that it is called “classic.” This Saturday night, the classics will come alive… Continue reading

The Hesperiana Quartet — from left

WEEKEND: Saturday’s Carry It On Tour in Port Angeles to honor Seeger

PORT ANGELES — The Carry It On Tour, a sojourn honoring the late Pete Seeger’s legacy, will bring seasoned folk singers and activists Anne Feeney… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Tale of healing in ‘Brilliant Traces,’ opening in Sequim tonight

Tonight signifies Friday, April 18. SEQUIM — In she comes, out of the Alaskan snowstorm, high on sugar. Rosannah is a stranger in a white… Continue reading

Jon and Jenny Schmidt at home in Sequim.  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]

PENINSULA PROFILE: Couple devoted to themselves and the North Olympic Peninsula

Jenny Schmidt checks with her mate before she tells the story. Then, green light given, she describes to a reporter the year she and her… Continue reading

Jon and Jenny Schmidt at home in Sequim.  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]
Damon Little

Readers Theatre Plus’ ‘Dewey’ awards up for vote

SEQUIM — Sequim's version of the Tony Awards, known in these parts as the Deweys, is about to begin — with local theater lovers acting… Continue reading

Damon Little
John Considine

WEEKEND: Sunday movie fundraiser to benefit Port Townsend theater

PORT TOWNSEND — Key City Public Theatre, at age 56 an artistic force across the region, will begin a new era this Sunday [April 13].… Continue reading

John Considine