Diane Urbani de la Paz

WEEKEND: Sequim Art Walk to feature BirdFest Quest tonight (Friday)

SEQUIM — Tonight's First Friday Art Walk promises a special matching game, a show titled “Jewels of the Olympics” and, as ever, a color theme.… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Clemente series brings memoirist to Port Townsend on Sunday

WEEKEND: Clemente series brings memoirist to Port Townsend on Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — Walter Kirn, author of Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery and a Masquerade, is the next speaker… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Clemente series brings memoirist to Port Townsend on Sunday

WEEKEND: Contra picks up Acadian accent for Saturday dance in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The sound of French Canada will fill the Black Diamond Community Hall as Devon and Dejah Leger, specialists in Acadian music, arrive… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Olympic Theatre Arts fetes birthday of the Bard on Friday in Sequim

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, April 4. SEQUIM — “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” “The Merchant of Venice,” “As You Like It”: These and… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Port Townsend Gallery Walk calls to wild Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — This month’s Port Townsend Gallery Walk, a free event Saturday evening [April 5], beckons this time with a milestone party and, for… Continue reading

From left: Laura Frautschi

WEEKEND: Trio to wrap season for Port Ludlow Arts Council on Sunday

PORT LUDLOW — When John Novacek was an 11-year-old just starting to play the piano, he learned “The Entertainer,” that Scott Joplin ragtime number later… Continue reading

From left: Laura Frautschi

Port Angeles concert Saturday to benefit Oso fire department in wake of mudslide

PORT ANGELES — Live music will be the catalyst Saturday night, bringing local residents together behind the families affected by the Oso landslide. Chantilly Lace,… Continue reading

Harlem gospel choir to make harmonious trip to Port Angeles on Friday

PORT ANGELES — When you're the founder of the Harlem Gospel Choir, you're not afraid to promise a sweet time. “You're in for a treat,”… Continue reading

“Surroundings: Painting Nature's Chaos” brings Greg Navratil's vibrant

Artist paints vibrancy of ‘nature’s chaos’ in Port Angeles exhibit to open Thursday; free talk, reception slated Friday

PORT ANGELES — Twenty-eight years ago, the artist boarded the train for Seattle, his bicycle in tow. Upon arrival, he toured the San Juan Islands,… Continue reading

“Surroundings: Painting Nature's Chaos” brings Greg Navratil's vibrant
The 76-voice Port Townsend Community Chorus includes

Port Townsend chorus to host ‘Night at the Opera, a Day in the Country’ on Friday, Sunday

There's a moment in the song when the best things come together. “Everyone is singing with heart,” said choral director Leslie Lewis, “expressing well with… Continue reading

The 76-voice Port Townsend Community Chorus includes

Story People revive April Fool’s tradition at Port Angeles Library

PORT ANGELES — Alan Turner hosted a night of joke-telling — uncensored and free — for years. But as his energy for putting on the… Continue reading

Pipia Sisters look to ‘kick-start’ plans

PORT TOWNSEND — The Pipia Sisters, two Port Townsend-bred performers, are planning a children’s theater camp, a Port Townsend show and a trip to the… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Peninsula Singers concert to honor late member on Saturday and Sunday

SEQUIM — Wherever she lived, Jane Stevenson got together with people and made music. She taught elementary school in Michigan, Maine and Guam, sang in… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Peninsula Singers concert to honor late member on Saturday and Sunday

SEQUIM — Wherever she lived, Jane Stevenson got together with people and made music. She taught elementary school in Michigan, Maine and Guam, sang in… Continue reading

Devon Beck

WEEKEND: Find lots of basement deals at PA farmers market fundraiser Saturday

PORT ANGELES — There are conga drums. Large Yamaha speakers. A tiny porch swing. These are among the robust offerings gathered for the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Devon Beck

WEEKEND: Dancers, troupes to sashay, shimmy into Port Angeles venue Saturday night

PORT ANGELES — If you're interested in burlesque, bellydance, Gypsy or steampunk culture, you'll be pleased to know you can have them all this Saturday… Continue reading

Robin Bessier  — David Conklin photo

WEEKEND: Jazz songstress to step out onto Sequim stage Saturday night

SEQUIM — A bit of jazz, some bossa nova and a dose of samba will fill Wind Rose Cellars, the downtown Sequim wine bar, as… Continue reading

Robin Bessier  — David Conklin photo
Olive (Barbara Drennan) and Sylvan (Don White) struggle to connect in “Olive and the Bitter Herbs.”  —Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Readers Theatre Plus performance looks at inner self beginning tonight

Today and tonight signify Friday, March 28. SEQUIM — Olive, along with her suitor, her gay neighbors and her one friend, travels a long way… Continue reading

Olive (Barbara Drennan) and Sylvan (Don White) struggle to connect in “Olive and the Bitter Herbs.”  —Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Poet to step up to coffee house mic tonight

Tonight signifies Friday, March 28. SEQUIM — Craig Andrews, a rock 'n' roll musician, California student of religion and yoga practitioner, will step up to… Continue reading

Dillan Witherow and Abby Mae Latson will appear tonight at Next Door

WEEKEND: Witherow to ascend stage at Port Angeles pub tonight

Tonight signifies Friday, March 28. PORT ANGELES — Abby Mae Latson and Dillan Witherow, those Port Angeles-bred sweethearts, will bring their brand of folk and… Continue reading

Dillan Witherow and Abby Mae Latson will appear tonight at Next Door