Entertainment

Blake’s Birthday Bash set at Studio Bob

Blake’s Birthday Bash is set for 8 p.m. Saturday at Studio Bob. Doors will open at 7 p.m. at the studio at… Continue reading

Margie McDonald displays some of her work. She will be among artists featured during Soundcheck.
Margie McDonald displays some of her work. She will be among artists featured during Soundcheck.
Free children’s art activities, such as this pictured in a file photo, at the Uptown Street Fair in Port Townsend will be from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Free children’s art activities, such as this pictured in a file photo, at the Uptown Street Fair in Port Townsend will be from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Variety of jazz on tap at Thursday concert

The Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble’s “Summer Quarter Concert” will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday. The free concert will be in the… Continue reading

Strait turners to meet

The Strait Turners chapter of the American Association of Woodturners will meet at noon Saturday. The chapter will meet in person this month… Continue reading

Free music offered outdoors on Peninsula

Concerts set in Sequim, Port Angeles, Port Townsend

Michael Stephen Brown.2022 Finale.Pianist

Olympic Music Festival begins season today

The Olympic Music Festival begins its 2022 Summer Season in Port Townsend today. The festival’s 39th summer season offers in-person performances at… Continue reading

Michael Stephen Brown.2022 Finale.Pianist

Art, music, drama on tap this weekend

A variety of entertainment is scheduled on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. • Port Angeles Community Players Children’s Theater will present the play “Merry Men”… Continue reading

Graden Kubas, 16, of Sequim, scratches the back of his Hereford steer, Hammer, that he plans to exhibit in the Fitting and Showing category of the Jefferson County Fair in Port Townsend on Saturday. Kubas, a member of FFA, raised the steer from about 1 week old to its present age of 16 months and weighs about 1,000 to 1,300 pounds. Kubas plans to auction Hammer at the Clallam County Fair and hopes to net around $4 per pound. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County Fair kicks off today

Graden Kubas, 16, of Sequim scratches the back of his Hereford steer, Hammer, that he plans to exhibit in the Fitting and Showing category of… Continue reading

Graden Kubas, 16, of Sequim, scratches the back of his Hereford steer, Hammer, that he plans to exhibit in the Fitting and Showing category of the Jefferson County Fair in Port Townsend on Saturday. Kubas, a member of FFA, raised the steer from about 1 week old to its present age of 16 months and weighs about 1,000 to 1,300 pounds. Kubas plans to auction Hammer at the Clallam County Fair and hopes to net around $4 per pound. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Second Saturday venues offer art

The Second Saturday Art Walk will feature art and weaving techniques at venues throughout Port Angeles this weekend. Studio Bob will present… Continue reading

Henry Wendel as the sheriff tells his assistant, played by Mchenry Miller, his plan to capture Robin.

Children’s theater re-imagines old tale

Port Angeles Community Players Children’s theater will present the play “Merry Men” by Kemuel DeMoville, in a re-imagined telling of a familiar… Continue reading

Henry Wendel as the sheriff tells his assistant, played by Mchenry Miller, his plan to capture Robin.

Gala, circus set at Worthington Park

The Quilcene Historical Museum’s 13th annual Tasting Gala will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, followed by a circus show and… Continue reading

Sally Pfaff’s acrylic landscapes are on view at the Port Townsend Gallery.
Sally Pfaff’s acrylic landscapes are on view at the Port Townsend Gallery.
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A wind foiler makes their way across the waters of Port Angeles Harbor against a backdrop of the tanker ship Almi Explorer. Moderate breezes from the Strait of Juan de Fuca made for pleasant conditions for wind-driven sports.

Breezy beauty in Port Angeles Harbor

A wind foiler makes their way across the waters of Port Angeles Harbor against a backdrop of the tanker ship Almi Explorer. Moderate breezes from… Continue reading

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A wind foiler makes their way across the waters of Port Angeles Harbor against a backdrop of the tanker ship Almi Explorer. Moderate breezes from the Strait of Juan de Fuca made for pleasant conditions for wind-driven sports.

Drink & Draw with You set for Thursday

The next Drink & Draw model could be you. Drink & Draw with You will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, with doors… Continue reading

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Sarah Shea, right, and members of her band, Chez Jazz, from left, Ed Donohue, Joe D'Enrone and Al Harris, perform at Wednesday's Concert on the Pier music series at Port Angeles City Pier. The weekly free music series, presented by the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts and sponsored by Erika Ralston Word/Windermere Real Estate, D.A. Davidson, the Elwha River Casino and the Peninsula Daily News, continues next Wednesday with the Bread and Gravy Quartet.

Free summer concerts spread music on Peninsula

Free, outdoor summer concerts are planned next week on the North Olympic Peninsula. The concerts are Tuesdays in Sequim, Wednesdays in Port Angeles and Thursdays… Continue reading

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Sarah Shea, right, and members of her band, Chez Jazz, from left, Ed Donohue, Joe D'Enrone and Al Harris, perform at Wednesday's Concert on the Pier music series at Port Angeles City Pier. The weekly free music series, presented by the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts and sponsored by Erika Ralston Word/Windermere Real Estate, D.A. Davidson, the Elwha River Casino and the Peninsula Daily News, continues next Wednesday with the Bread and Gravy Quartet.

Jazz on the Lawn presented Monday

The Twelfth Annual “Jazz on the Lawn” concert will offer 90 minutes of free music on the campus of Peninsula College in… Continue reading

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The largest audience of the summer showed up for the final Free Fridays at the Fort blues concert by performed by musicians Jayy Hopp, left, and Andrew Alli on the Commons at Fort Worden State Park on Friday. That night, the The Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival also hosted Blues in the Clubs. Today, the Centrum program will present the Acoustic Blues Showcase Concert on Littlefield Green outside the McCurdy Pavilion at 1:30 p.m. and host another Blues in the Clubs tonight. For information, and tickets, see https://centrum.org/programs/blues/.

Peninsula Blues in Port Townsend

The largest audience of the summer showed up for the final Free Fridays at the Fort blues concert by performed by musicians Jayy Hopp, left,… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
The largest audience of the summer showed up for the final Free Fridays at the Fort blues concert by performed by musicians Jayy Hopp, left, and Andrew Alli on the Commons at Fort Worden State Park on Friday. That night, the The Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival also hosted Blues in the Clubs. Today, the Centrum program will present the Acoustic Blues Showcase Concert on Littlefield Green outside the McCurdy Pavilion at 1:30 p.m. and host another Blues in the Clubs tonight. For information, and tickets, see https://centrum.org/programs/blues/.

Blues, blackberries and Butoh planned on Peninsula

Entertainment is breaking out all over this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula, with everything from blues to blackberry pies and chamber on tap. •… Continue reading

A Chinook helicopter is planned at Saturday's Unity of Effort

Unity of Effort, salmon bake set Saturday

Unity of Effort’s first-responder recognition event will include Sequim Noon Rotary’s 53rd Annual Salmon Bake on Saturday. Unity of Effort will be from… Continue reading

A Chinook helicopter is planned at Saturday's Unity of Effort