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Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Club to present Banff Film Festival

The Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Club will co-host the Pacific Northwest showing of the Banff Mountain Film Festival at 7 p.m. Saturday. The… Continue reading

Lake Crescent Lodge opens today.

Lake Crescent Lodge opens Friday

Sol Duc hot springs available now

Lake Crescent Lodge opens today.

Virtual three-day Home & Kitchen Tour begins Friday

The 24th annual Home & Kitchen Tour begins Friday and extends through Sunday. It’s all virtual, so pass-holders can visit multiple times… Continue reading

Grange hall hosts Irish music

Quimper Grange plans a concert of traditional Irish music at 7 p.m. tonight. The show at the grange hall, 1219 Corona St.,… Continue reading

Olympic Theater Arts offers last weekend of ‘Bingo!’ and Ren Faire auditions

Olympic Theater Arts will host the final weekend of “Bingo! The Winning Musical” tonight through Sunday and will conduct auctions for a Renaissance… Continue reading

Violist Tyrone Beatty will appear this Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the Peninsula Singers. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Peninsula Singers are back on a stage

First segment dedicated to those who have died of COVID or in Ukraine

Violist Tyrone Beatty will appear this Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the Peninsula Singers. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Kathy Knoblock, pictured outside Port Townsend’s Rothschild House with her constant companion Baxter, is an organizer of this weekend’s Victorian Heritage Festival. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Victorian Heritage Festival set for this weekend

Events billed as first celebration of season on Peninsula

Kathy Knoblock, pictured outside Port Townsend’s Rothschild House with her constant companion Baxter, is an organizer of this weekend’s Victorian Heritage Festival. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
David Michael and Gwen Franz.

Harp, cello presented at candlelight concert

Candlelight Concert features Michael, Franz

David Michael and Gwen Franz.

Say Can You See

I love this country I love the people and the land But there’s a lot of stuff happening that I can’t understand We got billions… Continue reading

Pamela Mae and Scott Cook will bring their stories and songs to the Palindrome in Port Townsend on Thursday evening. (Fish Griwkowsky)

Troubadour performing the ‘people’s songs’

This year’s tour has included 45 stops across the country

Pamela Mae and Scott Cook will bring their stories and songs to the Palindrome in Port Townsend on Thursday evening. (Fish Griwkowsky)
Guitarist Angelica Hernández, far right, dreamed as a girl of joining the Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. She'll arrive with the ensemble this Wednesday for a concert in Port Angeles.  photo courtesy Mariachi Reyna de los Angeles

Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles to appear on Peninsula

Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts sponsors show

Guitarist Angelica Hernández, far right, dreamed as a girl of joining the Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. She'll arrive with the ensemble this Wednesday for a concert in Port Angeles.  photo courtesy Mariachi Reyna de los Angeles

North Olympic Library System to host Rain or Shine! Outdoor Storytime

The North Olympic Library System will continue its Rain or Shine! Outdoor Storytime series in May. The all-ages programs feature stories, music,… Continue reading

Kingly compositions to be heard Sunday

Concerti from the Court of Frederick the Great is set for 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Port Townsend.… Continue reading

Nellie Bly (Maggie Jo Bulkley) and Phileas Fogg (Brendan Chambers) engage in global travel — real and imagined — in “Around the World in Less Than 80 Days,” now playing at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Music, film, drama spring up this weekend across North Olympic Peninsula

Springtime activities hit full strength this weekend with jazz and swing, a film festival and a theatrical race around the globe. Here’s a sampling of… Continue reading

Nellie Bly (Maggie Jo Bulkley) and Phileas Fogg (Brendan Chambers) engage in global travel — real and imagined — in “Around the World in Less Than 80 Days,” now playing at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
The Ballet Workshop’s senior dancers — from left, Caitlynn Donaldson, Isabella Knott, Ryan Andrews and Amelia Brown — will join performers from Oregon and New York City in this weekend’s production of “The Sleeping Beauty.” (Bob Spink)

‘Sleeping Beauty’ reawakens with performance in Port Angeles

Ballet Workshop presents dancers from New York City

The Ballet Workshop’s senior dancers — from left, Caitlynn Donaldson, Isabella Knott, Ryan Andrews and Amelia Brown — will join performers from Oregon and New York City in this weekend’s production of “The Sleeping Beauty.” (Bob Spink)
Above the crowd in the Chimacum School Commons is Brian Goodman’s family portrait of, from top, Cindy, Azuriah, Phineas and Zishe Sylvester. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

‘Still Here: Portraits of the Chemakum’ reopens Saturday

Exhibit elicits both joy, tears at Chimacum High

Above the crowd in the Chimacum School Commons is Brian Goodman’s family portrait of, from top, Cindy, Azuriah, Phineas and Zishe Sylvester. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Earth Day celebrations set this weekend on Olympic Peninsula

The North Olympic Peninsula will offer a variety of Earth Day celebrations. Earth Day is today, but most activities are set for Saturday. The North… Continue reading

Principal horn player Bruce Kelley is the featured soloist with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra, which will offer Armenian American composer Alan Hovhaness’ Artik Concerto tonight and Sunday at the Chimacum School Auditorium. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Principal horn player Bruce Kelley is the featured soloist with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra, which will offer Armenian American composer Alan Hovhaness’ Artik Concerto tonight and Sunday at the Chimacum School Auditorium. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
“Exposure,” a documentary about women from the Arab world and the West who intend to ski to the North Pole, is among the offerings during the 10-day Women & Film festival starting Friday. (Holly Morris)

Women & Film explores ‘varieties of strength’

Online festival begins Friday, runs through May 1

“Exposure,” a documentary about women from the Arab world and the West who intend to ski to the North Pole, is among the offerings during the 10-day Women & Film festival starting Friday. (Holly Morris)