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Lightweight Champion to record live album

Lightweight Champion will record a live album at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The Seattle-based band will perform at Rainshadow Recording Studio at Fort… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula Art Association seeking entries for fundraiser

The Olympic Peninsula Art Association is accepting submissions for “The Square Show” and fundraiser sale through June 7. Submissions should interpret the… Continue reading

Olympic Theatre Arts to host Tune Trade

Hayden Lindsey will host Tune Trade at Olympic Theatre Arts at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The evening will be in the Gathering Hall at… Continue reading

Three-day Juan de Fuca Festival starts today

A live album recording, stage shows and the annual Juan de Fuca Festival highlight weekend events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • Lightweight Champion will… Continue reading

Timbul "Bvll" Cahyono's “Fake Somebody," a 4-foot by 4-foot acrylic painting.

Port Townsend Film Festival releases poster

Artwork based on acrylic painting featuring octopus

Timbul "Bvll" Cahyono's “Fake Somebody," a 4-foot by 4-foot acrylic painting.

Shepherds’ festival set Monday at Sequim grange

Clallam County 4-H, the North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild and the North Olympic Fiber Growers Association will host the Shepherds’ Festival from… Continue reading

Three-day Juan de Fuca Festival to begin Friday

The 32nd Juan de Fuca will start at noon Friday and continue through Sunday evening. The annual festival is centered in and… Continue reading

“Artist at Tamanowas” appears in Patricia Hagen’s one-woman show, “Into the Woods.” The exhibit, at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend, is designed to feel like a walk on a forest trail. (Patricia Hagen)

‘Into the Woods’ to offer a forest walk inside an art gallery

This is the time, the artist believes, to come into the forest. Listen for the owl’s wings. Stand close to the trunk… Continue reading

“Artist at Tamanowas” appears in Patricia Hagen’s one-woman show, “Into the Woods.” The exhibit, at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend, is designed to feel like a walk on a forest trail. (Patricia Hagen)

‘Olympic Connect’ to be topic of Studium Generale

Erin Hawkins and Miranda Burger will present “Olympic Connect” at 12:35 p.m. Thursday. The presentation, part of the Studium Generale speaker series,… Continue reading

‘Nunsense’ to be staged at Olympic Theatre Arts

Morgan Bartholick will direct a free preview performance of “Nunsense” at 7 p.m. Thursday. The production will continue with evening performances on Thursdays,… Continue reading

‘Trifles’ to be staged in Port Townsend

Saltfire Theatre will present “Trifles” at 7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday and matinee performances at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The play… Continue reading

The Vesper Piano Trio, from left, Caitlyn Kelly, Thomas Lee and Emily Hu, will perform at Candlelight Concerts on Thursday.

Candlelight Concerts to host Vesper Piano Trio

The Vesper Piano Trio will perform during Candlelight Concerts at 7 p.m. Thursday. The series, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 609 Taylor… Continue reading

The Vesper Piano Trio, from left, Caitlyn Kelly, Thomas Lee and Emily Hu, will perform at Candlelight Concerts on Thursday.

Olympic Peninsula Authors to host poetry reading

The Olympic Peninsula Authors will conduct an ekphrastic poetry reading from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The reading will be in… Continue reading

Marchers, surrounded by a mass of bubbles, wave to spectators lining the sidewalk during the 90th Rhody Festival Parade on Saturday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Rhody parade

Marchers, surrounded by a mass of bubbles, wave to spectators lining the sidewalk during the 90th Rhody Festival Parade on Saturday in Port Townsend.… Continue reading

Marchers, surrounded by a mass of bubbles, wave to spectators lining the sidewalk during the 90th Rhody Festival Parade on Saturday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Scripts accepted for New Works Showcase

Olympic Theatre Arts is accepting the submission of scripts for its New Works Showcase through May 31. Community members are encouraged to submit… Continue reading

Workshop set for auditioning skills

Ron Graham and Marissa Meek will present a workshop on auditioning skills from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. May 28. The free workshop… Continue reading

Rhododendron Festival parade set for Saturday

The annual Rhody Festival, music performances and a plant sale highlight weekend events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • The 90th Rhododendron Festival will continue… Continue reading

Peninsula College writer in residence to speak at Studium Generale

Caroline Fraser, a Peninsula College writer-in-residence, will speak during Studium Generale at 12:35 p.m. Thursday. The presentation will be in the Little… Continue reading

Port Angeles Symphony Conductor Jonathan Pasternack, guest soloist Anna Petrova and the orchestra celebrate their return to the stage in November 2021. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Symphony maestro wraps his 10th anniversary season

Two concerts set for this weekend

Port Angeles Symphony Conductor Jonathan Pasternack, guest soloist Anna Petrova and the orchestra celebrate their return to the stage in November 2021. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Bassoonist Jacqueline Wilson will be the guest artist in Port Angeles on Friday and in Sequim on Saturday. With the Port Angeles Symphony Chamber Orchestra, she’ll perform a concerto by Navajo composer Connor Chee. (Jacqueline Wilson)

Chamber orchestra concerts feature Navajo concerto

Bassoon soloist to play in Port Angeles, Sequim

  • May 14, 2025
  • Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
Bassoonist Jacqueline Wilson will be the guest artist in Port Angeles on Friday and in Sequim on Saturday. With the Port Angeles Symphony Chamber Orchestra, she’ll perform a concerto by Navajo composer Connor Chee. (Jacqueline Wilson)