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Nineteen agencies are anticipated to have interactive booths for visitors at the Dungeness River Festival set for Friday at Railroad Bridge Park. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Dungeness River Festival set for Friday

Nineteen agencies to present free, hands-on activities at Railroad Bridge Park

Nineteen agencies are anticipated to have interactive booths for visitors at the Dungeness River Festival set for Friday at Railroad Bridge Park. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

JeffCo repair events slated for this fall

The Port Townsend Marine Science Center is sponsoring four JeffCo Repair events, where individuals can bring their lamps with a faulty switch,… Continue reading

Big Sky City Lights will perform Saturday at Port Ludlow Performing Arts.

Big Sky City Lights to perform Saturday in Port Ludlow

Big Sky City Lights will perform at Port Ludlow Performing Arts’ Champagne season opener at 7 p.m. Saturday. The performance will be… Continue reading

Big Sky City Lights will perform Saturday at Port Ludlow Performing Arts.
Gina Salā will present two events this weekend.

Global vocalist to peform in two events this weekend

Gina Salā will perform two events in Port Townsend this weekend. Salā will host “World Chant/Kirtan Evening with Gina Salā” at 7… Continue reading

Gina Salā will present two events this weekend.
Joe Euro will perform at Candlelight Concerts on Thursday.

Joe Euro to play during Candlelight Concert series

Joe Euro will present “Classical/Neo-Classical Finger-Style” during a Candlelight Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday. The series, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 609… Continue reading

Joe Euro will perform at Candlelight Concerts on Thursday.
Rebecca Gilbert, left, and Rick Mischke, both of Port Angeles, at a recent rehearsal of a scene from the play “Almost, Maine.”

Port Angeles Community Players to host ‘Almost, Maine’

The Port Angeles Community Players will open their production of “Almost, Maine” with performances at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Tuesdays and… Continue reading

Rebecca Gilbert, left, and Rick Mischke, both of Port Angeles, at a recent rehearsal of a scene from the play “Almost, Maine.”
Michael Carroll, Joel Wallgren and Pamela Roberts perform during a Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series concert.

Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra to play in chamber series event

The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra will perform during at Chamber Music Series event at 3 p.m. Saturday. The free concert will be at… Continue reading

Michael Carroll, Joel Wallgren and Pamela Roberts perform during a Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series concert.
Sunshine Peterson will sing a duet of “All I Ask of You” from “The Phantom of the Opera” during Saturday’s “Family Pops” concert with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra. (Sunshine Peterson)

Symphony to celebrate classics, movies, Americana

Saturday’s ‘Family Pops’ concert to feature soloists, choir

  • Sep 24, 2024
  • By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
Sunshine Peterson will sing a duet of “All I Ask of You” from “The Phantom of the Opera” during Saturday’s “Family Pops” concert with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra. (Sunshine Peterson)

Film festival, Quilcene fair on tap this weekend

The Port Townsend Film Festival, community theater productions and the Quilcene Fair and Parade will highlight weekend events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • The… Continue reading

The Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association’s fall show is set for Saturday and Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. (Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association)

Rock and gem show set this weekend in Port Angeles

Members expand ‘Rock Alley’ for younger attendees

The Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association’s fall show is set for Saturday and Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. (Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association)
“Do Not Open!” by Elissa Greisz was part of Northwind Art’s 2023 “Small Expressions” exhibition. The call for art entries in the 2024 show is open through Oct. 11. (Diane Urbani/Northwind Art)

Artists encouraged to apply for Port Townsend gallery shows

Artists across and beyond the Olympic Peninsula are invited to enter one or both of the exhibitions coming up at Northwind Art’s… Continue reading

“Do Not Open!” by Elissa Greisz was part of Northwind Art’s 2023 “Small Expressions” exhibition. The call for art entries in the 2024 show is open through Oct. 11. (Diane Urbani/Northwind Art)
Ten black men gathered at the Whidbey Institute to take part in the “Dark and Tender” film, documenting a workshop focused on tenderness and platonic touch. (Dark and Tender)

Film documentary explores platonic touch

Workshop on Whidbey Island focuses on tenderness between black men

Ten black men gathered at the Whidbey Institute to take part in the “Dark and Tender” film, documenting a workshop focused on tenderness and platonic touch. (Dark and Tender)

Tickets on sale for Music on the Strait performance

Tickets are on sale for Music on the Strait’s Oct. 4 performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Field Arts and Events Hall.… Continue reading

Community theaters to host joint auditions for Christmas shows

Olympic Theatre Arts and the Port Angeles Community Players will conduct joint auditions for their Christmas shows. Auditions will be conducted from 11 a.m. to… Continue reading

Iona Fyfe

Iona Fyfe to perform at the Palindrome on Sunday

Iona Fyfe will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The concert will be at the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller… Continue reading

Iona Fyfe
Catherine Hardwicke, best known for directing “Twilight,” will screen her film “Thirteen” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion, 209 Monroe St. in Port Townsend. (Port Townsend Film Festival)

Port Townsend Film Festival to kick off its 25th year this weekend

More than 60 films, 50 filmmakers expected to be in attendance

Catherine Hardwicke, best known for directing “Twilight,” will screen her film “Thirteen” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion, 209 Monroe St. in Port Townsend. (Port Townsend Film Festival)

Forever StreamFest to host conservation program Saturday

The Port Angeles Garden Club and the Clallam County Conservation District will host the third Forever StreamFest: Tending Our Gardens Beyond Our… Continue reading

Friday Night Live season begins this weekend

The Sequim Community Church will kick off its fall Friday Night Live season at 5:30 p.m. Friday. The free community gathering will begin… Continue reading

Nora Huges will be part of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s “Sparks of Connection: In Celebration of Fem Fabrication” exhibit. (Heather Dawn Sparks)

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center to host reception Friday

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will host an opening reception for “Sparks of Connection: In Celebration of Fem Fabrication” from 5… Continue reading

Nora Huges will be part of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s “Sparks of Connection: In Celebration of Fem Fabrication” exhibit. (Heather Dawn Sparks)
“The Eclipse Went Wild,” by Port Townsend photographer Kathy Fridstein, is among 38 artworks newly installed at Jefferson Healthcare Hospital. (Kathy Fridstein)

Port Townsend hospital brings in 38 works from local artists

A new wave of fine art has arrived this week on the walls of Jefferson Healthcare Hospital, thanks to five local artists.… Continue reading

“The Eclipse Went Wild,” by Port Townsend photographer Kathy Fridstein, is among 38 artworks newly installed at Jefferson Healthcare Hospital. (Kathy Fridstein)