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Free outdoor concerts set on Peninsula

Get out your picnic baskets, blankets and sunglasses for free outdoor summer concerts on the North Olympic Peninsula. The season’s free concerts are on Tuesdays… Continue reading

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Lower Elwha Klallam artist and storyteller Robert Fernandes, who served as curator of the Field Arts & Events Hall gallery collection of Klallam art works and crafts, speaks about the collection during Thursday night's gallery opening and reception in Port Angeles. The showing has the title "Creations by the Klallam People."

Gallery opens at Field Hall

Field Arts & Events Hall celebrated the opening of its gallery a special welcoming reception. The opening was the first event of… Continue reading

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Lower Elwha Klallam artist and storyteller Robert Fernandes, who served as curator of the Field Arts & Events Hall gallery collection of Klallam art works and crafts, speaks about the collection during Thursday night's gallery opening and reception in Port Angeles. The showing has the title "Creations by the Klallam People."

Field Hall celebrates grand opening

Field Arts & Events Hall is hosting a series of opening acts this weekend. The new facility at 219 N. Oak St.,… Continue reading

Entertainment abounds on Peninsula this weekend

A variety of entertainment is slated on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. • Concerts in the Barn will begin its seventh season of free… Continue reading

Trio Hava will kickoff the seventh season of Concerts in the barn. Pictured are, from left,, cellist Amy Barston and violist Elisa Barston. Pianist Paige Molloy is not pictured.

Concerts in the Barn begins Saturday

Concerts in the Barn will begin its seventh season of free chamber music concerts in its iconic barn in Quilcene on Saturday. The… Continue reading

Trio Hava will kickoff the seventh season of Concerts in the barn. Pictured are, from left,, cellist Amy Barston and violist Elisa Barston. Pianist Paige Molloy is not pictured.
Ranky Tanky, the double Grammy-winning group from Charleston, S.C., will help Field Arts & Events Hall celebrate its grand opening Saturday night. (Peter Frank Edwards)

Ranky Tanky to bring ‘Good Time’ and more from South Carolina roots

Grammy winners coming to Field Hall

  • Jul 27, 2023
  • By Diane Urbani de la Paz for Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
Ranky Tanky, the double Grammy-winning group from Charleston, S.C., will help Field Arts & Events Hall celebrate its grand opening Saturday night. (Peter Frank Edwards)
The dancers of BANDALOOP, pictured in Munich, Germany, will come to Port Angeles to perform on Field Arts & Events Hall’s north exterior wall this Saturday. (Basil Tsimoyianis/BANDALOOP)

Performers to dance off the wall in Port Angeles

Field Hall grand opening features three shows Saturday

The dancers of BANDALOOP, pictured in Munich, Germany, will come to Port Angeles to perform on Field Arts & Events Hall’s north exterior wall this Saturday. (Basil Tsimoyianis/BANDALOOP)

Community Players to conduct auditions for play about domestic violence

The Port Angeles Community Players plan auctions today and Saturday for the group’s 2023-24 season opener “To The Moon.” The auditions will… Continue reading

Diane Schuur will kick off her 70th birthday tour at the Field Hall on Friday.

Diane Schuur to perform at Field Hall

Grammy-winning vocalist and pianist Diane Schuur will headline the grand opening celebration of the Field Arts & Events hall this weekend with… Continue reading

Diane Schuur will kick off her 70th birthday tour at the Field Hall on Friday.
Among the items at Habitat for Humanity East Jefferson County’s summer art show will be vintage G Rodo Boulange.

Habitat for Humanity conducts art show

Habitat for Humanity East Jefferson County will host an art show featuring over 140 works of art as well as many collectibles… Continue reading

Among the items at Habitat for Humanity East Jefferson County’s summer art show will be vintage G Rodo Boulange.
Summertime Singers, from left, back row are Lee Singer, Douglas Rodgers, Christina Brinch, Mary Munford, Barbara Allen, Galen Clark, Barb Thompson and Sue Reid; middle row, Linda Bach and Helen Lauritzen; and front row, Colleen Johnson, Sydney Keegan, Pilar Grau, Chuck Thompson. Not pictuered are Katy Ottaway, Pat Rodgers, Rob Wamstad, Jonathan Stafford, Kathleen Knoblock, Joel Peterson, Kristoffer Lott, Mark Schecter and Will Kalb.

Summertime Singers to perform at Candelight Concert

Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concerts will host the Summertime Singers, a local mixed choral group, at 7 p.m. Thursday. The group will… Continue reading

Summertime Singers, from left, back row are Lee Singer, Douglas Rodgers, Christina Brinch, Mary Munford, Barbara Allen, Galen Clark, Barb Thompson and Sue Reid; middle row, Linda Bach and Helen Lauritzen; and front row, Colleen Johnson, Sydney Keegan, Pilar Grau, Chuck Thompson. Not pictuered are Katy Ottaway, Pat Rodgers, Rob Wamstad, Jonathan Stafford, Kathleen Knoblock, Joel Peterson, Kristoffer Lott, Mark Schecter and Will Kalb.
photo by Brian Goodman
"Rushing Water" appears in "Outside In," the show on view now at Northwind Art's Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend.

‘Outside In’ artists to give free talk Saturday

The two photographers went together to the same spot: Salmon Cascades on the Sol Duc River. Their shots turned out to be… Continue reading

photo by Brian Goodman
"Rushing Water" appears in "Outside In," the show on view now at Northwind Art's Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend.

Entertainment varied on Peninsula this weekend

Activities abound on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. • Field Arts & Events Hall offers Community Days, a free weekend of performances from local… Continue reading

Lavender Weekend begins Friday

Eighteen farms in the Sequim area are open for tours during 2023 Lavender Weekend today through Sunday. In addition, the 2023 Sequim Lavender… Continue reading

Olympic Cellars sets summer concerts

Olympic Cellars has scheduled four outdoor concerts this summer, with the first on Saturday. Each of the concerts at the winery at… Continue reading

Turn-A-Thon set Saturday

The Strait Turners chapter of the American Association of Woodturners will host Turn-a-Thon from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The wood-turning celebration… Continue reading

Bag of Books begins today

The Port Angeles Friends of the Library will host a Bag of Books sale from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. today and… Continue reading

Bunker open to teens this Friday

Another free afternoon of art-making for young people in sixth through 12th grades is set for this Friday at Northwind Art School… Continue reading

Day of Play, Community Days scheduled this weekend

The 2023 Port Angeles Day of Play on Saturday will offer recreational activities at 14 sites within town including the Field Arts… Continue reading

Panelists to discuss climate change at fine arts center

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will host “Civic Minds + Creative Hearts: Climate Change and Resiliency” today. The event from 6… Continue reading