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MarchFourth, the party band featuring musicians, dancers and acrobats, is set to play Saturday at the Juan de Fuca Festival in Port Angeles. (Andrew Wyatt)

30th Juan de Fuca Festival arrives Friday

Lineup brings music, activities for adults and children

  • May 23, 2023
  • By Diane Urbani de la Paz for Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
MarchFourth, the party band featuring musicians, dancers and acrobats, is set to play Saturday at the Juan de Fuca Festival in Port Angeles. (Andrew Wyatt)
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Larry Strohm sells a $7 Duck Derby ticket to Carl Alexander inside Swain’s General Store. Tickets will be on sale until Sunday, and for a limited time on Sunday at Pebble Beach Park, located at Front and Railroad streets in Port Angeles. The event will begin 11:30 a.m. there, with the Bub and Alice Olsen Very Important Duck (VID) Pluck just before the main event at 1:30 p.m. Ducks will be plucked from trucks for 34 prizes, including a 2023 Toyota Corolla from Wilder Auto. Proceeds go to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation.

Ducks to be plucked from trucks on Sunday

Ducks will be plucked from trucks on Sunday during the 34th annual Duck Derby organized by the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. Once… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Larry Strohm sells a $7 Duck Derby ticket to Carl Alexander inside Swain’s General Store. Tickets will be on sale until Sunday, and for a limited time on Sunday at Pebble Beach Park, located at Front and Railroad streets in Port Angeles. The event will begin 11:30 a.m. there, with the Bub and Alice Olsen Very Important Duck (VID) Pluck just before the main event at 1:30 p.m. Ducks will be plucked from trucks for 34 prizes, including a 2023 Toyota Corolla from Wilder Auto. Proceeds go to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation.
“Dappled,” a silk painting by Evette Allerdings of Port Angeles, is among the 40 works installed this week at Jefferson Healthcare Hospital. Image courtesy of Northwind Art

Northwind Art decorates Jefferson Healthcare

Paintings on silk, canvas and wood, mixed-media work, plein air art made with a tablet: All were installed this week at Jefferson… Continue reading

“Dappled,” a silk painting by Evette Allerdings of Port Angeles, is among the 40 works installed this week at Jefferson Healthcare Hospital. Image courtesy of Northwind Art
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The Salish Coast Elementary School Eagles march along Lawrence Street in Uptown Port Townsend in the annual Rhody Kiddies Parade on Saturday. Over 600 kids were registered for the parade.
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Rhody Kiddies Parade in Port Townsend

The Salish Coast Elementary School Eagles march along Lawrence Street in Uptown Port Townsend in the annual Rhody Kiddies Parade on Saturday. Over 600 kids… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The Salish Coast Elementary School Eagles march along Lawrence Street in Uptown Port Townsend in the annual Rhody Kiddies Parade on Saturday. Over 600 kids were registered for the parade.
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Community Prayer Breakfast in Port Angeles set for Thursday

The 21st annual Community Prayer Breakfast will be conducted in the St. Anne Room at Queen of Angels Catholic Church from 8… Continue reading

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Honors students to present original research

Free lectures scheduled on Monday

The band Port Town Zen — from left, Tracy Grisman, Barrett Wilson, Cam McMinn and "Busker Scott" Braman — will fill the Northwind Art School's open studio with jazz and swing this Monday evening. photo courtesy of Port Town Zen

Live music to fill art studio at Fort Worden

Live music returns to the open studio at the Northwind Art School this Monday evening with the arrival of the Port Town… Continue reading

The band Port Town Zen — from left, Tracy Grisman, Barrett Wilson, Cam McMinn and "Busker Scott" Braman — will fill the Northwind Art School's open studio with jazz and swing this Monday evening. photo courtesy of Port Town Zen

Poetry on the Salish Sea begins Sunday

Gallagher, Derry, Hunt among lineup

Ian Maksin will perform in Forks on Sunday.

Cellist to perform in Forks

Ian Maksin will appear in concert in a tour called “Songs of a Vagabond Cello” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday in… Continue reading

Ian Maksin will perform in Forks on Sunday.
Port Angeles High School junior Jamie Robinson is one of many students helping prepare the school’s community garden for a plant sale on Saturday. All proceeds will be dedicated to the school’s garden program. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Growing plants, knowledge at Port Angeles High School garden

Club to sell vegetable starts as fundraiser; cash accepted Saturday

Port Angeles High School junior Jamie Robinson is one of many students helping prepare the school’s community garden for a plant sale on Saturday. All proceeds will be dedicated to the school’s garden program. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
James Garlick of Port Angeles, left, and Richard O’Neill, who grew up in Sequim, are cofounders of the Music on the Strait festival. (photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz)

Music on the Strait summer festival returns

Concerts at Maier Hall and new Field Hall

James Garlick of Port Angeles, left, and Richard O’Neill, who grew up in Sequim, are cofounders of the Music on the Strait festival. (photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz)
The Metropolitan Opera’s reimagined “Don Giovanni” will be simulcast live in two locations on the North Olympic Peninsula this Saturday. (photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera)

Reimagined ‘Don Giovanni’ lights the screen Saturday

Don Juan, the mythic seducer of women, will arrive on the North Olympic Peninsula this Saturday morning. He’s at the center of… Continue reading

The Metropolitan Opera’s reimagined “Don Giovanni” will be simulcast live in two locations on the North Olympic Peninsula this Saturday. (photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera)

Rhody Festival offers parades, bed races

The 88th annual Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival continues today with parades, a hair and beard contest and opening ceremonies. “Wild, Wild Rhody”… Continue reading

Variety of entertainment offered on Peninsula

A huge variety of entertainment is available this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. • Port Angeles Symphony Chorus will perform at 7 p.m. in… Continue reading

Rhody Fest continues through Sunday

The 88th annual Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival continues today with a Pet Parade and will offer a variety of activities through Sunday.… Continue reading

Symphony Chorus rejoins Chamber Orchestra for pair of concerts

After a three-year hiatus, the Port Angeles Symphony Chorus is about to step onto the stage and sing. Along with the Port… Continue reading

Ensemble Sangineto to perform in Sequim

Ensemble Sangineto will perform at 7 p.m. Friday. The performance will be at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave, Sequim. The… Continue reading

Field Hall announces plans for grand opening performances

Field Arts & Events Hall’s grand opening July 29-30 will feature an array of performers, according to a lineup announced by Steve… Continue reading

Tickets on sale for Olympic Music Festival season

Violinist Ray Chen among the artists performing

Author visits Peninsula College campus this week

Adventure writer and naturalist Sy Montgomery, the Peninsula College Writer in Residence this spring, will be on campus in Port Angeles today… Continue reading