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Allyson Kramer

Past recipients to play at scholarship benefit concert

PORT ANGELES — What goes around comes around: An array of players who have benefited from Monday Musicale scholarships years ago — and bloomed as… Continue reading

Allyson Kramer

WEEKEND Retelling of a classic: ‘Cotton Patch Gospel’ in Sequim

DUNGENESS — They call it “the greatest story ever retold”: Mary and Joe's boy Jesus, born in present-day rural Georgia and baptized in the Chattahoochee… Continue reading

Majlis Nilsen

WEEKEND: ‘Tis the bazaar season across North Olympic Peninsula

The season of holiday bazaars has begun. An explosion of fairs, festivals and flea markets will lay out tempting textures and colors in a variety… Continue reading

Majlis Nilsen

WEEKEND: ‘Woman in Black’ starts this weekend in Sequim

SEQUIM — Ron Graham believes in a particular method of magic. He's interested in sharing this benign sorcery, starting tonight on the stage at 414… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Divas, dahlias and “Girls Chopping Wood” during Port Townsend Gallery Walk

PORT TOWNSEND — Divas, dahlias and “Girls Chopping Wood” all figure in the free Gallery Walk around Port Townsend this Saturday evening. Here's a sampling… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Fall fills senses during Art Walk in Sequim

SEQUIM — The color theme for the November First Friday Art Walk tonight is a flavorful one. We're talking brown, as in chocolate, mocha, espresso,… Continue reading

Artist Carol Wilhelm

WEEKEND: Felting demo highlight of PEO bazaar

SEQUIM — A holiday bazaar put on by PEO — the Philanthropic Educational Organization devoted to educational opportunities for women — will offer an abundance… Continue reading

Artist Carol Wilhelm
Children in Chiapas

WEEKEND: Mexican dinner to benefit Mujeres de Maiz foundation

SEQUIM — The seventh year has been especially fruitful for the Mujeres de Maiz Opportunity Foundation, a nonprofit group connecting Sequim with the Mayan women… Continue reading

Children in Chiapas

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

Harvest meals, lectures and benefits are offered this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. For more information on arts and entertainment, see Peninsula Spotlight, the… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Symphony to fill air with cinema gems

PORT ANGELES — Music from the big screen — brought to life by a big orchestra — will fill the hall this Saturday night as… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Woodworkers to exhibit creations

PORT TOWNSEND — A variety of unusual wood items will be on display this weekend in a show that is intended to connect area artists… Continue reading

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: More spooks on tap for listening pleasure

DID YOU GET through Halloween without getting spooked or otherwise scared out of your wits? You did? Well, you have another chance or two, so… Continue reading

Ghost story preview to float into Sequim playhouse

SEQUIM — A ghost story will ride into the Olympic Theatre Arts playhouse this Halloween on the backs of two horses: the emotion of the… Continue reading

Port Townsend woman matches Peninsula cancer patients with volunteer drivers

PORT TOWNSEND — One of the scariest things that can happen, Nina Pascoe knows, is a cancer diagnosis. And while Pascoe doesn’t work in a… Continue reading

Filmmaker Sandy Osawa

PENINSULA PROFILE: Filmmaker captures Native American triumphs

PORT ANGELES — Sandy Johnson Osawa needed a few days to work up her courage to call Maria Tallchief, the world-renowned dancer. But Osawa, a… Continue reading

Filmmaker Sandy Osawa
Spend Sunday afternoon with Mozart, Brahms and Schubert in Port Townsend

Spend Sunday afternoon with Mozart, Brahms and Schubert in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Lucinda Carver is here to dispel a misconception. The idea that you have to be an expert about classical music to enjoy… Continue reading

Spend Sunday afternoon with Mozart, Brahms and Schubert in Port Townsend

WEEKEND: Ancient tsunamis topic of field trip, presentations

JOYCE — Paleo-tsunamis, or tsunamis occurring prior to the historical record or for which there are no written observations, will be covered in an evening… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2012
Volunteer Traci Zavodny fills a plastic bin with candy Thursday in preparation for today's Halloween Carnival in the gym of Queen of Angels School in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Halloween events begin tonight, this weekend across North Olympic Peninsula

All Hallows' Eve may officially strike Wednesday, but the North Olympic Peninsula jumps into the Halloween spirit starting this weekend. And the spook-tacular events run… Continue reading

Volunteer Traci Zavodny fills a plastic bin with candy Thursday in preparation for today's Halloween Carnival in the gym of Queen of Angels School in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Other events today and this weekend on North Olympic Peninsula

Halloween events aren't the only things happening on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. Multiple benefits, an Apple Press and Fun Fest and a World… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2012
Pat Wakefield

WEEKEND: Outrageous Olympics . . . tonight! ‘Fun-raiser’ for Clallam County United Way

PORT ANGELES — Paper airplanes, pingpong balls, frypans, soda cans, yo-yos and more will fill the Vern Burton Community Center gym during the sixth annual… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2012
Pat Wakefield