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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
WEEKEND: PT Community Orchestra free concert Saturday

WEEKEND: PT Community Orchestra free concert Saturday

CHIMACUM — The Port Townsend Community Orchestra, an all-volunteer ensemble of 60 musicians led by maestro Dewey Ehling, will celebrate its 25th anniversary season with… Continue reading

WEEKEND: PT Community Orchestra free concert Saturday
Jim and Carol Swarbrick Dries will serve as announcers for this Sunday's Sequim City Band concert

WEEKEND: Sequim City Band wraps Sunday

SEQUIM — Music from “Les Misérables” and “Swan Lake” will share the space as the Sequim City Band gives the final concert of its 20th… Continue reading

Jim and Carol Swarbrick Dries will serve as announcers for this Sunday's Sequim City Band concert
A coho salmon leaps out of the swirling waters of the Salmon Cascades. Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Sol Duc good place to watch for salmon

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — This is an ideal time for nature watchers to get a close-up view of salmon migrating back to the North Olympic… Continue reading

A coho salmon leaps out of the swirling waters of the Salmon Cascades. Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Take a cemetery tour to visit city’s past notables

PORT ANGELES — “Whispers from the Past,” an opportunity to “meet” former Port Angeles citizens, will be held at Ocean View Cemetery at 1 p.m.… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2012

WEEKEND: Tickets still available for Port Angeles Fine Arts Center fundraiser on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are still available through 5 p.m. today for “A New ARTitude,” the fall fundraiser for the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.… Continue reading

WEEKEND: West End prime place to spot whales on southward travels

McClatchy News Service and Peninsula Daily News KALALOCH — If you use the Kalaloch area south of Forks as your base, there are plenty of… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2012
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JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Shake in your boots for Halloween week

THE GOOD LORD must be willing and the creek didn’t rise, so that means I’m back with this week’s music lineup and will be here… Continue reading

Poet-author to host Friday book reading

SEQUIM ­— Poet and memoirist Charlotte Gould Warren, whose new book is Jumna: An American Childhood in India, will give a reading during a free… Continue reading