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Justin Olsen

Port Angeles festival celebrates all things crabby

PORT ANGELES — In addition to the crustacean, the event has culture. Yes, the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival is a chance to eat. A… Continue reading

Justin Olsen

United by a Cause

SEQUIM — “Beauty and the Beast,” a “Cockeyed Optimist” and a jazz pianist are getting together behind one cause tonight and Saturday. In two concerts… Continue reading

Willard Morgan

WEEKEND: Dinner to cap off annual Heritage Days in Forks

FORKS — A harvest dinner, smoked fish and brew, and a fundraiser for the Forks Library will cap the annual Forks Heritage Days celebration. The… Continue reading

Willard Morgan

WEEKEND: Laughter best medicine for Healthy Families with comedy shows

PORT ANGELES — Two comedy shows tonight will benefit Healthy Families of Clallam County. The shows will be at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. at… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

In addition to Crabfest, the North Olympic Peninsula will host dances, plays, benefits and lectures this weekend. For more information on other arts and entertainment,… Continue reading

Arran Stark proudly displays local baked goods: an apple pie by pastry chef Cyndee Nighswonger and a bagel from Bob's Bagels of Port Townsend. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Seafood festival not just about crabs

PORT ANGELES — To fire up two days of cooking demonstrations at the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival this weekend, host and master chef Arran… Continue reading

Arran Stark proudly displays local baked goods: an apple pie by pastry chef Cyndee Nighswonger and a bagel from Bob's Bagels of Port Townsend. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Wheelchair Rodeo to let participants show off some moves

SEQUIM — Wheelchair-bound participants will maneuver their way through an obstacle course and small racetrack during the annual Wheelchair Rodeo on Saturday. The rodeo will… Continue reading

Dance to honor musician killed by mountain goat

PORT ANGELES — Somehow, his friends say, the late Bob Boardman played in every band. He played his guitar in every band, providing old-time music… Continue reading

Clallam County 4-H Senior Division performance and game riders who competed at Western Washington State Fair in Puyallup are

KAREN GRIFFITHS’ HORSEPLAY COLUMN: State fair a success for equine lovers

BRING IT ON! Since it's impossible for me to attend the slew of horse events in our region, I love it when folks send me… Continue reading

Clallam County 4-H Senior Division performance and game riders who competed at Western Washington State Fair in Puyallup are

Bit o’ the Isles: Craicmore in Sequim

SEQUIM — The Olympic Theatre Arts Spotlight series is bringing Craicmore, a band specializing in modern and traditional Celtic music, to the Sequim High School… Continue reading

Professional performers to hold workshop for Peninsula students

SEQUIM ­— A team of professional performers will give a free musical theater workshop for high school and college students at 6 p.m. Tuesday at… Continue reading

At Monday night event, poets of the Indian Voices will address domestic violence

PORT ANGELES — Poets and other writers in the Indian Voices group will gather again to address a painful past and present — and express… Continue reading

Rory Kennedy speaks about her latest documentary film

Heroism, horror shown in Rory Kennedy’s documentaries

PORT ANGELES — Rory Kennedy, the youngest child of Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy, packed the Peninsula College Little Theater twice this past week. She… Continue reading

Rory Kennedy speaks about her latest documentary film

PENINSULA PROFILE: Chef Aaran Stark

PORT TOWNSEND — From Elevated Ice Cream in the hospital to causa at Crabfest, chef Arran Stark likes to stir things up. This the rangy… Continue reading

Sarah Brown McCarthey

16th annual Clallam County Farm tour is today

Across this country, family farms are disappearing. Big agriculture and housing tracts are taking over — at least that's the tired, old story out there.… Continue reading

Sarah Brown McCarthey
Barn stompin' good time

Barn stompin’ good time

DUNGENESS — “That’s a skunk, isn’t it?” is what people ask when they hear the name Polecat. Nope, the lead guitar man said, a polecat… Continue reading

Barn stompin' good time
Art, culture of surfing focus of free Saturday program

Art, culture of surfing focus of free Saturday program

PORT TOWNSEND — A celebration of surfing — across the Olympic Peninsula and beyond — converges at the Cotton Building this Saturday night thanks to… Continue reading

Art, culture of surfing focus of free Saturday program
Concert to raise funds for diabetes association

Concert to raise funds for diabetes association

PORT ANGELES — Seattle singer-songwriter Stacey Unck, fresh from the release of her album “Through the Cracks,” will give a free parking-lot concert this Saturday.… Continue reading

Concert to raise funds for diabetes association
Sky Heatherton

Life blooms in exhibit by artists who faced death

PORT ANGELES — The atrium is abloom, thanks to a flock of artists who, having faced death, are determined to live life to the hilt.… Continue reading

Sky Heatherton

Meeting in the Music: Chasman, Rivers to share stage in Gardiner

GARDINER — Two well-loved musicians, each known for his own take on the world, will appear together at the Gardiner Community Center this Saturday night.… Continue reading