Clallam County

Story slam slated Friday at Sequim Library

The North Olympic Library System will host “Summer Nights: Stories with Out Loud Story Slam” at 7 p.m. Friday. The evening’s stories will… Continue reading

Jasmine Paul, 9, left, and John Hall, 10, put together a habitat diorama in which animals might live in nature after gathering materials in Webster's Woods at Port Angeles Fine Art Center. The diorama is just one of many projects and games students will participate in this week as part of art camps at the center, which is hosting two weeks of camps focusing on different ways in which science and art intersect. This week's half-day sessions are focused on Nature Art Camp and Treasure Map and Geocache. Next week's camps, The Art of Science Journals and Sculpture Design for Kids, are full, but students can be placed on a waiting list. Registration for a session is $100 for arts center members and $120 for non-members. For more information, visit www.pafac.org/summercamp.html or email rachel@pafac.org.
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Where art and science meet

By Dave Logan For Peninsula Daily News Jasmine Paul, 9, left, and John Hall, 10, put together a habitat diorama in which animals might live… Continue reading

Jasmine Paul, 9, left, and John Hall, 10, put together a habitat diorama in which animals might live in nature after gathering materials in Webster's Woods at Port Angeles Fine Art Center. The diorama is just one of many projects and games students will participate in this week as part of art camps at the center, which is hosting two weeks of camps focusing on different ways in which science and art intersect. This week's half-day sessions are focused on Nature Art Camp and Treasure Map and Geocache. Next week's camps, The Art of Science Journals and Sculpture Design for Kids, are full, but students can be placed on a waiting list. Registration for a session is $100 for arts center members and $120 for non-members. For more information, visit www.pafac.org/summercamp.html or email rachel@pafac.org.

Olympic Peninsula man in 80s dies of COVID-19

Clallam adds 80 cases over weekend

Bag of Books sale at Port Angeles Library this Thursday, Friday and Saturday

The Port Angeles Friends of the Library will host a Bag of Books sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, from… Continue reading

Improv workshop slated for Tuesdays

Peninsula College, Olympic Theatre Arts and Port Angeles Community Players will host LOLOlympics from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. The free,… Continue reading

Pianist Josu de Solaun, left, and Port Angeles Symphony conductor Jonathan Pasternack, pictured in Port Angeles in February 2020, pore over the music they will record this month in the Czech Republic. (Photo by Dorthe Grube Porter/Port Angeles Symphony)

Music project in Czech Republic

Symphony director, solo pianist plan to record concertos

Pianist Josu de Solaun, left, and Port Angeles Symphony conductor Jonathan Pasternack, pictured in Port Angeles in February 2020, pore over the music they will record this month in the Czech Republic. (Photo by Dorthe Grube Porter/Port Angeles Symphony)

Port Angeles Back to School Fair set for Saturday

The Port Angeles School District and Lutheran Community Services will host the 13th annual Port Angeles Back to School Fair from 10… Continue reading

Public input sought on air tour plan for Olympic National Park

Virtual meeting set later this month

Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival on the grounds of the George Washington Inn and Estate east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Reliving American colonial times

Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival on the grounds of the George Washington… Continue reading

Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival on the grounds of the George Washington Inn and Estate east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Tsunami sirens added to Peninsula

State installs 50 on coast in two years

A GROWING CONCERN: August advice for gardening chores

WITH ALL THE chores I’ve been doing because of the heat that persists again this past week, I forgot to give you your August to-do… Continue reading

Aquatic center offers junior lifeguard class

The Shore Aquatic Center will offer a junior lifeguard class from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Pre-registration is required… Continue reading

Bail doubled after obscene gesture

Sequim man accused of hate crime, arson

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

In-person meeting Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi Drive (off U.S. Highway 101). This week… Continue reading

FScott Gardinier/Peninsula Daily News A TikTok influencer who goes by the pseudonym Kay Hall visited Port Angeles last week, arriving on her plane, Lil Red.
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FlywithKay lands in Port Angeles

Lil Red makes the trip from Houston

FScott Gardinier/Peninsula Daily News A TikTok influencer who goes by the pseudonym Kay Hall visited Port Angeles last week, arriving on her plane, Lil Red.

Free outrdoor concerts set this week

Bread & Gravy, Three Too Many and Sound Advice will perform in free outdoor concerts on the North Olympic Peninsula this week. Sequim’s Music in… Continue reading

Grief support group meeting Monday

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County (VHOCC) is offering a grief support group from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. beginning Monday. The group will… Continue reading

Honor those who give with Community Service Award

Nominations due Sept. 7

Late deliveries on some routes

Some Peninsula Daily News readers are getting their newspapers late due to staffing issues. While we rebuild our carrier staff in Clallam and Jefferson counties,… Continue reading

When you possess a queen’s dignity, any set of theater steps becomes a throne. Patty McArthur poses with her handmade Queen Elizabeth I costume on the steps of OTA, near where she will reign over the Renaissance Faire this coming weekend in Sequim. “When I put these on, I don’t think of myself.” Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Make way for the queen: OTA gears up for Kings, Queens, and Royal Scenes Renaissance Faire

A local actress playing Queen Elizabeth I will grace the parking lot of Sequim’s Olympia Theatre Arts next weekend. “The Queen has come… Continue reading

When you possess a queen’s dignity, any set of theater steps becomes a throne. Patty McArthur poses with her handmade Queen Elizabeth I costume on the steps of OTA, near where she will reign over the Renaissance Faire this coming weekend in Sequim. “When I put these on, I don’t think of myself.” Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group