Entertainment

’Little Mermaid Jr.’ opens this weekend at Sequim High auditorium

Ghostlight Productions will present “The Little Mermaid Jr.” with shows at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and matinees at 2 p.m. Saturday and… Continue reading

 

Jamie O’Neal will perform Friday at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles.

Jamie O’Neal to perform Friday at Field Hall

Country music singer Jamie O’Neal will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The concert, part of the Strait Country Music series, will be… Continue reading

 

M.E. Bartholomew, left, and Jenny Schaper, both of Port Angeles, look at interesting specimens at a display table set up by Shelton-based Elemental Endeavors on Saturday at the annual Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. Hosted by the Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association, the two-day exposition featured two dozen vendors selling rocks, minerals, fossils, beads, faceted gemstones, jewelry and lapidary tools, as well as live demonstrations and children’s activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Rock and gem show

M.E. Bartholomew, left, and Jenny Schaper, both of Port Angeles, look at interesting specimens at a display table set up by Shelton-based Elemental Endeavors on… Continue reading

 

Violist Lindsey Strand-Polyak will perform at the Salish Sea Early Music Festival on Friday.

Salish Sea Early Music Festival to present ‘Trios by Franz Joseph Haydn’

The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will present “Trios by Franz Joseph Haydn” at noon Friday. Lindsey Strand-Polyak, violin and viola; Martin… Continue reading

Violist Lindsey Strand-Polyak will perform at the Salish Sea Early Music Festival on Friday.

Singer-songwriter to perform Sunday at Concerts in the Woods

Singer-songwriter Kim Richey will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at Concerts in the Woods. The concert will be at the Laurel B. Johnson… Continue reading

Squatchcon returns for a four-day weekend run

Squatchcon returns for a third year from Thursday through Sunday in Port Angeles. The annual comic, cosplay, gaming and fan culture festival… Continue reading

Violinist Charlotte Marckx rejoins the Port Angeles Symphony for two performances Saturday. (Charlotte Marckx)

Symphony, soloist poised for ‘incredibly moving’ concerto

This spring is loaded for Charlotte Marckx. The 22-year-old virtuosa is about to graduate with her degree in violin performance; she’s been… Continue reading

  • Mar 19, 2024
  • By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
Violinist Charlotte Marckx rejoins the Port Angeles Symphony for two performances Saturday. (Charlotte Marckx)

Tickets available for Peninsula Friends of Animals gala

Tickets are on sale for the Peninsula Friends of Animals gala “A Truly Pawsome Night” set for 5 p.m. Saturday, April 6.… Continue reading

Neha Panicker is one of three artists coming to Port Townsend for a public talk on Saturday.

Trio of artists to give public talk

The public is invited to a free-wheeling conversation about art and the creative process at noon on Saturday as three Seattle-based painters… Continue reading

Neha Panicker is one of three artists coming to Port Townsend for a public talk on Saturday.
Judges name the 2024 Sequim Irrigation Festival court on Feb. 24 at Sequim High School. Pictured, from left, are princesses Ashlynn Northaven and Sophia Treece, queen Ariya Goettling and princess Kailah Blake. (Emily Matthiessen/for Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Irrigation Festival sets royalty court for 2024

Goettling is pageant’s pick to reign

  • Mar 18, 2024
  • By Emily Matthiessen For Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
Judges name the 2024 Sequim Irrigation Festival court on Feb. 24 at Sequim High School. Pictured, from left, are princesses Ashlynn Northaven and Sophia Treece, queen Ariya Goettling and princess Kailah Blake. (Emily Matthiessen/for Olympic Peninsula News Group)
John Troberg of Sequim, left, examines a display of plants at a booth belonging to Camas-based One Earth Botanicals at the 25th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show on Saturday at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. The two-day event, hosted by Soroptimist International of Sequim, featured dozens of displays devoted to plants, gardening and garden lifestyles, as well as educational speakers and workshops. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Soroptimist Gala Garden Show in Sequim

John Troberg of Sequim, left, examines a display of plants at a booth belonging to Camas-based One Earth Botanicals at the 25th annual Soroptimist Gala… Continue reading

John Troberg of Sequim, left, examines a display of plants at a booth belonging to Camas-based One Earth Botanicals at the 25th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show on Saturday at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. The two-day event, hosted by Soroptimist International of Sequim, featured dozens of displays devoted to plants, gardening and garden lifestyles, as well as educational speakers and workshops. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Special events showcased this weekend on Peninsula

A scholarship auction and Forever Twilight festival in Forks, a Soroptimist garden gala in Sequim, a gem and mineral show in Port Angeles and community… Continue reading

Gem, mineral show this weekend

The Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association will host its annual Gem and Mineral Show this weekend. The exhibit will be from… Continue reading

Port Townsend Kiwanis celebrates 75 years

Port Townsend Kiwanis will host a volunteer work party followed by a community celebration of its 75th anniversary from 9 a.m. to… Continue reading

Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction this weekend

The Forks High School Senior Class of 2024 is hosting the 60th anniversary edition of the annual Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction on Saturday… Continue reading

Clallam County rock and gem show set

The Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association will host its annual Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.… Continue reading

Rock sale at Jefferson County Fairgrounds

The Port Townsend Rock Club will host a sale from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. Saturday. The fundraiser is at the Jefferson County… Continue reading

Strait turners to meet

Strait Turners wood-turning club members will meet at noon Saturday. The club will meet at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road.… Continue reading

The Rustics

Youth to offer production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

A version of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” set on the remote west coast of Ireland has been the focus of 26… Continue reading

The Rustics
The Downtown Hotel sign is one of several vintage signs on display at the Port Angeles Main Library.

‘Signs Designs’ reception set for Friday

The North Olympic Library System and the North Olympic History Center will host an opening reception for “Signs & Designs: 100 Years… Continue reading

The Downtown Hotel sign is one of several vintage signs on display at the Port Angeles Main Library.