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Jeanné Sparks, pictured at a recent Tale Spinners event, will cohost the Out Loud Story Slam at Sequim's Olympic Theatre Arts Center this Friday. (Photo courtesy Out Loud Story Slam)
Jeanné Sparks, pictured at a recent Tale Spinners event, will cohost the Out Loud Story Slam at Sequim's Olympic Theatre Arts Center this Friday. (Photo courtesy Out Loud Story Slam)

Jefferson County Library to hold Third Thursday Trivia Night via Zoom

Jefferson County Library will host Third Tuesday Trivia at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The competition will stream at zoom.us/j/96795228208. Questions will feature science,… Continue reading

Jefferson County Public Library to host three-part book discussion

The Jefferson County Library will host a discussion of the book, “The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial… Continue reading

Port Angeles Friends of the Library to hold Bag of Books sale

The Port Angeles Friends of the Library will host a Bag of Books sale during library hours Thursday through Saturday. The monthly… Continue reading

Port Ludlow Art League to host discussion on creating collages

Carol Nielsen will present “The Artistry and Fun of Collage” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday. Nielsen will address a meeting… Continue reading

Poet and teaching artist Gary Copeland Lilley, a native of North Carolina who has lived in Port Townsend 13 years, is the new artistic curator of Centrum's Port Townsend Writers Conference. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

From “The Hog Killing,” a chapbook by Gary Copeland Lilley (Blue Horse Press, 2018)

From “The Hog Killing,” a chapbook by Gary Copeland Lilley (Blue Horse Press, 2018) If you are twenty miles from a city and a dance… Continue reading

Poet and teaching artist Gary Copeland Lilley, a native of North Carolina who has lived in Port Townsend 13 years, is the new artistic curator of Centrum's Port Townsend Writers Conference. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Poet and teaching artist Gary Copeland Lilley, a North Carolina native who has lived in Port Townsend for 13 years, is the new artistic curator of Centrum’s Port Townsend Writers Conference. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Poet named artistic curator of writers conference

Aims to encourage more diversity in poets, authors

Poet and teaching artist Gary Copeland Lilley, a North Carolina native who has lived in Port Townsend for 13 years, is the new artistic curator of Centrum’s Port Townsend Writers Conference. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Sanjena Sathian

Studium Generale to spotlight author of ‘Gold Diggers’

Peninsula College’s Studium Generale program will welcome novelist Sanjena Sathian for a reading and conversation online at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Sathian is… Continue reading

Sanjena Sathian
An etching, "Diary of a Little Girl," is among the artwork of  Egor Shokoladov.

Egor Shokoladov’s solo exhibition featured at Peninsula College

Artist Egor Shokoladov’s solo exhibition, entitled “Semicolon),” will be on display in Peninsula College’s PUB Gallery of Art beginning Tuesday. The free… Continue reading

An etching, "Diary of a Little Girl," is among the artwork of  Egor Shokoladov.
Local artist and author Dana Sullivan will teach classes for adults and youngsters in early 2022. His courses are among 52 offerings from the nonprofit Northwind Art School. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Northwind offers winter catalog of art classes

The Northwind Art School, formed after the merging of the Port Townsend School of the Arts and the Northwind Art Center, has… Continue reading

Local artist and author Dana Sullivan will teach classes for adults and youngsters in early 2022. His courses are among 52 offerings from the nonprofit Northwind Art School. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
"A Peek Inside" is among the colleges created by Carol Nielsen, who will be the guest speaker for the Port Ludlow Art League on Wednesday.

Port Ludlow Art League speaker to discuss collage

Collage artist Carol Nielsen will be the guest speaker for the November meeting of the Port Ludlow Art League on Wednesday. The… Continue reading

"A Peek Inside" is among the colleges created by Carol Nielsen, who will be the guest speaker for the Port Ludlow Art League on Wednesday.
Jenny Westdal, Jefferson County Historical Society board president, admires one of Adeline Willoughby McCormack’s paintings in the “Women Outdoors” show at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Women Outdoors displays work of early artists

Treks to scenic areas made in corsets, long skirts

Jenny Westdal, Jefferson County Historical Society board president, admires one of Adeline Willoughby McCormack’s paintings in the “Women Outdoors” show at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Christmas Cottage returns for three-day weekend

The holiday bazaar season kicks off this weekend with a return of the popular Christmas Cottage, which showcases a wide variety of hand-made crafts and… Continue reading

Flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny will join the David P. Jones Trio for a jazz concert at Peninsula College this Saturday evening. photo by Steve Korn

Music, improvisation, fossils on tap for this weekend

A worldwide Broadway-style musical revue, a youth-oriented dinosaur exhibit and a chance to watch a play unfold on the spot are among the art and… Continue reading

Flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny will join the David P. Jones Trio for a jazz concert at Peninsula College this Saturday evening. photo by Steve Korn

Native heritage concert scheduled

Pianist and composer Connor Chee will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday. Chee’s concert will stream on YouTube as part of Holy Trinity… Continue reading

Abby Sanford and Aidan Butterworth portray the couple at the center of "Into the Woods," the Stephen Sondheim musical opening tonight at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles High School to perform ‘Into the Woods’ in-person, online

“Into the Woods” is a quest, a jumble, a dark comedy — “basically, just life,” said Tyler Smith, the 17-year-old helping bring… Continue reading

Abby Sanford and Aidan Butterworth portray the couple at the center of "Into the Woods," the Stephen Sondheim musical opening tonight at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Sequim Friends of the Library book sale on Saturday

The Friends of the Sequim Library will conduct a book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The sale is at the… Continue reading

Peninsula College to host celebrated women writers today

Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest, an enrolled member of the Lummi nation, and internationally renowned poet Tess Gallagher of Port Angeles… Continue reading

Guest soloist Anna Petrova and conductor Jonathan Pasternack take their bows following Saturday’s Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra concert. The ensemble returned to the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center this past weekend for the first time in 20 months; its next concert is set for Dec. 11. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Taking a bow

Guest soloist Anna Petrova and conductor Jonathan Pasternack take their bows following Saturday’s Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra concert. The ensemble returned to the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Guest soloist Anna Petrova and conductor Jonathan Pasternack take their bows following Saturday’s Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra concert. The ensemble returned to the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center this past weekend for the first time in 20 months; its next concert is set for Dec. 11. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Katy Morse’s acrylic paintings are on display at Gallery 9.

Gallery 9 spotlights paintings, drums

Gallery 9 is featuring Katy Morse’s acrylic paintings and Tom Stewart’s handmade drums this month. Gallery 9 at 1012 Water St., is… Continue reading

Katy Morse’s acrylic paintings are on display at Gallery 9.