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In her story “The Blue Remove” told Friday night at Peninsula College

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Storytelling Festival wraps today in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — In her dream, Anne Rutherford walks toward “The Blue Remove,” a paradise high in the…

Tlingit-Cherokee-Filipino performing artist Gene Tagaban touches down at Peninsula College this weekend for the Forest Storytelling Festival.  -- Photo by Clark James Mishler

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WEEKEND: Forest Storytelling Fest to entwine around audience

Note: Tonight means Friday, Oct. 18. PORT ANGELES — Cherie Trebon never forgot Meg Philp. The two storytellers,…

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WEEKEND: Kings, queens pulling out stops at Drag Off

PORT ANGELES — The first-ever Drag Off — a contest for drag queens and kings — will arrive…

The Key City Playhouse mockumentary “Zombie Town” stars

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WEEKEND: Play takes comedic look at town after zombie attack

Today and tonight mean Friday, Oct. 18. PORT TOWNSEND — This is some wicked comedy starting tonight at…

Port Townsend author Patrick Jennings will read from his latest novel

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WEEKEND: Children’s book author to hold free talk in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Novelist Patrick Jennings will host a free program for book lovers young — or young…

John Miller

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WEEKEND: Guitarists to share blues concert at Fort Worden this Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — In a concert titled “Essentially Blues,” guitarists Mike Dowling and John Miller will bring the…

MoZo

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WEEKEND: Ex-street buskers to wheel into Coyle for Saturday show

COYLE — MoZo, aka Moe Provencher and Aimee Zoe, started out as a street busking project on wheels.…

Coulter Kisler

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WEEKEND: Abundant apple harvest prompts outdoor party

CHIMACUM — World Apple Day, a celebration of local fruit and flavor, comes to the North Olympic Peninsula…

Anne Amar while teaching Jazzercise.  -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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PENINSULA PROFILE: She takes her love of dance to exercise franchise

Anne Amar remembers having 30 pounds to lose. And out there in the get-fit universe, there was the…

Paul Galbraith

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Well-traveled musician to strum strings in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — At the Segovia International Guitar Competition, Paul Galbraith, the youngest of 50 rivals, won a…

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WEEKEND: Art, music in downtown Port Angeles highlight Second Weekend festivities

Today and tonight are Friday, Oct. 11. PORT ANGELES — A steampunk tea, “Art and Urgency,” a concert…

Maria in the Shower

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WEEKEND: Maria in the Shower will wash away the blues on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Jack Garton, trumpeter-accordionist in the band Maria in the Shower, says there are two kinds…

Tana Villella

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WEEKEND: Burlesque aims to bring together friends, strangers

SEQUIM — Get ready, Sequim: That’s the message from Tana Villella, presenter of “Bosom Buddies,” a night of…

Family of Friends

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WEEKEND: Collection of friends, relatives to bring night of music to Sequim

SEQUIM — It’s a kind of flashback, only better. Pat Roberts spent a decade as a touring musician,…

Cellist Mara Finkelstein is the guest artist for the Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra's first concerts of the season. Peter Klein

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WEEKEND: Classically accessible: Port Angeles orchestra concerts to begin tonight

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Oct. 11. A musical masterpiece lost for two centuries — rediscovered…

Photographer and former climate-change skeptic James Balog is the man behind “Chasing Ice

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‘Chasing Ice’ documentary looks for ‘hope among facts’ amid climate change

PORT ANGELES — The night will not, organizers say, be all about doom. No, the screening of “Chasing…

Mildred Bay and her daughter Olivia

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Hundreds of farm aficionados get close to Clallam County animals, crops, flowers and more

After days of rain, the sun emerged just in time for this year’s Clallam County Farm Tour, bringing…

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Reception scheduled for Port Ludlow artist

PORT LUDLOW — Marti Mathis, a watercolorist drawn to sunshine and flowers, will be celebrated with an artist’s…

Carol Hathaway  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]

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Peninsula woman wins four gold medals at Seattle dance competition

SEQUIM — A decade ago, Carol Hathaway liked to go out swing dancing. One night, she saw Derek…

Lauren Jeffries-Johnson is organizing a souk — a North African-style market — in Port Angeles on Sunday.  -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz

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Arabian-style market in Port Angeles on Sunday draws out artist in all

PORT ANGELES — North Africa, the Middle East and the North Olympic Peninsula will meet this Sunday in…