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WEEKEND: Ibsen’s ‘The Master Builder’ makes brief run on Port Angeles stage

PORT ANGELES — You could go to New York City to see John Turturro in “The Master Builder,”…

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WEEKEND: Free reading slated at Writers’ Workshoppe

PORT TOWNSEND — The unconventional memoirist Lidia Yuknavitch will give a free reading at the Writers’ Workshoppe, 234…

Sam Calhoun of Port Angeles hangs the first of many banners heralding the 20th annual Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts. Calhoun organizes the scores of volunteers who put on the four-day festival

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20 years of Juan de Fuca Festivals of the Arts: ‘To see the world in four days’

PORT ANGELES — Karen Hanan, founder of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, was still in…

The Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars

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Sierra Leone group to sway listeners with its reggae beats, African grooves

PORT ANGELES — When the rhythm comes, so does relief. The Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars come from…

The Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars are among the groups to perform at the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles this holiday weekend.

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Juan de Fuca Festival brings performers to Peninsula from around the world

PORT ANGELES — Beware of the acts you’ve never heard of. Look out for the rock, the rhythm…

Lillie Wirt

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Feiro Marine Life Center to dedicate artwork

PORT ANGELES — Nine months ago, sculptor and carver Clark Mundy began a monumental work, one that would…

Eighth-grader Leah Nieman

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WEEKEND: ‘Much Ado’ to take stage in Chimacum starting tonight

CHIMACUM — With a cast of teenagers, Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado about Nothing” will frolic across the stage…

Barbara De Pirro of Shelton in inset assembles “Lucid

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Outdoors artist goes indoors at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center on Friday

PORT ANGELES — Barbara De Pirro, who last summer adorned Webster’s Woods with crocheted plastic “vines,” is back…

Hip-hop artists Deejay Tense

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Hip-hop to Port Angeles: A free warm-up for Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts

PORT ANGELES — Hip-hop artist Mane Rok and his colleague, Deejay Tense, will bring their microphones and turntables…

"The Ghost Fish

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Poets celebrate life, birth of author Raymond Carver tonight

PORT ANGELES — Raymond Carver wrote about Port Angeles, the Northwest and his nightly dreams and everyday adventures.…

Dorothy Skerbeck.  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]

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PENINSULA PROFILE: She creates a community for developmentally disabled

SEQUIM — When Dorothy Skerbeck gave birth to her 12th child in 1961, she didn’t know where to…

The NorthWest Women’s Chorale is shown in Palmer

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WEEKEND: NorthWest Women’s Chorale to give 2 concerts

The NorthWest Women’s Chorale, home from a trip to Alaska’s Northern Lights Treble Choir Festival, will join two…

Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claire

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WEEKEND: ‘Celtic roots’ spring up in Coyle

COYLE — Ready for a night of what they call “Celtic roots music without borders,” Hanz Araki and…

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Licensing fees nix ‘Grease’; ‘Guys and Dolls’ on instead

PORT ANGELES — Due to a $10,000 difference, “Grease” is turning into “Guys and Dolls.” And this Saturday,…

Karyn Temple dances in and out of a 19-sleeve coat made by Paula Lalish in Saturday's Port Townsend Wearable Art Show. The work

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Wearable Art Show shines in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The people in the crowd were almost too dazzled to clap. But as Karyn Temple,…

Tess Gallagher has assembled two weeks of events for the inaugural Raymond Carver Festival in Port Angeles. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Port Angeles widow remembers late writer’s legacy

EDITOR’S NOTE: See related story today about this week’s Raymond Carver Festival activities: https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130512/news/305129986 PORT ANGELES — Ray…

Raymond Carver

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Festival celebrating writer Raymond Carver continues with film, dance piece

EDITOR’S NOTE: Previous articles: “Poetry in motion: Writer Carver inspires dance”: https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130509/NEWS/305099982 “Raymond Carver Festival starts Thursday (May…

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Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers concert to benefit Clallam hospice

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers, freshly reunited with founding director Michael Rivers, will give one…

The Men with Guitars concert this Saturday night in Sequim stars

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WEEKEND: Men with Guitars to perform to benefit Mujeres foundation

SEQUIM — The time is ripe again for the Women of Corn to meet the Men with Guitars.…

String Theory — from left

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WEEKEND: Jammin’ for Justice to benefit three advocacy groups

PORT ANGELES — Motown. Duke Ellington and bossa nova. Irish fiddle tunes and the Rolling Stones. And that’s…