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‘Miss Representation’ returns for second screening

CHIMACUM — “Miss Representation,” a documentary about portrayals of women in the media — music videos, news reports,…

Mark Pearson of The Brothers Four will share songs and stories in a free program Monday evening in Sequim.

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Folk artist to talk of Web ‘campfires’

SEQUIM — Mark Pearson of The Brothers Four, the folk group famed for its 1960 No. 1 hit…

Arlo Guthrie through the years. [Cover design by Heather Loyd]

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IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Music legend Arlo Guthrie coming into Port Angeleeze on Sunday

PORT ANGELES — He’s coming to the end of his Boys’ Night Out Tour, and savoring each night.…

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WEEKEND: Author shares stories of Kuwait

PORT ANGELES — A woman who left her secure career and home life to teach art to Muslim…

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WEEKEND: Dungeness couple in ‘Titanic’ drama

SEATTLE — For weeks, Dungeness resident and actress Carol Swarbrick Dries and her husband, Jim Dries, have been…

The Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra

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WEEKEND: Port Angeles Symphony to offer free Saturday performance

PORT ANGELES ­— To round out the 2011-2012 season, the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra is inviting children, teenagers,…

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San Francisco, Port Townsend poets to appear at Northwind

PORT TOWNSEND — My Father’s Love: Portrait of the Poet as a Young Girl and Love on the…

Ernst-Ulrich Schafer of Port Angeles won the Portrait Photographer of the Year and other awards at the Professional Photographers of Washington spring convention in Olympia. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Port Angeles photographer wins state awards

PORT ANGELES — Portrait Photographer of the Year was just one of the trophies Ernst-Ulrich Schafer took home…

Chocolate Serenade owner Jim Queen

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WEEKEND: Spring Fling previews Open Aire Market

SEQUIM — To pique your senses Saturday: Jose’s Famous Salsa, Mexican ceviche and tamales hot or mild. Hot,…

Markette Parker

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WEEKEND: Easter eggs tucked away throughout Peninsula

Thousands of eggs are being laid today and Saturday for that multicolored rite of spring, the Easter egg…

Nature Lindsay  adopted Port Townsend as her new home town in 2006 and built a landscaping business. Now

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PENINSULA PROFILE: Life blooms anew for singer/songwriter Nature Lindsay

JOYCE — People tend to ask questions about Nature Lindsay’s first name, while which one depends on which…

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PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEKEND: Performers reveal personal stories in ‘Courageous Acts’

PORT TOWNSEND — The man onstage is peeling away his shell, to expose the story he’s living through.…

Abby Mae & the Homeschool Boys — Hayden Pomeroy

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IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Popular Abby Mae & Homeschool Boys to break up after summer album

PORT ANGELES — Just like the lead singer’s voice, this band soared, high and fast and across the…

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Parkinson’s, MS dance class topic of support group

PORT ANGELES — The possibility of a new dance class for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and…

Ira Stollak. -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Profile

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PENINSULA PROFILE: The world views of Ira Stollak

Ira Stollak shot a personal question to his audience, which ranged from college students to retirees. “How many…

The Peninsula Singers

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WEEKEND IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Voices, instrumentalists to perform ‘The Redeemer’ in Port Angeles, Sequim

There are passions for a lot of things in life. And then there is the Passion. And on…

Members of the Sequim Community Church youth group

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WEEKEND: Sound of singing to be heard in Sequim, Joyce

Spring is here at last, and suddenly, we hear a lot of singing. There’s secular and sacred music,…

Charlotte and Aaron Elkins

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Married novelists mix passions for latest book: Hers is art, his is mystery, and theirs is a labor of love

SEQUIM — “My first love,” Charlotte Elkins says as her husband, Aaron, steps away to fetch coffee, “was…

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Dinner, auction to benefit camp for disabled

PORT ANGELES — If you want to see what joy looks like, watch the people Sharron Sherfick works…

Longtime art instructor Cathy Haight helps Myra Walker and Sarah Howell with their mobiles during the Port Angeles YMCA’s After the Bell program.  -- Photo by Chris Tucker/Peninsula Profile

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PENINSULA PROFILE: She helps to unleash their inner artists

PORT ANGELES — Cathy Haight remembers the day she turned the corner. She and her husband David were…