Diane Urbani de la Paz

Outspoken actor Danny Glover to be Port Townsend Film Festival special guest

Outspoken actor Danny Glover to be Port Townsend Film Festival special guest

Thanks to a staff member’s connection, actor-producer-social activist Danny Glover is to be the special guest at this year’s Port Townsend Film… Continue reading

Outspoken actor Danny Glover to be Port Townsend Film Festival special guest
DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Voices, stomps and grace

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Voices, stomps and grace

I’M LOOKING FOR hope and energy, some way to keep my spirits up amid the news cycle. I found it at Fort Worden State Park… Continue reading

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Voices, stomps and grace
Strings sound out: Fiddle Tunes brings hundreds to Fort Worden

Strings sound out: Fiddle Tunes brings hundreds to Fort Worden

Right about now, the fort is fully warmed up. Over the past week, Fort Worden State Park has been the setting for… Continue reading

Strings sound out: Fiddle Tunes brings hundreds to Fort Worden
Red apples and bluegrass: Finnriver hosts weekend festival

Red apples and bluegrass: Finnriver hosts weekend festival

Love songs and honky-tonk, “Backsliding Blues” and “Ophelia,” ice cream and apple cider: That’s the plan this weekend at Finnriver Farm & Cidery,… Continue reading

Red apples and bluegrass: Finnriver hosts weekend festival
Port Hadlock’s Old Alcohol Plant to host new benefit fest

Port Hadlock’s Old Alcohol Plant to host new benefit fest

Hey, why don’t we have a music festival? The fixings are right in front of us: grassy spot with bay view, patio… Continue reading

Port Hadlock’s Old Alcohol Plant to host new benefit fest
Draw a bath: Soaking in the forest atmosphere at Fort Worden

Draw a bath: Soaking in the forest atmosphere at Fort Worden

When she first heard of forest bathing, Ellen Falconer wondered. Is that like some nudist thing? Turns out you take this bath… Continue reading

Draw a bath: Soaking in the forest atmosphere at Fort Worden
DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Summer’s here; time is right for a vegan treat
DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Summer’s here; time is right for a vegan treat
Seattle Art Museum exhibit’s displays include images of Peninsula

Seattle Art Museum exhibit’s displays include images of Peninsula

Here, you can look into the eyes of an Apache girl, a Wisham bride, a Hopi chief. The photographs of Edward Sheriff Curtis… Continue reading

Seattle Art Museum exhibit’s displays include images of Peninsula
Nonprofit seeks volunteers for therapeutic riding

Nonprofit seeks volunteers for therapeutic riding

Meet the big, nonjudgmental therapists: Fury, Nevada, Dixie, Athena and Tikki. They have a natural ability to soothe and uplift, no words… Continue reading

Nonprofit seeks volunteers for therapeutic riding
Music on the Strait festival to debut this summer in Port Angeles

Music on the Strait festival to debut this summer in Port Angeles

He’s a concert pianist who has won the MacArthur Foundation “genius” fellowship; he’s also a writer for The New Yorker and the… Continue reading

Music on the Strait festival to debut this summer in Port Angeles
From Tibet to the Peninsula: Yaks are settling in

From Tibet to the Peninsula: Yaks are settling in

This is a story of a hat leading to a new life. Patricia Young worked at Tango Zulu Imports, a fair-trade shop in Port Gamble,… Continue reading

From Tibet to the Peninsula: Yaks are settling in
“Daddy Long Legs” on playbill at Key City Public Theatre

“Daddy Long Legs” on playbill at Key City Public Theatre

Imagine opening a letter that, in an instant, opens up a new future. This letter, from a writer whose silhouette you have… Continue reading

“Daddy Long Legs” on playbill at Key City Public Theatre

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Summer full of uplift, renewal

REACH INSIDE AND lift up your younger self, Joe Gaydos told us. See yourself as an explorer. Gladly. Gaydos, lead scientist with the SeaDoc Society,… Continue reading

Immigrant advocates hope for safety, security for all families

Immigrant advocates hope for safety, security for all families

When Morris and Ruth Goldstein crossed the border, they had little in the way of documents. What these immigrants did have: hope… Continue reading

Immigrant advocates hope for safety, security for all families
Artist brings ‘Gentle Revolution’ to Port Townsend

Artist brings ‘Gentle Revolution’ to Port Townsend

You don’t have to wonder what Remedios Rapoport is trying to say in her art. “Peace is possible.” “Fear Less.” “Everybody over… Continue reading

Artist brings ‘Gentle Revolution’ to Port Townsend
Fatherhood, ‘passion for the sport’ fuel Rhody Run winner

Fatherhood, ‘passion for the sport’ fuel Rhody Run winner

It wasn’t the British royal wedding, but the crowd on the Fort Worden parade grounds was large and just as joyful for… Continue reading

Fatherhood, ‘passion for the sport’ fuel Rhody Run winner

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Cash, connection: Coyle’s got the right mix

HE WORKS IN the woods; what he builds is community, with music as the floorboards. For nine years now, Norm Johnson and the Concerts in… Continue reading

All the world’s a stage: Port Townsend drama director caps 15-year run with ‘As You Like It’

All the world’s a stage: Port Townsend drama director caps 15-year run with ‘As You Like It’

With teenagers and drama, all things are possible. And with Jennifer Nielsen at the wheel, you’ve got Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “As You… Continue reading

All the world’s a stage: Port Townsend drama director caps 15-year run with ‘As You Like It’
DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: ‘Salt Baby’ grows up

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: ‘Salt Baby’ grows up

SALT BABY IS her name. She’s Mohawk and Tuscarora from the Six Nations reserve in Ontario, but “doesn’t look it,” people keep saying. From the… Continue reading

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: ‘Salt Baby’ grows up
Jesse Colin Young to hail ‘Dreamers’ in Port Angeles this Saturday

Jesse Colin Young to hail ‘Dreamers’ in Port Angeles this Saturday

Jesse Colin Young quit the road a decade ago. The singer-songwriter, known for his solo work and for his music with the… Continue reading

Jesse Colin Young to hail ‘Dreamers’ in Port Angeles this Saturday