Diane Urbani de la Paz

Ryan Chen and Madelynne Jones are Borachio and Margaret in the Shakespeare in the Woods production of “Much Ado about Nothing,” playing each weekend beginning today through Sunday, Aug. 6 in the park outside the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ to romp through Webster’s Woods

In a comedy spiced with piquant lines, here’s one the actor Josh Sutcliffe relishes especially. “Man is a giddy thing,” he gets… Continue reading

Ryan Chen and Madelynne Jones are Borachio and Margaret in the Shakespeare in the Woods production of “Much Ado about Nothing,” playing each weekend beginning today through Sunday, Aug. 6 in the park outside the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Andre and Mikki Hughes. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: More in common than different with these couples

AS I SET out to interview interracial spouses, I expected disheartening stories about family rifts and struggle for acceptance. And frankly, I dreaded asking uncomfortable… Continue reading

Andre and Mikki Hughes. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Best of humanity in action in two local books

and the wave lifts and sweeps you forward. Time? Space? Limits? Gone. Summer’s… Continue reading

‘Murder Ballad’ tale of the bartender, the poet and the woman torn

‘Murder Ballad’ tale of the bartender, the poet and the woman torn

Here’s a woman who wants both the hot sun and the wide blue sky. Sara, she of the leather jacket and soft… Continue reading

‘Murder Ballad’ tale of the bartender, the poet and the woman torn

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: A breath of respite with Raymond Carver

THIS PAST MONTH has been rough on the heart. Reading my newspaper and, OK, my Facebook feed, I feel pain around my chest. But hold… Continue reading

Bob Stokes

WEEKEND REWIND: Former Upstage owner now booking music at Studio Bob in Port Angeles, a venue where changes are adding up

PORT ANGELES — Pretty soon, downtown will have the blues. But no, this is not another story about vacant storefronts and wintertime. It is about… Continue reading

Bob Stokes
Songs and scenes about romance and friendship compose "What Is Love?

WEEKEND: Comedy, drama and ‘Third Wheel’ in Sequim High’s ‘What Is Love?’

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Jan. 29. SEQUIM — Once I was a selfish fool Who never understood Never looked inside myself But… Continue reading

Songs and scenes about romance and friendship compose "What Is Love?
The Amelia Piano Trio — from left

WEEKEND: Festival concert at Fort Worden to come into tune this Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — Beethoven, Dvorak and Shostakovich are coming to Fort Worden State Park this Sunday afternoon, all in the hands of the acclaimed Amelia… Continue reading

The Amelia Piano Trio — from left
The Lowest Pair

WEEKEND: Lowest Pair to alight at Coyle community center this Sunday

COYLE — High-lonesome harmonies and music from “The Sacred Heart Sessions”: both are promised this Sunday as Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee, the duo… Continue reading

The Lowest Pair

Pair of poets to give reading at Port Townsend’s Northwind Arts Center on Thursday

PORT TOWNSEND — The founder of the Cascadia Poetry Festival is coming for a joint reading at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., this… Continue reading

Songs and scenes about romance and friendship compose "What Is Love?

WEEKEND: Comedy, drama and ‘Third Wheel’ in Sequim High’s ‘What Is Love?’

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Jan. 29. SEQUIM — Once I was a selfish fool Who never understood Never looked inside myself But… Continue reading

Songs and scenes about romance and friendship compose "What Is Love?
The Amelia Piano Trio — from left

WEEKEND: Festival concert at Fort Worden to come into tune this Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — Beethoven, Dvorak and Shostakovich are coming to Fort Worden State Park this Sunday afternoon, all in the hands of the acclaimed Amelia… Continue reading

The Amelia Piano Trio — from left
The Lowest Pair

WEEKEND: Lowest Pair to alight at Coyle community center this Sunday

COYLE — High-lonesome harmonies and music from “The Sacred Heart Sessions”: both are promised this Sunday as Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee, the duo… Continue reading

The Lowest Pair
Bob Stokes

Former Upstage owner now booking music at Studio Bob in Port Angeles, a venue where changes are adding up

PORT ANGELES — Pretty soon, downtown will have the blues. But no, this is not another story about vacant storefronts and wintertime. It is about… Continue reading

Bob Stokes
Images dreamed up by Port Townsend artist Counsel Langley are on display now in “Eye Contact

‘Eye Contact’ exhibition now open at Peninsula College gallery; artist talk coming in February

PORT ANGELES — Port Townsend artist Counsel Langley has mounted “Eye Contact,” a solo exhibition at the PUB Gallery of Art at Peninsula College, where… Continue reading

Images dreamed up by Port Townsend artist Counsel Langley are on display now in “Eye Contact
Veterans benefits counselor John Joseph

Veterans help their fellows across Peninsula on paperwork maze, reaching crucial appointments

Vietnam veteran John Joseph is classified “100 percent disabled” — he'll tell you that right off — yet he's one of the hardest-working men in… Continue reading

Veterans benefits counselor John Joseph
Kimberly Norris Guerrero

‘Cherokee Word for Water’ screenings set for next week in four communities

The cinematic story of the late Wilma Mankiller, the first modern female chief of the Cherokee Nation, will screen — free to the public —… Continue reading

Kimberly Norris Guerrero
“Wall of Water” is a fractal image by Pamela Dick

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS: Local artist set for state show in Bremerton . . . and other items

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Jan. 22. BREMERTON — Pamela Dick of Sequim is one of the artists selected to show her work… Continue reading

“Wall of Water” is a fractal image by Pamela Dick
Tim Connell

WEEKEND: Eclectic sounds featured on mandolin Saturday with Tim Connell in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The music of Brazil, Bach, the Beatles and then some will fill Room to Move, the yoga studio upstairs at 1008 Lawrence… Continue reading

Tim Connell
The Flying Strings — from left

WEEKEND: From Flying Strings to FarmStrong, Snowgrass to stand tall Saturday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — They all do it for love: of music, the little ones and their folks. Snowgrass, Port Angeles' 14th annual bluegrass-and-roots festival this… Continue reading

The Flying Strings — from left