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Sarah Jane, gallery and program director of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, admires "Spoonful" by Lucy Congdon Hanson, a featured art installation on Saturday's guided tour of Webster's Woods Sculpture Park.

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Guided tour Saturday of outdoor sculpture park

More than 100 pieces on display in Webster’s Woods

Among the entrants coming back to the Rhody Festival Grand Parade is the Cake Picnic Cadillac, pictured in the 2019 parade through Uptown Port Townsend. Flanking the float are bicyclist Tao Johnston, pedestrian Ryan Charrier and Meredith Milholland with daughter Gitte, then 1, in her stroller. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Rhody Festival parade now set for August

Entries sought for procession; bakers plan free dessert

A young girl looks through a window at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center at the exhibit “Conservation From Here” by artist Joseph Rossano. A presentation Thursday will key off the show, done in partnership with Olympic National Park. (Jordyn Owen)

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Presentation inspired by Conservation from Here

Aims to show how humans, wildlife can live together

Cheryl Bentley, left, and Annalee McConnell are among the volunteers who’ve built, painted and furnished a village of tiny shelters off San Juan Avenue in Port Townsend. The Community Build site will host an open house Saturday afternoon. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Community Build Project to host open house

Ten new tiny shelters on display

Having stayed home in Port Hadlock for the past 18 months, author and expedition guide Peter Harrison explores the avian world in his book, “Seabirds: The New Identification Guide.” (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Author, artist publishes guide to world’s seabirds

Healthy oceans essential for survival of seafowl

Teaching artists Bry Kifolo, left, Brendan Chambers and Maggie Bulkley will lead two youth theater workshops -- one for 8- to 12-year-olds and one for 13- to 17-year-olds -- in Quilcene next month.  Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Port Townsend theater wins grant with community backing

KCPT renovating playhouse

Terell Stafford is among the players to appear in the Jazz on Littlefield Green concert next Saturday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Jazz performers to take stage at Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND — For people thirsty for live music — people like Centrum’s Gregg Miller — this coming…

Libby Urner Wennstrom

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Signs not recycled

PORT TOWNSEND — Last October, with the presidential election near, the Jefferson County Democrats ordered a batch of…

House mother and teacher Mama Ruth tries out the new slide at the Star of Hope Centre in Kenya. photo courtesy of Star of Hope Centre

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‘Dancing for the Stars’ crosses the globe Saturday

Fundraiser helps rural Kenya school

Bandleader Angie Tabor will bring her island-music ensemble Caribe to Coyle for an outdoor show Saturday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Caribe’s steelpans featured at Concert in Woods

COYLE — Angie Tabor adores soca music, the soul of calypso born in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Concerts in the Barn offers performances this weekend

QUILCENE — The Concerts in the Barn summer series continues with two performances this weekend — both free…

Tess Gallagher is among the poets to appear at Sunday's reading in Railroad Bridge Park. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Free poetry reading in Railroad Bridge Park on Sunday

SEQUIM — “A Droplet of Wild Hope from the Epicenter.” “Writing from the Edge.” “Fan Tan Alley.”

At a Housing Solutions Network forum last week, Port Townsend City Council hopefuls talked about where and how to provide more housing. From left are four of the six candidates: Cameron Jones, Tyler Vega, Ben Thomas and Libby Wennstrom. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Homelessness, climate change discussed at Port Townsend City Council candidate forum

One race to be narrowed to two following primary election

Len Feldman sends flowers to Port Townsend Bay in honor of Brion Toss, the famed rigger, teacher and author who died in June 2020. The smallest boat on the water, a one-fifth scale model of a 1933 Sam Crocker-designed catboat named Katy, was launched during the procession Wednesday morning; it bears Toss’ ashes. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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World-renowned master rigger, teacher mourned

Ashes, on a scale model catboat, now on final journey

Vespertine Boutique's Jaime Jaynes talks with one of her first customers. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Opinion

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Stepping into the light

A quiet revolution is happening in the middle of downtown Port Townsend.

Singer Jean Lenke will appear alongside vocalist Sarah Shea in Thursday night's Candlelight Concert, presented online. A portion of proceeds will benefit Olympic Angels. (photo courtesy Jean Lenke)

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Candlelight Concert to raise funds for Olympic Angels

PORT TOWNSEND — “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love),” “Lullaby of Birdland,” “Wonderful World,” “Straighten Up and…

A group of friends from Jefferson and Island counties met Monday to play music as they do year-round at Port Townsend’s Chetzemoka Park gazebo. In the foreground is Dianne Boeger; playing Shetland Islands tunes with her, from left, are fiddler Mhaire Merryman, bouzouki and guitar player Donald Terao and English concertina player Len Feldman. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Gazebo quartet

A group of friends from Jefferson and Island counties met Monday to play music as they do year-round…

Tom Skerritt, star of “East of the Mountains,” will be honored during the Port Townsend Film Festival this September. A screening of the new movie is among the festival’s planned in-person events in downtown Port Townsend. (Photo courtesy of Jane Charles, “East of the Mountains”)

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September festivals coming back with ‘joyful caution’

Wooden Boat, Film events to return to in-person functions

Rosaletta Curry, the Jefferson County Library’s early childhood program coordinator, begins story time by pointing out elements of the environment, such as trees. Ellie Long, 4, left, is among the listeners at story time outside the Port Townsend Library last Thursday. Story hours are offered free at libraries across the North Olympic Peninsula. For information, see NOLS.org and PTpubliclibrary.org. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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In-person stories

Rosaletta Curry, the Jefferson County Library’s early childhood program coordinator, begins story time by pointing out elements of…

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Politics

Port Townsend City Council hopefuls list priorities

Position only race in primary election