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Festivals, plays, concerts on Peninsula this weekend

Holiday festivals, plays and music will be offered this weekend on the Peninsula.

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Tyler Gage and Adam DeFilippo decorate the 1956 Seagrave fire engine in 2022.

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Operation Candy Cane begins Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Operation Candy Cane 2023 begins Saturday and will continue through Dec. 14.

Emily McAlily, in the part of Chandon, left, toys with the wig of Steve Methner, playing the role of King Triton, prior to a Tuesday rehearsal of the PA Panto production of Ethel Mermaid and the Varying Degrees of Evil, which starts this weekend at Peninsula College. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Now divorced from prince, mermaid wants to go home

PA Panto show to be performed over two weekends

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Christmas shows staged at Key City Public Theatre

PORT TOWNSEND — Key City Public Theatre is presenting two performances showcasing the work of Charles Dickens.

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Holiday bazaars set on Peninsula

Holiday shopping is offered at bazaars on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.

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Port Townsend Ballet to perform The Nutcracker this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND — With its timeless magic, lavish costumes, and Snow, Dew Drop and Sugar Plum fairies, The…

The Fractal Phase from Wintertide 2022 offers a taste of the 2023 Light Art Experience that will be available during the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s third annual Wintertide Festival of Lights. (Cascadia Films)

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Third annual Wintertide Festival of Lights set for Saturday

Light installations, market among outdoor attractions

Cast members outside of the recent Jane Austen Tea. Pictured from left to right, back row: Wesley Vollmer, Olivia Wray, Cecie Gonzales McClelland and Sunshine Pederson. Front row: Poet XIX and Belle Robinson.

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Port Angeles Community Players to present ‘Christmas at Pemberly’

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Community Players will present “Christmas at Pemberley — Georgiana and Kitty,” the…

Guitarist Colin Davin, left, stands beside Port Angeles Symphony conductor Jonathan Pasternack, after stepping in at the last minute to perform with the orchestra in December 2021. Davin will rejoin the symphony for its Holiday Concert this Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Symphony, guitarist to play holiday music from around the globe

PORT ANGELES — “When it’s good,” he said, “it’s like flying.”

Director Sarah Moran rehearses the Community Chorus for a pair of holiday concerts in Port Townsend and Chimacum on Friday and Saturday. (Lynn Nowak)

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Port Townsend chorus to sing in ‘Magnificat’ concerts

PORT TOWNSEND — When contemporary British composer John Rutter set out to write his “Magnificat,” he wanted something…

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Peninsula College to host ‘Cascadian Zen’ anthology event

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College’s Studium Generale and the Foothills Writers Series will host a literary event Thursday…

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Drink Draw event set Thursday at Studio Bob

PORT ANGELES — Santa Lucia, Santa Claus and Krampus will be guest models for December’s Drink &Draw event…

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Peninsula College students’ original plays to be read Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College film and digital media department will host the “Showcase of Staged Readings”…

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Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble concert scheduled for Tuesday

PORT ANGELES – Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble invites community members of all ages to a free concert at…

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Auditions next week for The Lion in Winter

PORT ANGELES — Auditions for the Port Angeles Community Players’winter offering, The Lion in Winter, will be conducted…

Robin McKann’s Douglas fir and big leaf maple table is on view at Gallery 9.

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Art on display in Port Townsend during First Saturday

Variety of gifts available

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Varied entertainment offered this weekend

A variety of entertainment is planned this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.

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Santa coming to town, trees to be lighted

Tree-lighting events are planned in Port Townsend, Sequim and Forks this weekend.

Holly Varah of Port Townsend is showing her new collection of cyanotyped hair on silk and cotton at Northwind Art's Jeanette Best Gallery during December. photo courtesy of Northwind Art

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Artist to reveal new project at Northwind gallery

PORT TOWNSEND — Since last spring, Port Townsend artist Holly Varah has been creating artwork unlike anything she’s…

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Nelda Swiggett (piano), Clif Swiggett (trombone), Chris Symer (bass), Julian Smedley (violin) , Adam Kessler (drums)

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‘The Alaska Suite’ urges audiences to take action on climate change

PORT TOWNSEND — “The Alaska Suite: a story of beauty, loss and hope,” a multimedia jazz composition about…