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A wool waulking performance is planned at the first annual Fiber Festival: From Sheep to Shawl at Worthington Park in Quilcene.

First Quilcene Fiber Festival set for Saturday

Worthington Park in Quilcene will be the site of the first Fiber Festival: From Sheep to Shawl on Saturday. The festival will be… Continue reading

A wool waulking performance is planned at the first annual Fiber Festival: From Sheep to Shawl at Worthington Park in Quilcene.
Bennet Web, 5, of Sequim picks out the perfect utensil for carving his jack-o-lantern during Saturday’s Halloween celebration at the Sequim Prairie Grange near Carlsborg. Trunk-or-Treat, hosted by grange members, featured candy and treats, food, pumpkin carving and other activities. For information about Halloween activities today, see Page A3. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Trunk or treat

Bennet Web, 5, of Sequim picks out the perfect utensil for carving his jack-o-lantern during Saturday’s Halloween celebration at the Sequim Prairie Grange near Carlsborg.… Continue reading

Bennet Web, 5, of Sequim picks out the perfect utensil for carving his jack-o-lantern during Saturday’s Halloween celebration at the Sequim Prairie Grange near Carlsborg. Trunk-or-Treat, hosted by grange members, featured candy and treats, food, pumpkin carving and other activities. For information about Halloween activities today, see Page A3. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Four-year-old Marlee Sargent of Port Angeles plays with a bucket and water on Friday on the shore of Port Angeles Harbor. The youngster and her family were taking advantage of a warm autumn day to pay a visit to Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles.

Day at the beach in Port Angeles

Four-year-old Marlee Sargent of Port Angeles plays with a bucket and water on Friday on the shore of Port Angeles Harbor. The youngster and her… Continue reading

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Four-year-old Marlee Sargent of Port Angeles plays with a bucket and water on Friday on the shore of Port Angeles Harbor. The youngster and her family were taking advantage of a warm autumn day to pay a visit to Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles.
A row of carved Halloween pumpkins sitting on a brick fence in the 1800 block of West 10th in PA dlogan

Halloween celebrated all weekend

Merchants in downtowns across the North Olympic Peninsula are offering trick-or treating on Monday after haunted houses and other offerings have set the stage throughout… Continue reading

A row of carved Halloween pumpkins sitting on a brick fence in the 1800 block of West 10th in PA dlogan
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Port Townsend’s Harry Dudley, center, whose family has owned the historic Hastings building in downtown Port Townsend since it was built in 1889, shows off an Italian stone fireplace, one of the highlighted features on the Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend tour produced by the Main Street Organization, as he conducts a tour on Friday.  For more about the multi-venue festival, which continues today, see ptmainstreet.org.

Mysteries and histories in Port Townsend

Port Townsend’s Harry Dudley, center, whose family has owned the historic Hastings building in downtown Port Townsend since it was built in 1889, shows off… Continue reading

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Port Townsend’s Harry Dudley, center, whose family has owned the historic Hastings building in downtown Port Townsend since it was built in 1889, shows off an Italian stone fireplace, one of the highlighted features on the Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend tour produced by the Main Street Organization, as he conducts a tour on Friday.  For more about the multi-venue festival, which continues today, see ptmainstreet.org.

Dance party a fundraiser for Community Players

The annual Port Angeles Community Players Fall Fundraiser dance party, ”Oogie Boogie Wonderland,” is slated from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday… Continue reading

Seattle-based Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes will dance in Rayn: Flamenco for a New World.

Flamenco performances set on Peninsula

A special flamenco performance will come to Port Townsend and Sequim this weekend. “Rayn: Flamenco for a New World” will be at the Palindrome at… Continue reading

Seattle-based Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes will dance in Rayn: Flamenco for a New World.

Pre-Halloween activities, other entertainment set this weekend

Events leading to Monday’s Halloween Day are planned this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula, as well as other entertainment. Halloween • Haunted Histories and… Continue reading

Climate anxiety topic of today’s Studium Generale

“People are experiencing a wide range of responses to how climate change is affecting our communities and our lives,” said Melanie Greer,… Continue reading

Pipe organ music to mark Halloween

Pipe organ music will celebrate Halloween this weekend in Port Townsend and Port Angeles. Pipe Screams is a Halloween pops concert featuring organists in costume… Continue reading

Salsa Night offered on Friday

Salsa Night — Latin Dance Party is planned at Studio Bob from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets for this special… Continue reading

Kathy Durr, 70, left, and Charle Crocker, 69, both of Port Angeles, try their hands at carving jack-o-lanterns during a pumpkin carving workshop on Saturday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The workshop, which drew about 50 participants, was part of the center’s second annual Celebration of Shadows, a tribute to the season of Halloween. The event also included a mask-making workshop, a carved pumpkin contest, spooky walks and an outdoor movie. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Treats and terrors celebrate Halloween

Peninsula events include tours, shows and parades

Kathy Durr, 70, left, and Charle Crocker, 69, both of Port Angeles, try their hands at carving jack-o-lanterns during a pumpkin carving workshop on Saturday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The workshop, which drew about 50 participants, was part of the center’s second annual Celebration of Shadows, a tribute to the season of Halloween. The event also included a mask-making workshop, a carved pumpkin contest, spooky walks and an outdoor movie. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

NOLS offering horror pop-culture and movie trivia night

The North Olympic Library System will host Horror Pop-Culture and Movies trivia night at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The questions for this month’s… Continue reading

NOLS to host teen lock-in

The North Olympic Library System will host a teen lock-in from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday. The after-hours event is in… Continue reading

Lisa Lynne, left, and Aryeh Frankfurter will perform at Concerts in the Woods in Coyle.

Celtic harpists to perform in Sequim, Coyle this weekend

Original music to be played at church and community center

Lisa Lynne, left, and Aryeh Frankfurter will perform at Concerts in the Woods in Coyle.
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Six-year-old Emmett Stratford of Port Angeles receives a treat from Sarah Ogerly, owner of Olympic Stauned Glass, left, and Mitch Zenobi during Halloween trick or treating in downtown Port Angeles in 2019.

Scares and dares on Peninsula for Halloween

Thrills and chills are in store on the North Olympic Peninsula as Halloween approaches. Leading up to Halloween on Oct. 31 are a variety of… Continue reading

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Six-year-old Emmett Stratford of Port Angeles receives a treat from Sarah Ogerly, owner of Olympic Stauned Glass, left, and Mitch Zenobi during Halloween trick or treating in downtown Port Angeles in 2019.

Bewitching Tea set for Saturday

The Soroptimist International Port Angeles — Jet Set will hold its annual Bewitching Tea on Saturday in honor of past member the… Continue reading

Internationally-known college orchestra to perform in Port Angeles

St. Olaf repertoire to include Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 Pathétique

Hastings Building tours are set for both days of Haunted Histories and Mysteries. (Port Townsend Main Street)
Hastings Building tours are set for both days of Haunted Histories and Mysteries. (Port Townsend Main Street)