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Hayley Sharpe, owner of MOSS, left, talks with Kayla Oakes, executive director of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, on Tuesday next to a display of festival merchandise offered at the downtown Port Angeles shop. The festival’s concerts and street fair return to the Vern Burton Community Center this Friday through Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Juan de Fuca Festival in person, online, outdoors

Hybrid event offers extended virtual concert viewing

Hayley Sharpe, owner of MOSS, left, talks with Kayla Oakes, executive director of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, on Tuesday next to a display of festival merchandise offered at the downtown Port Angeles shop. The festival’s concerts and street fair return to the Vern Burton Community Center this Friday through Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Vocalist Val James will bring her band to Trinity United Methodist Church in Port Townsend for an online Candlelight Concert this Thursday at 7 p.m.  Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Gershwins by candlelight: Online concert Thursday

Classics to be presented in 50-minute set

Vocalist Val James will bring her band to Trinity United Methodist Church in Port Townsend for an online Candlelight Concert this Thursday at 7 p.m.  Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend Paper Mill lecture series continues Thursday

Karen Lené Rudd, Dana Squires and Dana Weir will present “Artist Talk: Using Recycled Brown Kraft Paper from the Port Townsend Paper… Continue reading

‘Sisters Rising’ film streams this week

The Rose Theatre, in collaboration with the Dove House, will stream the 2020 documentary “Sisters Rising” from Monday to Sunday, May 30.… Continue reading

Flower planting party set today in downtown Port Angeles

Round 2 of the inaugural Big Spring Spruce Up earlier this month is today, with the planting of flowers in downtown planter… Continue reading

Singer-songwriter Jack Dwyer, pictured at the Keg & I in Chimacum, will give a free outdoor performance in Uptown Port Townsend this Saturday at 2 p.m. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Buskers on the Block perform Saturday

Two local performers will give free outdoor concerts Saturday afternoon in the Main Street Program’s Buskers on the Block series. They are:… Continue reading

Singer-songwriter Jack Dwyer, pictured at the Keg & I in Chimacum, will give a free outdoor performance in Uptown Port Townsend this Saturday at 2 p.m. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Past winners of the Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby grand prize gather at Swain's General Store with Wilder Toyota owner Dan Wilder to gaze upon this year's top prize, a 2021 Toyota Corolla, which is donated by Wilder. From left are Angeline Parrish, 2019 winner;  Kim Skerbeck, 1995; Mary and Harry Hebert, 2002; Tom Baerman, winner along with wife Jackie in 2011; Dan Wilder; Steve Zenovic (2018); Annette Wendell, 1992; Dan Sinnes, 1998 and Zenovic's wife Nina. All of the past 30 winners of the car have been from Port Angeles and Sequim, except for one.

Duck Derby race on for Sunday

Tickets still available

Past winners of the Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby grand prize gather at Swain's General Store with Wilder Toyota owner Dan Wilder to gaze upon this year's top prize, a 2021 Toyota Corolla, which is donated by Wilder. From left are Angeline Parrish, 2019 winner;  Kim Skerbeck, 1995; Mary and Harry Hebert, 2002; Tom Baerman, winner along with wife Jackie in 2011; Dan Wilder; Steve Zenovic (2018); Annette Wendell, 1992; Dan Sinnes, 1998 and Zenovic's wife Nina. All of the past 30 winners of the car have been from Port Angeles and Sequim, except for one.

Free geology lecture online

Jennifer Pierce will present “Wildfires, Climate and Erosion” at 4 p.m. Saturday. The free online lecture is sponsored by the Quimper Geologic… Continue reading

StoryWalk set for three park locations

The North Olympic Library System will sponsor StoryWalk at three city parks in Clallam County starting Saturday through July 3. The self-guided… Continue reading

Thursday’s Studium Generale presentation canceled

Thursday’s Studium General has been canceled. The free presentation by Alison O. Bremner, a Tlingit artist, had been planned for 12:30 p.m.… Continue reading

Ellie Sandstrom, pictured leading students in a dance workshop, is one of two instructors of an outdoor pop-up "Seeds of Movement" class at Fort Worden State Park this Saturday. The workshop is open to ages 13 and older. photo by David Conklin

Free outdoor dance class set for Saturday at Fort Worden

A free outdoor dance class is open to movers ages 13 and older — with no experience necessary — at Fort Worden… Continue reading

Ellie Sandstrom, pictured leading students in a dance workshop, is one of two instructors of an outdoor pop-up "Seeds of Movement" class at Fort Worden State Park this Saturday. The workshop is open to ages 13 and older. photo by David Conklin

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Area, cocktails at History Happy Hour in Port Townsend

Bartenders Sophia Elan and Alexander Moats will join Steve Shively for “History Happy Hour: The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Area” at… Continue reading

Western, Clark’s Grebes topic of Audubon lecture

Anne Yen will present “The Mysterious Decline of Western and Clark’s Grebes” at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The free lecture, hosted by the… Continue reading

Alison O. Bremner

Tlingit artist to speak at Studium Generale

“Culture is not stagnant,” said Alison O. Bremner, Tlingit artist. “Through contact and the technological revolution Tlingit culture is constantly adapting, observing,… Continue reading

Alison O. Bremner

Jefferson County Fair garage sale slated for Saturday

The Jefferson County Fair Association will host its first garage sale since the pandemic began on Saturday. The sale will be from… Continue reading

The Miró Quartet — from left, violinists Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer, violist John Largess and cellist Joshua Gindele — will engage in a live-streamed question-and-answer session after their virtual concert Saturday. (Photo courtesy of the Miró Quartet)

Miró Quartet to perform, speak with audience Saturday

A specially commissioned piece called “Home,” a Beethoven string quartet and Dvorak’s American Quartet are on the program of a Port Townsend… Continue reading

The Miró Quartet — from left, violinists Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer, violist John Largess and cellist Joshua Gindele — will engage in a live-streamed question-and-answer session after their virtual concert Saturday. (Photo courtesy of the Miró Quartet)

Music festival offers faith in hip-hop, rap

Internal Grind Ministries will sponsor the inaugural Rise Up Music Festival from at 12:30 p.m. May 22. The free Christian rap and hip-hop… Continue reading

Katy Bowman, author of “Grow Wild: The Whole Child, Whole Family, Nature-Rich Guide to Moving More,” will array pages of the book along a mile-long walking route at Chimacum’s Finnriver Farm & Cidery on Sunday afternoon. The “book walk” is free to the public. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Sequim author highlights new book with Chimacum walk

An unconventional approach to a tour in rural farm setting

Katy Bowman, author of “Grow Wild: The Whole Child, Whole Family, Nature-Rich Guide to Moving More,” will array pages of the book along a mile-long walking route at Chimacum’s Finnriver Farm & Cidery on Sunday afternoon. The “book walk” is free to the public. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Madpix Inc. filmmakers Doug Blush and Lisa Klein, whose movie “The S Word” appeared in the 2017 Port Townsend Film Festival, are teaching a nine-week documentary filmmaking seminar. (Photo courtesy of the Port Townsend Film Festival)
Madpix Inc. filmmakers Doug Blush and Lisa Klein, whose movie “The S Word” appeared in the 2017 Port Townsend Film Festival, are teaching a nine-week documentary filmmaking seminar. (Photo courtesy of the Port Townsend Film Festival)