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NEW YEAR’S — Fundraising dance to help Quimper Grange maintenance

PORT TOWNSEND — A family-friendly New Year's Eve dance will bring together the Susannah Gals, the Rose Street Ramblers and a pair of dance callers… Continue reading

NEW YEAR’S — Other Peninsula New Year’s Eve events set

New Year's Eve activities are proliferating across the North Olympic Peninsula. Here's a look at some of the options offered in addition to the First… Continue reading

NEW YEAR’S — Pyrotechnics, anchor to light up First Night in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The anchor will rise, electroluminescent, into the night sky. Then come the fireworks — comets and more — in a two-minute volley,… Continue reading

NEW YEAR’S — Soulshakers to upload good vibrations at Port Angeles Elks

PORT ANGELES — Cindy Lowder purrs. Growls. Makes a body pay attention. As frontwoman for the Soulshakers, the quintet booked for the ninth annual New… Continue reading

WEEKEND — A 24-hour fever: Play to be performed within a day of its creation

PORT ANGELES — The clock starts to tick tonight. At 8 p.m., actors and writers — of any background — will gather at the Peninsula… Continue reading

WEEKEND — Master of ‘Messiah’: Conductor brings light of Handel to sing-along in Sequim tonight

SEQUIM — The maestro has sung it. Played the oboe in it. And he has guided others through Handel's “Messiah,” so many times that it… Continue reading

JOHN NELSON’S MUSIC COLUMN: Where to go out on New Year’s Eve

SO, YOU GOT everything you wanted for Christmas, you ate too much and you over indulged. But wait, there's more! The holiday season continues with… Continue reading

John Manno [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]

PENINSULA PROFILE: Transplant jumps with both feet into Peninsula music, theater

PORT ANGELES — The experience, John Manno says, is like leaping headlong over a cliff. He’s speaking of the 24-Hour Theatre Project, his next plunge… Continue reading

John Manno [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]
Fresh arrangements of holiday music come to Port Townsend's Key City Playhouse from Dec. 26-31. The cast includes

Do you hear what I hear? Key City women to give Port Townsend gift of song

PORT TOWNSEND — Denise Winter dreamed of a Christmas gift for her town. She dreamed big. Couldn't help it, you see: Now Key City Public… Continue reading

Fresh arrangements of holiday music come to Port Townsend's Key City Playhouse from Dec. 26-31. The cast includes
Singer returning to one of his home towns

Singer returning to one of his home towns

PORT ANGELES — Elijah Sussman, a singer and songwriter who's lived around the country — Saugerties, N.Y., Maui, Hawaii, and Port Angeles — is returning… Continue reading

Singer returning to one of his home towns

WEEKEND: Nature writer to share stories at Port Angeles Library

PORT ANGELES — When asked how he deals with the blues, here’s how Robert Michael Pyle, author of 17 books about bugs, slugs and Bigfoot’s… Continue reading

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: End of the world? Then party on, friends

ARE WE IN the spirit of the season yet? There's a lot of places to help you get into the spirit if you fall a… Continue reading

Yoga instructor Jen Bates

Sun salutations, ‘soulstice’ dance set Friday

PORT TOWNSEND — Ten yoga teachers, 108 sun salutations, “L-O-V-E.” It's a gathering like no other at the Madrona MindBody Institute, and it truly is… Continue reading

Yoga instructor Jen Bates
The Rev. Gail Wheatley Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

PENINSULA PROFILE: Rector, church offer comfort through ‘blue’ holidays

PORT ANGELES — When interviewing for her new assignment, the Rev. Gail Wheatley spoke of a different kind of Christmas service. This could be for… Continue reading

The Rev. Gail Wheatley Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Geoffrey Castle

Geoffrey Castle’s ‘Celtic Christmas’ show in Port Angeles on Sunday

PORT ANGELES — A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee, three Irish step dancers and Santa Claus. Those are just three elements of the… Continue reading

Geoffrey Castle
Musicians stroll into Coyle for night of foot-stompin'

Musicians stroll into Coyle for night of foot-stompin’

COYLE — The “Leave Your Shoes” title has a couple of meanings, Beth Whitney says. This name of her first album is about slipping off… Continue reading

Musicians stroll into Coyle for night of foot-stompin'
Roger Fernandes' reflection on wolves is among the pieces in the “Spirit Unleashed” art show. Admission is free.

WEEKEND — Artists’ spirits unleashed at Elwha Heritage Center show

PORT ANGELES — Suzie Bennett kept hearing the same question back in 2011: What's the theme of the art show? Bennett, director of the Elwha… Continue reading

Roger Fernandes' reflection on wolves is among the pieces in the “Spirit Unleashed” art show. Admission is free.
Geoffrey Castle's show is the cover story of the  "Peninsula Spotlight" entertainment section in the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News today.

WEEKEND — Geoffrey Castle’s ‘Celtic Christmas’ show in Port Angeles on Sunday

PORT ANGELES — A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee, three Irish step dancers and Santa Claus. Those are just three elements of the… Continue reading

Geoffrey Castle's show is the cover story of the  "Peninsula Spotlight" entertainment section in the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News today.
Autoharpist Bryan Bowers comes to the Dungeness Schoolhouse for a concert

Famed songman set for single show Friday in Dungeness

DUNGENESS — Bryan Bowers, a man known across the country for his music-making and storytelling, will come out to the Dungeness Schoolhouse for a single… Continue reading

Autoharpist Bryan Bowers comes to the Dungeness Schoolhouse for a concert

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Fete season with live tunes

GOT THE HOLIDAY blues? I got the cure. Get out your dancing shoes, tune up your ears, put ’em together and do the holiday two-step.… Continue reading