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Volunteer Traci Zavodny fills a plastic bin with candy Thursday in preparation for today's Halloween Carnival in the gym of Queen of Angels School in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Halloween events begin tonight, this weekend across North Olympic Peninsula

All Hallows' Eve may officially strike Wednesday, but the North Olympic Peninsula jumps into the Halloween spirit starting this weekend. And the spook-tacular events run… Continue reading

Volunteer Traci Zavodny fills a plastic bin with candy Thursday in preparation for today's Halloween Carnival in the gym of Queen of Angels School in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Other events today and this weekend on North Olympic Peninsula

Halloween events aren't the only things happening on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. Multiple benefits, an Apple Press and Fun Fest and a World… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2012
Pat Wakefield

WEEKEND: Outrageous Olympics . . . tonight! ‘Fun-raiser’ for Clallam County United Way

PORT ANGELES — Paper airplanes, pingpong balls, frypans, soda cans, yo-yos and more will fill the Vern Burton Community Center gym during the sixth annual… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2012
Pat Wakefield
WEEKEND: PT Community Orchestra free concert Saturday

WEEKEND: PT Community Orchestra free concert Saturday

CHIMACUM — The Port Townsend Community Orchestra, an all-volunteer ensemble of 60 musicians led by maestro Dewey Ehling, will celebrate its 25th anniversary season with… Continue reading

WEEKEND: PT Community Orchestra free concert Saturday
Jim and Carol Swarbrick Dries will serve as announcers for this Sunday's Sequim City Band concert

WEEKEND: Sequim City Band wraps Sunday

SEQUIM — Music from “Les Misérables” and “Swan Lake” will share the space as the Sequim City Band gives the final concert of its 20th… Continue reading

Jim and Carol Swarbrick Dries will serve as announcers for this Sunday's Sequim City Band concert
A coho salmon leaps out of the swirling waters of the Salmon Cascades. Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Sol Duc good place to watch for salmon

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — This is an ideal time for nature watchers to get a close-up view of salmon migrating back to the North Olympic… Continue reading

A coho salmon leaps out of the swirling waters of the Salmon Cascades. Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Take a cemetery tour to visit city’s past notables

PORT ANGELES — “Whispers from the Past,” an opportunity to “meet” former Port Angeles citizens, will be held at Ocean View Cemetery at 1 p.m.… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2012

WEEKEND: Tickets still available for Port Angeles Fine Arts Center fundraiser on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are still available through 5 p.m. today for “A New ARTitude,” the fall fundraiser for the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.… Continue reading

WEEKEND: West End prime place to spot whales on southward travels

McClatchy News Service and Peninsula Daily News KALALOCH — If you use the Kalaloch area south of Forks as your base, there are plenty of… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2012
  • McClatchy News Service and Peninsula Daily News

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Shake in your boots for Halloween week

THE GOOD LORD must be willing and the creek didn’t rise, so that means I’m back with this week’s music lineup and will be here… Continue reading

Poet-author to host Friday book reading

SEQUIM ­— Poet and memoirist Charlotte Gould Warren, whose new book is Jumna: An American Childhood in India, will give a reading during a free… Continue reading

Spirit Horse Ranch owners Becky and Dave Seibel are shown with two of their six Bureau of Land Management mustangs

KAREN GRIFFITHS’ HORSEPLAY COLUMN: Ranchers put mustangs in good spirits

EARLIER THIS MONTH, I stopped by Spirit Horse Ranch in Port Angeles (www.spirithorseranch.net) to visit owners Becky and Dave Seibel and talk about their mustangs.… Continue reading

Spirit Horse Ranch owners Becky and Dave Seibel are shown with two of their six Bureau of Land Management mustangs
Peninsula Daily News' 2012 North Olympic Peninsula Newcomers' and Visitors' Guide

Check out our Fall-Winter Newcomers’/Visitors’ Guide today — learn all the secrets about the North Olympic Peninsula

In TODAY's Peninsula Daily News: Our 2012-2013 Fall-Winter North Olympic Peninsula Newcomers' and Visitors' Guide. It is the only guide published that specifically spotlights fall,… Continue reading

Peninsula Daily News' 2012 North Olympic Peninsula Newcomers' and Visitors' Guide

Drum circle scheduled at Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES — A community drum circle focusing on gratitude for the autumnal harvest, rain and color will start at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the… Continue reading

Port Angeles bookseller Alan Turner spreads the words

Port Angeles bookseller Alan Turner spreads the words

One day a year, these two booksellers give away 3,000 books, large and small, to young readers. Alan Turner and his wife, Cindy, came up… Continue reading

Port Angeles bookseller Alan Turner spreads the words
Anthony Kearns

WEEKEND: ‘Ireland’s finest tenor’ to sing in Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Irish tenor Anthony Kearns returns to the North Olympic Peninsula for a concert at 7 p.m. Saturday. His performance in the Port… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2012
Anthony Kearns
D Bellamente of the Port Angeles Senior Center puckers up to kiss a dressed-up pot-bellied pig at last year's Harvest Benefit Dinner. Park View Villas

WEEKEND: ‘Pig-kissing’ fun part of Harvest Dinner on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Three potential pig-smoochers will be raising money at the fifth annual Harvest Benefit Dinner on Saturday. The event is from 4 p.m.… Continue reading

D Bellamente of the Port Angeles Senior Center puckers up to kiss a dressed-up pot-bellied pig at last year's Harvest Benefit Dinner. Park View Villas
Peggy Fogliano's abstract paintings — as well as collages

WEEKEND: Artist retrospective show on display at arts center

PORT ANGELES — In Peggy O'Brien Fogliano's art, “there is always a sense of humor, a love of life and a love of people. “These… Continue reading

Peggy Fogliano's abstract paintings — as well as collages

WEEKEND: Cemetery, headstone research, photography topics of seminar

CHIMACUM — DJ Bassett, executive director of the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley, will talk about cemetery and headstone research at a… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Murder most Shakespearian on Saturday night

WEEKEND: Murder most Shakespearian on Saturday night

PORT ANGELES — Shakespeare's “Macbeth” comes alive in a very different fashion Friday and Saturday on the Allé Stage, the performance-art venue in downtown Port… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Murder most Shakespearian on Saturday night