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WEEKEND: Blast through weekend with myriad fun events

Everything from model rockets to swap meets to lectures on fossils and beetles are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. For more information… Continue reading

Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Keola Beamer and his wife

WEEKEND: Couple bring touch of Hawaii to Peninsula

CHIMACUM — The longer Keola Beamer and his spouse, Moanalani Beamer, make music together, the more they discover. The pair, who will appear at 8… Continue reading

Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Keola Beamer and his wife

WEEKEND: Heritage Days volunteers, vendors sought

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Downtown Association will host an orientation meeting for Heritage Days volunteers at 2 p.m. Sunday. The meeting will be… Continue reading

Young dancers entertain a large crowd with the Snipe Dance at the Makah Days celebration in 2011. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Makah to celebrate heritage in annual festival

NEAH BAY — Racing “war canoes” will ride the waves in friendly competition, fireworks will light up the sky, and dances, games and crafts will… Continue reading

Young dancers entertain a large crowd with the Snipe Dance at the Makah Days celebration in 2011. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Russia, Peninsula meet in free program tonight

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula and Russia will meet, in art and prose, tonight in a free program called “Two Moons, Two Strings.”… Continue reading

Jack Fritz of Edmonds swims the butterfly at the William Shore Memorial Pool during the 2010 Olympic Peninsula Senior Games. Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Seniors strut their stuff at annual games

PORT ANGELES — Let the games begin! From bowling to basketball, tennis to track, it's time for the eighth annual Olympic Peninsula Senior Games. More… Continue reading

Jack Fritz of Edmonds swims the butterfly at the William Shore Memorial Pool during the 2010 Olympic Peninsula Senior Games. Peninsula Daily News
Marcia Perlstein

Hit homegrown comedy revue reprised in Gardiner

GARDINER — This spring, it became quite clear: People were thirsty for laughter. “Humor in Paradise,” a comedy revue to benefit the Paradise Theatre School… Continue reading

Marcia Perlstein

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Rock out to last month of summer

THE FESTIVALS AND fairs may be over, but there is plenty of live music as we enter this last month of summer. Port Angeles ■… Continue reading

Cutting Garden cutting out weddings; couple will keep smaller gardens

DUNGENESS — The house, the horses and the hawks . . . they’re staying. But the “I do’s” are just about done. The Cutting Garden,… Continue reading

Karen Brown  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]

PENINSULA PROFILE: Head of mediation center helps resolve conflicts through communication

PORT ANGELES — Karen Brown could hardly reach the handlebars. But reach she did. A 5-year-old kid with a new set of wheels — the… Continue reading

Karen Brown  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News]
Madison Ballou

WEEKEND: Clallam County Fair invites public to ‘kiss a pig, dance a jig’ — pig-kissing optional [**VIDEO**]

CORRECTION — This story has been corrected to say that tickets to the fair are available only at the gate at the Clallam County Fairgrounds.… Continue reading

Madison Ballou
Madison Ballou

WEEKEND: Clallam County Fair invites public to ‘kiss a pig, dance a jig’ — pig-kissing optional [**VIDEO**]

CORRECTION — This story has been corrected to say that tickets to the fair are available only at the gate at the Clallam County Fairgrounds.… Continue reading

Madison Ballou

Dreaming in Creme Tangerine

By Diane Urbani de la Paz Peninsula Spotlight PORT ANGELES ­— When played with gusto, this music is forever young. So believes Jeff Lockhart, the… Continue reading

A new place to play

By Diane Urbani de la Paz Peninsula Spotlight PORT ANGELES — Sarah Tucker is ready to pull the curtain back again. An artist, filmmaker and… Continue reading

WEEKEND: A big list of events

It’s another jam-packed summer weekend. Concerts, anniversary celebrations, work parties and festivals are happening across the North Olympic Peninsula. For more information on other arts… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Brinnon offers Summer Blast of music, cars

BRINNON — Brinnon Summer Blast, a communitywide celebration for South Jefferson County, will offer a car show, vendors and activities from 10 a.m. to 4… Continue reading

Camaraderie Cellars owners Don and Vicki Corson are celebrating 20 years of winemaking in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Camaraderie Cellars marks 20th with wine, food, song

PORT ANGELES — Sip a tasty varietal this weekend while sampling sumptuous tidbits and listening to soothing music in the courtyard of a winery devoted… Continue reading

Camaraderie Cellars owners Don and Vicki Corson are celebrating 20 years of winemaking in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Comedy night to benefit family of Air Force vet

PORT TOWNSEND — “Laughs for Lee,” a comedy night benefit, is scheduled at Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St., at 8 p.m. today. Nationally known… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: MMA fight card set for outdoors in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula is getting a first in sports events with an outdoors Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) show at Civic Field,… Continue reading

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Jeanne Moore shows off some of the unconventional trophies she created for the winners of the Uptown Street Fair parade

WEEKEND: Uptown Street Fair caters to eclectic crowd in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Uptown Street Fair is turning 21 this year — but it is still gleefully immature. The annual fair, set from 9… Continue reading

Jeanne Moore shows off some of the unconventional trophies she created for the winners of the Uptown Street Fair parade