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Ernst-Ulrich Schafer shows a photograph to one of his clients while working in his Port Angeles studio.  -- Photo by Chris Tucker/Peninsula Profile

PENINSULA PROFILE: Photographer tells subjects’ stories with light, lenses

PORT ANGELES — On the eve of his departure for Vietnam, Ernst-Ulrich Schafer went to a movie: “Alice’s Restaurant,” the 1969 classic starring a young… Continue reading

Ernst-Ulrich Schafer shows a photograph to one of his clients while working in his Port Angeles studio.  -- Photo by Chris Tucker/Peninsula Profile
IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Guys and their guitars perform on Cinco de Mayo tonight for nonprofit

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Guys and their guitars perform on Cinco de Mayo tonight for nonprofit

SEQUIM — This combination bursts with sabor — flavor — and it’s cooking up quick. Men with Guitars, an evening of songs from the 1950s… Continue reading

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Guys and their guitars perform on Cinco de Mayo tonight for nonprofit

WEEKEND: Clallam Master Gardeners to hold annual plant sale

SEQUIM — The Clallam County Master Gardeners will offer more than 2,000 plants for sale Saturday. The group’s annual plant sale will be from 9… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Events to fete ‘Cinco de Salmon’ this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND — Something fishy is going on this weekend — and that’s a good thing, said organizers of the pair of “Cinco de Salmon”… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Events wrap up Port Townsend Teen Community Read

PORT TOWNSEND — Hundreds of Port Townsend students have been reading Blank Confession by Pete Hautman during the 2012 Port Townsend Public Library Teen Community… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Kiwanis garage sale to offer diverse items

PORT ANGELES — The shopping will be thrifty and the goods diverse at the Camp Beausite garage sale this weekend. Filling the Home Arts Building… Continue reading

KPTZ DJ John Hulburd cues up a public service announcement Wednesday. Big-city radio stations have different people to do the announcing and the engineering; at KPTZ one

WEEKEND: KPTZ-FM radio to celebrate first anniversary

PORT TOWNSEND — KPTZ 91.9 FM Radio Port Townsend will celebrate its first anniversary Saturday. The first broadcast of the community radio station based at… Continue reading

KPTZ DJ John Hulburd cues up a public service announcement Wednesday. Big-city radio stations have different people to do the announcing and the engineering; at KPTZ one

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

A Mustang car show, a senior information fair and backyard birding are among the attractions lined up this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. For… Continue reading

Betsy Robins

WEEKEND: Webster’s Woods site of Cinco de Mayo fun in day of play

PORT ANGELES — In a free Cinco de Mayo party Saturday, the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will turn its woods and meadow into an… Continue reading

Betsy Robins

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Celebrate Cinco de Mayo this weekend

AS WE ENTER the month of May, everyone is getting energized for Cinco de Mayo celebrations. You’ll find them and much more right here. Port… Continue reading

Kathryn Lorentzen and Brice Taylor are Harold Hill and Marian the librarian in “The Music Man

Talent with a capital T: ‘Music Man’ opening in Sequim

SEQUIM — “Ya Got Trouble,” right here in River City, and fortunately, you also have on hand “Marian the Librarian.” Yes, “The Music Man,” that… Continue reading

Kathryn Lorentzen and Brice Taylor are Harold Hill and Marian the librarian in “The Music Man
Have you seen her? Melinda the llama was stolen from owner Sara Woodard's backyard off Dan Kelly Road in Joyce. After months of a futile

KAREN GRIFFITHS’ HORSEPLAY COLUMN: $1,000 reward for stolen Joyce llama

A SHORT TIME ago, I joined several Back Country Horsemen members at the Elwha Barn for Olympic National Park's annual Barn Day. It was a… Continue reading

Have you seen her? Melinda the llama was stolen from owner Sara Woodard's backyard off Dan Kelly Road in Joyce. After months of a futile
Haley Fox  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Profile]

PENINSULA PROFILE: Woman puts her heart into helping children in Third World nations

PORT ANGELES — Michael Rivers is planning an elaborate party for a friend this Friday night. It could be quite the memorable bash; Rivers is… Continue reading

Haley Fox  [Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Profile]

Band to play Steppenwolf’s hits to benefit Irrigation Festival

SEQUIM — The Magic Carpet Ride, a band specializing in the music of Steppenwolf — think “Born to Be Wild” and “The Pusher” — will… Continue reading

IN THIS WEEKEND’S PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Olympic Theatre Arts’ ‘Paragon Springs’ life in small town on verge of change

SEQUIM — Into this town “where water is wealth” — so goes the Irrigation Festival slogan — comes “Paragon Springs,” a story about healing waters… Continue reading

Teens show off their talents for, with verse in PoetrySlam

PORT ANGELES — With her poised delivery of her original poem “Have You Ever Thought?,” 15-year-old Lora Marie Rudzinski won the grand prize in the… Continue reading

WEEKEND: First Outdoor Fun Fair set for Saturday

SEQUIM — The Dungeness River Audubon Center will offer its inaugural Outdoor Fun Fair on Saturday. The fair will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Girls, dolls to gussy up for All Dressed Up Spring Tea

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Downtown Association Youth Volunteers have planned an All Dressed Up Spring Tea for girls, their favorite doll-friend and an… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Jefferson museum plans party tonight, ribbon-cutting Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — A party tonight and a new exhibit opening Saturday will celebrate the renaming of the museum at 540 Water St. The facility,… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Kitchen tour, MAC auction on tap

A kitchen tour and a dinner and auction for the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley are among the activities offered on the… Continue reading