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Jake Seniuk

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center seeking new director

PORT ANGELES — The job of executive director of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center is rare, exhilarating, difficult — and open. Jake Seniuk took… Continue reading

Jake Seniuk

‘Miss Representation’ returns for second screening

CHIMACUM — “Miss Representation,” a documentary about portrayals of women in the media — music videos, news reports, movies — inspired a passionate discussion last… Continue reading

Tenor, pianist team for music, lunch program

SEQUIM — “The Poet’s Love” by Robert Schumann, the patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Sorcerer” and “Ombra mai fu” from Handel’s opera “Xerxes”… Continue reading

Mark Pearson of The Brothers Four will share songs and stories in a free program Monday evening in Sequim.

Folk artist to talk of Web ‘campfires’

SEQUIM — Mark Pearson of The Brothers Four, the folk group famed for its 1960 No. 1 hit “Greenfields,” offers what he calls “campfires” on… Continue reading

Mark Pearson of The Brothers Four will share songs and stories in a free program Monday evening in Sequim.
Arlo Guthrie through the years. [Cover design by Heather Loyd]

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Music legend Arlo Guthrie coming into Port Angeleeze on Sunday

PORT ANGELES — He’s coming to the end of his Boys’ Night Out Tour, and savoring each night. And Arlo Guthrie, he of “Alice’s Restaurant,”… Continue reading

Arlo Guthrie through the years. [Cover design by Heather Loyd]

WEEKEND: Author shares stories of Kuwait

PORT ANGELES — A woman who left her secure career and home life to teach art to Muslim women in Kuwait is the first speaker… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Dungeness couple in ‘Titanic’ drama

SEATTLE — For weeks, Dungeness resident and actress Carol Swarbrick Dries and her husband, Jim Dries, have been immersed in one true drama. From 7… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Hatters go mad at high tea

PORT ANGELES — The third-floor ballroom of the Port Angeles Elks Naval Lodge will be transformed into a Wonderland on Saturday, when the Elks host… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Fundraisers, boats, devils fill weekend

Fundraising auctions, a boat show, a talk on Tasmanian devils and gardening classes are among the eclectic selection of activities offered on the North Olympic… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra

WEEKEND: Port Angeles Symphony to offer free Saturday performance

PORT ANGELES ­— To round out the 2011-2012 season, the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra is inviting children, teenagers, friends and families to “A Zoo Called… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra

WEEKEND: Princess Tea to introduce Clallam court

PORT ANGELES — The public will be introduced to the two candidates for the Clallam County Fair’s royal court during the annual Princess Tea and… Continue reading

Catherine and Tom Harper stand on the rooftop patio area of their home on the upper floor of the Pioneer Building in downtown Port Angeles during last year's Second Story Story tour. Their home also is featured on this weekend's tour. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Second-story tours set Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Things will be looking up in downtown Port Angeles during the third annual Second Story Story on Saturday. Participants in the tour… Continue reading

Catherine and Tom Harper stand on the rooftop patio area of their home on the upper floor of the Pioneer Building in downtown Port Angeles during last year's Second Story Story tour. Their home also is featured on this weekend's tour. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Self-guided tour offers weekend of wine, cheese

The Olympic Peninsula Wineries’ fourth annual Northwest Wine & Cheese Tour is Saturday and Sunday. The self-guided tour at the eight participating wineries will be… Continue reading

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Face the music and celebrate spring

NOW THAT WE'VE had some sun and are all feeling better, it's time to go dancing and celebrate spring. Port Angeles ■ Today at Castaways… Continue reading

“The older I get

PENINSULA PROFILE: Nordland man launches old boats into new lives

NORDLAND — When he was 8 years old, Marty Loken spent the summer living with his family in a remote cabin on the Quinault Indian… Continue reading

“The older I get

San Francisco, Port Townsend poets to appear at Northwind

PORT TOWNSEND — My Father’s Love: Portrait of the Poet as a Young Girl and Love on the Streets are two of the books by… Continue reading

Ernst-Ulrich Schafer of Port Angeles won the Portrait Photographer of the Year and other awards at the Professional Photographers of Washington spring convention in Olympia. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles photographer wins state awards

PORT ANGELES — Portrait Photographer of the Year was just one of the trophies Ernst-Ulrich Schafer took home from the spring Professional Photographers of Washington… Continue reading

Ernst-Ulrich Schafer of Port Angeles won the Portrait Photographer of the Year and other awards at the Professional Photographers of Washington spring convention in Olympia. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Markette Parker

WEEKEND: Easter eggs tucked away throughout Peninsula

Thousands of eggs are being laid today and Saturday for that multicolored rite of spring, the Easter egg hunt. They're hidden all over the North… Continue reading

Markette Parker

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

Hear about shipwrecks or gold prospectors, see microscopic views of forest treasures or learn about greyhounds or ham radios at activities planned across the North… Continue reading

Chocolate Serenade owner Jim Queen

WEEKEND: Spring Fling previews Open Aire Market

SEQUIM — To pique your senses Saturday: Jose's Famous Salsa, Mexican ceviche and tamales hot or mild. Hot, locally roasted coffee from the Rainshadow cafe.… Continue reading

Chocolate Serenade owner Jim Queen