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WEEKEND: Walk lake bed or see concert, film

Lake-bed walks, concerts, films and other events are scheduled on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. For more information on other local arts and entertainment,… Continue reading

Swami Beyondananda

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Perfect weekend to find ideal genre

IF EVER THERE were a weekend to find your favorite genre of live music, this is that weekend. Music venues and schedules can be found… Continue reading

Champagne gala to open Port Ludlow arts series season

PORT LUDLOW — Season tickets are on sale for the Port Ludlow Arts Council’s 21st series of concerts, which starts with the Carpe Diem String… Continue reading

Swami Beyondananda

Swami likely to stimulate many giggles

Conversing with Swami Beyondananda is like hopping inside a verbal funhouse. And beware: You will keep interrupting yourself. With your own giggling. “I can answer… Continue reading

Swami Beyondananda
Cheryl Strayed of Portland

Author of best-seller ‘Wild’ to read on Peninsula

When everything fell apart, Cheryl Strayed left, alone, to hike. She covered 1,100 miles, from California's Mojave Desert and across the Range of Light —… Continue reading

Cheryl Strayed of Portland
Monica Quevedo at Lost Mountain Lavender farm.  -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Profile

PENINSULA PROFILE: An ‘ahh’-some life for lavender farmer transplanted from California

SEQUIM — Though it was July in Sequim, the sun was not smiling on the lavender fields. 2011’s fabled lavender weekend was wet, drippy wet,… Continue reading

Monica Quevedo at Lost Mountain Lavender farm.  -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Profile
Saturday's Dungeness Kids' Fair is hosted by First Teacher

Activities galore just for kids at Sequim fair

SEQUIM — Ice cream, dancing, free children's books, model trains, a firetruck and prizes: They're just a cross-section of the First Teacher Dungeness Kids' Fair… Continue reading

Saturday's Dungeness Kids' Fair is hosted by First Teacher

WEEKEND: Blooms within forest on Forks garden tour

FORKS — A variety of landscaping can be seen in the six gardens on the Bogachiel Garden Club’s “Flowers Amid the Forest” Garden Tour from… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Find your Fun Days favorite

Here’s the schedule of Clallam Bay-Sekiu Fun Days activities. Today ■ 5 p.m. — Scavenger hunt registration at the Lions Club, 90 Bogachiel St., Clallam… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Historic exhibit opens at Museum & Arts Center

SEQUIM — The Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley digs into the 60-plus-year history of the Bugge Cannery Co. in an exhibit opening… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

Public libraries offer a variety of activities specifically for youths this weekend, while a host of events ranging from art exhibits to classes to horse… Continue reading

The Clallam Bay Twirlers show off their skills during the Clallam Bay-Sekiu Fun Days in 2010. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Three days of fun to begin in Clallam Bay-Sekiu today

CLALLAM BAY-SEKIU — It's a family reunion, community celebration and the area's annual fireworks show. The three-day Clallam Bay-Sekiu Fun Days festival begins today with… Continue reading

The Clallam Bay Twirlers show off their skills during the Clallam Bay-Sekiu Fun Days in 2010. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Get outdoors (or on the floor) and dance to music

THIS IS THE time of year when you have no excuse to not get out and listen/dance to your favorite music. Indoors or outdoors, your… Continue reading

Chef to whip up 20-egg omelets at farmers market

PORT ANGELES — In the ongoing campaign to whet local appetites for local food, chef Dave Long will cook up a couple of 20-egg omelets… Continue reading

Sisters Lisa Hopper

KAREN GRIFFITHS HORSEPLAY COLUMN: Sisters bring back load of wins from Oklahoma

A LIFETIME LABOR of love, hard work and discipline paid off in a big way for siblings Tina Johnson and Lisa Hopper when they drove… Continue reading

Sisters Lisa Hopper
Workers lower the bear sculpture to its spot of honor in front of the Black Bear Diner Friday morning in Sequim.  -- Photo by Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News

Bears — sculptures, we mean — drop into new diner

This story has been changed to correct a previous version that said Holiday Inn Express o section of Sewner Bret Wirta moved to the North… Continue reading

Workers lower the bear sculpture to its spot of honor in front of the Black Bear Diner Friday morning in Sequim.  -- Photo by Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News
Olympic National Park ranger Josh McLean

No pants afire at Port Angeles Library

PORT ANGELES — There was purported bungee-jumping from a hot air balloon, as well as alleged mosquitoes growing larger and larger until they lifted a… Continue reading

Olympic National Park ranger Josh McLean

Port Townsend Writers’ Conference to begin Wednesday

PORT TOWNSEND — It’s one thing to key your secret thoughts into a computer or set them down onto a piece of paper — and… Continue reading

Children’s art series scheduled in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — In the meadow at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, the “Monday’s Child” series of art classes is under way and open… Continue reading

Andrew Guimond of Sequim watches as his son Riley

PENINSULA PROFILE: First Teacher, which schools the parents as well as the children, in financial doldrums

As Riley Guimond, an excited 17-month-old, explored a classroom full of toys, his father, Andrew, patiently followed behind. Squealing and exclaiming some of his first… Continue reading

Andrew Guimond of Sequim watches as his son Riley