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WEEKEND: Variety of tales to be presented at storytelling festival in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Ten storytellers will weave their magic for listeners this weekend, sharing stories and tales that bridge cultures and traditions at the 17th… Continue reading

WEEKEND/PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Port Angeles Fine Arts Center celebrates its 25th anniversary

PORT ANGELES — A few minutes into the conversation, the contrast hits you. It's like hearing a tune suddenly change tempo. First, we're talking about… Continue reading

‘Hallelujah’: Crooning, short sermon at first Crab Revival in Port Angeles [ *** GALLERY *** ]

PORT ANGELES — “Minister of the sea” Chuck Russell gave one of the shortest sermons ever Sunday morning, as first he marveled at Abby Mae… Continue reading

Noted novelist Doria Russell to appear in Chimacum

CHIMACUM — The woman has a snappy retort for the question about her work. Yes, it may seem like texting and YouTube are taking over,… Continue reading

TODAY at the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival — “Crab Revival” gospel music at 9 a.m., then more food, cooking demos and vendors through 5 p.m.

PORT ANGELES — The 10th annual Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival on the Port Angeles waterfront continues from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today (Sunday)… Continue reading

  • Oct 9, 2011

WEEKEND: Art exhibit explores encounters with cancer

PORT ANGELES — The Second Saturday art stroll this month promises a giant blue dinosaur, a shimmering green bend in the Elwha River and a… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Big-band concert culminates Port Townsend workshop

PORT TOWNSEND — This weekend's big-band workshop has a different flavor than the summer's Port Townsend Jazz Festival, said the musician who provides the linchpin… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival kicks off tonight with big community feed

PORT ANGELES — The 10th annual Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival will kick off today with a community crab feed dinner. A smorgasbord of dishes,… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

While Dungeness crab may be king this weekend, there are plenty of other entertaining events across the North Olympic Peninsula. Arts and entertainment events appear… Continue reading

  • Oct 7, 2011

WEEKEND: Poet begins tour with reading at Port Angeles Library

PORT ANGELES — Tess Gallagher doesn't shrink from questions pointed and personal. What good is poetry, a reporter asked, in the midst of our troubles?… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Scavenger hunt to cover 26 miles of Jefferson County

CHIMACUM— An old-time scavenger hunt that provides participants with a list of items, suggestions on where to find them and prizes at the end will… Continue reading

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Variety of music at Port Angeles crab festival

THIS WEEK, WE'VE got jazz, blues, big band, metal, country, bluegrass and all kinds of live music in between, some of which could be crabby… Continue reading

Noted author to give reading tonight at Port Townsend arts center

PORT TOWNSEND ­— Pulitzer Prize finalist Kim Barnes comes to town tonight to give a reading at the Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jefferson St., just… Continue reading

Spots and stripes: Port Townsend merchants rolling out welcome today to aid women’s health program

PORT TOWNSEND — The town just might be overrun today with leopard-, zebra- and tiger-print-wearing women. They’ll be prowling uptown and downtown for a cause.… Continue reading

TV chef visiting Peninsula this weekend still Galloping after all these years

He will forever be known as the Galloping Gourmet, the television chef who made cooking look like play. But this week, Graham Kerr becomes the… Continue reading

KAREN GRIFFITHS’ HORSEPLAY COLUMN: Local 4-H’ers to compete at state fair

NOTHING COULD BE finer than watching your children grow up to be responsible, caring people. In essence, the horse 4-H program is designed to help… Continue reading

Juan de Fuca Festival schedules comedian

PORT ANGELES — We could use a good laugh right about now. And we need some good buoying, of the spirits and bank account. So… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Kinetic madness erupts in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The annual summer festivals require substantial planning, scheduling and financial support, but this weekend’s Kinetic ­SkulPTure Race — with a capital PT… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Smaller Clallam County farm tour this year allows families time to visit all sites

SEQUIM — The Harvest Celebration Farm Tours will take place at six eastern Clallam County farms on Saturday. The 14th annual event runs from 10… Continue reading

WEEKEND: ‘The Cats of Mirikitani’ film shares man’s inspiring story

PORT ANGELES — When Linda Hattendorf met a homeless old man on a street corner near her apartment, she didn’t plan on making a movie… Continue reading