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Poet Laureate Tod Marshall will hold a poetry reading in Forks and a poetry hike and workshop near Port Angeles.

Poet laureate to read from ‘Bugle,’ lead hike this weekend

Washington state’s poet laureate will read his poetry in Forks and lead a hike and writing session along Marymere Falls Trail this weekend. Tod Marshall,… Continue reading

Poet Laureate Tod Marshall will hold a poetry reading in Forks and a poetry hike and workshop near Port Angeles.

Port Townsend concert, gathering focus on race, culture

“True Colors,” and “Being Curious Together About Race” will explore race and culture in interactive activities Saturday and Sunday. Juanita Louise and… Continue reading

RainFest 2017 schedule of events

Here is the schedule of events for RainFest 2017, which will take place on two weekends, today through Sunday and April 28-29. All… Continue reading

Spaghetti, biking, book talks on tap for Peninsula in coming week

A bike ride and spaghetti feast, a book discussion and a chamber music concert are among upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also… Continue reading

Story swap planned Sunday in Port Townsend

The second gathering of the Quimper Story Guild will feature a story swap by local tellers, as well as activities and discussion… Continue reading

Student films screen tonight in Sequim

Nine short films by Sequim students will be screened at 7 tonight. The 12th annual Student Film Festival and Art Show will showcase… Continue reading

A buffalo horn and hoof pincushion from the Jefferson County Historical Society collection.

This ain’t Grandma’s attic: Jefferson County Historical Society unpacks collection on Founders’ Day

The Jefferson County Historical Society, founded in 1879, will celebrate its 138th Founders’ Day with special behind-the-scenes tours of the Historical Research… Continue reading

A buffalo horn and hoof pincushion from the Jefferson County Historical Society collection.
Poet Laureate Tod Marshall will hold a poetry reading in Forks and a poetry hike and workshop near Port Angeles.

State poet laureate visits this weekend

Washington’s poet laureate will visit Forks and Port Angeles this weekend. Tod Marshall, the 2016-18 Washington State Poet Laureate, will read from his most recent… Continue reading

Poet Laureate Tod Marshall will hold a poetry reading in Forks and a poetry hike and workshop near Port Angeles.
Alice Derry selected as Peninsula College Writer-in-Residence

Alice Derry selected as Peninsula College Writer-in-Residence

Poet Alice Derry is Peninsula College’s 17th Writer-in-Residence and will be featured in presentations in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Forks beginning… Continue reading

Alice Derry selected as Peninsula College Writer-in-Residence
Octet of authors to share works, sign books at Sequim event

Octet of authors to share works, sign books at Sequim event

Olympic Peninsula Authors will offer humor, warfare, inspiration, romance and murder from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Sequim Library. The free… Continue reading

Octet of authors to share works, sign books at Sequim event

Native American Culture Fair spotlights traditions Thursday

The third annual Native American Culture Fair, “Honoring Our Medicine,” will focus on traditional plants and medicines from 10 a.m. to noon… Continue reading

Mayumi Tsutakawa

Jefferson County Library speaker to tell of Japanese-American internment

“The Pine and the Cherry,” a tale of one family’s 100-year history and its involvement in the Japanese-American internment during World War… Continue reading

Mayumi Tsutakawa

Creation tales to be spun at Story Swap

Creation stories are all around us — and now, Cherie Trebon believes, is the time to tell them. Trebon, one of this… Continue reading

Ensemble Electra to perform in Port Angeles on Tuesday

Ensemble Electra to perform in Port Angeles on Tuesday

The rich sounds of the recorder, violin and harpsichord will fill Maier Performance Hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday when Peninsula College’s Maier… Continue reading

Ensemble Electra to perform in Port Angeles on Tuesday
Powers, Rivers make return to Music Live with Lunch

Powers, Rivers make return to Music Live with Lunch

Violinist Kate Powers will return to Music Live with Lunch on Tuesday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave. Tickets are… Continue reading

Powers, Rivers make return to Music Live with Lunch
Easter egg hunts continue cracking open today across Peninsula

Easter egg hunts continue cracking open today across Peninsula

Children collected brightly colored eggs, candy and prizes during Easter egg hunts on the North Olympic Peninsula on Saturday. But the fun isn’t over. More… Continue reading

Easter egg hunts continue cracking open today across Peninsula
Interactive theater performance to invite change Monday

Interactive theater performance to invite change Monday

“Radical Consent: Intimacy, Boundaries and Sex,” an interactive theater performance and community dialogue, will be presented in one show only at 7… Continue reading

Interactive theater performance to invite change Monday
Bulgarian pianist Anna Petrova will join the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra for its spring concert Saturday.

Soloist seeks to offer ‘something sublime’ in Port Angeles Symphony concert April 22

Ever since traveling to Bulgaria to lead a concert with the Plovdiv Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jonathan Pasternack has wanted to invite a… Continue reading

Bulgarian pianist Anna Petrova will join the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra for its spring concert Saturday.
Happy hunting grounds! Easter eggs, prizes offered across Peninsula

Happy hunting grounds! Easter eggs, prizes offered across Peninsula

Children will run through parks and fields with baskets in search of thousands of brightly colored Easter eggs this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

Happy hunting grounds! Easter eggs, prizes offered across Peninsula
Evelyn and Dave Brown’s Eden by the Sea inn is one of seven stops on the Saturday B&B tour to benefit the Port Angeles Symphony.

Port Angeles Symphony’s B&B Tour opens doors Saturday

Bald eagles, wild trillium and views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca await participants in the Port Angeles Symphony’s Bed &Breakfast… Continue reading

Evelyn and Dave Brown’s Eden by the Sea inn is one of seven stops on the Saturday B&B tour to benefit the Port Angeles Symphony.