Life

Growers offer simple pleasures on Dungeness Valley farm tour

DUNGENESS — There was nothing fancy on Saturday's farm tour, but by the looks on the faces of Fiona Cunningham and Olivia Bay, there was… Continue reading

Naturalized citizen who grew up in Forks returns to be ‘a role model’

FORKS — On the day Victor Velazquez was to take the U.S. citizenship oath, Seattle police in riot gear stood between him and the federal… Continue reading

Native grandmothers come through Port Angeles en route to Portland

PORT ANGELES — The grandmothers want their grandchildren to know when they see injustice, when someone tries to keep them quiet, they must speak out.… Continue reading

A good read, a good movie — inaugural Clallam County Reads project

PORT ANGELES – Here's a way to keep traveling the path of lifelong student, while skipping any homework and having that hooky-playing feeling. To Kill… Continue reading

This weekend in Port Angeles

Port Angeles Today Disability awareness -- Disability Awareness Day recognized in and around the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., 10 a.m. to 1… Continue reading

First Tuesday to feature two readers

PORT ANGELES -- Kathy "Anita" Gonzales and Johnjoseph Pager will be the featured readers during a First Tuesday group meeting on Tuesday. Members of the… Continue reading

Jennifer Jackson’s Column

WHAT DO YOU do at the drive-in when you're waiting for the movie to start? At the Rakers Car Club "Nostalgia Night at the Movies"… Continue reading

International potluck set for Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — A free international potluck social will be held on Wednesday. The social will be from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the… Continue reading

A conversation with Judy Collins

By Laura H.F. Callender, Peninsula Spotlight She's in a cab in New York City on her way to yet another appointment in her busy schedule,… Continue reading

  • Aug 14, 2008
  • By Laura H.F. Callender, Peninsula Spotlight

Start your engines for rock ‘n’ roll benefit

ATTENTION, CAR BUFFS, barbecue fans and rock 'n' rollers! Bring your vintage car or truck or street rod to the Eagles Club, 110 S. Penn… Continue reading

‘Guess the Guest’ makes a comeback for Port Townsend Film Festival

THE PORT TOWNSEND Film Festival's annual "Guess the Guest" contest — in which the public guesses the celebrity guest at the upcoming festival — returns… Continue reading

On stage and screen in Sequim

The movie "Surf's Up," an animated romp about the Penguin World Surfing Championship, will screen as part of tonight's Music and Movie in the Park… Continue reading

Twilight sequel: Breaking Dawn release prompts midnight store openings

The newest book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga — Breaking Dawn — will be released Saturday — and several stores are opening the first minute… Continue reading

‘Looking out at the water, my mind floats freer’: How author Aaron Elkins is inspired to write best-sellers

SEQUIM — A good work day for mystery novelist Aaron Elkins begins at the Sequim Transit Center. Elkins, who's lived on the Olympic Peninsula on… Continue reading

Legendary singer-humanitarian Judy Collins coming to Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Veteran folksinger Judy Collins will perform in concert next month in a fundraiser to help two North Olympic Peninsula groups ease suffering… Continue reading

Centrum presents Jazz Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Jazz in both big and intimate venues is featured this weekend during Jazz Port Townsend, Washington's largest summer jazz festival. Headliners this… Continue reading

Grateful Dead tribute band on PT dock tonight

SKELETON CREW will perform in the style of the Grateful Dead when the rock band appears at tonight's Concert on the Dock on the Port… Continue reading

Sax in the city — bandshell, that is

Tonight's installment of Sequim's Music in the Park concert series will feature the Olympic Sax Quartet. The band will perform a variety of tunes at… Continue reading

Olympic Sax Quartet to provide sounds for Sequim’s weekly free concert

SEQUIM — Tuesday's installment of Sequim's Music in the Park concert series will feature the Olympic Sax Quartet. The band will perform a variety of… Continue reading

If you’re coming to the Sequim Lavender Festival . . .

THE 12TH ANNUAL Lavender Festival runs today through Sunday in and around Sequim, which is trademarked as the Lavender Capital of North America. The Street… Continue reading