Olympic Peninsula native Roger Ferguson has accumulated half a century of experience in bluegrass music, and estimates he’s played in Port Townsend and Jefferson County “countless …
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Kirk Boxleitner
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8/4/23
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When someone thinks of the sport of surfing, the typical image that comes to mind is of long-haired Californians riding West Coast waves.
Breaking from that mold, directors Jessica Chen and …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 9/23/22 |
Salish Sea Butoh will present the third annual Salish Sea International Butoh Festival in August in Port Townsend.
The event celebrates Japanese Butoh, an avant-garde style of dance-theater that …
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Leader News Staff
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Key City Public Theatre’s final weekend of Shakespeare in the Park brings a new play to the Chetzemoka Park stage: “Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea,” Julia …
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Anna Tallarico
atallarico@ptleader.com | 8/4/23 |
A rabbit got into the well and died, putrefying what the family needed to stay alive.
“They put my grandmother, at age six, down in the well.”
That’s how …
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by Thomas Mullen
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9/27/23
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At a time when many Americans have turned to genetic sequencing to learn about their lineages, Tiller’s Folly instead turns towards the history that has been and is being made here in North …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 9/23/22 |
Youth Education in Arts (YEA) Music Camp round two is scheduled from Monday, Aug. 7 through Friday, Aug. 11 at Swan School in Port Townsend.
Students in grades entering 5 through 12 will …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/4/23 |
Wild THING, you made some hearts sing.
You made everything, well, groovy.
Hundreds of music fans crowded the gates, ready for the noon opening.
First in line at the Eisenhower Avenue …
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Brian Kelly, Derek Firenze, and James Sloan
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9/1/22
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Other than the letter “B” there’s not much the music of Bach, The Beach Boys, and Justin Bieber have in common.
Except that they’ll all be played by the genre-defying trio …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 1/19/23 |
From forests to flowers, the Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation is set to get growing in the weeks ahead.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2023 Jefferson County Master Gardener …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 2/8/23 |
A line of mist can travel the horizon like a line of verse whisping its way through a reader’s consciousness.
Just as traditional as landscapes are to painting, so too is place to …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 3/7/23 |
Gallery-9 has announced that Susan Martin Spar and Judith Komishane are the gallery’s featured artists for September.
Spar is a classically trained artist who studied at Georgetown Atelier …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 9/23/22 |
Special to The Leader
For nearly 40 years, March has been designated as “Music in Our Schools” month by the National Association of Music Educators, and the orchestra …
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2/28/24
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Come hear the music play.
Vin Voleur brings the romance of cabaret live to the stage today with classic European and English-language songs made famous by Edith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich, and other …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 3/10/23 |
In her attic studio, lined with bundles of willow, Mo Walrath builds “soul boats.”
They’re long caskets, vessels to hold loved ones. For this weaver, making them is an …
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Michael Vince Snyder Dubose
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8/4/23
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By Holly Erickson Special to The Leader
Shirley Moss, a petite woman with flowing waist-length hair and a welcoming smile, is The Chainmaker. She created her first chain when she was just 16 …
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2/28/24
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Hear the past come to life as the Salish Sea Early Music Festival continues with early chamber music played on period instruments.
A pair of 2 p.m. Sunday shows are slated for March with …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 3/9/23 |
By Leader Staff
Art can give solace — to the artists and the viewers. This is what five women explore in “A Warm Embrace,” the exhibition opening this weekend at …
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2/28/24
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An art project for everyone is underway in Port Townsend.
Community members around Port Townsend are invited to join in to Northwind Art’s free event “Seeds Are Postcards from the …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 3/9/23 |
By Kirk Boxleitner
Although Daniel Duane “3D” Deardorff died on Sept. 19, 2019, at the age of 67, the Mythsinger Legacy Project and his life partner, Judith-Kate …
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2/28/24
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