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Painter Patricia Hagen’s one-woman show, “Into the Woods,” opens Thursday, May 22, at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery at 701 Water St., only a week after it unveiled its …
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5/21/25
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Although Lightweight Champion is billed as a S eattle-based band, its lead singer and songwriter, Aaron Spieldenner, has since moved to Port Townsend, where he performs regularly.
This week the …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/21/25
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While I try to prioritize theatrical releases, I still receive requests for reviews of streaming content, which I began writing about after the pandemic sent us all into lockdown.
As horrible as …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/14/25
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Port Townsend’s 15th-annual concert to benefit Ugandan orphans has assembled a host of local musical performers and musical groups this year, with the First Presbyterian Church on 1111 Franklin …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/14/25
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Two Western Washington authors, one of whom hails from Port Townsend, are set to be featured at the next set of public readings at the Port Townsend Friends Meeting House.
JoAnne Tompkins, a …
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5/14/25
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An afternoon of Northwest Celtic instrumental music is lined up for this weekend at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Port Townsend.
Although she makes her home in Olympia, lifelong …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/14/25
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Peninsula College’s Writer-in-Residence for 2025 is set to address Port Townsend audiences about how “Little House on the Prairie” has retained a surprising relevance in …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/14/25
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Acclaimed jazz artist Wynton Marsalis took the time to talk to The Leader about his upcoming benefit concert for Centrum this month, during which he’ll be leading a 13-piece jazz orchestra in …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/7/25
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By Kirk Boxleitner
Grant Morrison, who’s written some of my favorite superhero comics, has frequently advanced the idea of superhero characters, and even entire superhero …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/7/25
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They began playing together at a pub session in Paisley, Scotland, in 1968, and now, the Celtic band known as the Tannahill Weavers has come to Port Townsend.
The …
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5/7/25
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The 29th annual Port Townsend Victorian Heritage Festival is celebrating “The Spirit of Innovation” from Friday, May 2, through Sunday, May 4, a title which festival chair Kathy Knoblock …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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4/30/25
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Port Townsend High School’s drama program is going a bit off the beaten path with its spring production by staging a contemporary adaptation of a classic comedy by the 17th century French …
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4/30/25
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Although she makes her home in landlocked western Massachusetts, folk singer-songwriter Tracy Grammer always appreciates opportunities to swing by the coastal Pacific Northwest.
“I …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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4/30/25
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The Salish Sea Early Music Festival continues at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Port Townsend with two concerts in May.
On Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m., “Louis XIV's Musicians” is set to …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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4/30/25
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Gallery 9’s featured artists for May are jeweler Roberto Costa Ribeiro and oil Painter Janice Pastor.
Ribeiro devotes his winters in Port Townsend to producing his jewelry, ranging from …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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4/30/25
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The second season of “Star Wars: Andor” is now streaming on Disney+, and I swear series creator Tony Gilroy personally writes the first three episodes of each season purely to subject …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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4/30/25
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Aran Galligan, a self-described “multidisciplinary material-smith” whose work is showcased at the Zee Tai Collective, is offering a series of semi-monthly workshops on making enamel …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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4/30/25
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Art galleries throughout Port Townsend and Jefferson County are taking part in the weekend of the “First Saturday” Art Walk for May by having their featured artists address and interact …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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4/30/25
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Seattle-based guitarist Mark H. Wilson will be joining the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra for its free April concert, as it performs themes from popular movie composer John Williams.
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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4/23/25
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