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Finistère hosts local lensman David Rowe’s Pacific Coast photography
    Visitors to the Finistère restaurant in uptown Port Townsend will have an opportunity to take in a rare reception with local photographer David King Rowe IV on Sunday, … more
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“The Rough Side of the Mountain” is among Jeanne Toal’s paintings in “Elemental,” the new show at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery.
‘Elemental’ showcases abstract art duo’s paintings, sculptures
  Abstract artists Jan Hoy and Jeanne Toal are bringing their works to Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery starting this month. The two-woman exhibition “Elemental” … more
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Rare stop-motion animation workshop for youth but don’t delay
    Veteran animation artist Jim Bradrick is offering a new stop-motion animation class for young people, but if it doesn’t have a minimum of four signups by Oct. 9, it will … more
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A misplaced robot finds its place in an island ecosystem in “The Wild Robot.”
‘Wild Robot’ will keep kids entertained and perhaps make moms cry
    Writer-director Chris Sanders’ big-screen adaptation of Peter Brown’s “The Wild Robot” series of illustrated books for children will appeal to parents … more
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People watch "Fantastic Fungi" outside on Taylor Street during the Port Townsend Film Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21.
Movie-thon rewind: One festival, four days, 91 films, one man, 12+ reviews
I followed my tradition this year at the 25th Annual Port Townsend Film Festival by attending as many movies in the theaters as I could. That’s from the single film that screened immediately … more
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Jacqueline Allen Trimble
Turns out poetry is popular, with last event scheduled Sept. 29
    The turnout for earlier “Poetry on the Salish Sea” events has organizers predicting a stellar turnout for the final event on Sept. 29.  “Our … more
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Joe Euro, a local guitarist, composer and recording artist, will perform for Trinity United Methodist Church’s Candlelight Concert series at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26.
Joe Euro to play Dove House benefit
    Trinity United Methodist Church’s ongoing Candlelight Concert series is set to host Joe Euro, a self-described “Classical/Neo-Classical Finger-Style” local … more
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‘Glampire’ fulfills promise bestowed as ‘23 festival winner
    Barely more than a couple of months after its filming, “Glampire” made its debut at the 25th annual Port Townsend Film Festival. As someone who lurked behind the … more
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Sue Gale whimsically titled her piece “Tweet Tweet Tweet.”
Fiber art window to close ‘Birds of a Feather,’ open ‘Beatlemania’
    The Peninsula Fiber Artists will be changing the subjects of their “Fiber Habit” display window as September gives way to October. The 24/7 walk-by streetside … more
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Tracy LeMoine painted “Intensity” with acrylic paints on canvas.
Bayside Art Gallery exhibits ‘Modern Metamorphoses’ at Old Alcohol Plant Inn
    The Old Alcohol Plant Inn hosted the launch of a new creative venue in the community, as the Bayside Art Gallery on site celebrated the opening of “Modern … more
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“Canal Blue Boat” by Port Townsend painter Linda Tilley is part of the new wave of artwork at Jefferson Healthcare Hospital. Photo courtesy Northwind Art
Hospital brings in 38 works from local artists
    A new wave of fine art has just arrived this week on the walls of Jefferson Healthcare Hospital, thanks to five local artists. Even as construction continues around the … more
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Iona Fyfe celebrates her Scottish heritage by combining traditional folk tunes with more modern concerns and influences.
Scottish singer to return for Port Townsend performance
    Scottish songstress Iona Fyfe returns to the Rainshadow Recording concert series on Sunday, Sept. 22, having been thoroughly impressed by the venue during her local … more
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The documentary “A Binding Truth” follows two high school classmates, Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick and Hugh “De” Kirkpatrick, as they reconnect later in life, only to realize their same last name is no coincidence, as they discover and deal with the historic misdeeds of one man’s ancestors toward the other.
‘A Binding Truth’ reveals shared history amid legacy of slavery
    For my final weekly review prior to this year’s Port Townsend Film Festival, I’m taking on a powerful film to be showcased during the 25th annual PTFF this … more
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“Fantastic Fungi” director Louie Schwartzberg recognizes the need to keep pace with filmmaking technology, but advised aspiring filmmakers to develop their own voices within their craft.
‘Fantastic Fungi’ filmmaker shares anxieties, advice, aspirations for future
    L ooking ahead to his own remaining aspirations as a filmmaker, Louie Schwartzberg professed a love of exploring and bringing his films into “more immersive … more
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“Dark and Tender” director Aaron Johnson wants images of Black men engaging in healthy platonic affection to become so commonplace that they displace onerous old racial stereotypes of “the Black brute.”
Touching documentary to get its debut at Port Townsend Film Festival
    This spring, Aaron Johnson was filming a short documentary in Whidbey Island and Port Townsend.  At the Port Townsend Film Festival, Johnson’s “Dark and … more
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Children and adults alike enjoy a free film screening on Taylor Street during a past Port Townsend Film Festival.
Port Townsend Film Festival: Our own blend of Hollywood
    The 25th annual Port Townsend Film Festival runs through the weekend of Sept. 20-22, bringing a host of offerings with it. Filmmakers Catherine Hardwicke and Louie … more
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Kevin Pratt, owner of Sail Anacortes, relaxes over lunch on the deck of the Schooner Anse La Roche during the Wooden Boat Festival on Friday at Point Hudson. It was the fourth trip to the festival for the Murray Peterson-designed vessel, launched in 2007 but built over 37 years. Pratt has been coming to the event “a long, long time.”
Photo: Kicking back at Wooden Boat
Kevin Pratt, owner of Sail Anacortes, relaxes over lunch on the deck of the Schooner Anse La Roche during the Wooden Boat Festival on Friday at Point Hudson. It was the fourth trip to the festival … more
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Michael Keaton again presides over a darkly comic festival of morbid amusements in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ recaptures original’s madcap fun
By Kirk Boxleitner   Tim Burton already defied gravity with the almost impossible alchemical mix of 1988’s “Beetlejuice,” so the fact that his sequel … more
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Joe Walsh, as Colonel Charles Craddock, holds forth before Pascale Sanok, as Dorothy, in the Ludlow Village Players’ fall production for this year.
Ludlow Village Players to debut new director as 'Murdered to Death' returns
    When the Ludlow Village Players present Peter Gordon’s farcical “Murdered to Death” in September, it will mark both a return and a debut of talent to their … more
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Art juror Richard Jesse Watson presented the Jurors’ Choice prize to “Center of Attention,” a wood sculpture by John Strohbehn of Sequim. The piece is on view at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend. Photos by Diane Urbani / Northwind Art
Port Townsend tinfoil weaver wins ‘Northwest Expressions’ award
    Jordan Carter, an artist who just moved to Port Townsend in January, made “Delusive Vortex,” a handwoven aluminum swath that was one of roughly 600 entries in … more
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