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News by Angela Downs Tracy Grisman and Margie McDonald are preparing for McDonald’s summer residency show at the Grover Gallery in her studio at Centrum, twisting wire like she was knitting. Grisman co-founded the Artist in Residence and Education at the Transfer Station (A.I.RE.) program, a grassroots
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Dear Feral Feelings, I’m at a crossroads with my sexuality, and I’m confused about which direction to take. I’m in my 30’s, too, which is part of the confusion! I thought I’d figured myself out a long time ago. But now I wonder…am I
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Arts reporting by Carolyn Lewis From the moment I arrived at dj whelan’s home (who goes by the all-lowercase version of her name), it was clear that art permeates every corner of her life. Her property brims with creativity, from mobiles and driftwood figures to paintings, collages, and assemblages.
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Notes From the Bookshop is a monthly column dedicated to the fine art of reading by Conner Bouchard-Roberts, publisher and bookseller at Winter Texts. He is also Jefferson County’s first poet laureate. Moving into the new year always rings with an elongated echo that stretches back to beginnings. On
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News Analysis By Sara Post A woman is shuffling through papers in her bag as she sits beside her family member in the hospital gurney, looking for something to show me. “You want to see something hilarious? Check this out.” She finds what she’s looking for and holds it
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News Analysis by Nhatt Nichols If you spend any time on social media, you’ll notice that every post about the city spending money on something is met with a myriad of comments asking why they did X instead of fixing the potholes. Somewhere in those comments, you’ll probably
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Editorial By Jake Beattie You might have heard the news already, or you might not even know what I’m talking about, but Betsy Davis, current Executive Director of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, recently announced she’ll be retiring this coming June. You can read the press release
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News By Angela Downs The movie Since I Been Down, reveals the truths of incarcerated youth in Washington State the 1990s with the purpose of removal from society, and their pursuit of redemption. In 2023 the documentary was shown at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, and a surprising announcement was
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A monthly ethnobotany column by Eden Blooms. As we find ourselves deep into the winter months, the solstice has come and gone, and we are eagerly anticipating the sunlight’s slow return. Standing in the forest, the stillness of winter is palpable. Looking up through the treetops, we can see
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News By Nhatt Nichols Port Townsend Food Co-op board chairman Owen Rowe resigned from his position on December 31, citing the repeated failure of Co-op management to address community equity concerns and a hostile work environment. “I felt like I was being put up as a shield, rather than trusted
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By Nhatt Nichols, Editor This year is our first year of publishing, and I’m so proud of what writers at the Beacon have brought to our community. I recently described the Beacon as “slow news” to a group of publishers I meet with every week, who loved the idea
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By Angela Downs At 71 years old, Darby Huffman of Laughin’Gnome Pottery is retiring after 21 years of throwing, decorating, and inventing mugs and plates. Since 2004, with the start of Daily Bird Pottery, Huffman has been an artist and small business owner in the community, working to make