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Arts reporting by Carolyn Lewis Arriving at Karen Lené Rudd’s studio feels like entering a creative enclave nestled in the woods. After a tour of her home, which is filled with art she has collected over the years, we went out to her studio, which has recently expanded to
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News by Hudson Gardener Art is often an attempt to connect new or disparate ideas to something familiar and grounded. Centrum's new Local Artists Residency program at Fort Worden seeks to connect local artists with the very place they live—as well as giving them opportunities to interact
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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
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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
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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.
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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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Event reporting by Nigel O’Shea What: Karl Blau with St. Yuma Where: The Quilcene Lantern, 7360 Center Rd, Quilcene, WA 98376 When: Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 How much: $20 Evening weather: Foggy night, watch your speed, watch for animals. Most represented guitar: A jangly Danelectro. Overall time had: 9.
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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. All significant political acts are gestures towards Utopia: An imaginary paradise within one’s own mind imposed upon our certainly imperfect world. In this month’
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Citizen Screen is a monthly column dedicated to film and film-related topics, sourced and curated by Port Townsend Film Festival. This month’s column is by filmmaker Ross Pruden, a Port Townsend-based fine art landscape fine art photographer, but his film-related credits include NYU film school, London
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Event reporting by Nigel O’Shea What: Live Life Loud Presents: Dryland (Bellingham), Key Party (Poulsbo), and Tonight We Knife (Bremerton and Hadlock) with DJ E Rok Where: The Quilcene Lantern, 7360 Center Rd, Quilcene, WA 98376 When: Saturday, November 16, 2024 How much: $15 NOTAFLOF* Drank: 2 Silver City
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by Angela Downs How do we fortify a community? This is so often the question on the minds of counselors, shop owners, parents, medicine workers, artists, farmers, and many others. One major sector of society that needs consideration, and at this time receives far less fortification than deserved, are the
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I Sing the Salmon Home with its shiny new sticker. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Nhatt Nichols On the ridges above salmon-filled Chimacum Creek sits Empty Bowl Press, a small publisher that has brought home the prestigious Washington State book award for poetry with their anthology, I Sing