Arts & Culture
A Herd of Animals and Wild Paintings Converge at Northwind Art
Artists Randy Sturgis and Peter Koronakos exhibit “playful and serious" sculptures and paintings together.
Arts & Culture
Welcome to Soundcheck!
The Beacon's Youth Reporting Lab, Arts Reporter Diane Urbani de la Paz and Editor Nhatt Nichols bring you the best of Soundcheck as it happens
Arts & Culture
Chimacum Creek Primary School Sets a High Bar, and Delivers Excellent Results
Chimacum school supports early childhood education while facing potential state funding cuts.
Northwind Art
Art and Life at Northwind: Art Beyond the Imagination
A gallery is a living organism, made brighter by the art, artists and viewers who enter.
Poetry on the Salish Sea
Poetry on the Salish Sea and Centrum present to you: The Language of Love, A Valentine’s Day Reading
Poet Melissa O’Neil shares her thoughts on love ahead of a special Valentine’s Day reading by her and 13 other poets.
Arts & Culture
Centrum Signs 35 Year Lease with State Parks
As part of Centrum’s long-term planning, Executive Director Rob Birman plans a shift to a new role .
The Choral
Big-Screen Views: The Choral
Looking for a film that tackles the role of art in a small town during difficult times? The Choral may be just what you’re looking for.
Lindy West
Writer Lindy West is Developing her own Fairy Tale
South County writer brings “Every Castle, Ranked” to Port Angeles.
Local News
Dreamscapes, Murals, and Coffee as Art: A Port Townsend Creative Builds Worlds Big and Small
Art news by Carolyn Lewis For Port Townsend artist Tara Velan, creativity begins in the space between dreams and waking, between nature and memory, between performance and paint. Her work lives in those blurred spaces where the subconscious collides with the natural world. “My work is like a dreamscape,” Velan
Arts & Culture
Art and Life at Northwind: Affordable Creativity
A Northwind Art Column by Diane Urbani de la Paz Leila Block is a visual artist, musician and teacher, but for the purposes of this column, I will call her Leila the Listener. Through listening to what people want at Northwind Art School, she is rocking the house as education
Arts & Culture
Rufina Garay Brings Joy (and food) to Role as Port Townsend's New Poet Laureate
News by Angela Downs Rufina Garay was inaugurated as the 2026 Poet Laureate on January 5. She is Port Townsend's second Poet Laureate and will serve in the civic position for two years. She considers herself “a homegrown poet,” studying locally at Imprint Bookstore workshops with teaching writers
Arts & Culture
Join the Rebellion: Crasis Presents (De)monstro – A Transformative Artistic Experience at Centrum
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1076"] Photo courtesy of Centrum [/caption] A Centrum Residency Column by Melissa O’Neil Crasis (/krey-sis/ from the Greek κρᾶσις, "mixing", "blending") is a contemporary art collaborative duo made up of Andy Davis and Anne Lukins.