Open Juried Show provides an ocean of emotions
Nov 06, 2024The Peninsula Art League’s 22nd Open Juried Show continues through Nov. 22 at Harbor History Museum.
827 pounds of finely carved art
Nov 01, 2024Master pumpkin carver Russ Leno made his annual Halloween appearance at Uptown to turn a giant vegetable into a work of art.
Ghostlight gets the green light for new theater home on Fox Island
Oct 28, 2024Rex Davison is not a full-time actor. He’s actually a real estate agent. But this gives him a lot of flexibility, he explained while unwinding after a long day of moving boxes from Ghostlight Performing Arts’ old space in Bremerton to the small company’s new home at the Nichols Community Center on Fox Island. “I
Green crabs, blackberries and knotweed not invited to State of the Watershed address
Oct 25, 2024Editors note: This story has been updated since it was first posted. Meghan Whidden discussed Minterbrook Oyster Company. An earlier version of this story attributed the presentation to the wrong person. Green crabs, and blackberries, and suspicious septic tanks — oh, my! OK, OK — no one actually said the above verbatim, and this writer
Q&A | A conversation about the many forms of domestic violence
Oct 24, 2024A conversation with Nadia Van Atter, assistant director of the Crystal Judson Family Justice Center, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Harbor WildWatch helps the Blue Water Task Force keep the water clean
Oct 23, 2024“When I was here, the harbor seal just went right under the dock and popped up on the other side,” Sarah Kelly excitedly says. Her eyes sparkle. “It was so close.” On this temperate day in early October, Kelly takes a sample of the water at Jerisich Dock. She is a Blue Water Task Force
PAL’s new Art in the Park show includes paintings, pyrography and prizes
Oct 14, 2024The Art in the Park show helps inaugurate PenMet Parks’ new headquarters building — and its partnership with Peninsula Art League.
A candid discussion of mental health struggles and seeking help, in recognition of Suicide Prevention Month
Sep 24, 2024Reader warning: This article contains discussion of suicide, suicidal ideation, eating disorders, and self-harm. Heather Arneson is the artist behind LIVEeachmoment Art, a small, mental health-focused art business Arneson opened in 2020. Arneson has struggled with her mental health for more than 15 years, and this decade-and-a-half’s worth of personal experience informs her work. In
Photos | Rotary Club of Gig Harbor Midday’s 20th Harbor Hounds
Sep 08, 2024It was more like paws than boots on the ground at the Rotary Club of Gig Harbor Midday’s 20th annual Harbor Hounds Community Dog Festival and Charity Fundraiser on the green grounds of Skansie Brothers Park on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. The few hundred canine attendees who filtered in throughout the day were treated to
Plein air group paints the great art-doors
Sep 02, 2024Sunlight lazily sparkles through the trees, cresting its honey summertime slowness over the handful of artists scattered throughout Rosedale Gardens. “Isn’t she cute?” painter Barbara Best whispers, as she looks up towards a fellow artist, Liz Nordlund, as she settles a bright blue bucket hat on her head. Best looks down again at her sketchbook,