CENTRUM AT 50: BACH TO THE BLUES AND ALL THAT JAZZ
In the summer of 1984, a shy 19-year-old aspiring jazz pianist from Nanaimo, BC, showed up for Centrum’s weeklong Jazz Port Townsend workshop. A...
Retirement in the Bass Clef
Early evening at the PT Vineyards lounge, a jazz combo opens its set with the nuanced dissonance of a Jobim samba. The guitarist starts...
Brazilian music in our “little village”
We are republishing this article from last year with updates for the 2026 Centrum Choro workshop.
Some years back a Brazilian musical friend stated "we...
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MAN STARTS EXCITING NEW BOATING TREND. Port Townsend – A man went online to commission...
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Insects on the Peninsula
Butterflies, Moths and Caterpillars
We are fortunate to live on the Olympic Peninsula for so many reasons. One that doesn’t get enough attention is that...
Deep River Road – A Book begins a Journey
Words and Photographs by Joel W. Rogers
October 17th 2022 Cape Disappointment State Park.
Once again, my 1999 Subaru and I are doing what we were...
Insectivore Birds Part 1
I love the diversity of Pacific Northwest birds and insects. This is a two-part photo essay about both— Insectivore Birds. (Of course, the lovely...
Managing Fishermen, Just for the Halibut
Sometime soon, halibut will return to tables from Port Townsend to Manhattan. It will be excellent fish, pearly white, never frozen, fresh off the...
Songbirds of Port Townsend
With the spring "dawn chorus" in full swing, we thought it would be appropriate to rerun local photographer and Land Trust Natural History Society...
