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Peninsula College is excited to welcome back sculptor and Cherokee Nation citizen, Karen Sixkiller, for her solo art exhibit, Cancer Sticks: Corruption of Sacred Tobacco, which sparks conversation and challenges perspectives. Sixkiller's latest exhibit will be open to the public at ʔaʔkʷustəŋáw̕txʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse, on Tuesdays through Thursdays from 12:00–3:00 pm, January 7 – June 19, 2025. 

Peninsula College is thrilled to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caroline Fraser as the 2025 Writer-in-Residence, taking place May 13–15 on the main campus and in Port Townsend. A celebrated voice in American letters, Fraser’s writing explores the environmental and historical narratives that have shaped the American West—and now, the darker stories of the Pacific Northwest.

Attendees from the annual Esprit Gala, a transgender convention held in Port Angeles each year, will be giving a guest presentation from 10:30 - 11:30 am, with additional time for questions, on Wednesday, May 14, in Maier Hall,  E-212. Members of the campus community are welcome to attend.

Writer in Residence Caroline Fraser was born in Seattle. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University in English and American literature. Formerly on the editorial staff of The New Yorker, she is the author of three nonfiction books, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church, and Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution, all published by Metropolitan Books. 

The PUB Gallery of Art at Peninsula College is seeking entries for the 2025 Peninsula College Student Art Show! The show is a juried exhibition that will be in the PUB Gallery of Art from May 21–June 11, 2025. Any Peninsula College student of the 2024–25 academic year may enter up to three works of art. Cash awards are sponsored by the Peninsula College Foundation and will be given for:

Join Olympic Community of Health (OCH) Community Program Coordinator Erin Hawkins and OCH Director of Programs Miranda Burger as they share about an exciting new service called Olympic Connect.

Olympic Connect is a community-driven network of partners on the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas who are dedicated to helping individuals get the support and care they need to thrive. Through Olympic Connect, trusted helpers called community-based workers help people access services like job training, food assistance, health care, childcare and more.

Fish Wars • Film Screening at 10:00 am in The Little Theater

Join us for a screening of the film Fish Wars followed by a dialogue with Professor Corey Larson of The Native Pathways Program at The Evergreen State College and Willie Frank, III, former chairman of the Nisqually Tribe and son of Billy Frank, Jr.

Join us on Tuesday, June 3 at 12:00 pm for the Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble's Jazz in the PUB performance. Featuring vocalists from the Vocals Masters class. Featured vocalists include Avery Saul, Christine Moon, Hayden Raynurn, Mary Ellen Bartholomew, Janet Lucas, Evelyn Leigh, Doug Breithaupt, and Robin Eaves.

Enjoy of a mixture of Broadway to Pop and listen tto the vocal stylings of favorites like Nice & Easy, Bring Him Home, Puttin' on the Ritz, and many more! The Jazz in the PUB event is free and open to the public.

Join us on Tuesday, June 3 for the spring performance from the Peninsula College Concert Band with special guests The Saxologists. The Saxologists, a saxophone quartet from Sequim City Band, will join the Concert Band in a concert of classical and contemporary music.

For more information, please contact Marge Rosen at mrosen@pencol.edu.

During Spring Arts Week, the CEEN Showcase in the Pirate Union Building provides members with the chance to connect and build relationships while demonstrating their artful ingenuity, marketing and creative services, and small business efforts.

The Creative Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Network (CEEN) is a student-led support and networking club for current and aspiring business owners attending Peninsula College. The club is open to all PC students and alumni interested in expression, collaboration, and opportunities.