Kirk Boxleitner is a Reporter and Photographer at The Marysville Globe, The Arlington Times, and the North County Outlook. With over 12 years of experience in the Puget Sound region, he covers a variety of topics including arts and entertainment, film and cinema, and photography, while also delving into local government and multicultural issues. Boxleitner's work has been featured in the St. Maries Gazette Record, Comic Book Resources, and The Jefferson County & Port Townsend Leader.
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By: Kirk Boxleitner
The owners of Port Townsend Vineyards have announced that they’re entering their final season. Karle Coppenrath and Jens Coppenrath, owners of the Port Townsend Vineyards, posted an open letter to the community on the business’ website and social media accounts, noting that Port Townsend has been their home for more than 30 years, while they started their vineyards a dozen […]
By: Kirk Boxleitner
Port Townsend resident Hendrik Taatgen’s first novel, “In the Hands of the Other,” spins fictional possibilities from an already fascinating real-life story, based on true events in Gaza during 2005 and 2006. Taatgen was a university anthropologist who worked at American national and international schools in the Middle East from 2001 through 2013. “People who know I’ve written about my […]
By: Kirk Boxleitner
A fire that closed State Route 104 Aug. 27 was “100% contained” over the weekend, according to East Jefferson Fire Rescue. Just before 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, a brush fire was reported along SR 104, west of South Point Road and about three miles west of the Hood Canal Bridge in Jefferson County, according to Robert Wittenberg, community […]
By: Kirk Boxleitner
Contemporary folk music artist Tracy Grammer returns to Port Townsend, and the Rainshadow Concerts series, at the Rainshadow Recording Studio, Building 315 at Fort Worden State Park, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Grammer has garnered acclaim across the country and throughout her field, with the Boston Globe describing her as “one of the finest singers and musicians anywhere in folkdom,” […]
By: Kirk Boxleitner
From Sept. 24-27, I attended in-person screenings of the remaining feature films I hadn’t yet seen from the 27th annual Port Townsend Film Festival, which included one documentary and three fictional dramas. Three of the four total films focused on Latin American culture. VANILLA Writer- director Mayra Hermosillo drew from her own childhood for her feature film debut, “Vanilla,” which […]
By: Kirk Boxleitner
When social media celebrity Oliver Widger set out on Oct. 2 from Point Hudson on his planned nonstop, nine-month voyage around the world, he’d already spent more than a year working with Brion Toss Yacht Riggers in Port Townsend to prepare his ship and himself. Ian Weedman succeeded the late Brion Toss at the helm of the 43-year-old shop in […]
By: Kirk Boxleitner
A unique instrumental quartet looks to bring an often overlooked period of musical history to the local area. The Schola Galante ensemble plans to perform at the Quimper Grange Saturday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m. as part of the “Early Music at the Grange” series. Schola Galante’s program for the afternoon, “All in the Family,” will be chamber music from […]
By: Kirk Boxleitner
Port Townsend artist Jesse Joshua Watson was selected to create the artwork for Deschutes Brewery’s 2026 Jubelale Winter Ale packaging, putting his artwork on beer bottles, cans and wraps for both six-packs and 12-packs distributed nationwide. Watson was selected as this year’s artist from a pool of around 200 applicants, according to Mackenzie Crawford, marketing specialist for Deschutes Brewery. “What […]
By: Kirk Boxleitner
This week, I’m reviewing two brisk, scary films for the spooky season, one still in theaters, the other available on streaming. RESIDENT EVIL Writer-director Zach Cregger’s latest cinematic take on the “Resident Evil” franchise is the eighth live-action film and the second reboot of the bunch, and it’s the most critically and commercially successful “Resident Evil” movie to date. I’ve […]
By: Kirk Boxleitner
Port Townsend was only his home for his first eight years, but lifelong filmmaker Timothy Hines never forgot his former hometown, so now, nearly 60 years later, he’s paying tribute to the Pacific Northwest that both he and his parents grew up in with his latest film, “The Wilde Girls.” Hines was born in St. John Hospital, and he spent […]
