(First airdate: July 9, 2019) The basic need for shelter can, for some of us, be just beyond reach. Thanks to Habitat for Humanity the possibility of home ownership becomes envisioned. Listen along as Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can learns about the processes and programs that volunteer coordinator Tessie Taylor manages at the Jefferson County branch.
(First airdate: July 9, 2019) Host Sheila Bender talks via phone with former Seattle resident Ariadne Shaffer about her work as a screenwriter in Los Angeles.
Two special days at the end of June 2019, brought a confluence of history: the acknowledgement of several thousand years of rich social and religious indigenous culture, ownership and rejection of past intolerance, and the opportunity to educate citizens and visitors alike about the relationship between the ‘SKlallam People and the European settlers who came to occupy this special place the ‘Sklallams called the village of Qatay. A 30-foot totem arrived at the foot of Water Street, and the Cheech-ma-han Trail was dedicated and embraced by the community. Join us as we hear some of the sounds, voices and music that made these two days so special.
(First airdate: July 23, 2019) Everybody Can explores how nearly 600 volunteers raise the sails on the 43rd Annual Wooden Boat Festival. Community Engagement Coordinator Angela Hewitson and Gerry Kress, Food Court Captain at Wooden Boat Festival brings us up to speed on one of the largest Wooden Boat Festivals in the Northern hemisphere. Hear how Gerry’s passion for sustainable practices inspires his volunteerism and discover ways you can get involved in this landmark event.
(First airdate: July 3, 2019) Pacific Northwest author Alea Carroll talks to Cris about her book Silence the Echo. It is a genre-breaking page-turner – part science fiction mixed with fantasy and ecology thriller. There is even a young love triangle for romance fans.
(First airdate: July 3, 2019) Host Nan Evans and guest Steve Grace, a local naturalist, relive their excursion on a recent Port Townsend Marine Science Center Puffin Cruise – they saw tufted puffins and more around Smith Island.
Feeling patriotic? Red, white and blue? Phil Andrus of Tossed Salad brings the best of the summer to your ears this Friday. Don’t miss it!
1:20 – Lauren Flynn, Los Angeles to Whidbey Island
2:00 – Nahja Chimenti
2:30 – Alexandra Peck (JCHS), Coast Salish-White relations
3:00 – Tom Jay, A Word and a Poem
3:15 – Jere and Greg Canote and Fiddle Tunes friends
4:30 – Catherine McNabb reading Catherine McNabb reading “Dougbert Shackleton’s Rules for Antarctic Tailgating”, from Karen Russell’s “Vampires in the Lemon Grove”
Tune in Friday, July 5 at high noon (on your radio at 91.9FM or stream online here) to hear Centrum’s Fiddle Tunes Festival Showcase free Friday noon concert.
Performing are youthful performers the Sassafras Sisters, the Onlies, along with Brandon Godman and Friends. Plus interviews by KPTZ’s Tim Quackenbush.
Photo credit: Mike Carroll
The first annual THING event takes over Fort Worden State Park on August 24 -25, presenting a variety of music, theater and literary events. For this week’s Compass, Josh LaBelle (executive director of Seattle Theatre Group) and Adam Zacks (co-producer of the event), two of the organizers talked with KPTZ News staffer Charlie Bermant about how the festival came to be and landed in Port Townsend. We’ll learn about the the festival’s specifics and how it will provide a well rounded immersive artistic experience for all ages.
KPTZ continues a 5-week broadcast of Joe McHugh’s “Rosin the Bow” podcast episodes leading up to Centrum’s Fiddle Tunes Workshop in early July. “Rosin the Bow” explores some of the many roles the violin family of instruments play in the world today through a series of public radio programs, podcasts, and a comprehensive oral history archived by the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History. Traveling throughout the United States and other parts of the world, storyteller, fiddler, and award-winning radio journalist Joe McHugh and his wife Paula McHugh seek interviews with a variety of violin makers and musicians. To learn more, visit www.rosinthebow.org. Tune in on Saturday mornings at 11am Pacific time:
– June 1: Scott Marckx, Port Townsend fiddle maker and player.
– June 9: Erynn Marshall, Canadian old-time fiddler, ethnomusicologist, teacher, and author.
– June 15: Old-tiime fiddler Carl Jones (musical partner of and married to Erynn Marshall)
– June 22: Stringband wizards Greg and Jere Canote
– June 29: Pete Sutherland, New England fiddler and musician
