(First airdate: December 19, 2016) This week on the Compass we take a tour of an award-winning local artisanal craft brewery that has garnered high praise for its unique herbal beers, and then we attend the ceremonial burning of a six-foot high basket sculpture. (Featuring interviews with Propolis Brewing proprietors Piper Corbett and Robert Horner, and Alaskan artist Mavis Muller about her sculpture titled Rising Times.)
(first aired December 14, 2016). Host Nan Evans talks about sea otters with Jim Bodkin, Scientist Emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey, in Part 1 of a wide-ranging discussion of the animals on the Washington coast. Closing music is “Song of the Sea,” performed by Lisa Hannigan.
(first aired December 13, 2016). Host Sheila Bender speaks in studio with Port Townsend resident Harriet Cannon, co-author of the timely book Mixed Blessings: A Guide to Multicultural and Multiethnic Relationships.
(First airdate: December 12, 2016) This week on the Compass we attend an open house at which representatives of the U.S. Navy face a pretty tough crowd in the roll-out of their Growler training expansion plans.
(first aired December 7, 2016). Host Debaran Kelso interviews in studio Tom Butts, recently retired wildlife biologist, and talks about many aspects of bats on the Olympic Peninsula in part one of a far-ranging discussion. Closing music is “Die Fledermaus Overture (The Bat),” performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa.
(First airdate: December 7, 2016) Larry Stein interviews Mary Ellen Hannibal, author of Citizen Science, in which she writes about the widespread activities that have been labeled “Citizen Science”, such as Birdwatchers, Tidepool tenders, backyard Bee enthusiasts – the many people who share their observations of our natural world with coordinated databases, and scientists who can use that data. She speaks in Port Townsend at the High School Salon Series on Friday Dec. 9, and at the Fort Worden chapel for the Marine Science Center on Sunday Dec. 11.
Listen Wednesday, December 7, 10:30 to noon to Bring Your Records.
Two Dynamic Women – Jacqui Naylor and Amy Howard – talk with Larry Stein.
Jacqui Naylor, a world-traveling Jazz singer, has just returned after a tour from NYC to Portugal. She makes a stop in Port Angeles Wednesday night, at the NewUpstage.
Amy Howard, Director of PT’s Boiler Room and new City Councilor,
brings her music and her perspective on regional issues.
(First airdate: December 6, 2016) Sheila Ramsey talks with Zhaleh Almaee, Co-Director of the Mandala Center for Change, about the Poetic Justice Theater Ensemble. Learn ways we can come together as a community, self-reflect, and take action together. Zhaleh shares about the upcoming events, including the Effective Allyship Workshop in January 2017.
(First airdate: December 6, 2016) IT’S A BAZAAR AND IT’S NOT THAT BIZARRE. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Kerri Hartman and Numahka Swan, the duo behind the fiber emporium Bazaar Girls. It’s a haven and heaven for crafters who knit, crochet, felt, spin or do anything at all with fiber. On one level, Bazaar Girls is a shop. But with events such as “Crafternoon” or the evening “Nip & Knit” it’s also a vibrant community center.
