A diverse group of about 500 people spontaneously gathered at Haller Fountain Plaza Tuesday evening to hold vigil and to share their feelings about the tragic shootings at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL last weekend, and KPTZ’s producer Marcia Perlstein and News Director Steve Evans were there. A KPTZ Community Radio News special.
Host Sheila Bender interviews Bainbridge Island writer Wendy Hinman and talks about writing her memoir, marketing the book to a wide audience and her current project written in the voices of others.
Host Nan Evans talks with Emily Grayson of UW and Jeff Adams of Washington Sea Grant and discusses the possible repercussions of green crabs invading Puget Sound. Closing music is “The Tinker and the Crab,” performed by Donovan.
(First airdate: June 21, 2016). Sheila Ramsey, host, talks with Elma Beary & Linda Herzog about Quilcene’s Hearts of Service.
Host Nan Evans delves further into the background and lives of sea otters in the second part of an interview with wildlife biologist Jim Bodkin. Closing music is “The Sea,” performed by Mo.
This week on the Compass, we have a coffee-cake breakfast with Muslims in Port Townsend and ask them the tough questions about radical terrorism that you’ve probably always wanted to ask. Some of their answers may surprise you.
(first airdate: June 8, 2016) Cris Wilson interviews Erica Bauermeister, National Bestselling author of “The School of Essential Ingredients”, “Joy for Beginners” and “The Lost Art of Mixing”. Erica now is living , writing, and teaching here in Port Townsend! Erica mixes gorgeous prose and heartfelt characters to reveal just how colorful and warn life in the Pacific Northwest can be.
(first airdate: July 6, 2016). Cris Wilson interviews author Sam Ligon to discuss his recent novel “Among the Dead and Dreaming” and illustrated collection of short stories “Wonderland”. Sam is also Artistic Director of this year’s Port Townsend Writers Conference, from July 17 to 24.
(first airdate: June 1, 2016) Cris Wilson interviews poet Gary Lemons, the author of The Snake and Snake Second Wind. We discuss these books and more to come about Snake, the tragic-comic figure of eternity and dream, where at the end of the world it remains the repository of all Earth’s memories and shared consciousness.
Host Mary Robson interviews Laura Tucker and a group of Blue Heron Middle School and Port Townsend High School students about the recently formed “Plant for the Planet” group and its activities to help the environment in Part 2 of a show recorded in the KPTZ studio. Closing music is “Red-winged Blackbird,” performed by Jack Christensen.
