(first airdate: February 11, 2016) Hear the discussions from the Jefferson County Republican Party Caucus (Feb. 20) and Jefferson County Democratic Party Caucus (March 26). Guests:
Steve Crosby, Chair, Jefferson County Republican Party
Bruce Cowan, Chair, Jefferson County Democratic Party
Host: Larry Stein
(first airdate: February 23, 2016) Ta-kwt (To Shine a Light on Something) For February, the Northwinds Arts Center features Mary Ann Lambert, a local historian of the S’Klallam people of Dungeness and Port Gamble. Exhibits include information about Lambert and her documentation of life of the S’Klallam people in the Olympic Peninsula, as well as art from S’Klallam artists expressing their heritage. A new book Dungeness by Karen Polinsky, is an historical novel of a character much like Mary Ann Lambert.
Interviews in this report: Cara Thompson, curator; Karen Polinsky, author; Catherine MacGregor, S’Klallam fiber artist; Michael D’Allesandro, Exec. Director, Northwind Arts Center.
Republicans in Jefferson County hold their caucus, and the GOP Chairman thinks the Presidential race could come down to a dead heat between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. And, tax season is also scam season, so we reprise a show from a year ago about a couple of scams that took aim at KPTZ’s own news director.
We take you on a guided tour through the mists of Port Townsend’s past on a visit to some of its most rarely seen hidden corners. (This is a reprise of the 3-24-14 show featuring the Historical Walking Tour of downtown PT as part of the 2014 Victorian Festival, including a walk through the long-empty upper stories of the Hastings Building with Hastings descendant Heather Dudley-Nollette.)
This week on the Compass we listen in as the Jefferson County Planning Commission deliberates its response to a ten-year planning process for a Brinnon Master Plan Resort, and we chat with one of the founders of the brand-new Peninsula Homecare Collaborative.
Host Debaran Kelso interviews Dr. Jerry Freilich in the second part of a discussion about diversity. Closing music is “Stayin’ Alive,” performed by the Bee Gees.
(Reprise airdate: February 22, 2016) In Memoriam – Marcia Perlstein’s interview with artist, poet and musician Sandy Diamond, who passed away recently in Port Townsend. This Pleasures and Treasures interview was originally recorded in 2011. The reprise of the interview is introduced by Gabriel Diamond, Sandy’s son.
(First airdate: February 25, 2016) Pleasures and Treasures host Marcia Perlstein interviews Gabriel Diamond, filmmaker and son of Sandy Diamond, noted Port Townsend poet and artist who recently passed away. This is a companion piece to a re-broadcast (see above) of Marcia’s interview with Sandy Diamond from 2012.
(airdate: February 17, 2016) Jane Chu, the Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, toured Port Townsend and Seattle, along with US Representative (WA 6th Dist) Derek Kilmer, and ARTS/WA Chair Karen Hanan. They visited Centrum and Copper Canyon Press, and stopped by KPTZ studios to talk about the NEA and its current initiatives.
(airdate: February 24, 2016) Host Cris Wilson talks to Port Townsend author Julie Christine Johnson about her new book In Another Life.
