Guests on today’s Brewnow included Shelly Leavens, Communications & Marketing Manager for the City of Port Townsend and Steve King, Director of Public Works. We talked about needed maintenance for the sewer system. There was a report at City Council last Monday that outlined what is required and funding for that work. We also learned a bit about the city’s mulching project out at the county transfer station.
For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check KPTZ Spotlight for August 16-31. Many of our program hosts provide specifics about what’s planned for this half month. If you’re not already a Spotlight subscriber, you’re invited to join our Mailing List. See KPTZ’s current Weekly On-Air Schedule and Daily Program Schedule.
KPTZ presents a special edition of Rocket Surgery on Wednesday, August 16, an extended tribute to the recently departed Robbie Robertson. DJ Charlie Bermant will play tunes play tunes ranging from early Bob Dylan collaborations (through) his ephemeral solo work. This, along with a healthy dose of live Band cuts, injects these timeless songs with ragged energy. The show will end with the best-ever version of “The Weight.” KPTZ listeners have heard a lot of Robertson songs over the past week, this program won’t overlap. Mostly. Tune in here from 8-10pm Wednesday.
(Airdate: August 15, 2023) Cris Wilson talks to Olympic Peninsula poet and friend of Poet Mike O’Connor, Tim McNulty about the recently published poetry collection, Old Growth. Mike was the author of twelve books of poetry, stories and translations from the Chinese. The poems celebrate living simply, holding friends close, and honoring the earth. These lyric poems are of a special place we know and the place we don’t know.
(Airdate: August 14, 2023) Jim Burke brings on a co-host this week, County Commissioner Kate Dean, and they discuss all things THING with local artist, chef and singer Grace Love and Sarah Strasbaugh, Associate Director of Community Programs at STG (Seattle Theater Group) the producers of THING.
(August 14, 2023 – Pharmaceutical Breakthroughs) New Drugs for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and for No Brain Syndrome (NBS).
(Airdate: August 16, 2023) Brenda Johnson is the leader of the East Jefferson Pigeon Guillemot Breeding Survey which is part of the Salish Sea Guillemot Network. The network is a community science project that monitors breeding colonies across our region to understand their role in healthy coastal ecosystems. Join Jackie Canterbury as she discusses the project with Dr. Brenda Johnson and volunteer Karin Ertl, who both make this project happen in the field. Both guests provide a portrait of the Pigeon Guillemot, a fascinating seabird that shares both our land and water ecosystems.
