(Airdate: July 21, 2021) Larry Stein speaks with Janette Force, Executive Director of the Port Townsend Film Festival, about plans for the Fall Festival, Sept 23-Oct. 3. The Festival will be largely virtual, as it was last year, but 8 films will be screened to live audiences in the American Legion Hall, Sept 23 – 26. Outdoor films will also be back on Taylor St. Sept 23 – 26. Details of film schedules and tickets will be available soon at www.ptfilmfest.com.
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Bring Your Records – Janette Force
(Airdate: April 21, 2021) Guest Janette Force, Executive Director of the PT Film Festival, talks withLarry Stein about the upcoming Women & Film Festival 2021, which runs from April 23 through May 2. Passes are available through www.ptfilmfest.com.
Bring Your Records – Katie Semro
(Airdate: April 14, 2021) Katie Semro, audio producer of Blue Dress, Transmission Times, and the upcoming Mother, Mine series, talks with Larry Stein about crafting audio pieces from first person stories of contributors from all over the country. Her work has been heard on KPTZ and 38 other radio stations in the country, as well as on podcast services.
Bring Your Records – Alice Howe and Freebo, Wayne Horvitz
(Airdate: August 5, 2020) Bring Your Records host Larry Stein brought three musicians familiar to Port Townsend music lovers, and KPTZ listeners. They talked about how they are maintaining their sanity and music life during this difficult break in “music as we normally perform and share it.”
Alice Howe and Freebo have performed a number of times in the Port Townsend area, and have played live on KPTZ. They each spoke with Larry from separate locations in Los Angeles.
Wayne Horvitz is a composer, bandleader and performer based in Seattle. He has performed many times in Port Townsend, taught at Centrum’s music festivals, and appeared on KPTZ. He and his wife Robin Holcomb, are co-founders of The Royal Room in Columbia City, Seattle. On KPTZ we often speak with, and play the music of, artists who are performing at the Royal Room. It has become a major stop on national and regional tours of adventurous musicians. Wayne spoke with Larry from Seattle.
Local Arts & Culture Leaders
Talk About the “New Now”

On April 22, KPTZ’s Bring Your Records host Larry Stein interviewed four Port Townsend notables about their lives and work in this pandemic period.
Guests included:
And on the April 8 program, Larry spoke with:
Bring Your Records – Carla Main, Rocky Friedman, Mary Hilts, Mike Grady
(Airdate: April 22, 2020) KPTZ’s Bring Your Records host Larry Stein interviewed four Port Townsend notables about their lives and work in this pandemic period.
Guests included:
Bring Your Records – Anna Quinn and Teresa Verraes
(Airdate: April 8, 2020) KPTZ’s Bring Your Records host Larry Stein interviewed four Port Townsend notables about their lives and work in this pandemic period.
Guests included:

