Local News for 2/13/15
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#710 The Sense of Wonder
(Reprise airdate: February 12, 2025) Mary Robson and Gary Bullock share experiences while observing nature, basing their thoughts on Rachel Carson’s essay A Sense of Wonder.
Local News for 2/12/25
Diana Talley, The Center of Buoyancy
(Airdate: February 11, 2025) Visiting Cris on Booklovers’ Cafe this time is Port Townsend’s own shipwright sailor guurl, Diana Talley! We talk about her no-holds-barred memoir, The Center of Buoyancy. This memoir speaks to us about the early years of the Boat Haven and how a young girl learned the wooden boat building trade, sailed fearlessly around the Pacific, and built her own business against the odds. There are people you know or wish you had met in these pages. The stories are tender and humorous, tough and true.
Folk Story-Teller Scott Cook and Pamela Mae Play the Pallindrome
KPTZ is excited to join Rainshadow Recording in welcoming Scott Cook and Pamela Mae to the Palindrome in Port Townsend on March 5 at 7:30pm. Scott is an award winning Canadian folk artist, called one of Canada’s most inspiring and imaginative storytellers. Touring the world since 2007 and sharing his plainspoken, keenly observant songs, he has released seven albums along the way. Since 2022, he has been touring with his partner Pamela, who plays upright bass, banjo and also does vocals. The duo is releasing their first album this year, featuring sturdy, straight-talking songs that see the good in you. These are whip-smart, bone-achingly lovely, socially committed songs presented with a bold, elegant directness evoking the very best of the folk music tradition.
Local News for 2/11/25
County Connections
(Airdate: February 7, 2025) This week on County Connections, co-hosts Jim Burke and Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour spoke with Diane McDade, president of the JeffCo Aquatic Coalition, about a new facility being planned in the county. It would potentially be located in Port Hadlock near the county library, Chimacum Creek Primary School, and Habitat for Humanity’s new Mason Street Neighborhood project. Residents and non-residents alike can help shape the development of this new public aquatic facility by participating in a county-wide recreation survey. Information from this survey will help identify what county taxpayers want (and don’t want) in a new pool and recreation center. After February and March, the survey will also be open to visitors of Jefferson County to gauge interest. The survey should take only about five minutes.
Local News for 2/06/25
#709 Learning about Nature in the Democratic Classroom, part 1
(Airdate: February 5, 2025) Jackie Canterbury talks with Brittaney Drake about her work at The Pearl Remote Democratic High School in Seattle, Washington where she teaches about nature using a visual arts curriculum. Her teaching style follows the fundamentals of Dr. Art Pearl. Dr. Pearl developed the Democratic classroom in Eugene Oregon. He inspired the words Democracy and Education. “His message was about the primacy of democracy, the fragility of it, the assaults against it, how far we are from a nation that truly cherishes it and practices it — and the essential role of public education in any chance for a healthy democracy in the future.” The founder and director of the Seattle Democratic school is Dr. Robin Harwick who has served as a mentor to Brittaney. In this program we will talk about the importance of using the democratic process as a backdrop to teaching about art and nature. Globally and as a nation, we are now realizing the fragility of democracy. In today’s program Brittaney discusses how she uses a visual arts curriculum, particularly bird illustration, as a way to teach about nature and science. In Part 2 of this program she will focus on her bird illustration. Note: Nature Now provides credit to Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library for the recording of the Snow Bunting.
Local News for 2/05/25
