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Quilcene Lantern Swing Dance!

KPTZ is excited to join the Quilcene Lantern in presenting a Swing Dance featuring Jonathan Doyle and Peter Flahiff on Thursday, April 16 at 6pm. Jonathan Doyle is a world renown musician and has put together an all-star Swing Band consisting of Conor Forsyth on piano, Matt Weiner on bass, and D’Vonne Lewis on drums. Peter Flahiff is a swing dance instructor who has been dancing since the early 90s and can count some of the world’s top dancers and instructors as his former students. Brought to you by KPTZ, join for this great night of hot music and dancing to warm you up for Swinging on the Sound, a celebration of Swing Dance taking place in Port Townsend, April 17-19.

#768 Seabird Conservation, part 1

(Reprise airdate: April 8, 2026) Please join Nature Now host Debaran Kelso as we welcome our special guest Peter Harrison. Peter is a world renown seabird expert, artist, and conservationist, and this week we will be speaking about writing and illustrating his beautiful new book Seabirds: The New Identification Guide. We end with exploring the world of the albatrosses, in anticipation of his upcoming public lecture sponsored by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center on March 30, 2025. This is Part 1 of a two-part program.

LIVE LIFE LOUD Presents Metal Showcase at the Quilcene Lantern

KPTZ is stoked to join Live Life Loud Presents for their next hardcore showcase at the Quilcene Lantern on Saturday, April 11 at 7pm featuring Tacos!, Key Party, and Kingtide. Tacos! is a heavy punk metal band from Seattle and Tacoma that preaches the gospel of eating tacos and listening to glistening tunes. Key Party is a mesmerizing noise punk band from Poulsbo. And Kingtide is a new 2-piece heavy punk band from Port Townsend, harkening to Fugazi, the Melvins, and Black Sabbath. Brought to you by KPTZ, come out and hang, breathe, and smile, and hug and rock out with us.

Booklovers’ Cafe – Kay Smith-Blum, Tangles

(Airdate: April 7, 2026) Booklovers’ host Cris Wilson talks to Seattle author Kay Smith-Blum about her latest novel. Tangles  is a historical fiction thriller about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation during the Cold War, blending a love story with a mystery surrounding government secrecy and its devastating health and environmental impacts. The novel follows a young scientist, Luke Hinson, as he investigates the harmful effects of nuclear production, uncovering a trail that connects to the disappearance of his former neighbor, Mary, and exploring themes of courage, loss, and the human cost of the nuclear age.

AAUW & Blessing of the Fleet

(Airdate: April 6, 2026) Teri Nomura and and Debra Ayers announce the AAUW Home and Kitchen Tour on April 25 and Brian Cullin and Aubrey Rollins invite us to the Blessing of the Fleet, to be held at the Quilcene Marina, also on April 25.

Our Working Waterfront ~ 4/04/26

For years, Bernie Arthur, retired maritime tradesman, has had the vision of creating a memorial for those of our maritime
community lost at sea. In August 2025, as he had done for decades, beloved fisherman Joel Kawahara set out from his hometown of Quilcene for the fishing grounds. After a few weeks, Joel’’s commercial fishing troller Karolee was found adrift without Joel aboard. In his passing, Joel Kowahara has become the renewed catalyst for Bernie’s vision to come true. Thanks to the Port of Port Townsend, Kiwanis, the Port Townsend Foundry, and community donations from you, the memorial’s completion date will be around August of this year and ready for our 2026 Wooden Boat Festival.The sight of the memorial will be at the entrance to the Point Hudson jetty boardwalk. Today, we’ll reprise our 2025 radio special about Bernie Arthur’s
dream, and in Joel’s honor, the April 2022 Boatyard interview we did with Kowahara along side his Karolee. You’ll find a donation button at Port of Port Townsend’s website.

County Connections

(Airdate: April 3, 2026) Co-hosts Jim Burke and Commissioner Heather Dudley-Nollette welcome Jessica Lowe, Child Advocacy Center (CAC) Team Director. The CAC, a collaborative effort between the county and Jefferson YMCA. is dedicated to ‘Trauma focused’ care of children who have suffered abuse. The CAC is located at the former home of KPTZ at Mountain View Commons. Learn more here: https://www.olympicpeninsulaymca.org/child-advocacy

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