(Airdate: August 5, 2024) Host Jim Burke talks with two actors (Emily Huntingford and Mike Lion ) and a Director (Leo Lion) from Dacha Theatre Company out of Seattle who are in Chetzemoka Park Friday through Sunday August 16-18 performing Midsummer “Dice” Dream, Shakespeare’s comedy with a twist. Also, a little reportage to start with about the Fiber Internet outage and Jefferson County Airport Day.
KPTZ is excited to join Rainshadow Recording in welcoming Les Arrivants to the Palindrome in Port Townsend on Sunday August 11 at 7:30pm. Les Arrivants are an international trio based in Montreal, Canada with backgrounds in Arabic Classical, Argentine Tango, and Persian Classical music. Les Arrivants creates an introspective sonic experience while channeling complex emotions associated with migration and travel. Brought to you by KPTZ and Rainshadow Recording, this will be a truly amazing show.
Guest host Jim Burke is joined by co-host John Mauro and Celeste Tell, Interim Executive Director of the Fort Worden Public Development Authority, and Anna Gill, S.W. Region Superintendent of Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. They discuss the future of Fort Worden and the dramatic step that Fort Worden PDA took on this date asking the City of Port Townsend to DISSOLVE the Fort Worden PDA.
For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check KPTZ Spotlight for August 1-15. 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.
(Reprise airdate: July 31, 2024) Join Nan Evans as she talks with scientists and authors, David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, about their recent book What Your Food Ate. This is part 2 of a two-part story.
(Airdate: July 30, 2024) We’re at the Buddhist caves of Maijishan, or “Wheatstack Mountain.” It’s not really a mountain. It’s a big monolith of red rock sticking out sticking out of the hills of the Qinling Mountains. But the calves are real, all 194 of them….
(Airdate: July 25, 2024) Formative Years – Our Youngest and Dearest. Gabrielle VanWert, Development Director of Jumping Mouse discusses this nonprofit’s challenges and successes as they come alongside children and their families who face the increasingly common needs for mental health services for our youngest and dearest.
