The Market Beet is a short segment playing on Wednesday afternoons between 12 and 12:30pm, presented by Amanda Milholland, Executive Director of the Jefferson County Farmers Markets – Port Townsend and Chimacum farmers markets. Tune in to hear about what’s fresh at the market, upcoming music, and events, as well as news about farming in Jefferson County. Learn more at jcfmarkets.org.
(Airdate: May 22, 2024) Please join host Debaran Kelso as we delve into the amazing world of secretive wetland birds! Our guest is Cindy Easterson from the Puget Sound Bird Observatory. She is program manager for the Regional Wetland Secretive Bird Monitoring Project, and will share details on this grand new research effort in our region.
(Airdate: May 21, 2024) We’re 60 kilometers west of Xi’an, visiting the of tomb of Yang Geifei. She was considered the most beautiful woman in China, and after she was buried here it was said that the soil of the grave mound took on a wonderful fragrance, and women came from all over to collect it….
Welcome to the second of two special editions of Community Tides! KPTZ’s Chris Bricker joins his co-host Siobhan Canty, President & CEO of Jefferson Community Foundation, at April’s Second Annual Jefferson County Connectivity Fair. In Part One,we dropped in on a presentation by Students For Sustainability, and you can find it now in KPTZ’s Podcast Archive. For this episode, Siobhan Canty herself gives a presentation through the lens of Connectivity and Community Philanthropy and how the Foundation plays an important part in these efforts. We begin with introductions by a variety of fascinating attendees, and then Siobhan will launch us into a discussion about the rewarding world of community giving and connection.
(Reprise airdate: May 20, 2024) Jim Burke talks to George Geissler, the Washington State Forester, of the Washington Department of Natural Resources about wildfires and Smokey Bear. In this encore presentation, we include some extra Smokey Bear Ads.
(Airdate: May 20, 2024 – Mastadons) The discovery of the famous Sequim Mastodon.
KPTZ is pleased to co-present the next installment of Early Music Series at the Quimper Grange in Port Townsend on Saturday, May 25 at 2pm. The “Return to Potsdam” will be presented by Schola Galante, an ensemble playing on instruments appropriate to the time period. Schola Galante will focus on music from the court of Frederick the Great, ruler of Prussia from 1740 to 1786. The music from this time period greatly influenced subsequent generations of composers such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Please join KPTZ in welcoming Bobbi Nickles and Jere Canote to the Trinity United Methodist Church in Port Townsend on Thursday, May 23 at 7pm. Bobbi Nickles is a Port Townsend based fiddler who has performed in old-time, Irish, jazz, and contradance bands. Jere Canote is a multi-instrumentalist who can play the guitar, banjo, ukulele, and harmonica. They met in Port Townsend and discovered in each other kindred musical spirits! They specialize in lively fiddle tunes, antique swing and blues, and country songs old and new. This concert is the next installment in our Candlelight Concert series and will be simulcast on 91.9 FM KPTZ.
