Local News for 10/11/23
Local News for 10/10/23
Booklovers’ Cafe – Jane Haigh, Waiting for the Storm
(Airdate: October 10, 2023) Booklovers’ is pleased to talk to author Jane Haigh about her latest Green New Deal novel, Waiting for the Storm. This book uniquely imagines an area in New Hampshire 40 years from now that has made the infrastructure changes necessary to survive a climate-change-driven hurricane. What is particularly fascinating about this story is the way a small group of ordinary people get together to work in local politics and businesses and make positive changes in transportation, housing, and energy – a lesson that our area is also working towards. None of these solutions is science fiction.
This is Mersey Beat
Special Programming in honor of John Lennon’s Birthday. KPTZ DJs Jim B. and DJ Mars are celebrating John Lennon’s birthday on Monday, October 9 with special programming: This is Mersey Beat! Both shows will feature music from bands that came out of Liverpool along with The Beatles in the early ‘60s beat music boom. You’ll hear The Beatles, of course, and other well-known and obscure Liverpool groups such as Gerry and The Pacemakers, The Searchers, The Big Three, The Merseybeats, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas, and many more. Both Jim B. and DJ Mars will be joined by KPTZ news and entertainment guy – and Mersey Beat scholar – Casey Dolan, who will lend his knowledge and records to the proceedings. So, be sure to stream or tune in to these two big shows on KPTZ, Monday, October 9:
– The Jim B. Show with Jim B. – 9:30 to 11am
– Interstellar Underwear with DJ Mars – 3 to 5pm
Art in the Transfer Station
(Airdate: October 9, 2023) Carol Rashawnna Williams and Tracy Grisman on the conclusion of their Art in the Transfer Station project. In the time that remains, Tracy spins a disc or two from the Acoustic Disc label she shares with her husband David. Hosted by Phil Andrus.
Booklovers’ Cafe – Mitch Luckett, Holy Roller Heart
(Airdate: November 7, 2023) Cris Wilson welcomes author, storyteller and old time musician Mitch Luckett to Booklovers’ Cafe. Mitch‘s latest novel titled Holy Roller Heart is set in the Missouri Ozarks. The Portland Tribune says anyone with a taste for bazaar fiction will have plenty to feast on in these pages. I certainly agree. This story is set in the 1950s where a 13-year-old Moses Grady Witt is trying to straddle a barbwire fence between Pentecostal zealotry and Ozarkian witchery. The strain at times almost rips our hero apart. Mitch himself spent the first 12 years of his life on a hardscrabble farm in hills of Missouri. He eventually settled on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, and has been a hod carrier, preschool teacher, landscaper, school bus, driver, and the Portland Audubon Nature sanctuary’s Director. He has also written two books set on the Olympic peninsula titled To kill a Common Loon and The Man in the Loon!
County Connections
(Airdate: October 6, 2023) Co-hosts Jim Burke and County Commissioner Kate Dean welcome Nurse Practitioners Susan O’Brien and Melinda Bower who work at Jefferson County Public Health in Schools and the main Clinic in The QFC center. They discuss community outreach and healthcare for children, teens, and adults, and especially sexual and reproductive health.
Local News for 10/06/23
Brewocracy Now ~ 10/05/23
Taylor Clark and John Mauro welcomed Rob Birman (excutive director at Centrum) here today in his role as a board member for the Port Townsend Creative District. The District supports artists of all types in their creative pursuits. They are planning two meetings to gather community input to help guide their mission. Meetings are Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 7-9pm at the Cotton Building and Thursday, October 12, 4-6pm at Fort Worden Commons
You May Already Be A Weiner
(October 5, 2023) You May Already Be A Weiner – Gambling for Chotchkes with the Publisher’s Clearinghouse.
