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Max Wareham, Rudy Lyle

(Airdate: February 28, 2023) Booklovers’ Cafe heads to the East Coast to catch author, musicologist, and bluegrass banjo player Max Wareham who has just returned from a summer of festivals touring with the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band.  The book is titled Rudy Lyle: The Unsung Hero of the Five String Banjo. Max began to study and work out the tablature for the banjo solos played by Rudy Lyle, banjo player with the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Boys of the 1950s. Find out what happened to Rudy and his banjo after he returned from fighting in the Korean War. The show integrates recordings of Rudy from the early days and stories from Max.

PR Library and PUD

(Airdate: February 27, 2023) Jim Burke interviews Melody Sky-Weaver, Director of the Port Townsend Public Library about the book, Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, this year’s selection for the library’s March Community Read. Jim then speaks with Will O’Donnell, Broadband and Communications Director for Jefferson County PUD about the broadband fiber rollout.

Brewocracy Now ~ 2/23/23

Taylor’s guests on Brewocracy Now were Port Townsend City Councilor Owen Rowe as well as Port Townsend City Attorney Heidi Geenwood.  Owen is the chair of the Culture and Society  subcommittee and Heidi is the staff liaison. We talked about the proposed Equity, Access, & Resolution (EAR) Advisory Board, and about the framework defining advisory boards and subcommittees. 

Black Holes

(February 23, 2023) Black Holes for Dummies by a black hole ignoramus.

Nature Now #607
Earth’s Wild Music

(Airdate: February 22, 2023) Nan Evans and Kathleen Dean Moore, a philosopher, writer and environment activist, explore moral and ethical perspectives on the earth’s climate crisis and the ongoing sixth great extinction of living species. And, what we are called to do in the face of these catastrophic forces.

Cancelled: Jean Lenke, A Candlelight Concert, February 23

Due to the current snow and ice in Sequim and Kitsap counties where the musicians live, tonight’s concert is cancelled.

KPTZ is happy to welcome local jazz vocal artist Jean Lenke to the Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday, February 23 at 7pm, as part of the Candlelight Concert series. Jean Lenke and her Jazz-Folk Quintet will present a beautiful selection of songs in honor of Burt Bacharach, who passed earlier this month. Come experience the magic. The performance will be simulcast on KPTZ FM 91.9 and streamed live at https://trinityumcpt.org/ where you will find a link for the Candlelight Concerts Online and ways to donate. 

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