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Ellen Bonjorno Meet & Greet

Ellen Bonjorno is coming to town, direct from New York City! Ellen will be hosting her show”Sing It, Sister!” live on KPTZ, Saturday, July 3 from 11am to noon. Right after the show, come join Ellen for a “meet and greet” at the station parking lot. Ellen and KPTZ invite you to drop by and say hi!

From 11am to noon each Saturday, KPTZ airs Sing It, Sister! Ellen Bonjorno has been a dance & party DJ for over 30 years, and has always enjoyed introducing her audience to music they may never have heard, putting those “new” songs together with classics we all know and love. Inspired years ago by two male friends who only listened to music by women in their home every Sunday, she decided to do a program featuring all women’s voices. You’ll hear songs from every genre, from jazz to gospel, bluegrass, disco, folk, rock and reggae and from every era, from the 1920s to today.

Spotlight on July 1-15 Programming Highlights

For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check out KPTZ’s Spotlight. Many of our program hosts provide specifics about what’s planned for the first half of July.
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See KPTZ’s current Weekly On-Air Schedule and Daily Program Schedule.

Miss Lillian, More Than a President’s Mother

A film adaptation of the one-woman show, Lillian Carter—More Than a President’s Mother, is called “Miss Lillian, More Than A President’s Mother.” The docudrama is scheduled to be released September 28. The film tells the inspiring story of LILLIAN CARTER, matriarch of Georgia’s storied Carter family and mother to Jimmy Carter, the oldest living United States President. Included in the film are interviews with former President Jimmy Carter, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, newsman Sam Donaldson, and former Dodger Manager Tommy Lasorda, as well as friends and family in Plains, Georgia. In the film, Carol Swarbrick, multi-talented veteran of film, television, Broadway, regional stage, portrays Miss Lillian Carter. KPTZ’s Chris Bricker chats with Carol about the film, which will screen at the Seattle Film Festival website on Friday, July 2 and Saturday, July 3. To view the film online both days, click here.

Brewocracy Now with John Mauro ~ 7/01

This week on Brewocracy Now KPTZ host Tim Quackenbush and City Manager John Mauro discussed the following topics:
Street Eateries Update; Eviction Moratorium and the Homeless; City Response to Extreme Heat Event; City Personnel Recruitments; “Hidden Histories” Placards.

Local News for 7/01

July 1, 2021: Local News – Masks off; Homeless quest continues. (TRANSCRIPT)

Local News for 6/30

June 30, 2021: Local News – Reopening the courthouse; PIF board reauthorizes funds for Fort Worden workforce housing. (TRANSCRIPT)

Nature Now #522 Climate Change and Life in the Sea, Part 2

(Reprise airdate: June 30, 2021) Nature Now’s Nan Evans continues her conversation with Dr. Jan Newton, a biological oceanographer at the University of Washington, about climate change and the work being done to better understand how the oceans are being affected and what this can mean for human communities.

KPTZ Honors Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

During the month of June, KPTZ turns its attention to the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. KPTZ recognizes and supports the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe who protect their treaty rights in area homelands by working with partner stewards of the land to preserve, enhance, and restore habitat and ensure that they can responsibly harvest their traditional foods for the next seven generations. The right to hunt, fish, and gather in their accustomed areas was retained by their S’Klallam ancestors in 1855, when they signed the Point No Point Treaty. Both Coastal Cafe and KPTZ’s new magazine Compass will feature The Tribe this month, and their efforts to protect and restore land, sea and habitat – see airing details below. After they have aired, both of these programs are also available on demand through our KPTZ Podcasts page.

Coastal Cafe
A tribal perspective on the Kilisut Harbor restoration project which was the replacement of a restrictive causeway with a bridge between Indian and Marrowstone islands – an area of historic importance to both Jamestown and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes. Coastal Cafe hosts Aaron Barnett and MaryAnn Wagner will speak with tribal members Hans Daubenberger and Randy Johnson as well as Rebecca Benjamin of the North Olympic Salmon Coalition. We’ll learn about the project’s impacts from both tribal and personal perspectives from key people involved with the project. Airs Wednesdays, June 9 and 16 at 5:30pm.

Compass
Further exploring The Tribe’s land stewardship work, Compass host Steve Evans tours the Jamestown S’Klallam’s prairie restoration project. Airing Saturday, June 5 at noon, and repeating Monday, June 7 at noon and 5PM.

#179 Charles Garland: Verizon’s Calling Card

(Airdate: June 29, 2021) Our Town host Maryanne McNellis interviews Charles Garland, manager of the Verizon store in Port Townsend. Charles was a restless kid with no particular career in mind. So he joined the Marines right out of high school thinking that it would broaden his horizons and perhaps see the world. But he was assigned to Bangor, right here in the Pacific Northwest. On his first off-duty weekend he took the ferry to Canada with a group of guys. There was a girl on board. She’s now his ex-wife. Even though the marriage broke up, Charles is firmly rooted in the Pacific Northwest. He’s worked at a variety of jobs over the years. But he sees sales as his calling. He’s been with Verizon for a relatively short period of time. That story also involves a girl – she’s now his fiancé and lives in Port Townsend.