(First airdate: August 28, 2019) Nan Evans continues her conservation with local naturalist Steve Grace about the amazing puffins of Smith Island.
(First airdate: August 27, 2019) Our Town host Maryanne McNellis interviews Cameron Roberts, a local boy who came back from the big city to take over the local institution, Dogs A Foot. Cameron and his Thailand-born wife have ambitious plans for the culinary scene here. They want to keep Dogs A Foot pretty much the way it was when Cameron was growing up. But they want to add a few family-friendly ventures to the prime corner on Water Street. Shaved ice? Ping pong? They are also freshening up Manresa Castle, serving Asian fusion food and elaborate cocktails in the classic bar and restaurant there. The Castle is once again a happening place with comedy shows, burlesque and even (upcoming) paranormal events.
(Airdate: August 22, 2019) KPTZ’s Charlie Bermant interviews Port of Port Townsend District 1 candidates Chuck Fauls and Pam Petranek.
This week on the Compass we report on the seventh annual All-County Picnic at HJ Carroll Park, where local residents from every walk of life came together (as they do each year) with emergency planners to learn how to prepare for disaster and to build resilient communities.
KPTZ is playing “welcome wagon” at this weekend’s THING event at Fort Worden with a tent that we’re calling CAMP KPTZ.
In the spirit of welcoming a bunch of Festival-goers and concert-producers to our neck of the woods, we’re planning to join up with KEXP Seattle’s THING broadcast from Rainshadow Recording for 4 hours of primo radio programming both Saturday and Sunday, from 2 to 6 pm. It’s a simulcast!
Saturday’s broadcast will kick off at 2 with Orville Peck, then later in the day features Junius Meyvant. Sunday we’ll bring you, courtesy of KEXP, Calexico and Iron & Wine at 2, capping off with Jeff Tweedy ~ complete with interviews by KEXP’s Troy Nelson and DJ Morgan.
Stay tuned to 91.9FM for details!
(First airdate: August 21, 2019) Mary Robson interviews wildlife biologists Lorna and Darrell Smith about the difficulties of protecting wolf populations, and other factors influencing the survival of ‘heritage’ carnivores.
Starting at 1pm this Friday, Phil Andrus brings us another Tossed Salad of local talent:
1:00 – Deep Squeeze invitation, with Paul Rogers and …
1:15 – Debbi Steele, Cheri Van Hoover, and Angela Gyurko: “Life Without Roe v. Wade”
1:45 – Presenters from Key City Public Theatre’s “Marching to Victory”
2:15 – Howly Slim, original songs of these times
2:45 – Musicians from the Olympic Music Festival for live music and conversation
3:45 – Judith-Kate Friedman, Songs from the Sound
4:30 – Don White, reading
(First airdate: August 20, 2019) Host Sheila Bender speaks in studio with Port Townsend resident John Delaney about his newest book Twenty Questions and how he’s seen poetry change since receiving his MFA in poetry in the nineteen seventies.
(First airdate: August 20, 2019) The Port Townsend Film Festival is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! Volunteer Coordinator Chuck Moses spotlights for Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can a few of the special opportunities to get involved with this signature Port Townsend multi-day event of over film, food and fun.
Teenage years are never easy, but in recent years an increasing number of troubled teens consider suicide as an option. Port Townsend has not escaped this. Four years ago 15-year-old Benji Kenworthy took his own life, which first shattered this community but then led to an option that can help save teenager’s lives. The Benji Project provides teenagers with stress management and emotional resilience skills to keep them from a drastic action that will affect everyone around them. On today’s Compass we talk with Cynthia Osterman, Benji’s mother, who has built the project into a valuable local resource.
