(Airdate: July 25, 2019) KPTZ’s Charlie Bermant interviews incumbent Jefferson Healthcare Commissioners Jill Buhler Rienstra and Matt Ready, both unopposed in the November election, during which they discuss what they want to accomplish during their next terms.
Sing It, Sister! Moves to Saturdays
Listen up, everybody! Ellen Bonjorno’s wonderful Sing It, Sister! show is moving to its new 11am–12noon Saturdays time slot starting July 27. Yes, fans of great women’s music ~ this means everybody, right! ~ can to tune in for an hour of superior selections, music from Billie Holiday to Holly Near, from Madonna to Mavis Staples, from Laura Nyro to Laura Love, and much much more.
Sing it Sister! features outstanding women’s music from the dawn of the recording era up to today’s newest sensations. You’ll hear every kind of music from folk, gospel, pop to rock, jazz, show and classical because women excel in every genre and then some. So join Ellen for an hour of old favorites and new discoveries to keep you coming back for more every Saturday from 11 to noon beginning July 27th. Mark your calendar now and … Sing it, Sister!
Tossed Salad for 7/26/2019
…and all that jazz! After live coverage of the Jazz Festival at Centrum, Phil Andrus starts Tossed Salad a bit late. But it’s a program well worth waiting for:
1:30 – Fostering Together
1:45 – Chicago Bob brings Bob’s blues buddies
2:30 – Kiwi Ferris, Edensaw’s Brewfest
3:00 – Cast members of Key City Public Theatre’s “ The Merry Wives of Windsor”
3:30 – Paul deBarros and Lanny Turay, jazz of the Pacific Northwest and well beyond
4:30 – Deborah Kate Hammond, reading
Nature Now #421
PT Marine Science Center’s Intertidal Citizen Science Project
(First airdate: July 24, 2019) Nan Evans talks with Betsy Carlson, Citizen Science Coordinator at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, and Michael Siddel, Americorps volunteer and the Citizen Science Lab Educator, about the ongoing efforts of citizen scientists to learn more about the intertidal habitats along our shores.
Peter Donahue
(Reprise airdate: July 23, 2019) Host Sheila Bender speaks via phone with author Peter Donahue about his book Three Sides Water in the repeat of a broadcast that originally aired in January 2019.
KPTZ Pickathon Contest
Pickathon is world-famous for being the only music festival that prioritizes sustainable ethics. To help celebrate, we’ve got a KPTZ contest for you! What do you do to protect the environment? Share your tips with us on how you recycle/reuse and help preserve our world for future generations, in 500 words or less. Two winners will EACH receive a pair of 3-day tent-camping passes (worth $650 value for two tickets) to the 21st Pickathon Festival*. Send your entry by July 25 to [email protected]. We will be sharing your tips on the air with KPTZ listeners!
This year’s Pickathon Festival is the weekend of August 2-4 in Happy Valley OR, in the shadow of Mt. Hood. Featuring 60 nationally acclaimed and emerging artists on six stages. Headliners include…Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Damien Jurado, and Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band. This is an all-ages event!
* Additional expenses, including parking, are not included.
Compass for the Week of 7/22/2019
Summer is upon us with warm sunny weather, and the waters of the Olympic shore beckon to boaters of every stripe to come play. So this week on the Compass we reprise a show produced previously by veteran kayaker and KPTZ DJ Chris Bricker on the subject of kayak safety, which was motivated by the tragic deaths of two kayakers off the Dungeness Spit when the weather suddenly turned bad in April of 2015.
PT City Council Candidates
(Airdate: July 18, 2019) KPTZ’s Charlie Bermant interviews Port Townsend City Council Position 7 candidates David Faber (incumbent) and Tyler Vega (challenger).
Nature Now #420
Bayles & NW Watershed Institute
(First airdate: July 17, 2019) Peter Bahls and Mary Robson talk about Northwest Watershed Institute and forest reclamation in the Tarboo Forest.
Tossed Salad for 7/19/2019
Can’t get much more mid-summer than this! Warm activities are in full swing, so Phil Andrus returns to cool us down with a Tossed Salad full of goodies like:
1:00 – Peter Newland and Scott Freeman, Tarboo Ridge Coalition
1:30 – Chris Gilbert and Jay Hager, traditional song and instruments
2:30 – Jake Beattie, Northwest Maritime Center
3:00 – Brian LeMaster, WCC, and Sarah Doyle, NOSC
3:30 – Northwind Song: Casey Neill and Timothy Hull
4:30 – Don White reading “A Day In Coney Island” by I.B.Singer
