This week on the Compass, our reporter Chris Bricker attends a training in which elders at San Juan Villa learn songwriting from six professionals as part of the Bringing the Music Home Project, an evidence-based program aimed at promoting cognitive, physical, and emotional well-being.
On the January 26, 2019 Tossed Salad show, Jeanie Murphy presented the music of the late Alan Hart.
On the January 26, 2019 Tossed Salad show, Phil Andrus talked with the cast of Key City Public Theatre’s Frozen Borders.
On the January 25, 2019 Tossed Salad show, Phil Andrus interviewed singer and songwriter Linda Allen, who performed original selections of songs for all times from her vast musical repertoire.
Our Tossed Salad overflows this week with talent! Phil Andrus gets us started at 12:40pm with Connie Welch, PT School Board Chair. Thereafter, feast your eyes and ears on these goodies:
1:00 – Linda Allen, songs for all times
2:00 – Bob Rosen, South County Report, with Sharon Redmon
2:30 – Buddy Mondlock, with Mike Lindauer on bass
3:15 – Cast of KCPT’s Frozen Borders
3:45 – Judith-Kate Friedman “Songs from the Sound”
4:30 – Don White reading “The Second Tree From the Corner” by E.B.White
(First airdate: January 22, 2019) Host Sheila Bender travels 9000 kilometers via Skype to interview William Powers at his home in Bolivia. Powers is a Senior Fellow at the New York City-based think tank World Policy Institute, and his new book is Dispatches From The Sweet Life: One Family, Five Acres, and a Community’s Quest to Reinvent the World.
(First airdate: January 22, 2019) Therapy Services Dogs that Bring Smiles. Everybody Can talks to Pam Kolacy and Carla Ellis of the Olympic Mountain Pet Pals – an organization dedicated to therapy outreach to seniors and students, as well as providing low cost spay and neutering services for our companion animals in Jefferson County. Learn how you can join this effort to reduce euthanasia in our shelters and bring smiles to those in our community who are unable to have a furry companion.
Port Townsend’s Glamour Girl tells us how she conquered some personal struggles, launched a highly successful business in town, and now helps others succeed in their own lives.
On the January 18, 2019 Tossed Salad show, Phil Andrus talked about Blue Heron Middle School’s WITS (Writers in the Schools) participants and hear them read their recent works.
On the January 18, 2019 Tossed Salad show, Phil Andrus talked with Debbi Steele, Rob Birman, Mary Jane Knecht, Dr. Lee Burnside, MD, and Ann Hedreen about Creativity in Aging.
