(Airdate: June 10, 2025) We’re rolling down the asphalt on our way from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang. We finally left the snow-capped ridges of the Qilian mountains behind and traded them in for the eroded red and gray of the Gansu Badlands. Despite the nine-hour ride, we were feeling good for the first time in days. Our fevers were gone! Finn honored our change in fortune by penning a bus ride…
Lino Rivera Performs Light and Love
KPTZ is excited to welcome Lino Rivera to the Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday, June 26 at 7pm as a part of our ongoing Candlelight Concert series. Pianist Lino Rivera, born in the Philippines, has performed internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and accompanist. Known for his adventurous programming, Rivera champions contemporary composers, explores the technical and artistic challenges of piano transcriptions, and uncovers overlooked works from the solo piano repertoire. He continues to maintain an active concert schedule in the U.S. and abroad, also serving as a sought-after teacher and chamber music coach at festivals worldwide.
This concert program highlights two distinct types of piano transcription. First is a literal transcription, where every note of the original is preserved and reimagined for piano, as in Brahms’ transcription of Bach’s Chaconne in D minor for solo violin. The second, a reduction or partition, adapts a full orchestral work to piano in a way that captures its spirit and complexity —demonstrated here in Vyacheslav Gryaznov’s arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture.
The evening also features the Washington state premiere of Lux Aeterna (2024) by California composer and pianist Richard Cionco. Drawing from the Latin phrase meaning “eternal light,” the piece offers a secular meditation on light and darkness in the world. Through thematic transformation, Cionco contrasts and ultimately resolves two emotional themes, creating a compelling musical narrative of struggle and hope. Brought to you by KPTZ, this concert will also be simulcast on 91.9 FM.
City Council Candidates
(Airdate: June 9, 2025) Attention Please! Host Charlie Bermant talked to the three declared candidates for the Port Townsend City Council position 1: Fred Obee, Mikki Porter, and Dylan Quarles, who seek to succeed retiring council member Ben Thomas. This is significant, as it is the only race that has a primary contest (the top two vote getters in the August 5 Primary will advance to the November 4 General Election).
(Airdate: June 6, 2025) Listen to the initial post of our newest show, In the Garden, with Julia Cordz, Barbara Faurot, Mary Beth Haralovich, and Dianna Wiklund. The show airs Thursday from 6-6:30pm.
County Connections
(Airdate: June 6, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Jefferson County Commissioner Heather Dudley-Nollette welcomed Jefferson County Clerk Amanda Hamilton as we learned more about what clerk’s office does for the residents of Jefferson County.
Brewocracy Now ~ 6/05/25
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro sat down with Port Townsend’s newest City Council member Neil Nelson.
The Bears Break Out
(Airdate: June 5, 2025 – The Bears Break Out)
Local News for 6/05/25
#726 The Wonders of Diversity
(Airdate: June 4, 2025) Nan Evans talks with Thor Hanson, biologist and author, to explore the wonders of biodiversity. Biodiversity is the variety of life on earth from genes and species to ecosystems. Biodiversity encompasses the interactions between all living things, animals (including humans), plants, fungi, microorganisms and the environments they inhabit and communities they create. Biodiversity has been attributed with holding the world together.
Local News for 6/04/25
