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Gabriel Diamond

(First airdate: February 25, 2016) Pleasures and Treasures host Marcia Perlstein interviews Gabriel Diamond, filmmaker and son of Sandy Diamond, noted Port Townsend poet and artist who recently passed away.   This is a companion piece to a re-broadcast (see above) of Marcia’s interview with Sandy Diamond from 2012.

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NEA Chair Jane Chu

(airdate: February 17, 2016) Jane Chu, the Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, toured Port Townsend and Seattle, along with US Representative (WA 6th Dist) Derek Kilmer, and ARTS/WA Chair Karen Hanan.   They visited Centrum and Copper Canyon Press, and stopped by KPTZ studios to talk about the NEA and its current initiatives.

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Julie Christine Johnson

(airdate: February 24, 2016) Host Cris Wilson talks to Port Townsend author Julie Christine Johnson about her new book In Another Life.

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Special Interview by Larry Stein

JANE CHU, Chair of National Endowment of the Arts, DEREK KILMER, US Rep. 6th District, KAREN HANAN, Chair of Washington Arts Commission…toured Centrum, Copper Canyon and PT on Tuesday. They stopped by KPTZ for a conversation with Larry Stein.
Listen Thursday 2/18 at Noon, Saturday 2/20 at 11am… or on our podcast page

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#100 Saturday Vet Events

Simon deVoil and Brandon Denning talk about the Saturday Vet Event at the Community Boatbuilding Project in Port Hadlock. Military veterans are invited to help build or repair boats or other projects, row, sail, and share lunch. Saturdays 9-3 at the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding.

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Rikki Ducornet

Host Sheila Bender conducts an in-studio interview with Port Townsend’s Rikki Ducornet, novelist, poet and painter, and discusses her development as a writer and how she teaches new writers.

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#247 Citizen Science: Tracking Trumpeter Swans

Host Mary Robson conducts a phone interview with Bob Boekelheide —birder extraordinaire—and learns about the lives of trumpeter swans. Closing music is “Trumpeter’s Lullaby,” performed by Richard Hayman and his orchestra.

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#246 Land to be Saved

Host Mary Robson conducts an in-studio interview with Erik Kingfisher, Stewardship Director for Jefferson Land Trust, and discusses how they work to save land for the public good. Closing music is “The Kingfisher,” performed by Schooner Fare.

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#99 Women in Black

Join members of Women in Black in a conversation about why they stand in silence on Water Street, Mondays 1:30-2:30. They stand for peace – in the home, the family, the community, the world. They stand in witness for the victims of all forms of violence.

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Compass for the Week of February 1

This week on the Compass we learn from a rescue professional more than any mariner hopes to ever need to know about how to deal when disaster strikes at sea.

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