Attention Please!

(Airdate: April 26, 2019) This week we take a stroll through Port Townsend’s wonderful Farmer’s Market, that vibrant community hub where every Saturday from early Spring to the end of Autumn most of the town congregates out in front of the Community Center on Tyler street for a few hours in the hopes not only of snagging a basketful of fresh seasonal produce or perhaps a locally produced craft item that may become a treasured heirloom, but of running into an old friend or making a new connection, or sitting on the lawn and listening to live music.

(Airdate: April 12, 2021) The AAUW Home & Kitchen Tour happens April 23-25 in a virtual format, online. Pass holders may tour a number of homes, condos, and 2 ship galleys. The event supports the AAUW Scholarship Program, and has been happening annually for 24 years. Larry Stein talks with two long-time participants in the event and the AAUW, Cheryl Bentley and Jean Stastny.

(Airdate: April 5, 2021) Phil Andrus interviews PT Main Street Director Mari Mullen and First Federal Community Foundation Board member Cindy Finnie about downtown Buskers on the Block.

(Airdate: March 29, 2021) Phil Andrus interviews Shelly Leavens of the Jefferson County Historical Society and Carol Swarbrick Dries, talking about the “Lillian Carter” movie.

(Airdate: March 22, 2021) This week on Attention Please! we speak with Key City Public Theater Artistic Director Denise Winter and Seattle-based actor Barbara Callander about a play called May’s Vote, based on the real-life figures of two suffragettes, May Arkinwright Hutton and Emma Smith Devoe, who led the fight for women’s right to vote in Washington state in the early 20th century. The play, written by Toni Douglass for the 1989 Washington State Centennial, is being presented in a series of free online performances in honor of Women’s History Month by the Jefferson County Historical Society and a number of other sponsors.

(Airdate: March 8, 2021) Larry Stein talks with Teresa Verraes, Executive Director, and Michael D’Alessandro, Exhibits Director, of Northwind Art. Northwind Art is the new name for the merged PT School of the Arts and Northwind Arts Center, which was completed in January of this year.

(Airdate: March 1, 2021) Attention Please! features She Tells Sea Tales, a production of the Northwest Maritime Center, this year in its COVID-19-safe online venue. Joining Attention Please! host Phil Andrus will be STST coordinator Kelley Watson, and Sharon Albert, a performer this year, and Barb Trailer, a past performer.

(Airdate: February 22, 2021) KPTZ News Director Steve Evans talks with Heather McRae-Woolf, Program Manager and Lead Instructor for the Benji Project, the youth mental health organization founded six years ago after the suicide death of then fifteen-year-old Benji Kenworthy to help young people deal with the psychological threats presented by an increasingly challenging world through teaching techniques of mindfulness and building self-compassion. Learn more at https://www.thebenjiproject.org.

(Airdate: February 8, 2021) Janine Boire, Executive Director of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, talks with KPTZ host Larry Stein. Our beloved learning, research and activity center on the beach at Fort Worden is buzzing with activity, even though the Science Center itself must be closed for in-person visits. Nonetheless, you can participate in a Virtual Beach-Walk or Clean-up – Track the growth of Tiny the octopus or baby abalone in the Aquarium – attend the annual Benefit Auction for the MSC. Check in at their website.

(Airdate: February 1, 2021) Wooden Boat Festival Director Barb Trailer presents the Wooden Boat Festival’s “Ask an Expert” Online Winter Series of workshops and ponders options for the 2021 Wooden Boat Festival.