As we approach the shortest day of the year, we have more time to enjoy the colorful Christmas lights. Inside the KPTZ studio, our own Donn Trethewey chalks a colorful poinsettia for our enjoyment. So we thought we’d share it with you.
Happy Holidays, Everyone!
Early morning on solstice day Friday, we experienced a computer crash of the machine that encodes KPTZ’s programming for live streaming online. KPTZ’s engineering crew has summoned a master of Rivendell, and they’ve been working around the clock (well, almost) to find and configure another computer. As of Sunday morning, this service repair is still in progress.
If the forces of nature cooperate, KPTZ’s stream may hopefully be restored in time for our audience to listen online in time for Christmas, when we have some extra special holiday programs in store. Yet another reason KPTZ greatly appreciates your year-end donations to the Good Ship 91.9 FM!
We regret any inconvenience caused by not being able to hear shows like Tossed Salad and Dance Party in Your Living Room for the past couple of days, and appreciate your patience.
11:30am Sunday Update: The live stream is back up! Thanks to our expert engineering team, we are back on the audible internet. Enjoy!
What better way to celebrate the Winter Solstice than to spend an afternoon with Phil Andrus and these Tossed Salad guests:
1:00 – Dawn Martin, a life of music
2:00 – Cristina Manzoni and Marty Richards, of the Memory Cafe, Time Slips and “Dementia Friendly” programs
2:30 – John Cantion (St. Vincent de Paul Society) & Jean Hall (PUD Customer Service Manager) discuss poverty, utilities & helping those in need (with Scott Wilson)
3:00 – Tom Jay, “A Word and a Poem”
3:15 – Gabriel Diamond
3:45 – Harmonica Pocket: Keeth Apgar, Nala Wala, & Montana Apgar
4:25 – Heather Dudley Nollette reading My Father’s Chinese Wives” by Sandra Tsing Loh
(First airdate: December 19, 2018) Nature Now host Paul Ruben is joined by PHLUSH Program Manager Carol McCreary for a talk on enhancing water quality with waterless toilets. Paul and Carol will go over the basics of using composting toilets and potential benefits to public health.
(First airdate: December 18, 2018) DANIEL KNUDSON – FEASTING ON SEVEN FISHES. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Daniel Knudson, chef and resident cooking guru at Key City Fish. Daniel recounts his adventures through various Port Townsend restaurants – including the “paranormal” (or ghost) sightings that are common at venues such as the Manresa Castle. For this holiday season, Daniel explores the Southern Italian tradition of the Feast of Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve. We live in a seaport, so even if we are not all Italian we can try to cook like one (with Daniel’s recipes, of course)!
This week on the Compass we take you inside the only infant nursery in Jefferson County. If you’re a young parent who has babies … or a senior citizen who likes holding them … you’ll want to join us!
Phil Andrus, along with many other volunteers from KPTZ, will host Tossed Salad Holiday Extravanza on Friday, December 14 at the Jefferson County Museum at City Hall.
Click here for more information about this special program.
Featured acts will be:
12:10 – Shelly Leavens, Executive Director of the Jefferson County Historical Society
12:30 – Carla Main, with Dirk Anderson on bass and Kurt Festinger on sax and clarinet
1:15 – Norm Stevens – Historian
1:45 – Chuck Easton and George Radebaugh, dueling chromatics
2:15 – Denise Winter, Key City Public Theatre
2:30 – Max Grover, Artist
2:45 – Caribe Steel Band
3:30 – 4H Lizards + Kids
4:00 – PT Youth Chorus, directed by Leslie Lewis
4:30 – The Whiteout Drama troupe reading “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern
(First airdate: December 12, 2018) Part 2 of host Debaran Kelso’s talk with Scott Gremel, wildlife biologist for Olympic National Park, on the importance of non-forest habitats to wildlife on the Olympic Peninsula. Ending song: “The Only Boy Awake” by the Swedish singer-songwriter “Meadows”.
(First airdate: December 11, 2018) Sheila Bender talks via phone with California poet, novelist and Emeritus Professor Mary Mackey about her writing and her career efforts to advance environmental awareness and women’s opportunities to publish their writing.
(First airdate: December 11, 2018) Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can invites you to explore our city along with trail-blazing volunteers Lys Burden and Celeste May. Working to develop a walking and bike trail system along the historic path of Chief Chetzemoka’s life, one will discover signage informing the recreational user of a time long past. Learn how you can walk or bike through history in our town or simply contribute to this new project.
