ARTS – Live & Local! August 25, 2023

Friday, August 25th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests:   Bereniece Jones-Centeno, Artistic Director of the Cascadia Chamber Opera, is joined by Director Brendan Hartnett and Cast member Deac Guidi from the CCO Festival 2023’s production of Don Giovanni.   Managing Director Kelly Ragsdale with the 2023/2024 season at the…

Poems for Company – August 28th, 2023

Ancient Chinese Poetry: This show features the work of two poets.  Do they express concerns many of us think about in the 21st century?  Do they suggest how to adjust certain of our attitudes?  All the poems are from A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems, translated by Arthur Waley (Knopf, 1919).  (Many poems by these same authors…

ARTS – Live & Local! August 18, 2023

Friday, August 18th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Theater, Film & Television veteran George Dzundza directs Agnes of God presented by Rising Tide Productions at the NCRD Playhouse in Nehalem; Board member & Publicist Sue Neuer joins him.   Bereniece Jones-Centeno, Co-founder & Artistic Director of the Cascadia Chamber…

ARTS – Live & Local! August 11, 2023

Friday, August 11th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests:   Poet, Clay sculptor, Psychotherapist Willa Schneberg with her exhibit BOOKISH @ AVA; as well as her poetry collection THE NAKED ROOM.   Host of Skinnamarink & Bedtime Stories Debbie Twombly continues KMUN’s 40th anniversary celebration with a kids/family concert featuring…

A Story Told – August 10th, 2023

Michael McCusker delivers a program almost exclusively about Nuclear War. Including (but not limited to) “Forgotten Bomb, Forgotten City,” by Greg Mitchell. “Amid the Lovely and Lethal Remains,” by Ken Olsen. And on the 78ᵗʰ anniversary of the American nuclear attacks against Japan, Hiroshima’s mayor claims “Nuclear deterrence is folly.”  

Talk of Our Towns, August 04 2023

“Talk of Our Towns” Host Donna Quinn focuses on the Astoria Regatta Festival happening August 9-12.  Since 1894 Astoria Regatta has celebrated all things Maritime with boat races, parades, Coast Guard demonstrations and more. This year’s theme is “A New Wave”.  Donna’s guests are Michelle Murray, Vice President Astoria Regatta Association and Leah Boles, 2022…

A Story Told – August 3rd, 2023

Michael McCusker delivers rapid fire material! Including: “Putin is preparing for a major war,” by Jack Walls. “The Last Days of Mankind,” by Karl Kraus. “Why War Is Never a Good Idea,” by Alice Walker. “How to Write a Poem About Singing,” by Tracy McCusker. And a tribute to the recently passed Sinéad O’Connor, written by Una Mullally.

Poems for Company – July 24th, 2023

“Inanimate Objects”: Have you inherited an inanimate object that carries emotional weight?  Have you bestowed a name on your bicycle or your car?  The poems featured in this episode respond in a variety of ways to inanimate objects.  Leigh Stein, “What Happens If You Click It,” from What To Miss When (NY: Soft Skull Press, 2021).  Richard…