Poems for Company – September 25th, 2023

“Advice”: Have you ever urged anyone to procreate?  If so, what motivated you to do that?  Today’s episode presents poems that offer direct advice, not only about when to have children and why, but also about what to eat, how to interact with others, and additional concerns.  Shakespeare, Sonnet # 3.  Catherine Tufariello, “Useful Advice,” from Keeping My…

ARTS – Live & Local! September 15 2023

Friday, September 15th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Musician, Educator, Author Dr. Lois Hassell-Habtes and Culture Bearer Glen ‘Kwabena’ Davis offer Traditional Caribbean Storytelling at the Larsen Center in Astoria; joined by host Lori McDonald. Cannon Beach Library Office Manager Jennifer Dixon on the Annual Fall Celebration and extensive…

ARTS – Live & Local! September 08 2023

Friday, September 8th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Sam Dinkowitz and Actors Gigi Chadwick & John Hoff with Macbeth at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Painters Darren Orange & Justin L’Amie with their new exhibits at Imogen Gallery in Astoria. Photographer Julie Moore with ‘Luminosity: An Elemental…

Talk of Our Towns, September 07 2023

Join host Donna Quinn on “Talk of Our Towns” for a lively and thoughtful discussion about enhancing sensitive communication in our daily interactions with others during these challenging times.  Her guests for Thursday, September 7th are: Katelyn Staecker, a licensed clinical social worker/psychotherapist in private practice in Astoria and trainer of the healing method, IFS, Internal Family Systems …

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…