Pre-fab Thanksgiving dinners, green beans, brussels sprouts, Linda’s tumble.
Episode
Winter Resident Birds
Friday, Nov 17th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Jeff Swanson & Actor David Sweeney with “Miracle on 34th St” at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach. North Coast Chorale Singers Darcy Molloy & Helen McClaine on the annual Messiah Singalong benefit for CCA Regional Food Bank at the…
Michael McCusker discusses US history and what he calls, the “wound at the heart of the American Dream.”  Also, a look at the ugly history of some bird names that has led to some species to be renamed. Â
Woolly Bear Caterpillars
Friday, Nov 10th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Curator Judith Altruda, Woodcarver Earl Davis & AVA Dir Annie Eskelin with Portrait of Eugene Landry & Contemporary Shoalwater Bay Tribe Artists & Writers @ Astoria Visual Arts Gallery. Musicians & Board members Pamela Fleming & Bill Britton and Soloist Diane…
Friday, Nov 3rd at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Edward James and Actors Nancy Watkins & Mark Erickson with ‘Alice In Wonderland’ at the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts. Arts Council of Clatsop County Board members Danyelle Tinker & Dave Ambrose on the National Arts & Economic…
Friday, Oct 27th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Liv Joyce and Dustin Nord, Coastal Oregon Arts Residents (COAR) sponsored by AVA & Recology, show their art from the dump in Astoria. Marianne Monson from The Writer’s Guild & Rocio Simmons from El Centro NW, with The Literary Ball &…
Friday, Oct 20th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Astoria Conservatory Artistic Director of Dance Sarah Cohen, Founder & Voice Teacher Lisa Nelson and Dancer/Actor Alex with Grimm Tales @ the Charlene Larsen Center. Â Cannon Beach History Center & Museum Directors Andrea Suarez-Kemp & Liz Scott and Tolovana Arts…
Friday, Oct 13th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Photographer Roger Dorband with his exhibit “No Place Like Home” at RiverSea Gallery in Astoria. CCC Art director Kristin Shauck & CCC Library director Dan McClure on the renewed articulation agreement with PNCA & exhibit at Royal Nebeker Gallery. Riverbend Players…
Steven Amaya speaks with Tom Jenkins
Roger Rocka speaks with Lifeboat Services director Oz Orak.
Host Marianne Monson speaks with author Brenda Cárdenas
Host Donna Quinn speaks with Marianne Monson, Founder and President of Writer’s Guild of Astoria. They discuss the Guild’s upcoming events and how the organization has grown and changed since Monson established it in 2017.
Michael McCusker commemorates Veterans Day with a look back at World War I, the ´war to end all wars,” which ended 105 years ago on November 11, 1918.
Fall Migration Songbirds
Teresa talks with KMUN News Director (and gardener) Katie Frankowicz about regenerative agriculture. Â
Wild mushrooms, Thanksgiving prep, gravy
In this week’s post Halloween show, Michael McCusker talks about the horrific practice of witch burning; and shares an eloquent and stunning essay he wrote about his Vietnam experiences as a soldier there in 1966, entitled, “Happy Birthday, Mother.”
Fly Agaric
Michael McCusker explores wide-ranging topics, from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Supreme Court’s views on social media and government. Â
Fall and Winter Bird Help
“Civilians in the First World War”: All four poems on today’s episode focus on civilians in the First World War, particularly women: how were they affected? Jessie Pope, “War Girls.” Siegfried Sassoon, “Glory of Women.” May Wedderburn Cannan, “Rouen.” E. E. Cummings, “my sweet old etcetera.” There are many fine anthologies that present poetry from…
Michael McCusker offers perspective on the history of revolutions in the US and Europe. Also, a hard look at issues of violence and sexual assault, in light of October’s designation as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.Â
Director Danyelle Tinker & actors Julian Painter & Connor Swan from The Ten Fifteen Theater’s original staged reading of “Bartow” in Astoria. Elsa & Dee Wooley with the Clatskanie Arts Council 34th annual Performing Arts Series and more. Author & Poet Cliff Taylor reads from “The Native Who Never Left” at the Hoffman Center for…
Brush RabbitsÂ
Teresa interviews Brooke McClain of Barking Dog Farm in Clatskanie.
Stir fry sauce, squash & citrus, coyotes & applesÂ
Michael McCusker shares uncomfortable truths about famous explorers, including Christopher Columbus, in honor of Columbus Day, and Captain Robert Gray, who named the Columbia River after his ship, the Columbia Rediviva.”Â