Friday, November 5th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Musicians Brian Bergman & Dennis Hale on the North Coast Symphonic Band’s 42nd season opening concert at the Liberty Theatre. Fused glass artist Christine Kende with the Astoria Art Loft series of Children’s Art Workshops. Richard Motchman with his…
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After disrobing from your Halloween garb, prepare to doll up for climate summit pageantry on the next Story Told with Michael McCusker. Also, Rebecca Willis asks “Is democracy up to the task of climate change?” Finally, Dr. Robert Brake asserts (correctly) that “Monopoly is not just a board game.”
Host Donna Quinn interviews former investigative journalist William Dean, who has just published his debut suspense novel “Dangerous Freedom”. Set in the Pacific Northwest, Astoria in particular, Bill moved to Astoria last year from the East Coast and wrote “Dangerous Freedom” during the pandemic. “Dangerous Freedom” is inspired by a true story from his days…
King Tides.
Cooking fails and Thanksgiving Plans. Welcome to November!
Friday, October 29 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Painter & installation artist Paul Rutz & CCC art instructor & gallery director Kristin Shauck on new exhibit “Being Moved” at the Royal Nebeker Gallery. The duo Adams & Costello present their new album at The Coaster Theatre in Cannon…
On the next Story Told, a seasonally thematic piece by Iris Wilde, “Burning Witches.” And, in honor of what would be Josephine McCusker’s 109ᵗʰ birthday, “Happy Birthday Mother,” written by Michael McCusker.
Forest Bathing
Marian Soderberg joins Mac & Alana for their best show ever. Norwegian immigrants, school counselors, Hope House, Assistance League, and Cruise Hosts. . .this show has it all.
Friday, October 22nd at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Author & historian Sydney Stevens with her latest book “Historic Haunts of the Long Beach Peninsula”. Founder & director Ron Craig on the Astoria International Film Festival showing at the Liberty Theatre. Executive director Madeline Matson & Curator…
Friday, October 15th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Multidisciplinary collaborative artists Anna Daedalus & Kerry Davis with Palūs, a meditation on the tidal wetland by their home in Rosburg, WA. Writer Heather Hirschi hosts First Person: Authors Talk, a monthly conversation at KALA in Astoria; Oct with…
On the next Story Told, in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness month, “Women in Crisis,” written by Leeann Jones Kelly in 2005 as a reflection on the Women’s Crisis Centers’ 25ᵗʰ year in operation. Also, “Beating Her Up,” by Michael McCusker. Finally, Karen Mellin reassures that “You Are Not Alone.”
Graham Nystrom hosts a conversation focused on Domestic Violence Awareness Month with guests Terri Steenbergen, ED of the Harbor, and Chris Hoover and Amber Bowman, the chair and secretary of the DV Council respectively.
Cooper’s Hawk
Beef Stroganoff Wild Rice Candy Corn
This show is electric! Mac & Alana explore the history of electricity – how and when it came to Astoria. Better get some sunglasses – those arc lights are bright!
Story by KMUN Correspondent Jacob Lewin [Scroll down to listen] Astoria city officials are upbeat about compliance with the city’s covid vaccine mandate. Next Monday is the deadline and 89% of staff have been vaccinated. Others are in the process of being vaccinated or have been exempted but are working under restrictions. Fire Chief Dan…
Volunteer firefighters in Warrenton have had a change of heart. A month ago, city officials feared that most of them would resign rather than be forced to get vaccinated. Today the situation is very different. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports: [Scroll down to listen] The city of Warrenton has 20 volunteer firefighters, three paid staff, and…
October’s Around Our Schools program continues our interests in the Tongue Point Job Corps Program. We interview Kris Saulsbury, Career and Technical Trades Manager, and Cisco Martinez, a current Job Corps student. Kris will explain how career and technical trade training work and he will describe what a week in the trades looks like for…
On the next Story Told, as Columbus Day now gets eclipsed by Indigenous People’s Day, Michael McCusker reads an original screed, “Hello Columbus,” and to elucidate the continual oppression of Native Americans, from John Mohawk, “Native Americans and the Right to Survive.”
Abigail Scott Duniway, Jesse Applegate and Richard Neuberger each helped to shape the Oregon we know today. We get to know them in Eminent Oregonians, a new book published by long time Daily Astorian editor and publisher Steve Forrester.
This week Mac & Alana spend some time chatting with Leah Griffith, who comes from a long line of candy-makers in Clatsop County and whose grandfather was the Seaside Police Chief. Somehow, hand-crank phones, Scott Bakula, Jimmy Carter, and Saturday Night Live all work their way into the conversation.
Friday, October 8th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Benz and Chang with “Islands”, psychological portraits in watercolor, at the RiverSea Gallery for Astoria Art Walk. Dave Ambrose on the Netel Grange celebration and fun/fundraiser; plus ACCC happenings. Local artists Sally Lackaff & Roger Hayes on life…
Administrators from Clatsop County school districts weighed in at a press conference Wednesday about what seems to be a successful school year so far, as COVID-19 continues to define how adults and children interact outside of home. Joanne Rideout reports. [Scroll down to listen] “I think the community needs to understand the details that we…
On the next Story Told, a biased and skewed chronicle of human devolution by Michael McCusker titled “Homo Evolvianus.” Also, from David Horrowitz, “History and Critical Theory.” And to end the program, from the late poet-laureate Howard Nemerov, “Magnitudes.”
Host Donna Quinn interviews Will Caplinger, an ISA Certified Arborist who studied Classical Bonsai with the master Yuji Yoshimura and holds a master’s degree in Plant Geography from the University of California at Davis.
Teresa Retzlaff interviews local journalist Katie Frankowicz about her journey as a fledgling gardener in Astoria over the past few years, and the joys and lessons it has brought to her.
Barred Owl.