Friday, MAY 7th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Margaret Wall, owner, director, choreographer of Astoria School of Ballet, with a Scavenger Hunt & Performance at the Liberty Theatre for Astoria Art Walk. Dinah Urell, creator of KALA Performance Space, and interview host Heather Hirschi introduces…
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May’s Talk of Our Towns focuses on the Wildlife Center of the North Coast. Host Donna Quinn’s guest is Executive Director Josh Saranpaa. They discuss the Wildlife Center’s Spring Open House and Native Plant Sale happening Saturday, May 8 from 10 am to 4 pm with guided tours (hoping to get folks to register for those…
On the next Story Told, a program focussing on two persons worthy of indelible respect: a woman, Loyola Marsef in “An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton,” and a man, Arthur Honeyman in “If Cripples Don’t Shape Up.”
Today’s conversation covers the Astoria Resource Fair, technology, vaccines and bystander intervention tips.
A biography of James Monroe Jones – an American expatriate who became one of the most celebrated gunsmiths in 19th century Canada.
A biography of Hiram “Hi” Gorman – a formerly enslaved Oregon settler who became a prominent figure in the Salem community.
A biography of Margaret Johnson Bailes – a legendary track athlete from Eugene.
Mike Patterson, a self-described “counter of things,” talks with host Teresa Retzlaff about his work in tracking migrant shorebirds, neotropical creatures, and more, throughout the north coast region.
The Banana Slug.
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Oregon’s Clatsop County Vaccine Update
By Joanne Rideout. COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue in Clatsop County, as the health department pushes toward herd immunity. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman said that last week the county administered close to 3,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine, including almost 1,000 second doses. “Twelve thousand five hundred people have now been…
Linda and Merianne talk about home cooking in the time of Covid. Listeners are invited to enter the Covid & Cooking haiku contest wherein we explore how things have changed in the kitchen during lockdown. Entries should be sent to foodtalkkmun@outlook.com. There will be prizes! Winner(s) to be announced in June.
Mac & Alana talk about World War I and how it still affects us today. For fun, keep track of how many words Mac mispronounces.
Friday, April 30th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Watercolor artist Gheri Fouts at Trail’s End Gallery for Gearhart First Saturday Art Walk Visual artist & poet Lucca Etienne “With a Voice of Stone” at RiverSea Gallery for Astoria Second Saturday Art Walk Vocalists, musicians & songwriters Merideth…
Special District Election coverage featuring candidates for 5 available seats on the Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation District (SEPRD).
On the next Story Told, Michael gives his annual May Day rant, simply titled “May Day 2021,” and, with the war in Vietnam ending on April 30ᵗʰ, forty six years ago, Michael opens the old wound again in “Winter Soldiers.” Finally the program ends with the canonization of freeform radio saint Bob Fass.
By Jacob Lewin. The Oregon Health Authority is calling it a fourth wave of covid and it may push a dozen or so counties into the extreme risk category. Clatsop will likely NOT be getting yet more restrictions, but the numbers here have also surged. Meanwhile the county is doubling down on its vaccination…
Dune Grass Restoration.
Friday, April 23rd at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Astoria Visual Arts Director Annie Eskelin on the 2021 Astoria Open Studios Tour call for artists. Sparrow Dance Company’s Julia Gingerich with videographer Colin Smith on “Creek – a Dance Film” on the KMUN YouTube Channel (https://kmun.org/kmuntv) Jordan Okoniewski…
By Joanne Rideout. COVID-19 vaccines will soon be more available than ever in Clatsop County. Officials hope that will help reverse a trend toward fewer people seeking a vaccine, even though the county is still far from the herd immunity needed to stop the pandemic. KMUN’s Joanne Rideout reports. At a Clatsop County…
By Joanne Rideout. COVID-19 vaccines will soon be more available than ever in Clatsop County. Officials hope that will help reverse a trend toward fewer people seeking a vaccine, even though the county is still far from the herd immunity needed to stop the pandemic. At a Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force meeting on…
Giant Flower Baskets & Starfish? That must mean Mac & Alana are chatting with Laurie Mespelt, Executive Director of the Seaside Downtown Development Association.
On the next Story Told, Michael observes another Earth Day come round, as climate conditions worsen the other three hundred-sixty four days out of the year. Also, “Earth’s Checklist,” a poem, by Margit L. Bowler, and lastly, Carl Safina and Paul Greenberg claim “We Need an Infrastructure Package for Nature,” in their New York Times article.
Over 50 people were in attendance on Wednesday when Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley held an online Clatsop County Town Hall meeting. To begin the meeting, Merkley praised the efforts of Clatsop Economic Development Resources success in distributing pandemic relief funds and personal protective equipment to hundreds of small businesses in the county, especially in…
KMUN News Department volunteer Jacob Lewin interviews candidates for the Clatsop Community College Board. And at the end of the episode, Jordan from The Harbor promotes their annual fundraiser called the Soup Bowl.
Host Teresa Retzlaff interviews Julia Wentzel, Program Coordinator for Tillamook and Clatsop County Master Gardeners and Small Farms, and discusses the upcoming Clatsop Master Gardener Plant Sale, happening at the end of May.
Mac & Alana take a look at Immigration this week. And, as a bonus, Mac picks on Connecticut.
Refuge Truck.
Friday, April 16th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Eeva Lantela, owner of DragonFire Gallery, part of the Cannon Beach Spring Unveiling April 30-May 2 Myshkin Warbler and Jenny Qaqundah, artists in many realms, with life stories and a new Astoria establishment
On the next Story Told, Michael remembers when America’s tax day was 15 April in “Taxing the People’s Democracy.” Also, from Robert Brake, “Ahh . .Freedom,” and from Michael Kazin “The 1776 Follies.” Lastly, “What to do when Stopped by The Police,” published by Portland’s Black United Front in 1980.