“Winter Shore Birds”
Episode
Mac & Alana share some more stories from local Clatsop County citizens serving in the Pacific in World War II. Plus, Alana forgets a special anniversary, Mac reveals his favorite Monkee, and why he doesn’t like Popeye.
Friday, January 14 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Author Tina Ontiveros with her award winning memoir ‘rough house’ & Nancy McCarthy on the Cannon Beach Library’s NW Authors Series and upcoming events. Artist Marcia Wilson with her exhibit at Bay City Arts Center focused on nature & animal portraiture….
On the next Story Told, the first of two parts in Michael McCusker’s original dystopian short story; a mixture of Orwell’s authoritarianism and Robert Heinlein’s warnings of theocracy to make “Evangelica 5440.”
Clatsop County held an online press conference about COVID trends and testing. The County is bracing for an Omicron surge. By Joanne Rideout [Scroll down to listen, script below] Judy Geiger is vice president of patient care services at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Judy Geiger: “We’ve seen an uptick in COVID but it’s staying…
“Go Outside”
On the north side of Commercial Street in Astoria – between 10th and 11th streets – is a building housing the Beacon Clubhouse and Filling Empty Bellies. The two organizations are filling gaps in the community – meeting vital needs – but they serve and attract homeless people and that has caused concern from some neighbors….
Dr. Chelsea Vaugh, Clatsop County Historical Society Curator, discusses two temporary exhibits at the Heritage Museum: “Blocked Out: Race and Place in Making of Modern Astoria” and an exhibit about the 1922 Fire that destroyed downtown Astoria. Plus, Mac picks on Florida.
Friday, January 7 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Painter blis, aka Kristen Nekovar, artist-in- residence, with ‘the mess and the minutiae’ at Astoria Visual Arts. Printmaker and art educator Miki’ala Souza with ‘Ao’, her second solo show at Imogen Gallery.
Host Donna Quinn conversates with Katelyn Staecker, Astoria based Internal Family Systems Therapist and Trainer. Their theme is “Moving into the New Year with Grace and Gratitude.”
On the next Story Told, Politifact’s 2021 lie of the year: “Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance.” Also, Michael congratulates Joanne Rideout on her countless years of KMUN service, and mourns her retirement.
Hosts Teresa Retzlaff and Jessica Schleif talk deep winter, uncharacteristically cold and snowy coastal weather, and the process of letting go when nature makes its own decisions.
Winter Blooms
World Peace Cookies plus new, favorite salad dressings
Mac & Alana kick off the New Year with resolutions, a driving lesson, oleomargarine, and things turning 100 this year.
Friday, December 31ST at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Clay artist David Campiche, Painter Rhonda Grudenic and Photographer/Writer Dwight Caswell with “Seeking the Sacred” at RiverSea Gallery. Musician & Sound engineer Nevada Sowle with the art of a life of music.
Friday, December 24th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Astoria School of Ballet’s founder and director Margaret Wall with the ‘Gift of Dance’ program and more. Fisher, Writer and Poet Dave Densmore on his writings, aspirations, life.
On the next Story Told, from the KMUN vault, an excerpt of the final Words Words Words program, hosted by Dire Day, as transcribed and read by Michael McCusker. And in closing for this year, “Resolutions for 2022,” which are, exactly the same as the previous resolutions
Clatsop County hospitals are bracing for yet another Covid-19 surge. That’s due to the Omicron variant. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has this report: [Scroll down to Listen:] Oregon Health Sciences University’s top forecaster is projecting that Omicron covid hospitalizations will soon surge to 17-hundred per day statewide, up from a peak of 12-hundred with the delta…
Antlers.
Mac & Alana welcome Sari Hartman to “Interesting Things That Happened in the Past”. . .the name of the show when it airs in Finland. Sari shares memories of growing up in Astoria as a Finnish immigrant.
Host and farmer Teresa Retzlaff interviews gardener and artist Linda Cochran about her work with native plants on the northwest coast, from a beautifully curated garden on Bainbridge Island to Port Ludlow on the Olympic Peninsula.
On the next Story Told, a Christmas-adjacent program featuring Santa Claus, who’s recently been suspected of smuggling cocaine across the boarder from the North Pole in “Snowtime for Santa.” Also, an excerpt from “The Complete Kwanzaa: Celebrating Our Cultural Harvest,” by Dorothy Winbush Riley. And finally, by Michael McCusker, “Born to be a Rebel.”
Season Wishes
Mac & Alana do some serious investigative reporting when they are joined by Erik Thorsen, CEO of Columbia Memorial Hospital. The result? We discover Erik’s secret alias!
Friday, December 17TH at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Writer and host Heather Hirschi with author Robert Michael Pyle for First Person: Authors Talk at KALA. Writer Mark Mizell & artist Stirling Gorsuch with their new book “What Are The Chances?” Marcy Dunning, president of Clatsop Animal…
On the next Story Told, Michael McCusker delivers an original rant pertaining to the Bill of Rights. Also, from Dr. Robert Brake, “The Bill of Rights: America’s Greatest Afterthought?” And finally, “Mark Meadows has already established a coup plot. Do we care enough to stop him?,” written by Jennifer Rubin.
Host Sara Meyer talks with Social Emotional Learning Coach for the Astoria School District, Jenni Newton. Jenni describes what SEL is, how it’s used in the classroom, and why it’s an important tool and framework for students of all ages.
Welcome to the Human Beat! I’m Roger Rocka. Clatsop Community Action is a non-profit agency that has been providing services to low-income residents of the county for over 30 years. CCA tries to help people meet their critical needs like shelter and food. Their clients include people who are homeless. The executive director of Clatsop…