Friday, January 13th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Artist & Educator Jo Pomeroy-Crockett, co-owner of Art Loft and Dots ’N Doodles in Astoria, with an update on both. Writer, Dancer, Performance Artist Susan Grace Banyas, author of The Hillsboro Story, is featured at Warrenton Community Library After…
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An outright partisan program featuring “There are no moderate House Republicans,” written by Jennifer Rubin, supplemented by original writing from Michael McCusker. Also, effective January the first, “Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon,” written by Andrew Jacobs. Finally a tribute to Jack London, from McCusker.
Snowy Owl
Roger Rocka shares his interview with local historian Carlton Appelo, who passed away in 2019.
Host Marianne Monson interviews guest writer Elisa Carlsen of Astoria.
Mac & Alana realize their lives are not really hectic at all after chatting with “Janitor Josh”
Friday, January 6th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Nancy McCarthy with ‘Hemingway at the Beach’ and more at the Cannon Beach Library. India Downes-Le Guin, Executive Director of the Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita, with a full update. Director Edward James & performer Terri…
This weeks Talk of Our Towns discusses the upcoming Columbia River Shipwreck Conference at Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria which takes place on February 4, 2023. Guests will be Chris Dewey, Shipwreck Archaeologist and Bruce Jones, Deputy Director of the Columbia River Maritime Museum.
Semi-coherent but original musings compiled for the new year by Michael McCusker. Also, from Jim Dott, “How Anna’s Hummingbirds Conquered Winter.” Finally, Colbert I King claims that there’s “No resolutions for me.”
This is a special program put together by the up-and-coming journalists and critics at the West Exchange School in Astoria, Oregon. Thank you to Sarah Cobb and the rest of the W.E. newsroom for their hard-hitting articles, reviews, and jokes! This program was produced by Emma Geddes, along with interviewer Skyler Butenshon and music director…
Teresa and Jessica discuss what people can do, and not do, for their gardens in this windy, icy winter season.
Winter Wildlife Habitat
Linda and Merianne talked about, faulty kitchen appliances, the brilliance of bar towels and Linda’s cookbook problem.
Mac & Alana ring in the new year with a list of stuff turning 100 in 2023. . .and somehow Mac manages to mention Cracker Jacks, Ferris Wheels, and a serial killer
Friday, December 30th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Madeline Matson, Executive Director of the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco on ‘The Heart of the Museum: The Aura of Objects’. Poets Robert Michael Pyle and Florence Sage share new and seasonal poems. Jim Dott reads his…
Michael McCusker ends 2022 with a collection of refined ruminations in “The Millennium Is Us.” Also, by the late Dr. Robert Brake, “The Politics of Kindness.”
Eelgrass
What do you think of the remarks by the old people you know? Do they offer wisdom? Do they complain? Are they forward-looking? Are they funny? The seven poems featured on this episode offer a variety of responses. William Matthews, “Grandmother Talking,” from Search Party: Collected Poems, ed. by Sebastian Matthews and Stanley Plumly, Houghton Mifflin…
A very special Christmas edition explodes with cuteness
King Tides
Mac & Alana chat with retired educator and trail blazer John Meyer. Spoiler alert: Alana tells us how Titanic ends.
Friday, December 16th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Jazz Singer, Songwriter, Composer Lauren Kinhan in concert at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach; with Executive Director Patrick Lathrop on the 2023 Season. Kelly Ragsdale, Managing Director of the Columbia Theatre in Longview WA, on Finnegan Blue’s Irish Christmas &…
A smattering of articles, poetry, and commentary, such as Paul Waldman’s “Truth can defeat ‘gaslighting,’ but not always.” Gaslighting being Merriam-Webster’s 2022 word of the year. Also, Jeremy Plester asks “Could hemp be a key tool in the fight against climate change?” Finally “Tribute: The Goddess of Liberty,” by Michael Horowitz.
Chickadees
Roger Rocka interviews three local students about their experiences with 4H.
Dayle Olson of the Writers Guild interviews local author and playwright Jan Bono.
Mac & Alana talk about the history of Plum Pudding. Pay attention or you might miss the special guest appearance by someone passing themselves off as British.
Friday, December 9th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Featured Watercolor Artist Noel Thomas at the RiverSea Gallery for their 25th Anniversary; with Poet Patricia Staton Thomas. Singer/Songwriter/Musician Kathryn Claire with “Winter Songs” in concert in Nehalem, Ilwaco & Astoria. Violinist, Teacher & Cofounder of the Columbia River…