On the next Story Told, Michael McCusker delivers an original rant on the subject of America’s delicate and imperfect constitutional democracy. And from David Horowitz, in self explanatory fashion: “Vietnam Anti-war Protests and the Legacy of Social Movements.”
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Moons.
Join us for the next Around Our Schools program as we continue to learn about a local gem — the Tongue Point Job Corps Center. During this interview we speak with Amanda Lamb, Group Life Manager, Heidi Sather, Academic Manager, and Jon DeCourt, a current Job Corps student.
Please take your seats. . .class is about to start. Dan Gaffney, retired Seaside educator and principal, school Mac & Alana on the big show. Guess who gets an “A” and who gets detention?
Host Roger Rocka speaks with guest Denise Lofman, Executive Director of Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST).
Get your popcorn ready! Mac & Alana talk about The Goonies and Animal House – the two most asked about Oregon-Made Movies
Friday, September 10th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Artist Jody Miller opens her solo exhibit “Lone” at Lightbox Photographic Gallery in Astoria. Oil Painter Darren Orange with his new work in “Chrysalis” at Imogen Gallery in Astoria. Musician and co-chair of the Clatsop County Cultural Coalition on the 2022…
On the next Story Told, an original monologue from Michael McCusker about 9/11, not only referring to the so-called ‘war on terror,’ but also to the rise of Augusto Pinochet. Additionally, “Counter Babble,” by Judith Grifface, and “September 11ᵗʰ,” by Jessie Duncan. Finally, Kathryn Colbert and Julie F. Kay warns that “It’s time to brace ourselves for a world without…
Heat Dome by Sayce.
It’s Pepper Season! Picking a ripe peach Covid cooking fatigue
Friday, September 3rd at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Brian Bergman with the North Coast Big Band Labor Day concert in the Clatskanie City Park. Development Director Andrea Suarez & Board President Kimberley Speer-Miller on the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum Cottage Tour. Musicians Marisa Anderson…
Host Donna Quinn discusses the Astoria Nordic Heritage Park with her guest Judith A. Lampi, the Committee Chair.
On the next Story Told, a program of sweat and saltwater to celebrate Astoria’s foremost profession: the fisherman and fisherwoman, featuring “The Price of Fish” by Michael McCusker. Also from Michael, a journal excerpt, “Two Days Aboard the Albacore Trawler ‘Falling Star.’”
Friday, August 27th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Poet Mary Lou McAuley with her new book “Terra Obscura: Poems and Hidden Maps”. Board chair Jessi Just on the newly opened Heart of Cartm in Wheeler, OR. Rainmar Bartl with his book “The Best Thing That Ever…
MELISANDE by E. Nesbit read by Barbara Hansel.
Fall migration.
Mac & Alana share some local history and some fun facts about the Supreme Court.
As weekly COVID-19 case counts in Clatsop County continue to surge, primarily in unvaccinated residents, Clatsop County Commissioner Courtney Bangs sent a letter to Oregon Governor Kate Brown urging her to reconsider vaccine and mask mandates, especially, she said, with regard to schools. Bangs said in the letter, quote: “While the vaccine is a valuable…
On the next Story Told, “The Twenty-Sixth of August” will be when this program takes place, and it will also be the title of the first piece on this program, written by Leanora Murray. Additionally, “The Equal Rights Amendment,” from Michael McCusker, and from Tamim Ansary “History shows us that outsiders can never bring peace to Afghanistan.”
Trail hike part 2.
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Despite Surge, Hood to Coast is a Go
By Joanne Rideout. The Hood to Coast Relay Race will proceed this weekend, bringing thousands of runners to Seaside, during a time when COVID-19 cases are rising again and rural hospitals risk being overwhelmed. Rebecca Coplin is interim chief executive at Providence Seaside Hospital. “I would say that in many ways this is a typical…
by Jacob Lewin. Columbia Memorial Hospital says several patients have died there because they could not be transferred to larger, more specialized hospitals. These are not covid deaths, although it is overcrowding due to covid that kept them from getting treatment. In a brief statement made to the Astorian, Columbia Memorial’s CEO—Erik Thorson– says that…
Thelma Johnson Streat – a painter and dancer, who used her art to promote racial equity and education.
J.A. Merriman – a physician, civic leader, newspaper publisher, and Portland’s first Black doctor.
Aaron Brown – a lawyer, mentor, and Oregon’s first Black judge.
Geraldine Hammond – a long time Salem educator and the first Black school principal in the Salem-Keizer school district.
Friday, August 20th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Grammy nominated cellist Sergey Antonov & Liberty Theatre director Jennifer Crockett on the Third Dimension music festival with The Hermitage Piano Trio & guests. Eeva Lantela, owner of DragonFire Gallery, and Daniel Dancer, founder of Art for the Sky,…
Mac & Alana welcome Norm Kujala this week to discuss fishing and growing up on the Columbia. Tune in and learn what a “skunk roller” is!
On the next Story Told, Michael turns eighty years old on the exact day of this program, and for the occasion, he shares “The Summer of Love and War.” Also recognized are the southpaw, counter-clockwork, left-handed, “Children of Satan.”
Friday, August 13th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Artist and coordinator Bette Lu Krause and PAA president JoAnne Webster and others, on site at the Peninsula Summer Studio Tour. Marble sculptor MJ Anderson on her dual exhibit “To the Ends of the Earth” at Imogen Gallery in…