On the next Story Told, Michael McCusker focusses on a war forgotten in American history, sandwiched between WWII and Vietnam, in “Total War Fatigue.” Additionally, by Dr. Robert Brake, “War & Peace,” and in lieu of Juneteenth now being recognized as a federal holiday, Michele Norris asks “Here come the Juneteenth nicknacks. Where are the lesson plans?”
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Today’s topic of Conversation is Historic Preservation.
Friday, July 2nd at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Coaster Theatre Executive Director Patrick Lathrop directs Shakesperience Sixty Second Shakespeare and Katherine Lacaze directs Mystery Hour The Case of the Coaster Clambake at the Cannon Beach Park all summer. Visual Artist Bette Lu Krause and Singer/Songwriter/Musician…
Hermit Thrush.
Friday, June 25th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Dr. Mark Ross Clark, Professor of Music and Theatre and Artistic Director of the Astoria Apprentice Artist Program; on the 2021 Virtual & Phenomenal program and the Final Astoria Concert. Artist, writer and fourth generation Astorian Ali…
Memorial Day special, May 2021.
Mac & Alana spend some time talking about the Stonewall Riots, this week in local history, and Bruno the Seaside Lifeguard Dog. Plus, Mac gets distracted by the word “produce.”
Killdeer.
Linda and Merianne celebrate summer produce and share cookbook pet peeves.
It’s prom time! Steve Wright, Seaside City Councilor and President of the Seaside History Museum, is on hand to talk about the museum and the 100th anniversary of the Prom.
Friday, June 18th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Liberty Theatre Executive director Jennifer Crockett on the North Coast Performing Arts Alliance, 45th Parallel Universe Orchestra and A Block Party. Sarah Buckmaster, Astoria Visual Arts & Astoria Writers Guild newest Writer in Residence, on her work in progress,…
On the next Story Told, Michael McCusker presents a program balancing between the Magna Carta and Juneteenth, featuring, from Kenneth C. Davis “Juneteenth Is for Everyone.”
A biography of Grafton Tyler Brown – the first Black professional painter in the Pacific Northwest.
Over a year since the lock-downs, how has Covid changed the way we interact, do business. How has it changed our outlook. Did you gain a new skill, form a new habit?
Host Teresa Retzlaff talks about when things go wrong, and how to troubleshoot frustrating setbacks in the farms and gardens of the lower Columbia Pacific region.
Summer Solstice.
He is Oregon’s all-time winningest high school baseball coach. He has five state titles and seven state championship game appearances. 18 league titles, including 5-for-5 with Astoria High School. In 30 years of coaching, his teams never missed the playoffs. He took the Astoria baseball team to the state championship game four times and won…
Get ready for non-stop action. . .Clatsop Community Action! Mac and Alana learn all about the organization when they chat with Director Viviana Matthews. Plus, guess who cares about the anniversary of the Gong Show – Mac or Alana?
A conversation about joy and gratitude.
Friday, June 11th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Chairperson and Vocalist Dida DeAngelis tells all about Lower Columbia Q Center’s celebration of Astoria PRIDE. Artist Stan Peterson with “Out on a Limb” wood sculpture opening at Imogen Gallery for Astoria Art Walk. Ally Bruser and Thandi Rosenbaum…
On the next Story Told, as much about women’s rights as can be packed into a half hour, including, but not limited to, “Leaving abortion to the states makes them agents of oppression,” by Ruth Marcus, and also, “The Virgins of Spring,” by Michael McCusker.
Linda and Merianne announce the winners of the Covid Cooking Haiku contest!
Ok kids, class is in session. Local education legend Leila Collier is on hand to grade Mac & Alana. Alana gets an “A” for coming prepared, asking excellent questions, and being so charming. Mac gets an “F” for comparing the British Museum with the Clatsop County Historical Society and for needlessly plagiarizing from Vegas Vacation.
Friday, June 4th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! host Carol Newman speaks with: Helena Graves and Cheryl Capellen with the North Coast Chorale’s concert “A Belated 30th Anniversary” live at the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts. Artist Steph Littlebird, curator of “Phot Choch” featuring an all-Indigenous collection of traditional and…
A biography of America Waldo – a former slave and the matriarch of a northwest Black pioneer family.
A biography of Carrie Halsell Ward – the first Black graduate of Oregon State University.
Host Donna Quinn speaks with Shelby Meyers, Executive Director of the Astoria Sunday Market. They talk about all things Astoria Sunday Market including longtime and new vendors and the evolution of the market during CoVid times.
Part 2 of Mental Health, focusing on trauma and available treatment methods.
On the next Story Told, Michael takes a look at the “U.S.A. Today.” Additionally, a piece from Andrew Gawthorpe titled “Republicans are trying to rewrite the history of the capital attack. Don’t let them,” and from Coral Murphy Marcos “Five Oregon counties plot to move to Idaho to be with conservative friends.” Finally, poetry from the late, and great, Allen Ginsberg, “Falling Asleep…