(Airdate: August 16, 2021) In anticipation of their August 27 Candlelight Concert, pianist Sheila Harwood and cellist Pamela Roberts discuss their lives in music and the pieces they will play, including a Fantasy by Schumann recorded for Attention Please!. Beth Kissinger, of Trinity United Methodist Church, presents the concert, giving details for attending, which will be both livestreamed and broadcast on KPTZ.

(Airdate: August 9, 2021) Larry Stein speaks with Janine Boire, Exec. Director of the PT Marine Science Center, about their recently announced purchase of the Flagship Landing building on Water Street. Over the next 4-5 years, the Marine Science Center will move its offices, exhibition space, and most activities to this 130-year-old building on Water Street. The current Fort Worden location will remain part of PTMSC, focusing on field work and education programs.

(Airdate: August 2, 2021) Attention Please! for this day comes in two parts. The first brings Beulah Kingsolver, Executive Director of Dove House and Barbara Berthiaume, of Bluebills, with the subject being the golf tournament hosted by the Bluebills to benefit Dove House. You’ll hear a few words about Dove House, a few words about the Bluebills, and background on the golf tournament scheduled for the Port Ludlow Golf Course on August 27.
The second part of this Attention Please! brings producer Carla Powell, director Consuelo Bremen and cast members Peter Sanok and Tenzin O’Neill to tell of the movie in which they are involved, the production of Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens, a project of Olympic Peninsula Home Connection.

(Airdate: July 26, 2021) Attention Please! was on hand at the ground-breaking ceremony for Seventh Haven, the first new publicly-supported affordable housing project to come to Port Townsend in many years. KPTZ’s Steve Evans talked with Olympic Community Action Program Executive Director Cherish Cronmiller about how the project came about, and who it will benefit.

(Airdate: July 19, 2021) The July 19 Attention Please! opens with an interview of Ian Weedman about the July 21 memorial for famed rigger Brian Toss. In the second part, Shelly Leavens and Maria Coryell-Martin join host Phil Andrus to talk about current Jefferson County Historical Society projects, with particular emphasis on Ms. Coryell-Martin’s exhibit titled “Witnessing Climate Change”.

(Airdate: July 15, 2021) Larry Stein talks with two members of the team that produces Strait Up, a magazine by and for people of the Northeast Olympic Peninsula. Justine Gonzalez-Berg is Editor-in-Chief, Arendt Speser is a member of the Editorial Collective. Strait Up covers Arts, Social Issues, Poetry, Interviews, Photography, and more. Issue 5 / Summer 2021 is on sale now in various places in the region where local journals, books, newspapers, publications are available.

(Airdate: July 5, 2021) The first Attention Please! of July began with a brief overview of the series “Friday Night Jazz at the Castle”, illustrated with a song by organizer Jean Lenke. For the second part of the show, Peter Gariss and Candice Gohn describe Port Townsend’s largest flower garden, Gariss Gardens, and the accompanying Farmstand which is now open to the public. Along the way, Peter Gariss tells the history of Gariss Gardens, an historic working farm in the middle of Port Townsend.

(Airdate: June 28, 2021) KPTZ News Director Steve Evans talks with Eric Peterson, who came to Port Townsend with visions of farming for a living, but who realized that fulfilling his dream would necessitate total involvement with the local economy.

(Airdate: June 21, 2021) This month Chris Bricker, with co-hosts Port Commissioner Pam Petranek and Port Director Eron Berg, speaks with Deputy Port Director Eric Toews and Jeannie McMacken, organizer for the Quilcene Citizens Listening Tour set to launch on June 26. We talk about all things Port for the Quilcene community and the Herb Beck Marina Project.  Jeannie tells us that the listening has already begun, and it all made for an interesting and informative conversation for this month’s show.
Note: Our Working Waterfront will be moving to a new Friday time slot in July. Look for us at noon on July 16!

(Airdate: June 14, 2021) Larry Stein interviews Daniel Ferland, Music Director of PT HIgh School, about another local music venture he is establishing. YEA Music is a series of 5-day summer camps at the end of June, July, and August.  Camps will offer music instruction for students entering 5th to 12th grades.  No previous music experience is necessary. Camps will be held at Fort Worden. These camps are inspired by the very successful El Sistema program that started in Venezuela, and has spread around the world.