This week on the Compass we listen in as the Jefferson County Planning Commission deliberates its response to a ten-year planning process for a Brinnon Master Plan Resort, and we chat with one of the founders of the brand-new Peninsula Homecare Collaborative.
Host Debaran Kelso interviews Dr. Jerry Freilich in the second part of a discussion about diversity. Closing music is “Stayin’ Alive,” performed by the Bee Gees.
(Reprise airdate: February 22, 2016) In Memoriam – Marcia Perlstein’s interview with artist, poet and musician Sandy Diamond, who passed away recently in Port Townsend. This Pleasures and Treasures interview was originally recorded in 2011. The reprise of the interview is introduced by Gabriel Diamond, Sandy’s son.
(First airdate: February 25, 2016) Pleasures and Treasures host Marcia Perlstein interviews Gabriel Diamond, filmmaker and son of Sandy Diamond, noted Port Townsend poet and artist who recently passed away. This is a companion piece to a re-broadcast (see above) of Marcia’s interview with Sandy Diamond from 2012.
(airdate: February 17, 2016) Jane Chu, the Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, toured Port Townsend and Seattle, along with US Representative (WA 6th Dist) Derek Kilmer, and ARTS/WA Chair Karen Hanan. They visited Centrum and Copper Canyon Press, and stopped by KPTZ studios to talk about the NEA and its current initiatives.
(airdate: February 24, 2016) Host Cris Wilson talks to Port Townsend author Julie Christine Johnson about her new book In Another Life.
Simon deVoil and Brandon Denning talk about the Saturday Vet Event at the Community Boatbuilding Project in Port Hadlock. Military veterans are invited to help build or repair boats or other projects, row, sail, and share lunch. Saturdays 9-3 at the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding.
Host Sheila Bender conducts an in-studio interview with Port Townsend’s Rikki Ducornet, novelist, poet and painter, and discusses her development as a writer and how she teaches new writers.
Host Mary Robson conducts a phone interview with Bob Boekelheide —birder extraordinaire—and learns about the lives of trumpeter swans. Closing music is “Trumpeter’s Lullaby,” performed by Richard Hayman and his orchestra.
Host Mary Robson conducts an in-studio interview with Erik Kingfisher, Stewardship Director for Jefferson Land Trust, and discusses how they work to save land for the public good. Closing music is “The Kingfisher,” performed by Schooner Fare.
