Yesterday's Out and About - Talking with Chris Jensen about Theater on the Verge's production of Torch Song

 

I really enjoyed my conversation with Chris Jensen. Chris is the producer of Theater on the Verge's production of Torch Song. You only have this weekend left to see this show. Torch Song has received such rave reviews.

The story behind the story of Torch Song is beautiful and so is the story of why Chris and director Troy Nickerson wanted to do stage this play (a first for our region). I love to hear how a team of creatives come together to make something beautiful and that comes through in this interview. 

If you missed the interview - here is a link https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_250729_160000b.mp3

Tickets to the show can be purchased here - https://www.simpletix.com/e/torch-song-tickets-215353. 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.  You can also subscribe to it as a podcast. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

 

Today on Out and About - Theater on the Verge's production of Torch Song

This is one of the most-talked-about shows in Spokane. The reviews have been excellent and it has gotten a lot of press. I will have folks on from the show today to talk about the story and the production. Looking forward to this conversation! 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. It streams over the Internet too from KYRS.org.  You can also subscribe to it as a podcast. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

A little walk around Green Lake

Walking around Green Lake in Seattle there were constant reminders that our nation is still a place where most people are decent, kind and honorable. This is what I learned as a kid in CCD.

There definitely is a dark force which wants us to be afraid, to be in hiding, to withdraw, or to respond to the destroyers with our own acts of destruction instead of responding with creative love. But, that's what we are called to do.

When I see people showing signs that they are doing that, it makes me happy!

ICE! Episode One - No. Your Other Right Hand...

 I've been working on this for the last week. I have a whole hopper full of episodes ready to write.

When I was a kid, I loved CHIPs and SWAT. These were the "good guys," and there was no ambiguity in my young heart as to what they were and how they fit in to what America was. I also really enjoyed Hogan's Heroes. I think ICE is kind of a mashup of the two. 

What happens when a respected law enforcement branch succumbs to authoritarianism? What happens when those who are supposed to enforce our laws violate our laws? What happens when they become the silly NAZIs on Hogan's Heroes? I tell you what happens. ICE! 

Maybe, this would be good live theater?

Haiku Friday July 25, 2025

 

Haiku Friday July 25, 2025

Machiavelli 

Could never have imagined 

Twenty twenty-five

Max Q

Now that god is dead

New characters audition 

Who will play the part 

 

Rikosan

Spud boys are twice baked

Their art sings and shines always

Devo in Concert!

Maeve

Yesterday's Out and About

Yesterday, I talked with Rusty Nelson. Rusty has organized events to help us mark the 80th year since the United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We talked about the bombings, their legacy and how they juxtapose against what we are currently experiencing here at home. We also discussed how people could join Veterans For Peace and the events that they are sponsoring. If you missed the show, here is a link to take a listen. https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_250722_160000b.mp3

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.  You can also subscribe to it as a podcast. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Today's Out and About - The 80 years since we've bombed Hiroshima.

This August 6th is the 80-year mark of the United Sates bombing of Hiroshima. What have we learned during this time? How will we remember this terrible anniversary? What are the warning for today? Rusty Nelson - cofounder of Spokane’s Peace and Justice Action League and member of Veterans for Peace will be in the studio to talk about this. 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.  You can also subscribe to it as a podcast. Thanks for listening! Maeve  

Haiku Friday - July 18, 2025

Haiku Friday July 18 2025

Early morning snack:

Sushi at 2:45. 

Maybe not so wise.

Max Q

A basket of grapes:

Bountiful fruit of the vine, 

Juicy, luscious, sweet. 

Max Q

It’s following me:

Apocalyptic Tesla. 

White, as expected.

Max Q

A culture ignored

Older than the pyramids

Now rediscovered

Bill

The machine we built

Through blind human ambition 

Harvesting our pain 

Rikosan

Divest from evil

Save money, and harvest joy

Fascist fixtures fall

Maeve

Yesterday's Out and About - The Inland Classical Theatre Radio Players perform a live, thirty-minute production of The Tempest!

I would say that this went off pretty well. There are some things that we will learn from this going into the future. But, all in all, this turned out great. The play lasted about 25 minutes actually. So because we had extra time, we have a little Q and A at the end too. Here is the link to the whole radio show. https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_250715_160000b.mp3

If you want to just hear the play itself, here is a link to that. https://spokanarama.com/ewExternalFiles/The%20Tempest%20on%20KYRS.mp3

Thanks for listening and thanks, as always, to my underwriters - Boots Bakery, Eastern Washington University, The Unitarian Universalist Church and the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.  

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.  You can also subscribe to it as a podcast. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Today's Out and About - A live 30 minute production of The Tempest!

 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Streaming at KYRS.org.  You can also subscribe to the show as a podcast. 

Thanks for listening and thanks, as always, to my underwriters - Boots Bakery, Eastern Washington University, The Unitarian Universalist Church and Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. 

Tomorrow is a REALLY BIG SHOW!

 

Tomorrow on Out and About. The Inland Classical Theatre Radio Players will be in the studio, twelve of them,  jammed into the studio to perform a 30-minute version of The Tempest. Yours truly will be running the sound effects board, the sound board, doing the narration, playing the spots and hosting. Yikes! This is going to be madcap. Perhaps, some hilarious mischance will ensue. 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.  You can also subscribe to it as a podcast. 

Thanks for listening and thanks, as always, to my underwriters - Boots Bakery, Eastern Washington University, The Unitarian Universalist Church and Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. 

Haiku Friday July 11 2025

The weeds grow even
Through the artificial turf. 
Where there’s will, there’s way. 

Max Q

I know what I ate
That made me gain all that weight:
Time to moderate. 

Max Q 

Can’t think of a thing
It’s haiku constipation
Need prunes for poems

Bill

Your fingers, stained
Sticky with indecision 
Soil, sweat, reaping hope

Laurel

 
The smells of summer
 Whatever way the wind blows
 Smoke is in the air 

 Rikosan

That deep place of peace
All good rooted in its soil
Onion’s Freedom Dance 

Maeve 

Yesterday on Out and About - Jenny Seibert

Yesterday I had my pal, and sister trans peep, Jenny Seibert on to talk about the present political situation. I had read a news article about a trans woman who got involved with the drag community in Texas. I had taken a somewhat negative spin on the article, whereas Jenny had a much more positive outlook on it. Thank you Jenny for helping me see this in a better light! 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.  You can also subscribe to it as a podcast. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

If you missed this episode, you can check it out at https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_2500708_160000b.mp3 

Also available as a podcast on the KYRS archive page. 

Today on Out and About - Jenny Seibert

What a fitting guest for radio - my trans sister. Get it? Yes, my pal Jenny and I will discuss many different subjects - the current state of affairs for LGBT folks, e-bikes, summer recipes, dressing for success and the Oracle of Delphi. 

This episode will provide air conditioning for your mind. Join us, won't you?

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS, found on your receiver dial at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. You can stream it live, or listen to archived episodes, from the World Wide Web at KYRS.org.  If so inclined, there you can also subscribe to the show as a podcast. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Onion can fly if they try

Sometimes you just have to root for them. 

Haiku Friday July 4, 2025

 

A mom passes on

Center of the family

Time for her to rest

Bill

The sun shines fiercely 

Through the east-facing window 

This summer morning. 

MaxQ

Sunflowers wilting

Under deadly summer skies: 

Untimely demise. 

MaxQ

Tree blossoms in Spring

Plum flowers turning to fruit 

Too many to count

Rikosan

Type a keyboard 4

Shift key makes a dollar sign

Happy July 4th

Maeve 

My mom died last Tuesday...

So, no guest for today's show.  I will play some music and hang out, but probably won't have a whole lot to say. My mom was my first CCD teacher (basically Catholic Sunday School). I remember the textbook she used was very beautiful, with poignant black and white photos and prose that really evoked a Jesus that  loved all people and wanted us to do the same. I believe the curriculum she taught really helped form who I am today. My mom continued throughout her life to model the words she taught me as a kid. She remained politically aware - active and appalled by what is going on in our nation - right until the very end. 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. You can also subscribe to it as a podcast. Thanks for listening! Maeve