Pride Parade Broadcast Tomorrow!

 

Robert Sevilla and I will be at the corner of Washington and Main bringing you the Spokane Pride Parade tomorrow (Saturday) at noon. Dana Matthews will be in the KYRS studio picking up our broadcast and blasting it over the KYRS airwaves. Tune into 88.1 or 92.3 fm or stream from KYRS.org for music and commentary.

Haiku Friday - June 13, 2025

On his golden throne, 

This Tyrannosaurus Rex

Shits fetid hubris.

Max Q

Shining tuxedo

Dance in perpetuity 

Beetle promenade 

Laurel 

An entire country

reduced to the level of

the lowest quartile

Bill

We are different

but put us all together

and we are stronger

Bill 

Revenge is a dish 

At the appropriate time

Best served with relish 

Rikosan

Pulling weeds in Magh Meall

Doing my part for Gaia

Did one just pull back!?!

Maeve

Yesterday's Out and About - Pia Hallenberg...

 

Yesterday, I had a conversation with journalist and activist Pia Hallenberg. We talked about the current anti-democracy efforts of the Trump Administration and how decent, honest people can push back against those machinations. We also talked about how she became an ally for the LGBTQ community. 

Her work has landed her a spot as this year’s Pride Parade’s ally grand marshal. Pia has also helped organize this Saturday's No-Kings/Stonewall Rally at the Lilac Bowl. On Saturday, the parade starts at noon and the rally is at 3 pm. Head out Saturday to Downtown Spokane and enjoy hanging out with thousands of kind and happy people. It will make you feel good!

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 

You can check out this episode at https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_250610_160000b.mp3 

Also available as a podcast on the KYRS archive page. 

Today on Out and About - Pia Hallenberg!

Today on Out and About, I will be talking with Pia Hallenberg. Pia is the ally grand marshal for the Pride Parade on Saturday and she's one of the organizers of the stonewall/No-Kings rally which takes place in the Lilac Bowl starting at 3 pm on Saturday, as well. Pride is going to be amazing this year! 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

A little Silver Space Sasquatch Softshoe

 

Haiku Friday - June 6, 2025

Little white Tesla:

Model T for bourgeoisie,

Status for the Plebes. 

Max Q

Rest now, traveler

Share this food, story, what’s yours 

You can sit with us

Laurel

You do not know me

Safe harbor, refuge, peace 

I do not know you

Laurel

When the flowers bloom 

The  wonders of sight and smell 

Reborn once again 

Rikosan

Sneezing in the wind 

Litany of impairment

Call and response plea

Maeve 

Yesterday's Show - Jeremy Whittington!

I had a great time getting caught up with my friend Jeremy Whittington yesterday on Out and About! Jeremy is the Program Director for Spokane Arts and is an amazing talent and wonderful human being. If you missed our conversation you can check it out at https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_250603_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 on Out and About - Spokane Arts Program Director Jeremy Whittington

Today on Out and About, I will be talking with my friend and “compagnon dans les arts” Jeremy Whittington. Jeremy is the Program Director for Spokane Arts. Spokane Arts has been in the local news lately. There is always a political component to making art - in the messaging, in the funding and in the performance/display of created works. How has the mission of Spokane Arts evolved during this national constitutional crisis? This is a topic that has really been on my mind lately. 

The United States has a long history of combating fascism with art. Human expression through created artistic works and performances always seems to be the undervalued tool that brings down oppressive regimes, often in the most lovely of fashions.

Jeremy is one of the smartest, talented, kindest, hard-working people I know, and I am really looking forward to hanging out with this wonderful human being. I think you would really get a boost to your afternoon if you did the same! 

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 

Five days left!

 

The bidding for my big-ole painting “Majestic Marmot Monologue” will conclude this Friday at 8 pm. Please see everyone’s lovely Brush on the Bluff artwork at this month’s First Friday show at the Spokane Art School Gallery, 503 E 2nd Ave.

Doors open at 5 and close at 8. There is plenty of free parking there too. I will be hanging out in the gallery, if you have any questions. I will not be bringing the models. They are forest creatures and have previous engagements.

If you would like to bid on the painting, here is the link - https://givebutter.com/.../brushont.../auction/items/1026131

If you want to check out all the artwork, here is that link -

https://givebutter.com/c/brushonthebluff2025/auction

Work in the studio

It may sound pretentious to call my basement corner room a "studio." 

Words create reality though. In my masters degree studies, so long ago, I was tasked with seeing the concept of transubstantiation as a philosophical notion. So, I will call this dinky space a "studio" because that is "what it does."

Lately though, I've been noticing that the studio has aspects of a "three-ring circus." I continually move from project to project, while I feel like, even in my absence, the creation of that project continues. 

Stuck on some point in writing a story? Maybe paint a little to nudge the synapses. Paint needs to dry? This papier mache mask needs a little help with the nose. Back to writing. Oh there is that video to edit, and the sound files...

All I need is some circus peanuts between acts. Here's something you may not know about circus peanuts and Lucky Charms. 

Haiku Friday - May 30, 2025

 

He’s the Taco King: 

An empty shell of a man, 

Soulless and hateful. 

 

Max Q

A smile on a face

It's like a piece of the sun

It lights up the day

Bill

Crowded streets in dreams 

Like being invisible 

All voices silenced 

Rikosan

VIrtue’s seed will sprout

Unless the soil’s been poisoned 

White House pharmacy

Maeve 

Here's the link to bid on the painting: https://givebutter.com/c/brushonthebluff2025/auction/items/1026131  

 

Yesterday's Out and About - SFCC's production of Reefer Madness!

Yesterday I talked with actors from Spokane Falls Community College’s production of Reefer Madness - Zeke Cox, Zach Billingsley, Ruby Petrie and Canaan Barbery, and we had way too much fun. This show sounds like a blast and I can barely wait to see it. If you missed Out and About, you can check out the archived episode at https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_250527_160000b.mp3 

And, as always, thanks to Out and About's underwriters: Boots Bakery and Lounge, The Museum of Arts and Culture, Eastern Washington University and the United Church of Christ. 

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 - Reefer Madness, the musical!

Today on Out and About, I'll be talking with costume designer par-excellence Patty Garegnani, actors Ruby Petrie and Canaan Barbery, and, possibly, director Hazel Bean from Spokane Falls Community College’s production of Reefer Madness. The show runs this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at SFCC. This musical is based on the 1936 propaganda film which turned into a cult classic comedy in the 1970s.  From what I’ve seen, it looks like it will be a bang-up show. 

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 May 23, 2025

 

Haiku Friday May 23, 2025 

Women, young and old

Walkers, runners, and racers

All wearing big smiles 

Bill

School’s out for summer. 

What will all those idlers do

In Teenage Wasteland? 

Max Q

Velvet guardians 

Blue tongues hewn by secrets kept

Indigo silence 

Laurel

As the wall brightens

Obscured images revealed 

A type of timepiece 

Rikosan

Hate and destruction 

Starts inside and grows to kill 

Look at his people

Maeve

Bill's photo: