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
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
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, 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
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.
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...
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
