Yesterday's Out and About - HAND TO GOD...

 

Yesterday, on Out and About, I had a fun conversation with Troy Nickerson and Chris Jensen about their play Hand to God. Troy is the director of the show and Chris produced it. This Theater on the Verge production was an incredible thing to witness and was like nothing I had ever seen before. The story, the acting, the puppets, the set - everything was superb. How did they make something this complex, this weird, this moving and this funny?

I was plagued by a failing voice yesterday, and as I type this my voice is completely gone! I have to say I probably haven’t laughed this hard during an interview. If you haven’t seen the play, get your tickets here -  https://theaterontheverge.ticketspice.com/hand-to-god 

If you missed yesterday’s Out and About, you can take a listen here - https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_260602_160000b.mp3

As always, thank you to my underwriters - Boots Bakery and Eastern Washington University. 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Today's Out and About - Theater on the Verge's performance of HAND TO GOD...

I really enjoyed Theater on the Verge’s production of Hand to God, last weekend. The performance was like nothing I had ever witnessed. If you have a chance to see this play, it is very much worth your time and money.

When love, grief and longing get tangled up in a church’s puppet ministry, you know the story is going to be good. Mix in a little possible hand-puppet-demonic-possession? For me? Ambrosia! 

This play left me with a lot of questions, though. The performances were so wonderful and the puppets (one in particular) had such believable personalities, I couldn’t help but ask myself - How did they do that? If you’ve seen the play, you will want to tune in. If you haven’t seen the play, tune in and then be prepared to get your tickets here -  https://theaterontheverge.ticketspice.com/hand-to-god 

Thank you to my underwriters - Boots Bakery and Eastern Washington University.

 Out and About airs every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Haiku Friday - May 29, 2026

 

Slipping on my Crocs:

A morning fashion statement 

Of the frugal kind. 

Max Q

Busy lady bug 

Scurries up a blade of grass

Lost in its own world

Bill

In people less rooms 

Still standing or standing still 

Chairs can get the blues 

Rikosan

Fish story shadow

Glowing light casts peaceful hope

While truth is too bright 

Maeve 

Yesterday's Out and About - Spokane Pride Executive Director Matt Danielson

 

Yesterday, I talked with Spokane Pride Executive Director Matt Danielson. The Pride Festival is coming up! It’s now a two day celebration. There are plenty of events on Friday, June 12 and the usual big events on Saturday, June 13 which have attracted tens of thousands of people to downtown Spokane every year. 

Matt and I spent some time talking about why the Pride Festival is for everyone. It’s a celebration of community for all kind and honorable people. It’s family-friendly too.

With our nation being plunged into fascism and the reluctance of legacy media to acknowledge the state we are in, it can be crazy-making. It can cause anxiety and loss of hope. That is exactly what the regime/cult wants you to feel. The Pride Festival is an antidote for that.

Having fun with thousands of other people who value community, kindness, honor, truth and intelligence will make you feel good - no matter who you are - straight, gay, cis or trans. Maybe this is why so many mainline churches, temples and synagogues have participated in Pride each year.

If you missed yesterday’s Out and About, you can take a listen here -https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_260526_160000b.mp3

As always, thank you to my underwriters - Boots Bakery and Eastern Washington University. 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Today's Out and About - Spokane Pride's Executive Director - Matt Danielson

It is almost time for Spokane’s family-friendly Pride Festival. On today’s Out and About, I will be talking with Matt Danielson - Spokane Pride’s executive director. Matt, with the help of so many others, organizes a Pride weekend that attracts tens of thousands of kind and honorable people to Spokane every year.

Whether you are straight or gay, trans or cis, if you are an honorable person, you will find thousands of kindred spirits at the festival. With a regime intent on destroying decency, truth and honor in our nation, this is a great opportunity for all good people to come together and have fun.  

I will also be telling you (as usual) when and where all the pro-democracy demonstrations will be taking place this week.

Thank you to my underwriters - Boots Bakery and Eastern Washington University.

 Out and About airs every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Haiku Friday May 22, 2026

 

A cabbage salad:

Gorgonzola on breadboard

‘Til the dog found it.

Max Q

Ten months of winter

and two months of poor skiing

That's Calgary weather.

Bill

Note - "Calgary" is pronounced with two syllables - "Cal'gry."

Like Davy Crockett

Fighting off the red maggots

At the Capital

Rikosan

Stoke your soul star now

Shine bright against their evil

Life’s sweet pure purpose

Maeve

Turkey Vulture of Love charity auction bidding is at $100

 

Alrighty! Here it is the final of my painting “Turkey Vulture Love.” And it is tricked out in a nice frame too.

The bidding is at $100, as I write this. Tomorrow, there is an opening reception at the Spokane Art School Gallery - 503 E 2nd Ave., Suite B. It’s from 4 pm to 8 pm. There are a lot of great artists featured, and you will recognize their work.

I am donating whatever the painting sells for to the Spokane Art School. They are really nice people. Learning to make art, right now, is very important. In order to fight the destroyers, we need to be exercising our humanity by creating. I am happy to help in that endeavor.

You can bid on my painting here - https://givebutter.com/c/forest-to-frame-2026/auction/items/1907486

Thanks! Maeve

Yesterday's Out and About - a conversation with multi-faceted artist Liv Hebert Watkins

 

Yesterday, I talked with Liv Hebert Watkins. Liv is an artist who currently has an installation, The Table Is Set, at the Terrain Gallery until May 30 - Thursday through Saturday, 4-7 pm. Terrain Gallery is located at 628 N Monroe. I really enjoyed hearing about how she has evolved as an artist. Liv works in many mediums and I learned a lot about what it takes to get your art out there. The installation at Terrain has been getting a lot of press and critical acclaim. 

Art has become a powerful tool, a rejuvenating oasis and a map forward during these turbulent times. The kindness of creativity and the active empathy that art invokes is smack dab in the middle of what it means to be human. It is resistance to the dehumanizing and disgusting lies, cruelty, stupidity, dishonor and evil that oligarchs, anti-Christ “Christian Nationalists,” Republicans, tech bros, and other miscreants have been secreting all over our nation. We need art now more than ever. 

If you missed yesterday’s Out and About, you can take a listen here -https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_260519_160000b.mp3

As always, thank you to my underwriters - Boots Bakery and Eastern Washington University. 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve