Yesterday's Out and About - A Year With Frog and Toad!

 

Yesterday on Out and About, I had director Katelyn Rush, stage manager Meg Barlow Jones and choreographer Dana Williams on from Hitchhiker’s Theatre’s production of A Year With Frog and Toad. We talked a lot about how Frog and Toad stories really were a positive example for kids on friendship and love. The show sounds wonderful and the music is really fun. So much so, that I had to play the Cookies song from the play during our break at the 20 minute mark. If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend with your kids, grandkids or adult friends this looks like a good time. Maybe a perfect break after the No Kings protest on Saturday? More information on the play and tickets can be found at  https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/hitchhikers-theatre-a-year-with-frog-and-toad. If you missed the show, you can find it in the KYRS archives here. 

As always, thank you to my underwriter - 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 on Out and About - A Year With Frog and Toad - The Musical!

 

Today on Out and About, I will be talking with cast members and crew from Hitchhiker’s Theatre’s production of  A Year With Frog and Toad - The Musical.

Who doesn’t love the story between these two? Frog and Toad are friends who are very different, yet have fun and make the world beautiful together. I remember reading these stories to our kids over and over again. In a world that seems to have lost its way, we need Frog and Toad more than ever!

This show is fun for all ages, and will be celebrated on the beautiful stage at the Central Library - October 17, 18, 24 and 25. I heard there may be puppets involved, so I am super stoked!

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.

Thank you to my underwriter - Eastern Washington University. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Haiku Friday - October 9, 2026

 

Watch the roses burn, 

Petals singed to crispy black:

Autumn in SoCal. 

Max Q

Deranged, dangerous:

The girl in the red dress laughed. 

A Nebraskan nymph. 

Max Q

Sweet tequila lips: 

I can taste your kisses now 

My Margarita. 

Max Q 

I don't watch the news

I reckon birds will tell me

When it's important

Q

It comes on the breeze

Beginning like a whisper 

As summer’s last gasp

Rikosan

Decaying ghost town

Battles fought and nature wins

Robot sheriff rusts

Maeve 

Yesterday's Out and About - Halloween X-SPO with founder Nathan O'Brien

 

Yesterday on Out and About, I had Nathan O’Brien on to talk about this weekend’s Halloween X-SPO. Nathan is the founder and coordinator of Lilac City Comicon and Halloween X-SPO. Both these events have grown onto huge celebrations of family fun. Halloween X-SPO runs October 10th and 11th at the Convention Center. Actors from television shows and movies will be on hand, as well as writers, artists, vendors, entertainment, panel discussions and plenty of cosplay for those who want to participate, plus two costume contests - one for adults and one for kids. This is going to be a lot of fun. You can get all the details of Halloween X-SPO here. If you missed yesterday’s Out and About, you can check it out here.

As always, thank you to my underwriter - 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 - Fourth Annual HALLOWEEN-XSPO!!!!!!

 

One of my favorite annual events is coming up - Halloween X-SPO! This is its fourth year. It is brought to you by the excellent folks behind Lilac City Comicon. I haven’t missed the last three and I am really looking forward to this year’s. I am so fortunate that I will have the founder and coordinator, Nathan O’Brien on today’s Out and About to  talk about all things Halloween X-SPO.

Spooky and fun, there’s plenty of great panel discussions, costume contests, vendors, food and many stars of scary movies for you to meet and greet. Personally,  I am really looking forward to a photo op in front of the Mystery Machine! I bet there will be plenty of Scooby Doos, Shaggys, Freds, Velmas and Daphnes lined up for this one.

If you are looking for a little cosplay or just wanting to give your new Halloween costume a dry run before your big Halloween Party, Halloween X-SPO is the place to be - October 10th and 11th at the Spokane Convention Center. Of course, you don’t have to dress up. But, I have to say, the one year that I went as my alter-ego and scary movie show hostess - Bambi D. Zombie - was positively the best time. 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.

Thank you to my underwriter - Eastern Washington University. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Haiku Friday - October 2, 2026

 

Watching your channel

Last night I wrote a haiku

Whilst I was dreaming

Q

Stealth is sometimes safe

Sometimes being seen is best

Who can say what's safe?

Q

Doing my Best Work

Learning to not care so much

People just want love

Jason 

October is here

Ghosts, Ghouls, Witches and Candy

Might be my ex-wife

Jason

Warrior ethos:

“No beardos, weirdos, or wimps.”

Testosterone, Inc. 

Max Q

They fail it daily:

“The leadership litmus test.”

With God on their side. 

Max Q

Riding high horses:

The patriotic cowboys,

Blue Chew and six guns.

Max Q

Path of destruction 

Like an elephant madness

Swallowing the world 

Rikosan

Garden art sculptures

Sun, wind and rain malforms them 

Poignantly grotesque 

Maeve

Yesterday's Out and About - Sami Perry, No Kings Rally, VOTE EARLY

Yesterday on Out and About, I had Sami Perry on from We Have The Power. We Have The Power is one of the organizations that is putting together the No Kings rally on October 17. The theme of this rally is "Vote Early." Ballots will have dropped a couple days before. There are thousands of ballots in Spokane County that did not get counted last election because they were postmarked too late. Sami says to plan on having your ballot in the mailbox or election dropbox before October 22. With Trump’s fascist influence on the Post Office, I will be dropping off mine at a dropbox and then making sure it gets counted by checking in here at VoteWA.

As far as the No Kings rally, they are trying something a little different this time. The rally will start at 1 pm and continue until 5 pm, same as always. The different thing is that there are three organized marches to the rally site at BA Clark Park - one from Franklin Park. One from Corbin park and another from the Garland Theater. Of course those will start earlier than 1 pm because, you know, walking.

You can find more information on the marches here. You can find out more information about We Have The Power here. If you missed yesterday’s show, you can check it out here.

As always, thank you to my underwriter - 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