KUOW Presents
Megan Sukys
at 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Poet Marjorie Manwaring 'On Looking At A Snapshot Of Us Wearing 3-D Glasses'
The miracle of organ donation and Egyptian creation myths intermingle as poet Marjorie Manwaring considers life after a dear friend's passing. The poem is called "On Looking At A Snapshot Of Us Wearing 3–D Glasses" and is featured in her newly released chapbook,... More »
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Stephanie Wallach: Enter To Win
Only 3 percent of commercial airline pilots are women. But if you were flying into Anchorage, Alaska back in 2006, you'd be glad Stephanie Wallach was your pilot. On that flight, Stephanie made an emergency landing in an MD–80 jetliner after an engine failed.
Stephanie... More »
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Poet Christopher Howell's 'Report From The Empty Room'
If you've lost someone you love, you may have found yourself at some point talking as if they were still there, still able to hear you. Poet Christopher Howell knows that feeling well. In "Report From The Empty Room," Howell addresses his daughter Emma, who died unexpectedly... More »
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Curtis DuPuis: Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow
Curtis DuPuis is a Chehalis Tribe storyteller who decided to go against his tradition and record his family's private stories on a CD. DuPuis shares his personal story with KUOW's Jamala Henderson. More »
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Annette Cottrell: Leaving The Grocery Store Behind
In 2008, Annette Cottrell reached a turning point. She was no longer OK with feeding her family industrial, processed food from the grocery store. So she made a resolution to get her husband and two small boys off industrial food by 2009. She worked to transform her small north... More »
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Gary Faigin: Overdue Recognition For Sculptor Everett DuPen
Talent and fame don't always go hand in hand. For example, the late Seattle sculptor and UW professor Everett DuPen isn't all that well known. He was hailed as a prodigy early in his career for his classical, realist sculptures. But by the time he arrived in Seattle in the 1940's,... More »
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Gene Fujita: A Hiroshima Survivor Finds His Way Home
Gene Fujita lives by himself in a one–bedroom apartment on Capitol Hill. He's in his mid–80s and has always liked doing things his own way. His independent spirit landed him in trouble when his father moved the family from South Bend back to Japan in the years before... More »
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Dance Critic Alice Kaderlan: Making The Best Of What You've Got
We don't always have all the resources we need for a project that we would ideally want. Artists face this situation regularly. And that's why Seattle dance writer Alice Kaderlan often finds herself in unusual settings and circumstances when she goes to see dance. Sometimes... More »
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