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🎧 Power of Place Episode #57 | Maestro of Mayhem – Larry Reid

Maestro of Mayhem – Larry Reid In the second of a two-part series, Larry Reid returns to explore the Pacific Northwest’s meteoric rise as a global cultural force. Reflecting on his leadership of the Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) in the mid-1980s, Larry recounts how the region’s unique identity was forged in a crucible of […]
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🎧 Power of Place Episode #56 | Impertinent Impresario – Larry Reid

Impertinent Impresario – Larry Reid In this first of a two-part series, Larry Reid, a pivotal figure in the Pacific Northwest’s cultural renaissance, takes us back to the transformative 1970s and ’80s to explore the roots of the region’s rise to prominence. Larry’s stories reveal how the Pacific Northwest’s creative explosion in the 1990s-through movements […]
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🎧 Power of Place Episode #55 | Circle of Light – Jane Orleman and Karl Schwiesow

Circle of Light – Jane Orleman and Karl Schwiesow Swing open the garden gate as we explore the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Dick and Jane’s Spot. Our guest, artist Jane Orleman, will guide us through this remarkable haven, joined by her studio assistant, Karl Schwiesow. Since 1978, Jane and her late husband, Dick Elliott, worked […]
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🎧 Power of Place Episode #54 | Healing Homelands; Healing Hearts – Glen Pinkham

Healing Homelands; Healing Hearts – Glen Pinkham In this episode of Power of Place, you’ll hear the stories of Glen Pinkham, an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation and a respected elder and cultural mentor. Glen delves into the connections between heritage, healing, and the land, offering wisdom for anyone on a journey of growth […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #57 | Maestro of Mayhem – Larry Reid Maestro of Mayhem – Larry Reid In the second of a two-part series, Larry Reid returns to explore the Pacific Northwest’s meteoric rise as a global cultural force. Reflecting on his leadership of the Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) in the mid-1980s, Larry recounts how the region’s unique identity was forged in a crucible of […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #56 | Impertinent Impresario – Larry Reid Impertinent Impresario – Larry Reid In this first of a two-part series, Larry Reid, a pivotal figure in the Pacific Northwest’s cultural renaissance, takes us back to the transformative 1970s and ’80s to explore the roots of the region’s rise to prominence. Larry’s stories reveal how the Pacific Northwest’s creative explosion in the 1990s-through movements […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #55 | Circle of Light – Jane Orleman and Karl Schwiesow Circle of Light – Jane Orleman and Karl Schwiesow Swing open the garden gate as we explore the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Dick and Jane’s Spot. Our guest, artist Jane Orleman, will guide us through this remarkable haven, joined by her studio assistant, Karl Schwiesow. Since 1978, Jane and her late husband, Dick Elliott, worked […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #54 | Healing Homelands; Healing Hearts – Glen Pinkham Healing Homelands; Healing Hearts – Glen Pinkham In this episode of Power of Place, you’ll hear the stories of Glen Pinkham, an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation and a respected elder and cultural mentor. Glen delves into the connections between heritage, healing, and the land, offering wisdom for anyone on a journey of growth […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #53 | B-Town Bridges – David Albright B-Town Bridges – David Albright Let’s cross bridges-both real and metaphorical-in this episode with urbanist David Albright. An author and multimedia journalist, David has roots in Seattle’s Lake City and Capitol Hill neighborhoods and now calls Bremerton, Washington, home. David’s work has been featured in Reuters, The New York Times, The Seattle Channel, and PBS, […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #52 | Kerouac’s Cascadia – Jim Jones Kerouac’s Cascadia – Jim Jones Looking for summertime adventures near Seattle? Buckle up and grab your rucksack as we explore the Pacific Northwest through the eyes of seminal American poet and novelist Jack Kerouac. Our guest, Kerouac scholar Jim Jones, describes Kerouac’s sojourn to Seattle in the summer of 1956. There, he worked as a […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #51 | Peaks & Pôsterity – Doug Leen Peaks & Pôsterity – Doug Leen Pack your camper as we tour America’s National Parks-from Acadia to Zion. Our guide is modern-day folk hero Douglas Leen, whose Ranger Doug Enterprises recently published “Ranger of the Lost Art: Rediscovering the WPA Poster Art of Our National Parks.” Doug describes how in 1971, while working as a […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #50 | The Prodigal Dad – Sarah Eichhorn The Prodigal Dad – Sarah Eichhorn Join us in this episode for a conversation with Sarah Eichhorn, daughter of writer Dennis P. Eichhorn, known for his adult-oriented autobiographical comic book series “Real Stuff.” With reminiscences echoing a central premise of her father’s work-that truth is stranger than fiction-Sarah recounts his birth and orphanhood at Montana […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #49 | Inspiration Generation – Colleen Echohawk Inspiration Generation – Colleen Echohawk What becomes possible when solutions to modern urban society’s most pressing challenges-housing the unhoused, corporate innovation, designing more beautiful places & objects-originate from the communities who have inhabited this place from time immemorial? Guiding us through this multifaceted exploration is Colleen Echohawk. Currently CEO of the Native lifestyle brand Eighth […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #48 | Talking CHOP – Nikki Yeboah Talking CHOP – Nikki Yeboah Join us as we stroll through Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) circa 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our guest, documentary playwright Nikki Yeboah, guides us from the heart of the protest zone at 11th & Pine, the protest’s focal point and title of her current project. […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #47 | Crossing Coastal Corners – Andrew tenBrink Crossing Coastal Corners – Andrew tenBrink Join us for a conversation with landscape and urban designer Andrew tenBrink of NYC-based Field Operations as he reveals Seattle’s new downtown Waterfront Park project, which he has managed since 2010. From the cobblestones of Pioneer Square to Belltown’s crowded skyline, Andrew’s block-by-block tour through the 20-acre park demonstrates […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #46 | Porchlight Parade – Zack Bolotin Step into the multiverse of Zack Bolotin, owner-operator of Porchlight Coffee & Records on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Not just a cafe, Porchlight is a platform for Zack’s varied talents, including graphic design, photography, art curation, book publishing and online retailing. It’s also a record label. Listen as Zack describes how his endeavors, admittedly wide-ranging, are […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #45 | Echoes From Alpenglow – Lowell Skoog Click into your bindings as we launch from the highest peaks of the North Cascades with ski mountaineering historian Lowell Skoog, author of Written in the Snows: Across Time on Skis in the Pacific Northwest, published by Mountaineers Books and 2022 winner of the National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) for historical writing. Born to a family […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #44 | My Brother’s Keepers – Larry Johnston and Earl Borgert Swing into the B & I Circus Store circa 1964 with guest Larry Johnston, who at age 13 became brother to a western lowland gorilla named Ivan–the ape that became as emblematic of the Pacific Northwest as the legendary Sasquatch. Larry narrates the tale of how his parents came to own the B & I […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #43 | The Maker – Art Chantry Dive into the second episode of this two-part series as we continue our conversation with graphic designer, Art Chantry, whose stories sparkle as vibrantly as his colorful posters, offering original insights from Seattle’s grunge era. These tales span Art’s diverse interests and influences: The allure of archaeology; Dadaism & Surrealism; old commercial art by overlooked […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #42 | Louder Than Art – Art Chantry Join us in this episode (the first of a two-part series) for a conversation with graphic designer Art Chantry, a national treasure, whose posters are collected by The Smithsonian and The Louvre.Opening with childhood memories of Parkland on the fringes of Tacoma, Washington, Art describes a restless educational path that eventually brought him to Bellingham. He […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #41 | Bright Returns – Matt McCauley & Sarah Haberstroh Join us in this episode as we descend into the Graveyard of the Pacific with Matt McCauley, President of The Northwest Shipwreck Alliance and Sarah Haberstroh, Manager of Underwater Operations for Rockfish Inc. Matt’s passion for deep-water marine salvage is intertwined with that of his friend Jeff Hummel. As scuba diving high schoolers on Mercer Island […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #40 | The Wizard of Earl – Ron Irwin & Earl Bogert Join us in this episode (the first of a two-part series) for stories of the B & I Circus Store, founded by Earl Irwin in 1945 in Lakewood, WA. Our guest today is Earl Irwin’s son, Ron Irwin, who ran the store for decades following his father’s passing. Ron is joined by Earl Borgert, the […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #39 | A Seattle Songbook – Dick Coolen Join us in this episode for a radiant musical memoir by pianist Dick Coolen. Long before the city’s reputation as an international tech hub, Seattle achieved a globally relevant jazz culture. Here, bands who gathered in the basements of churches, modest homes, and schools…produced the likes of Ray Charles, Ernestine Anderson, and Quincy Jones. Reared […]

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #38 | Seattle Rock City – David B. Williams Join us in this episode for the field trip of a century. Our guest, geologist-historian David B. Williams, illuminates the Pacific Northwest’s characteristic highlands and waterways as landscapes of perpetual transformation. With a wry wink, this raconteur’s stories fuse the sensitivity of a naturalist with the diligence of a research geek. Amble through Seattle with […]