2012 Voice Of The Community Nominations Due July 31

PeopleNow's the time to get your nominations in for the 2012 Voice of the Community Award, sponsored by Adams & Duncan Law Firm. To be considered, nominations must be received by 5 p.m., July 31, 2012.  Download a nomination form or submit your nomination online.

This annual award recognizes local voices that speak up and out about community or cultural concerns impacting Snohomish or Island counties with positive results for the community. Winners will be recognized at the KSER Voice of the Community Awards Celebration, to take place Saturday, November 10 at 7 p.m. at the Weyerhaeuser Room at Everett Station.

The Takeaway - Weekday Mornings at 6 and 8

TakeawayIn partnership with the BBC, the New York Times, WNYC and WGBH in Boston, The Takeaway, with hosts John Hockenberry and Celeste Headlee, provides a breadth and depth of world, national and regional news coverage that is unprecedented in public media.

Sondra Santos keeps you connected to local news with, "Your Local Take". Also hear weekly conversations with WorkSource Snohomish County and The Snohomish Health District as well as features with local chef Joan Autry and personal trainer Cailean Johnson.

Click on attachments for news information featured on, "Your Local Take."
 

News

  • THE STORY with DICK GORDON - The Story brings the news home through personal experiences.  The program brings together ordinary and extraordinary people to provide perspective on the issues which affect us all.

  • Naturopathic physicians Drs. Kasra Pournadeali (Pour-nah-deli), Stacey Welles and Rebecca Dirks talk about taking charge of your health and health care with natural ways.  It’s a live show and called in questions are welcomed.

  • Drawing on an international network of voices, CounterSpin dissects news coverage of a wide range of issues and current events. CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage.


  • THIS WEEK ON Poets' West (click here)

    PoetsWest is, as its name implies, a program of poetry, but it is NOT a boring reading of the same stuff we had to memorize in school.  PoetsWest is local poets, reading their contemporary works, blended with music and an occasional interview.  It’s a concise, breezy, thought-provoking presentation of one of the oldest spoken word traditions.

  • The Story brings the news home through personal experiences.  The program brings together ordinary and extraordinary people to provide perspective on the issues which affect us all.

Music

 

  • Left of the Dial – a chance for you to check out some music you may not have heard or may have forgotten – it runs the gamut of rock & roll, Americana, R&B, blues, soul and anything else that seems to fit. If You have 90 minutes to spare, check it out – Wednesday evenings from 7 – 8:30 Pacific time. Contact Sleepy John at sleepyjohnkser@yahoo.com or via ‘Sleepy John’ on Facebook.

  • Fuzz guitar and tremelo fans rejoice! From Here To Obscurity revisits the mid-1960s every Wednesday at 8:30 pm, bringing you garage, psychedelic, surf, folk blues-rock and little known or rarely played music of the era. Jerry Bennett is your host. Visit MySpace for additional information and links. Find FHTO on Facebook or email: jerry@kser.org.

  • Inspired by the Frank Zappa song of the same name, Unmitigated Audacity follows the Zappa tradition by bringing together music from a wide range of sources, including: 1) Musicians who have played with Frank Zappa, 2) Movie soundtracks like: Michael Mann movies, the Oceans 11 series, and Natural Born Killers, and 3) Little known songs by familiar artists and songs by unknown artists from the 1960s to the present.

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     Thursday at 7pm, Uncle Pat searches for that good sensation you get with the music that touches you. Are you ready for a good time? Pat Langston is your host.

  • Clancy Dunigan dishes up tasty licks and a heapin' plate of the blues at his Bar & Grill Thurdays at 8:30pm. Clancy is the 2009 and 2010 Washington Blues Society Best Blues DJ of the Year. You never know who'll stop by the Bar & Grill--last week WC Handy Award-winner Marlee Walker came by and we couldn't turn down the photo op!