Fancy yourself the seafaring type? Here's your chance to see if you've got the goods.
The Adventuress
This vessel in this picture was built with the intention of finding a bowhead whale skeleton. Now it's got KSER's Ed Bremer!
Ed is hosting his annual voyage aboard the Adventuress. The Adventuress is a two-masted, gaff-rigged schooner, launched in 1913. Her owner, John
Borden II, of Chicago, commissioned the vessel for his personal use to
embark on an Arctic expedition to collect specimens for the American
Museum of Natural History in New York, with the particular goal of
adding a bowhead whale skeleton to the museum's exhibits. Never got the whale, unfortunately.
Adventuress came to Seattle in 1952, and today she serves
as the flagship of Sound Experience, a non-profit organization
dedicated to the protection of Puget Sound. And each summer it travels north to Everett and, again this summer, you can join KSER, Ed Bremer and the Whateverly Brothers for a special evening sailing on May 30th. Ticket info here.
Tim Noah & The Kaddywompas Players
If you've never heard Tim Noah's KSER Kaddywompas Radio Show, make sure you tune in or listen online this weekend. Sunday, May 5th you'll be able to hear the latest 1-hour installment of the Kaddywompas Radio Show at 8 a.m. and again at 4 p.m. Kaddywompas is performed before a live studio audience at Tim's Thumbnail Theater in Snohomish. This Sunday's show features special musical guest Bill Davie.
The Everett Herald Arts Seen column gave this performance of Kaddywompas a big thumbs up! By the way, if you want to be in the audience for the next live Kaddywompas performance, mark your calendar for Sunday, June 16.
So, you want to be a famous DJ like KSER's 'Uncle Pat', host of Thursday evening's "Good Times"? Well, the next KSER Basic Broadcast Class is starting up in June. It's a Wednesday evening course, 2-hours per week for six weeks. You can get all the information here, and once you complete the class you'd have an opportunity to submit a show proposal to KSER. You, too, could end up wearing chicken feet on the radio!
Roger Pawley; Jan Vance; Lillian Ortiz-Self; 2012 Voice of the Community Award Winners
We're always being asked, "I have someone I want to nominate for the KSER Voice of the Community Award, when can I do that?" The answer is...now! The nomination period is now open and you can nominate an individual, organization or business that has positively affected residents within the KSER coverage area. This year's KSER Voice of the Community Celebration will be held in October. But you should make your nominations soon. Get all the information here.
Jessica Lynne
If you missed Jessica Lynne, JoAnne Rand or any of the other singer-songwriters who've visited KSER recently, you can see some of their in-studio performances any time you like at the KSER YouTube page.
Sightseer visits KSER
If you enjoy the music and live singer-songwriter performances at KSER, we hope you'd consider becoming a KSER member by making a donation to support independent public radio. If you're already a member, thank you! And remember, you can also support our station by purchasing cool KSER merchandise - shirts, hats, commuter mugs, tote bags, dog bowls - at the KSER online store.
We're honored that you've made KSER part of your listening habit in 2012 and we look forward to continuing to serve the Pacific Northwest in 2013. We couldn't do it without your support.
We feel like all 365 days of KSER broadcasting in 2012 were highlights...but a few events do stand out more than others. In October, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! came to Everett to support KSER and spoke before a standing-room only crowd at Everett Community College.
Amy Goodman at Everett Community College
In November we were honored to present the 5th annual KSER Voice of the Community Award Ceremony. This year's awards were presented to the Snohomish County Music Project; MS Helping Hands of Edmonds and Lillian Ortiz-Self.
Roger Pawley; Jan Vance; Lillian Ortiz-Self
Every week of 2012, KSER's Ed Bremer featured local newsmakers and community leaders on Sound Living, weekday afternoon's at 4 p.m. One of the top stories featured in 2012 was the closing of the Kimberly-Clark paper mill and the debate over what to do with the valuable water-front property. A number of local leaders talked with Ed about the future of the Kimberly-Clark site, including Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson.
Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson talked with Ed Bremer
You'd be amazed at the famous people who want to be interviewed by KSER's Ed Bremer. In July, we had an in-studio visit from Ben Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin
Dozens of local bands and musical artists visited KSER during the year, including Left Hand Smoke; Sightseer; Northern Departure; Tony Lucca, Ian McFeron and a lot more.
In September, KSER's Sondra Santos was named a hero. Really! By the government, no less. The Snohomish Health District presented its Public Health Hero award to the host of KSER's morning news show for her weekly interviews on health issues in the northwest.
Suzanne Pate; Sondra Santos; Dr. Garry Goldbaum
Speaking of health, our own KSER doctors answered your questions every Thursday afternoon for 52 weeks in 2012. Primary Care Physicians Kasra Pournadeali, Rebecca Dirks, and Stacy Wells, have been answering listener callslive on KSER since 1998. This summer the weather was so nice, we actually moved them outdoors in August...to do a live show from the sidewalk on Wetmore avenue. Now that's taking the doctors to the people!
KSER's Sidewalk Doctor Show
In 2012 KSER's Jim Hilmar celebrated 15 years of hosting Frettin' Fingers, the popular Saturday guitar music show and KSER's Jeff Hofman, host of Dusties on Saturday afternoon, marked 25 years of doing public radio.
Jim Hilmar; Jeff Hofman
We started what we hope is a long-running new tradition this holiday season with the first ever Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater Kaddywompas Holiday radio show. Tim and his crew are working on a few more specials...maybe more...for 2013.
Tim Noah
And, actually, 2013 is an important anniversary for our predecessor. KRAB-FM started broadcasting 50 years ago. One of the country's first true community radio stations started broadcasting as December turned to January in 1963. In 1991 KRAB became KSER and moved to Snohomish County. In 2003 we moved to our current location in Everett.
If you'd like to make sure that great independent public radio continues in the north Puget Sound, you can help with a donation. Most of our operating income comes from individual listeners like you. It's easy to make a contribution. You can go to our website KSER.org and click on the 'donate now' button. We're a non-profit and your contribution is tax-deductible...a great way to get one more deduction before the end of the year.
Some people also take advantage of our easy-to-use automobile donation plan. You can also do that online here. It's fast and easy, we do all the paperwork. And you may be eligible for a tax deduction. Running or not, we'll be happy to help.
And if you accidentally left somone off your holiday gift list, you can support KSER and buy a nice gift for someone at the KSER Store.
So thanks for your support and thanks for listening to KSER.
Thanks to the more than 200 people who packed the Weyerhaeuser Room at Everett Transit Station Saturday night for the 5th annual KSER Voice of the Community Awards Ceremony.
The KSER selection committee faced the challenge of determining award recipients from among an amazing list of individuals and organizations that make our community special.
Roger Pawley; Jan Vance; Lillian Ortiz-Self
The KSER Voice of the Community Award for Cultural Impact was presented to the Snohomish County Music Project. Executive Director Roger Pawley runs the Project which was founded in 2011 by refocusing the Everett Symphony. The group educates the public on the importance of music instruction and advocates for the funding of music educations programs.
The award for the category of Community Impact by an Organization was presented to MS Helping Hands of Edmonds. MS Helping Hands is a statewide, all-volunteer organization formed to increase awareness of Multiple Sclerosis to the public and provide people with MS and their families a resource of education and support. MS Helping Hands Executive Director Jan Vance accepted the award.
And the award for the category of Community Impact by an Individual was presented to Lillian Ortiz-Self who drew a standing ovation for her powerful speech advocating for greater equality within the Latino community. As a counselor at Everett High School, Lillian provides Latino students and their parents with vital information. She also serves as an advisor for the Latin Image Club, which gives Latino students a safe place to express their ethnicity and bridge barriers to their academic success. She has also served as the Chair of the Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs and developed the Leading Change through Advocacy training program to bring together parents and community members to learn how to be better advocates for Latino children in public schools.
Congratulations to the award winners and all the nominees and thanks for making our community so special. And thanks to everyone who attended and made the sold-out evening such a success!
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