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Donate your vehicle:
KWMR contracts with Center for Car Donations to help facilitate donations from donated vehicles. You can donate your car, truck, boat, motorcycle or camper. It's easy and helps keep revenue coming in that supports KWMR's mission.
You call them:
1-888-596-7288 to make the arrangements.
(Contrary to popular belief, we do not maintain a lot of used cars down here at the station.)

We want your feedback. What do you like? What makes you turn off KWMR? As your community radio station, we want to hear what you think! We know you have lots of listening options.

 

You can email either call or email Amanda Eichstaedt, Station Manager at [email protected] (415) 663-8068, extension 104 or Lyons Filmer, Program Director at [email protected] (415) 663-8068, ext 101

 

As always, thank you for listening and caring about West Marin Community Radio!


Traffic Information
Remember to tune in to KWMR for live broadcasts about road closures and traffic issues in West Marin. But here is a cool link to a map that shows road closures etc. CALTRANS keeps this updated.
Promote your business or non-profit on KWMR

Why not get the word out about your business, non-profit, event or even your love for one another right here on the airwaves.

Underwriting on KWMR is a great way for folks to hear your message, plus you get a presence on the KWMR web site.
Learn more HERE.

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ou can contact
Mia Johnson at [email protected].


If the signal at your home is not great and you live in the broadcast area for KWMR, you might want to check out these
Listening Tips. If you need further assistance, KWMR is there for you.
Horizon ch. 47 and Streaming changes
KWMR listeners please be aware that there have been some changes to the KWMR streaming audio. If you experience trouble listening to the stream, please let us know [email protected].

Also, Horizon is starting converting their programming to digital. If you are not getting Horizon Cable Ch. 47 please look into reprogramming your equipment or contact Horizon Cable.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed in the Summer Watershed campaign. Either during the on-air drive or via mail. We are so proud to have many new members in the San Geronimo Valley! 
September 9, 2014

Last Round Up I thanked the staff for their hard work and dedication. This week it is the KWMR Board of Directors! We should all be grateful that a dedicated group of folks serves on the board. The pay sucks, the hours are sometimes tedious and the responsibility is large and mapped out in the rules that govern 501c3 organizations.
KMWR's 15th anniversary exhibit at Toby's in April.
photo: Amanda Eichstaedt

All non-profits need boards. As the ED of KWMR, I work for the board. They approve the budget, make sure we are being responsible with the financial resources and make decisions about the future of the radio station. If you are a $30/year paying member (or more) you vote for these folks.

Their names appear on the stationary and in reports and they show up every third Wednesday from 6pm - 7:30pm at the Pt. Reyes Public Safety Building for meetings (which are open to the public).

The Board of Directors: Jennifer McFarland, President; Gail Graham, Vice President; Paul Flowerman, Treasurer; Aaron Ely, Secretary; Gus Conde, Marialidia Marcotulli, Elizabeth Hill, Mary Jo Maendle, Bonnie Guttman, Blaine Sprouse.

Special thank you's to Jennifer McFarland for her outstanding work on outreach at area Farmer's Markets this summer and for Marialidia Marcotulli's work on the KWMR history exhibit at Toby's in April.

Board President Jennifer McFarland at the Point Reyes Station Farmers Market
photo: Marc Matheson
Amanda Eichstaedt
ED/Station Manager

Save the Date!
KWMR is proud to announce the opportunity for you to see this amazing movie in Point Reyes Station! You can get your tickets HERE. Friday, October 17 at 7 pm. Walter Murch will be at the Dance Palace to talk about his work on the film


Particle Fever follows the inside story of six brilliant scientists seeking to unravel the mysteries of the universe, documenting the successes and setbacks in the planet's most significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough.

For the first time, a film gives audiences a front row seat to a significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens. Particle Fever follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet, pushing the edge of human innovation.

As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists from over 100 countries joined forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter. But our heroes confront an even bigger challenge: have we reached our limit in understanding why we exist?

Directed by Mark Levinson, a physicist turned filmmaker, from the inspiration and initiative of producer David Kaplan and masterfully edited by Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, The Godfather trilogy), Particle Fever is a celebration of discovery, revealing the very human stories behind this epic machine.
Program Highlights

 

Tuesday, September 9

5-5:30 pm "Epicenter." Katie Eberle hosts Tom Stubbs, Superintendent of Shoreline Unified School District.

 

Wednesday, September 10

8-10 am "Swimming Upstream. Amanda in conversation with Geoff Hoyle about his recent relocation to Inverness and his benefit performance of Geezer that he will be doing Saturday, September 13 for the Dance Palace Community Center.

 

Wednesday, September 10

5-5:30 pm "Epicenter." Katie Eberle hosts
composer/multi-instrumentalist 

Joyce Kouffman about the September 13 event "Poet-orio for Mother Earth." The afternoon is presented by Joyce Kouffman with poets Jane Hirshfield and Linda Pastan, and Pianist Mary Watkins. Co-sponsored by Point Reyes Books.

 

Thursday, September 11

5-5:30 pm "Epicenter." Amanda Eichstaedt hosts a conversation about the People's Climate March with participants Bing Gong, Kris Brown, Kerry Nelson.

 

Friday, September 12

2-5 pm "Classical Friday" is hosted today by Nancy Vayhinger.

 

Saturday, September 13

9-10 am "Original Minds." Guest host Howard Dillon talks with Bill Braasch about his time at Burning Man.

 

11 am-noon "The Place We Live." Show creator and host Marc Matheson continues his KWMR Fifteenth Anniversary series of programmer profiles this week with guest Mimi Calpestri of Bolinas. Mimi has been a volunteer with KWMR for a decade, as co-host of "Questing-Where Is the Path?" on Tuesdays at 11am, and of "Tea Time Books" on Thursdays at 4pm.

 


 

8-10 pm "The Jazz Groove." Guest host Marc Matheson steps in for two hours at the podium, conducting a medley of classic and contemporary American jazz.

 

Sunday, September 14

9 am-noon "Sunday Celebration of Sacred World Music." Sitar power and Mexican Independence Day are this month's themes as Marc Matheson welcomes educator and performers Ashwin Batish and his prodigy son Keshav from World Music and Fine Arts of India in Santa Cruz, as well as representatives from this month's Point Reyes Station cultural fiesta and mole dinner.

8-10 pm "L.A. Theatre Works" presents "Mizlansky-Zilinsky by Jon Robin Baitz. Directed by Ron West; starring: Nathan Lane, Richard Masur, Rob Morrow, Harry Shearer. Cunning movie producer Davis Mizlansky and his nervous partner Sam Zilinsky are the archetypal Hollywood con men. They're trying to hatch one last grand scheme - but the IRS is about to cash a reality check.

 

The broadcast includes an essay by Jon Robin Baitz about navigating the dark side of Hollywood, narrated by Eric Stoltz.

 

Monday, September 15

10-11 am "Turning Pages At Nature's Pace." Janet Robbins reads from Rise of the Ranges of Lightby David Scott Gilligan. "California is a place of intense and immediate tectonic activity, varied climate, and diverse habitats, and it is a place where stunning arrays of life meet and intermingle. California is also one of the newest places on Earth, freshly hewn, young and full of vitality, a place where one can literally watch the world in the making. Rise of the Ranges of Light combines captivating first-person narrative with science writing to tell the story of the ever-changing landscapes of California." [Heyday Books website]

 

1-2 pm "Point Reyes Dialogues" with philosopher Jacob Needleman.

 

Tuesday, September 16

4-5 pm "Youth DJ Project." "Gimmie More" with Rachel Rothken.

 

Wednesday, September 17


 

8-10 am "Swimming Upstream." Guest host Lyons Filmer chews the cud with librarian Bonny White. At 8:30 am Tom Jordan,Marin County Emergency Services Coordinator, discusses details of "September-Preparedness Month." At 9 am, a reprise of Amanda Eichstaedt's series on water use and resources in West Marin.

 

10-11 am "Turning Pages: Waves of Joy." Patricia Holt and Doris Ober, leader and member respectively, of the new book discussion group at Point Reyes Books. As book editor and critic at The San Francisco Chronicle for 17 years (1982-1998), Pat Holt wrote thousands of reviews. But she swears that facilitating book groups has brought her "closer to a purer, headier, deeper, more cantankerous and personally moving investigation into 'real literature' than anything I've experienced." 

 

4-5 pm "Youth DJ Project" with host Michael Dunn.

 

5-5:30 pm "Epicenter: Politics 101." Herb Kutchins talks with Steve Kinsey about the Sierra Club lawsuit to stop the plan for housing for families on the ranches, and about controversies concerning auto congestion in Muir Woods and in Marshall.

 

Thursday, September 18

8-10 am "Pieces of Peace." Host Susan Santiago interviews vibration healer, author, speaker, and mentor, Dr. Rajiv Parti, a physician whose life was transformed after a near death experience.

 

5-5:30 pm "Epicenter: Politics 101." Herb Kutchins talks with Marin County Sheriff Robert Doyle about policing issues in Marin in the aftermath of the Ferguson, Missouri police killing.  Aspects include police training in the use of deadly force and in community relations; the purchase of military equipment from the Federal government.

 

A second topic is the use of Shoreline Highway (and Levee Road) as a "used car lot." 

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Submitted by Devon McMorrow

 

Poems vs. Songs

 

 "Music resembles poetry, in each are nameless graces which no methods teach. And which a master hand alone can reach."

- Alexander Pope           

 

Poetry has been around for eons. One of the earliest poems,The Epic of Gilgamesh, dates back to Mesopotamian times.

Beowulf, written in 750 A.D. is considered "the oldest surviving epic poem of Old English."

 

Throughout history, poems and poets have been revered. Gilgamesh and

Beowulf have been inspiration for novels, classical music, video games, pop music, graphic novels, and theater.

 

But where are the poets today? (Well, many do live right here in West Marin!) We might not be reciting epic poetry on street corners. But today's youth definitely has a passion for poetry. 


 

Drawing on this theme, here are current examples of poetry in song side-by-side with examples of poetry from long ago.

 

Can you tell the difference between the songs and the poems?

 

1) I know you've heard it all before. So I don't say it anymore. I just stand by and let you fight your secret war.

 

2) Although I shelter from the rain under a broken tree. My chair was nearest to the fire in every company.

 

3) Where did your pleasure go when the pain came through you? Where did your happiness go?

 

4) He came to town like a midwinter storm. He rode through fields so handsome and strong.

 

5) Of the deep rivers, and lonely streams, wherever nature led. More like a man flying from that he dreads, than one who sought the thing he loved.

 

6) One after one, by the star-dogged Moon, too quick for groan or sigh, each turned his face with a ghastly pang, and cursed me with his eye.

 

7) I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead, I fell down to me feet and I saw they bled.

 

8) I could not see a single thing; words from my eyes did start. They spoke as chords do from the string and blood burnt round my heart. 

 

9) I'm alone when I look in the mirror, but I see you in the glass.

 

10) Better to smile on all that smile, and show. There is a comfortable kind of old scarecrow.

 

Answer Key:

1) Song: Concrete Blonde 2) Poem: William Butler Yeats 3) Song: Poe

4) Song: Nina Simone 5) Poem: William Wordsworth 6) Poem: Samuel Taylor Coleridge 7) Song: The Rolling Stones 8) Poem: John Clare 9) Song: Ringside

10) Poem: William Butler Yeats

Epicenter Archives!

Don't fret if you are not in front of your radio every Mon - Thurs from 5-5:30 pm. You can stay up on the latest "Epicenter" content by using the archives! It's as simple as clicking on THIS LINK in order to peruse the collection of previous shows to learn what is happening in West Marin.

Attend an original "Poet-orio For Mother Earth" with Joyce Kouffman and friends!

 

The house is almost full for "Poet-orio For Mother Earth" this Saturday afternoon in Point Reyes Station. Advance reservations are sold out, and few tickets remain for purchase at the door starting at 1:30. This exceptional, multi-arts events, produced by West Marin composer/multi-instrumentalist Joyce Kouffman, will be recorded. Visit www.JoyceJazz.com to learn about CDs and DVDs plus future chances to experience this entire blend of poetry, original music and film, lyrical jazz, and more -- the "Poet-orio." Community sponsorship also remains open; details online. Thank you, KWMR listeners!


Composer/multi-instrumentalist, inspired by nature and also the poems of Jane Hirshfield and Linda Pastan, is en route to the:

"Poet-orio For Mother Earth" -- on Saturday, September 13th, at 2:00 PM at the Point Reyes Presbyterian Church

 

This multi-arts, multi-genre celebration of our living world will feature the two renowned poets reading from their work: original music-plus-short-film work by Joyce, with help from Corey Ohama and Robin Livingston; improvisational surprises; a jazz trio headed by beloved pianist Mary Watkins; the paintings of Toni Littlejohn and Nancy Stein; CDs and DVDs; and more. You really have to be there. And likely need a ticket in advance, since the venue is intimate. Tickets are $20 advance, $25 and the door. For info and tickets, got to www.JoyceJazz.com. KWMR is a proud "Poet-orio" co-sponsor, along with Point Reyes Books, Cowgirl Creamery, Garden of Eden, and fiscal sponsor Gallery Route One. See you there!

 
Thank you for your support of KWMR! Refer a friend to KWMR, send us the email address and we will send them the newsletter so they can be up to date with KWMR happenings!

Got ideas? Feedback? Time on your hands and want to volunteer? Contact Amanda Eichstaedt, Executive Director/Station Manager at 415-663-8068, Ext 104 or email [email protected].

Find it quickly......
Congratulations!
KWMR congratulates Dorito Marringa for her Spirit of Marin Award as nominated by the West Marin Chamber of Commerce. Dorito has volunteered many many hours at KWMR assisting with mailing projects and with the Pledge Drives. Click HERE for more info on Spirit of Marin. 
Editors' Club
  Members 
(so far this time) 
  Anneke van der Veen
Lyons Filmer 
Julia Bartlett
Tess Elliott
Sara Roos
Elizabeth Barnet
Dusty McMurray
Jesse De Natale
Laurie Monserrat
Beth Underwood
Jim Gault
Joy Maulitz
Susanna Henderson
Tina Ann

Find a typo and join this group! Every six months editors will be put into a drawing 
for an Eton hand crank radio! Yep, crowd-sourced editing!
Windrush Farm Music

Why not spend some Sundays on the farm tapping your toe and enjoying some great music? Arann Harris has teamed up with KWMR on a series of concerts at Windrush Farm on Chileno Valley Road. Family Friendly with great tunes. KWMR is a media sponsor and beneficiary and we hope that you will attend. Sundays starting the 14th in Septmeber.

9/14 Goucho
Open Meetings

KWMR open meetings:

 

Board of Directors & Programming Committee. 

 

Board Meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the Point Reyes Public Safety Building & Fire House (corner of 4th and B Streets).

 

Programming Committee meetings are held at KWMR on the second Tuesday of each month from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at KWMR at 11431 State Route 1, Suite 8.

 

KWMR Board & Advisors 

 

Annual Reports & Audits 

On Your Radio!
Why not you, your organization, your idea, a fascinating visitor to West Marin, a local happening?

If you have an idea for something that you would like to hear on KWMR, let us know.

If you are interested in learning to be a KWMR Programmer, give us a shout.

Contact:
[email protected]
Community Service

Put your lead foot to good use! If you receive a speeding ticket or other traffic infraction, you may be eligible for Community Service. If so, keep KWMR in mind. We have an interesting variety of jobs that you can do in order to satisfy the courts. : ) Find out more by contacting Amanda at [email protected].
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