Arts

    Our guests this week are several members of Kodiak High School’s Drama Club — Shakesbears, some in the studio and some by video conference. We discuss their historic and record-breaking run to becoming the 2020 Alaska state champions in Drama and Forensics.       Wetherleigh Griffin, (at right in studio), Felix Lewis, (top left of screen shot); Derek …

K-12 classes have moved online, and with them, extracurriculars are going virtual too. For more than a month, Next Step Dance in Kodiak has hosted a “digital dance studio” through Zoom, to keep almost 300 young students practicing choreography from home. Mary Beth Loewen teaches a ballet class via video conference. (Photo courtesy Mary Beth Loewen) Mary Beth Loewen has …

Our guests this week are from the “The Hasty Heart,” which is a play presented by the FairWind Players that premiers on Friday, March 6. The play tells the story of a group of injured military men from several different countries who are in a hospital recovering from injuries. “The Hasty Heart” plays in the Drama Pod on Friday, Saturday …

  The Alaska Legislature honored Kodiak’s Dr. Bob Johnson with a memorial citation to recognize his life’s work as a doctor, and as a supporter of the arts and humanities. The citation was passed by the legislature on Friday, according to Senator Gary Steven’s office. Johnson, known best as Dr. Bob, passed away on January 31. A. Holmes Johnson, Dr. …

Listen as eight storytellers share stories around the theme “For Better or Worse” in a live performance recorded on February 14, 2020 at the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center. The show first aired on KMXT 100.1 FM on Sunday, February 23, 2020.

Listen as eight storytellers share stories around the theme “Storm Warning” in a live performance recorded on January 17, 2020 at the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center. The show first aired on KMXT 100.1 FM on Sunday, January 26, 2020.

This week’s “Talk of the Rock” program. Memories of Doctor Bob Johnson.   The photo of Dr. Bob as a young man referred early in the program is below.   Full, edited interview with Nancy Kemp and Ginny Shank     Dr. Bob was born on Christmas Day 1925. He moved to Kodiak in 1938 with his father Dr. A. …

Dr. Bob Johnson passed away on Friday, Jan. 31. He leaves behind his wife of nearly 70 years, four sons, and eight grandchildren. But he also leaves behind his ‘Kodiak family’—the many hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people who feel a strong connection to Johnson because he played some role in their lives. From delivering babies to saving lives as …

  Hobo Jim will be in Kodiak this weekend for two live performances. Friday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at the Harbor Convention Center.  

This week we have a number of guests in our studio to talk about “Coffee with God,” a play about a guy in a coffee shop who meets God and gains insights into himself and his life. Humorous and fun, this production includes Salsa dancers, an accordion player, and Dr. Jerimiah Meyers as God. (And yes, we teased him about …