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KRCB-FM Introduces Every Day Poems
Listen for Every Day Poems weekdays at 7:49 am and 10:04 am

Bill Vartnaw	Gwynn O’Gara	Mike Tuggle	Geri Digiorno	Terry Ehret

Sonoma County has had seven poets laureate since 2000 when Don Emblen first took on the role for the first two-year stint. Twelve years later, Bill Vartnaw has taken the reins, inaugurated in January. There is no job description for a poet laureate—other than to “promote poetry.” To that end, Bill has gathered the other four living Sonoma County Laureates to create a daily two-minute dose of poetry for our listeners. Every Day Poems is now presented twice a day on KRCB, with each poet taking one day of the week to introduce their chosen poet and poem. 

The poems will mostly come from the Bay Area, with an emphasis on Sonoma County. Some weeks, chosen poems will follow a particular theme, or respond to historical or current events. We will be asking poets to read from their own works when we can, but don’t be too surprised if you hear a nineteenth century poem or a translation of a Neruda poem!

Each daily poetic meditation will also be archived at KRCB.org with links to resources.
In addition to Vartnaw, the participating poets are Gwynn O’Gara, Mike Tuggle, Geri Digiorno, and Terry Ehret.

ArtsID

February 2012 - Personal Stories
Three playwrights tackle ways of telling personal narratives.

Rebecca Miller's play, Faultlines recently had its West Coast Premier at Sebastopol's Main Stage West.  Her fictional story, inspired by the Polly Klass kidnapping, revolves around a reunion of three women who were at the slumber party when their friend was taken twenty years before.  Miller, who knew Polly Klass in grade school, talks with writer, Susan Swartz,
about writing this play as a way of facing her own long buried grief.  How do you tell a story that is yours, but not  necessarily yours to tell?

David Templeton tells the story of his teenaged pursuit of his first love - Pinky.  He was willing to do anything to convince her that he was the one.  This story first ran in the first episode of ArtsID -  the "Identity" episode.  David has now written the story as a two-person stage play, opening at Main Stage West on March 9th.  David plays David.  Liz Jahren plays Pinky.

Dave Pokorney was a stand up comic who spent 15 years as a stay at home Dad, planning his own one-man show.  The show, "Based on a True Story" opened last year.  Now Dave helps other people tell their own true stories at "West Side Stories", where people sign up to present their own five minute tales in front of a live audience.  Based on the popular "The Moth" in NY and other cities, "West Side Stories" happens on the second Wednesday of every month at the Pelican Art Gallery in Petaluma.  The next veent is Wednesday, March 14th.  The topic is "Carpe Diem".

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