About this episode
Feliks Banel's guests on this special LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY from the Kalakala Room at Ivar's Acres of Clams on the Seattle waterfront include folksinger Al Hirsch; Ruri Yampolsky, Waterfront Program Arts Manager for the City of Seattle's Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects; Emily K. Cantrell, President and CEO of Seafair; Lissa Kramer, Park Curator & Resources Management Lead for Klondike Gold Rush National Park in Seattle; Ken Workman, Chief Seattle descendant; Maria Denny, Arthur and Mary Denny descendant; historian and journalist Jean Sherrard; and historian and underwater explorer Matt McCauley.
This special live broadcast marked the 174th anniversary of the founding of downtown Seattle, when Arthur Denny and David Denny paddled across Elliott Bay from Alki on February 15, 1852 and chose the spot where they would build the metropolis that became Seattle.
Special thanks to Michelle Deide and Bob Donegan of Ivar's for providing the Kalakala Room for tonight's live broadcast. Thanks also to CASCADE OF HISTORY's Roving Correspondent (and field producer) Ken Zick, and to Mitch Etter of SPACE 101.1 FM for running the board back at the station. Thanks also to Kristin Halunen of MOHAI for facilitating access to the brass bell from the long-gone bark WINDWARD, and thanks to Casey McNerthney for the vintage Ivar's audio.
CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms’ quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
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