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Lisa Widmark sat down with the talented Greg Gilmore to discuss his latest album, The Kalispell Motel. This concept album explores the theme of making transformative changes in one’s life. During the interview, Greg shared some of his favorite books that inspire his creative process:

Catch the full interview online and dive into an insightful conversation about music, creativity, and personal growth.

Find Greg Gilmore at: KalispellMotel.com & Greggilmoremusic.com  

Follow Lisa, our performance coach with over 20 years of experience, on Instagram @tmgsportspsych or visit her website at www.tmgsportspsych.com

Tune in for a community tribute to Sundance Books and Music, which is set to close at the end of the month after 39 years! 💞 You’ll hear messages and reflections from community members, an interview with owner Christine Kelly and musician/writer Willy Vlautin, some music, and more. 🙌 Help honor this important independent community staple and their many many years of amazing service as this chapter closes. 🌹📚🌞

Tributes include:

This program is funded in part by a grant from Nevada Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Nevada City and Grass Valley both have closed streets to cars in the past three years to make it safer and more inviting to pedestrians. We take a trip there and talk to people about how it has impacted their lives.

BIKE LIFE Radio is a show on KWNK where we talk to people about their bikes and lives—presented by Ky Plaskon & the Truckee Meadows Bike Alliance. Ky has been commuting by bike to work for more than 30 years. He also worked in radio and TV for over 20 years from Alaska to San Diego, Las Vegas, Reno, and Sacramento. He wants to bring a lighter and funnier feel to bike discussions. For more information and to contribute to TMBA, go to https://bikewashoe.org/

"The challenge of everyday life is to reinvent, in our own image, all that we do."

David Winkler, filling in for Shaun Griffin this week, is a poet and writer who brings a touch of his literary world to KWNK every other week. Tune in to his new audio segment on Sundays at 5pm on 97.7FM or listen back on Spotify. Enjoy his unique blend of poetry and prose mixed into our regularly scheduled programming.

Today’s special guest is the incredible Ms. AyeVee, who will be sharing her powerful words and insights. @msayevee
🎙️Spoken Views Radio Hour is hosted by the talented MC Griffin. Join us every other Sunday as we showcase local poets and bring you the best in spoken word from around the globe. 🌍✨
Stay connected with the local and international spoken word scene by tuning in to the Spoken Views Radio Hour. See you on the airwaves! 🎙️💫

Join Anna Newman as she interviews Clare Benson, a renowned photographer and interdisciplinary artist hailing from Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In this episode, Clare discusses her captivating journey into the heart of Arctic Sweden, where she conducted research under a Fulbright Fellowship at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics. Clare will share insights into her award-winning book, "The Shepherd’s Daughter," and delve into the intersections of art, science, and personal heritage that define her unique artistic practice. Tune in to explore how Clare's explorations and visual narratives challenge our perceptions of the natural and familial worlds.

Join Native Nevadan and visual artist Nick Larsen in a captivating episode on @kwnk97.7 as he discusses his solo exhibition Old Haunts, Lower Reaches currently featured at the Nevada Museum of Art. Joining him for the interview are two friends from Santa Fe - where Nick currently resides, artwork and podcaster Chelsea Weathers and writer Jenn Shapland (whose latest book Thin Skin is available now at your favorite independent bookstore). In conjunction with the interview, Nick curated an hour-long playlist - I Want to Live on An Abstract Plain - evoking a drive to the Nevada ghost town Rhyolite, the subject of some of the work in Nick’s exhibition. Listen to the playlist, HERE.

More on Nick Larsen and the exhibition Old Haunts, Lower Reaches (on view Jan 20 - July 7, 2024 at the Nevada Museum of Art):

Old Haunts, Lower Reaches is an exhibition of new work by Nick Larsen (b. 1982) that excavates history, possibility, identity, and place. Comprised of layered collage pieces, textile-based architectural models, and image projection, Larsen explores what is present and visible in the desert landscape and, perhaps more importantly, what isn’t.

Influenced heavily by the artist’s experience working for an archaeological firm focused on the Great Basin region, research for Old Haunts, Lower Reaches began when Larsen discovered a fading layer in the history of the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada. Rhyolite (located thirty miles from Death Valley National Park) served, at one point, as the proposed site for a planned queer community, Stonewall Park, envisioned by two men from Reno in the 1980s. Contextualized by the history of Rhyolite, Stonewall Park, and his own life, Larsen speculates pasts, presents, and futures for this desert locale.

In the words of the artist, “The desert is an environment defined by what it lacks, its bleakness an invitation to project possibilities for both what could have been and what might be on what is often perceived as empty.” Repurposing materials to create his layered collages and sculptures, Larsen’s speculative practice also serves as a kind of “making do,” using what is at hand to give form to an invisible history or an unattainable future.

Nick Larsen was raised in Northern Nevada and currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Listen in on April 20th at 9am on KWNK 97.7FM to explore how art and music intertwine with Nick Larson.

Hear local artists Aiyana Graham and Abbay Anderson chat everything from art, disability and access, to nature.

Learn more:

https://hollandreno.org/billboard/

Change takes time, but one organization has shifted gears, starting with dirt trails to now include paved trails. The Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation was created to focus on dirt trails and enhance economic development around Reno. However, the organization has recently shifted to include urban trails for the same reason. We talk to Jay Howard of TMPF.

BIKE LIFE Radio is a show on KWNK where we talk to people about their bikes and lives—presented by Ky Plaskon & the Truckee Meadows Bike Alliance. Ky has been commuting by bike to work for more than 30 years. He also worked in radio and TV for over 20 years from Alaska to San Diego, Las Vegas, Reno, and Sacramento. He wants to bring a lighter and funnier feel to bike discussions. For more information and to contribute to TMBA, go to https://bikewashoe.org/

We Are Called to Rise, a novel by Laura McBride. Learn more: https://lauramcbrideauthor.com/

Shaun Griffin is a poet and writer who hopes to bring some part of that world to you every other week on KWNK with a new audio segment on Sundays at 5pm. Listen back below on Spotify or on 97.7FM mixed into our regularly scheduled program.