Radio Chatskill

Former Port Jervis science teacher and Radio Catskill volunteer Joe Johnson joins Tim Bruno to discuss some of the most fascinating science stories of the week, including stars "eating" planets, a fossil named after Kermit The Frog, and smelly teens. 

Several research studies have found evidence that writing or reading poetry can be therapeutic.

Poetry can provide comfort and boost mood during periods of stress, trauma, and grief. Its powerful combination of words, metaphor, and meter can help us better express ourselves and make sense of the world and our place in it.

As part of its Winter Wellness Series, Bethel Woods Center for The Arts is offering a Poetry Workshop tomorrow with Alison Green Myers, a published author and program director for the Highlights Foundation in Boyds Mills, Pennsylvania. 

Radio Catskill contributor and Liberty Public Library Community Program Coordinator Tracy Gates spoke with Allison Myers about the workshop and the comfort of words. 

Think about the pets we typically have at home – cats, dogs, maybe a bird or two. But have you ever considered what it's like to share your space with not one, not two, but five lizards? 

Radio Catskill's Leying Tang sat down with Wendy Townsend. She is a writer and an Iguana Specialist, deeply passionate about lizards and committed to their conservation. 

Her journey with these creatures began at a young age, and it's been a lifelong fascination ever since. With over five decades of experience, she's not only mastered the art of caring for iguanas, but also formed deep connections with each of her scaly companions.

The "Knit-a-thon" is a 12-hour knitting marathon to raise funds for hunger and food insecurity. 100% of the money raised will be equally divided between Feeding America, World Central Kitchen, No Kid Hungry, and Meals on Wheels.

Leila McCullough, owner of Wool-Worth yarn store in Callicoon, will be knitting for 12 hours on March 23 during the marathon.

She spoke to Tim Bruno on Radio Chatskill.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned doctors this week about an increase in measles cases that in a little more than three months has equaled all of the U.S. cases last year.

There had been 58 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. in 17 states, including New York and Pennsylvania  this year, the CDC said, compared to 58 in all of 2023.

Tim Bruno spoke to Dr. Jodi Galaydick, Garnet Health’s Epidemiologist and a practicing Infectious Disease physician with Garnet Health Doctors. We should note Garnet Health is WJFF sponsor.

There's an old story that goes back centuries: that the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) trace their origins back to a solar eclipse. 

Ahead of next month's total eclipse, we hear from a member of the Onondaga Nation about the tale, that a solar eclipse nearly 900 years ago led to the unification of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

Onondaga Nation Council Member and teacher at the Onondaga Nation School Bradley Powless spoke with WRVO's Ava Pukatch for the New York Pubic News Network.

Local astronomer Irene Peas is known as the "Friendly Neighboorhood Astronomer" and she’ll be at the Mamakating Environmental Education Center for a talk on everything folks should need to know about the upcoming Solar Eclipse in April.

She’ll cover some basics of the moon's cycle and phases, mechanics of lunar and solar eclipses, and specifics of the 2024 eclipse, including the path of totality and tips for viewing the partial and/or total eclipse safely.

She spoke to Tim Bruno on Radio Chatskill.

Local Narrowsburg artist, Claudine Luchsinger received an MFA from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and a BFA from Marywood University, with an emphasis on drawing and painting.

Her latest exhibit —-"Quantum Entanglement" --- is an experimental art installation on view now through May 20 in the Union Digital Gallery at Narrowsburg Union 

Culture Reporter Valerie Mansi spoke to her. 

Noah Kalina is an artist and photographer based in Lumberland, New York and he is holding a workshop at the Catskill Art Space in Livingston Manor called "Why we photograph with Noah Kalina. Starting on April 6 

This class will discuss why people take photos, what happens to photos after they are taken, and why taking photos is important even when everyone is doing it. 

Noah is an accomplished photographer, with clients such as Google, Moma, Gucci, Levi's the New York Times Magazine, Monocle, and more

The Catskill Art Space says while this class is for anyone who is interested in art and  photography and art, it won't teach you how to use a camera.

It’s budget negotiation season in New York, and environmentalists are looking to Albany to see what the budget proposals may mean for some of their climate priorities.

From the New York Public News Network, WSKG's Rebecca Redelmeier reports.