Safe Harbors Radio Hour

Lisa and Ken speak with the 2026 Emerging Artist Fellows Elena Kalkova, Duncan Richards, and Luis Mercedes Winter about their growth as artists working alongside each other on their exhibition, Tales from the Penumbra: memories of Shadow-and-Light. Next, in conversation with Dr. Nathan Johnson, they take a deep dive into Blue Zones, specific regions around the world where people live longer and healthier lives, and ways to bring those learnings to Newburgh.

In this Safe Harbors Green-themed episode, Director of Development and Communications Manda Martin talks with Ken and Lisa about the Green’s anniversary and the annual gala, and artist Sophy Tuttle discusses her work on the new mural.

Ken and Lisa sit down with the Safe Harbors Ritz Kidz Circus founder, its dedicated directors, and a former student turned coach, to discover how social circus is empowering and transforming youth in our community.

Featuring:
Jonathan Deull, Founder, Ritz Kidz Circus, and President, Safe Harbors of the Hudson Board of Directors
James (JBird) Gibson, Co-Director, Ritz Kidz Circus
Marine Scholtes-Labrecque, Co-Director, Ritz Kidz Circus
Eric Colon Cruz, Coach, Ritz Kidz Circus 

Lisa and Ken celebrate the 10th anniversary of Safe Harbors Green with our guests Hannah Brooks, Bryan Quinn, and Ilyana Campos, who championed, designed, and now program that half-acre urban oasis!

Featuring:
Hannah Brooks (she/her), Beacon LitFest
Bryan Quinn (he/him), One Nature
Ilyana Campos (she/her), Newburgh Farmers' Market

 Lisa and Ken kick-off Safe Harbors Radio Hour by sitting down with Matthew Mottel, Safe Harbors Radio co-founder and sound engineer, to discuss this new endeavor and what to expect from Safe Harbors Radio over the coming months. Next, they speak with Kelly Schroer, founder and curator of STRONGROOM, a non-profit that produces site-specific contemporary art installations in Newburgh, and is currently presenting HOLDING LIGHT SUTRA, a multimedia installation by Millicent Young in Safe Harbors’ Ritz Theater Stagehouse.