preloader

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, June 2 when host Blake More celebrates the successful end of the 2021-22 school year with a show featuring the literary voices of K-8 students at Manchester Elementary School in Manchester, CA. The last school year has not been without its ups and downs…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, May 5 when host Blake More will interview Mendocino County muralist Lauren Sinnott. They will be discussing her recently completed “Community History Mural” covering an entire block of Ukiah, including the inspirations and challenges…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, April 7 when host Blake More hosts a special poetry show to honor poetry’s April distinction as “Poetry Month”. You will hear recitations from the Poetry Out Loud and the Poetry In Voice programs, which feature high school youth reciting award wining poets from memory…

On Saturday, April 2, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky features Elk poet, filmmaker, fiction writer and teacher Thomas Roberdeau. Thomas Roberdeau is a filmmaker and writer living in Elk, and has been living on the the Mendocino coast on and off since the late 1970’s…

On Saturday, March 5, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky features SF Poet Diane Frank. Diane is author of eight books of poems, three novels, and a photo memoir of her 400 mile trek in the Nepal Himalayas. While Listening to the Enigma Variations: New and Selected Poems was published in 2021 by Glass Lyre Press. …

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, March 3 when host Blake More will interview Mendocino County’s very own Jazz scholar and producer Fred Adler. They will be discussing his lifelong love of Jazz and specifically the peace and presence of John Coltrane with a special tribute to his musical legacy…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, February 3 when host Blake More will interview vibrational science pioneer Don Estes. They will be discussing his lifelong quest to develop methods and practices to use sound, light and vibration technologies rather than psychedelics to access non-ordinary states of mind….

On Saturday, Feb 5, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky features Marin Poet Kathy Evans. Kathy is the author of four collections of poetry: Imagination Comes to Breakfast, Hunger and Sorrow (which won the Small Press Poetry Prize), As The Heart is Held, and now her latest book, nominated for a Pen award, Trespassers Welcome…

California Poets in the Schools, Mendocino County Office of Education and the Arts Council of Mendocino County announce the 2022 Youth Poet Laureate, Point Arena High School Sophomore Sidney Regelbrugge. Sidney Regelbrugge is so excited to start on her term as Mendocino County’s Youth Poet Laureate. Sidney has spent her entire life between the forest and the Pacific Ocean. Poetry has been a passion for her since grade school…

On Saturday, December 4 , 2021 from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky (always the first Saturday of the month) will feature San Francisco poet Hal Robins. Harry S. Robins (born November 28, 1950), known as “Hal”, is a man of many talents in the visual, literary and performance arts. As an American voice actor, Robins is best known for his vocal work in the Half-Life series…MORE

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, December 2 when host Blake More will interview the Ladies of BAM – Book Arts Mendocino – Theresa Whitehill, Felicia Rice and Zida Borsich. They will be discussing BAM and its series of exhibitions, readings, talks, demonstrations, and workshops, all devoted to the wide ranging & varied arts of the book…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, November 4 when host Blake More will interview Shugri Said Salh about her recently published memoir “The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert”. Honest and tender, The Last Nomad is a riveting coming-of-age story of resilience, survival, and the shifting definitions of home. Topics for discussion include Salh’s personal history of trauma, civil strife, asylum and ultimately triumph as she

On Saturday, November 6 , 2021 from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky (always the first Saturday of the month) will feature Vallejo poet Jeffrey Kingman. His poetry collection, BEYOND THAT HILL I GATHER, was published by Finishing Line Press in June of 2021. His poetry chapbook, ON A ROAD, was published by Finishing Line Press in December of 2019. He is the winner of the Red Berry…MORE

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, October 7, when host Blake More interviews New Orleans filmmaker Tom Roche. Currently working on a documentary about pianist Professor Longhair, Tom will share some insight into the life and motivations of this NOLA treasure, and why his wildly creative contributions have had such a lasting impact…