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  • January 17, 2025
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Punk Rock Farmer Friday starts @ 6PM, with Slow Food Utah microgrants, Zions park ranger, Making Waves for the GSL, Skywatcher Leo T, and homegrown music with SLUG Magazine’s Angela Brown.

Tonight's Punk Rock Farmer Friday edition of RadioACTive is from our live broadcast on Friday, December 20, 2024. See you next week for more live shows!

Homegrown music picks with Angela Brown of SLUG Mag, which will celebrate 36 years of covering the Utah scene next month. Listen for cuts from Manañero, Bonestorm, Orange Soda, 3690, Molotov Dress and Anna Beck.

Sarah May of Making Waves Artist Collaborative, which once again will be holding a daily vigil for Great Salt Lake at the Utah State Capitol throughout the entirety of the 2025 legislative session. Everyone is invited to honor the lake and celebrate all of the species she sustains. The vigil will take place Monday through Friday from January 21st through March 7th. There are daily opportunities for the public to join in.

  • Walk the Waves, Monday-Thursday 8-9AM. "Meet on the southeast sidewalk in front of the Capitol at 8AM. We will acknowledge the land and the lake and then silently carry giant blue and white sun-printed waves around the perimeter, walking counter-clockwise to turn hearts and faces back toward the lake. When we reach the west-facing patio, we will pause there to sing to the sea."

  • Celebrate the Species, Tuesday (1/21) and each Friday: 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/7 5-6PM. "During the Utah State Legislative session, we will gather each Friday evening (1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, & 3/7) on the sidewalk just east of the Capitol at 5PM. We will also be Celebrating the Species on Tuesday, January 21st, at 5PM. 

    • "With the help of community-built puppets, you can become human-sized brine shrimp, phalaropes, pelicans, plovers, and many other lake species. If you prefer, you can help fly a flock of hand-held seagulls or red-wing blackbirds. We sing and dance together to celebrate the lake. It's participatory, joyful, and imperfect. Not a performance. You are welcome to bring your own costume if you like. We do have plenty, including kid's sizes!"

    • "Please don't bring signs. This is a demonstration of love offered to and for the lake, not a protest. We are letting the species speak for themselves, centering our non-human kin. Please dress for the weather. Our route is ADA Accessible."

#ManyCulturesOneSky with SkyWatcher Leo T, a RadioACTive volunteer and veteran broadcaster-turned-podcaster who shares his love of the night sky, cultural tales of the constellations, and more on #PunkRockFarmerFridays. Tonight, the full wolf moon, night skyscape and other celestial shenanigans; BepiColombo, the European-Japanese space probe, does a fly-by of Mercury; NASA's Parker Solar Probe; and Comet G3 Atlas.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, the National Parks Service will waive entrance fees to all national parks across the United States, including Utah’s Mighty 5® on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. RadioACTive checks in with Zions Park Ranger Matthew Fink. Other official free days this year:

Red Acre Center recaps the 2025 Utah Farm & Food Conference and previews the Utah Legislative session that starts Tuesday.

  • Jan. 21-Mar.7: Pastries & Politics every Thursday with Red Acre Center, Rm #105 of the Utah State Capitol Building, 350 N. State St., SLC

  • Feb. 19: Small Ag Day on the Hill with Red Acre Center

Aldine's Urban Farm Report with Slow Food Utah, a volunteer-run chapter (convivium) of Slow Food USA. The nonprofit works to strengthen the food systems around us to achieve good, clean and fair food for all. Guests: Current board member and chef Adam Kreisel and former chair Gwen Crist. 

  • Jan. 31: Deadline to apply for Slow Food Utah microgrant program. This program was created to fill gaps identified in traditional funding sources for local food-related projects, especially for small-scale food growers and producers, community innovators, and educators. Grants are open to any individual, small business, or non-profit committed to Slow Food International principles of good, clean, fair food for all, cultural diversity, and conviviality. To apply, click here. To view a microgrant workshop, click here.  

How'd you like the show? Share your thoughts, suggestions and observations by calling the RadioACTive hotline: ‪(385) 800-1889‬. Or, send a voicememo to radioactive@krcl.org. Tell us your name and neighborhood, the subject or guest you want to talk about and leave a short message. 

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of  Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9fm. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

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