Three – Two – One! They’re on the air and right now you can hear them perform their first radio play. The Lakewood Radio Players, an offshoot of Lakewood Senior Players and the revered Lakewood Playhouse, guest this month on Dorothy Wilhelm’s Swimming Upstream presented on the SOB Radio Network. (SOB stands for Spunky Old […]
Steilacoom Tribal Culture Center and Museum hosting March 9 event
Museum tours and stories of real beginnings by Tribal Elder Danny Marshall – as well as a book signing by Dorothy Wilhelm – will take place March 9 (11 am-2 pm) at the Steilacoom Tribal Cultural Center and Museum (1515 Lafayette St in Steilacoom). Cost is $5 per person. All proceeds go to the museum.
Wilhelm adds TNT, Fox Island Book Signing Events
Tacoma and Fox Island are the next stops for the series of Book Signing Events surrounding the release of Dorothy Wilhelm’s new book, True Tales of Puget Sound, now going into its third printing after only a little more than one month from publication. The Tacoma News Tribune will be the site of a program […]
Dorothy Wilhelm to sign copies of True Tales of Puget Sound
On February 23 & 24, TV personality, columnist, storyteller and humorist Dorothy Wilhelm tackles some of the more persistent Northwest legends to discover how they got started and if they are true tales—or tall tales. The result is found in her newest book, True Tales of Puget Sound. She’ll shares a sampler of those […]
Swimming Upstream to Special Valentine Show
Unexpected Gifts is the subject of the special Valentine edition of Dorothy Wilhelm’s internet radio show, “Swimming Upstream,” playing at this very moment at http://www.itsnevertoolate.com. The idea of the show is that love – like valentines – can come at unexpected times and in unexpected packages. The first “gift package” is a reading by Sam […]
Barbie and Ken and Kalvin – And Dorothy at Lakewood Barnes & Noble, Jan. 26
Barbie and Ken were – well, let’s face it, they were mannequins. Plastic, life-size, and for years they sat out in front of Coffey’s Frame Shop in Lakewood. Every day the shop owner would dress them appropriately and seat them in their own chairs in front of the store. As time went on, it appeared […]
Story telling this weekend Ft. Nisqually
You certainly can’t drive to Seattle this weekend so let’s plan to meet at Fort Nisqually (Pt. Defiance Park) on Sunday, January 20 (11:00 am to 4:00 pm). The books are here. Heritage cocoa and nibbles are ready – and I have stories to tell that you’ve never heard before.” The story of Washington Territory […]
True Tales of Puget Sound
True Tales of Puget Sound, new from The History Press, is a quirky, often funny collection of stories taken from the lore of 20 different Puget Sound communities. For instance, Fort Nisqually was built by the Hudson’s Bay Company in what is now DuPont but today it stands at Pt. Defiance Park in Tacoma. […]
Surviving the Holidays After Life Changing Events on Swimming Upstream
How to Handle the holidays after a big life change is the topic of the new edition of the internet radio show, Swimming Upstream. This week, authors Bonnie King and Susanne Bacon join host Dorothy Wilhelm to talk about how they managed to continue to find hope and the way to a rewarding life after […]