Podcast and bluegrass at the Mikkelsen Barn July 17

WAITSBURG - The Cascade of History podcast will be recording for later broadcast during the Mythical/Movable Blue Mountain Bluegrass Jam on Friday, July 17. The jam will be held at the historic Mikkelsen Barn from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Cascade of History podcast producer and host, Feliks Banel, will be speaking with people at the jam between songs or outside the barn. The podcast presents news and stories about people who study and add to the history of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia.

Tuchet Valley Acoustic Music Project (TVAMP) founder Kate Hockersmith said, "Feliks Banel will be giving his listeners a glimpse of what the jams are all about by recording the event and asking questions between tunes or outside the barn."

Mikkelsen Barn was built in 1918 by Ernest and Charlotte Mikkelsen. From 2019 to 2022, the current owner, Kristen Darrow, renovated the big red barn, with funding in part from a grant from the Washington State Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation's (DAHP) historic barn program.

Recipients of DAHP grants are encouraged to make renovated barns accessible to the community and continue agricultural use. Working with Hockersmith, Darrow frequently hosts the bluegrass jams once a month from spring through fall.

Mikkelsen Barn is located at 12241 Lower Waitsburg Road, about six miles south of Waitsburg.

The Cascade of History podcast can be found at https://tinyurl.com/48trjahu or by using the QR code below.

QR code for Cascade of History podcast.

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