Dear Feastlings,
It’s a rare occasion that I accomplish something before the last possible moment, but today, you’ll get an early email from me. We’re closed on Mondays, but it occurred to me that whenever I go do my bit to support Arizona Public Media, I like to let you all know I’ll be down in the basement of the Modern Languages Building, interrupting programming with my customary plea for donations. With the federal funding rescission, it’s even more incumbent upon those of us who value public media to check between the couch cushions and chip in what we can spare. It’s important to me personally, so I’ll be dragging myself out of bed and putting on my best radio voice tomorrow from 7:00 to 9:00 AM, and those who call in during that time will be entered into a drawing to win one of two gift certificates I’ll be donating, alongside my personal sustaining membership and Feast’s underwriting. You can call (520) 621-1600 while I’m there, or donate on their website,
https://azpm.pledgecart.org/home?campaign=14BFED60-00FA-4383-9795-7B158ABEE616&source=&_gl=1*5j23ha*_gcl_au*MTE2MTU0Njk1My4xNzU3MzYwNTQ5*_ga*NDI4Mzc5NzMwLjE3NTczNjA1NDk.*_ga_2TXDNNG48F*czE3NTczNjA1NDkkbzEkZzEkdDE3NTczNjA4NDEkajQ2JGwwJGgw
and if you’re curious to know how the rescission affects AZPM and other public media, you can take a look here:
https://about.azpm.org/p/about-press/2025/8/19/226049-what-do-federal-funding-cuts-mean-for-the-future-of-azpm/
Meanwhile, if you want to do a little something nice for yourself and support us so that we can keep supporting them (and ourselves and our families,) we have a couple of events coming up:
There’s a wine dinner with Dan Pierce of Bodega Pierce this Friday, the 12th, at 6:00 pm,
and there’s a wine tasting with our buddy Emilie on Saturday the 13th, at 2:00 pm.
What’s more, Sonoran Restaurant Week continues to run all week long, whether you join us here or visit one of the scores of other of independent restaurants who’ll be participating. Here’s some more information on that:
https://www.sonoranrestaurantweek.com/
We look forward to seeing you soon, and I look forward to thanking any of you who donate to AZPM tomorrow on the air.
Thanks, everyone.
Your pal,
Doug