Monday, May 24th: Juneau writer Ernestine Hayes named Rasmuson 2021 Distinguished Artist. Most spectacular lunar eclipse of the year. Juneau Audubon Society’s Birds of the Week.

In a tearful ceremony Friday, Juneau writer Ernestine Hayes was called a “living, breathing, story-telling treasure.”

On Monday’s Juneau Afternoon, we’ll celebrate Hayes’ Distinguished Artist of the Year award from the Rasmuson Foundation — a chance to hear her talk about her books and passion for weaving her Tlingit culture into stories of both heartbreak and triumph.

Also, today:

• The science behind what should be the most spectacular lunar eclipse of the year this Wednesday.
• Juneau Audubon Society’s “Birds of the Week.”

Listen to the entire program:

Part 1. Rasmuson Foundation awards Ernestine Hayes, a Tlingit writer and college professor, its Distinguished Artist of the Year. Hayes talks about the award and reads passages from some of her books.

Part 2. Steve Kocsis, a volunteer and board member of the Marie Drake Planetarium, talks about this week’s Super Flower Blood Moon and total lunar eclipse.

Part 3. Juneau Audubon Society’s weekly “Birdwatch.” Brenda Wright will focus on three birds this week: Steller’s Jays, Tree Swallows and Harlequin Ducks.

Listen to the Juneau Audubon Society’s “Bird’s of the Week.”

Harlequin Ducks:

Tree Sparrows:

Steller’s Jay:

Join Rhonda McBride at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at ktoo.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.