As producer and host of KTOO's Juneau Afternoon, I work to build community by sharing stories about the human spirit.
Outside of KTOO, I tell stories via theatre, film and audio projects.
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has established the first-ever registry of Tlingit clan crests— the most important symbols of the history and identity of Tlingit people—and published a book presenting the initial six clans and crests documented for the project.
Juneau’s Carbon Footprint and Energy Use report will be shared via a community conversation on Tuesday, May 16th, from 5-6:30 pm in CBJ Assembly Chambers or on Zoom at https://juneau.zoom.us/j/89561093076
A big fundraiser for nonprofits who are plant and garden related….plus girls scouts and Montessori
Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.
Guests:
Dr. Chuck Smythe, Sealaska Heritage Institute
Marian Call, Commissioner – Juneau Commission on Sustainability
Steve Behnke, Energy Chair, Juneau Commission on Sustainability
Left: Zuill Bailey, cellist. Middle: James Logan, clarinet. Right: Awadagin Pratt, piano. (Photo courtesy of Juneau Jazz and Classics)May 9, 2023 — Full Episode
Stephanie Coulon from Radio Djiido in Studio (Bostin Christopher/KTOO)
Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.
Guests:
Zuill Baily, Artistic Director of Juneau Jazz & Classics
Indigenous jazz musicians, ensembles, and big bands have their place in the contemporary jazz world as well as in jazz history. There were small ensembles and big bands on reservations across the US in the first half of the Twentieth Century and several Indigenous musicians who ascended to celebrity with jazz as their medium.
Since time immemorial, songs have been the vessels for prayers and stories for the Indigenous people of the Americas. The goals of JKIBB are to celebrate and continue that tradition, to compose and perform new music inspired by traditional melodies, and to create a community of like-minded peoples from all backgrounds to uplift the next generation of Indigenous jazz musicians.
Opening May 5, 4:30 – 7:00 pm, lecture with artist Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Sven Haakanson, and conservator Ellen Carrlee at 6:30 pm
Visceral: Legacy is a further interpretation of Sonya’s solo exhibition themes through objects that she and fellow gut enthusiast and Alaska State Museum conservator Ellen Carrlee chose from the museum’s permanent collection. As a guest curator, Sonya brings the richness of her childhood in Nome, her international career as an artist, her life in Anchorage, and her insights as a person of Iñupiaq, Athabascan, and European heritage.
These three galleries will be open through the summer 2023 season, augmented by special workshops and lectures, and closing in mid-October 2023.
Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Kelsey Hoke Martin, artist and owner of K.Hoke Contemporary, made the move to Juneau with her family in 2020 just as the world was starting to shut down because of COVID. Once landing in Alaska, she found artistic inspiration everywhere, “I almost feel like Alaska was always supposed to be home. Moving to Juneau just blew the doors open on my creative outlook; every turn here is breathtaking,” K.Hoke said.
Volunteer Andy Kline hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.
Guests:
Julia Keefe, Indigenous Big Band
Qacung, Artistic Director of Aak’w Rock
Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Artist
Sven Haakanson, Curator of Native American collections at the Burke Museum
Ellen Carrlee. Alaska State Museum
Kelsey Hoke Martin, Artist at Juneau Artists Gallery
Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.
This exhibition showcases finger-twined Chilkat robes woven by three generations of Chilkat weavers: Master Weavers Jennie Thlunaut and Clarissa Rizal, living weavers Shgen George, Lily Hope, and Ricky Tagaban, and seventeen new student weavers. (Photo by @sydneyakagiphoto)May 3, 2023 — Full Episode
Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.
Beth Ann Mathews (Photo courtesy of Beth Ann Mathews)
Author of Deep Waters Beth Mathews with her husband and son on their sailboat after fishing for salmon in Sweetheart Creek. (Photo by Kurt S. Dzinich Sr. 2006)
Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band who will be playing in Juneau during Juneau Jazz & Classics
Phil Huebschen, Executive Director of the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. (Photo courtesy of Phil Huebschen)May 2, 2023 — Full Episode
On today’s program:
A conversation with Phil Huebshen, the new Executive Director of the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council, including his return to Juneau and his vision for the JAHC moving forward
Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.
NOTES:
Correction/Addition: Nancy DeCherney is the former Executive Director of the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
Guests:
Nguyet Nguyen, UAS Professor, Study Away in Vietnam
Carin Silkaitis, Dean of Arts and Sciences, UAS
Phil Huebschen, Executive Director of the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
