Through pen and ink, Kirsten Shelton brings the Southeast rain forest to life with almost a photographic clarity. She’s the featured artist this month at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum and a guest on Tuesday's Juneau Afternoon. Also on this program: A winter-safety update from the Juneau Police Department February’s Juneau arts scene. Nancy DeCherney’s First…
Guests: Kirsten Shelton, February’s featured artist. Elissa Borges, Curator of Public Programs, Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Kirsten Shelton says her work inspired by watching the wonder her two daughters experience, as they explore Juneau’s trails, forests and beaches.
Guests: Nancy DeCherney, Executive Director, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council From the Wearable Arts Show , to a photo exhibit featuring Romeo the wolf, to Perseverance Theatre’s performance of The Brothers Paranormal, a lot is happening in Juneau this February.
It’s been thirteen years since Romeo the wolf was last spotted wandering Mendenhall Glacier, crossing paths with skiers and their pets. But during the month of February, Romeo will return to Juneau, celebrated in photographs, music and art. On this Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, the story behind a collection of twenty photographs that will be featured…
Guests: Sarah Lewis, Family & Community Development Agent for Southeast Information about the Diabetes Supper Club, a program for people who have been diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Also plans for the Cooperative Extension Service's summer boat tour, which travels to communities in Southeast Alaska to offer courses.
Guests: Kerry Howard & Matthew Brown, Romeo Photo Exhibit Curators The Romeo photo exhibit is part of the Orpheus project, one of many tributes to Juneau's famous wolf during the month of February. It opens at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center as a First Friday exhibit on Feb. 4, 2022.
Guests: Katie Bausler, KRNN volunteer and fan of Buddy Tabor. It's been ten years since Buddy Tabor died, but the music of this longtime Juneau singer-songwriter is still enjoyed by many. On Wednesday night, from 9:00-11:00 p.m., Katie Bausler will feature some of Tabor's work on her program on KRNN, Stormy Weather. She talks about his contribution to the Juneau music scene, beyond his vast…
Science and mountaineering go hand in hand for Ulyana Horodyskyj. On this Friday's Juneau Afternoon, she’ll talk about her recent trip to the Andes to view the wreckage of plane that crashed in a mountainside 50 years ago, recently exposed by a melting glacier. She’ll also talk about conducting research in extreme environments and the…
Guests: Ulyana Horodyskyj Ulyana Horodyskyj uses her skills as both a scientist and a mountaineer to research the impacts of climate change in some of the world's most extreme environments. She talks about her recent visit to an Andes mountainside, where a plane crashed 50 years ago. Out of 45 passengers, sixteen survived after 75 harrowing days.
Guests: Rorie Watt, City and Borough of Juneau Manager As the City and Borough of Juneau emerges from the pandemic, Rorie Watt hopes he can move some important projects off of the back burner this year, Among them: building a new city hall, moving the Juneau-Douglas City Museum to a new location, and utilizing the new tourism director position to build better relationships between…
Guests: Mark Gunkel, advisory teacher for the Juneau School District HomeBridge program Why interest in homeschooling in the Juneau School District remains strong. How enrollment in the HomeBridge program has grown from 35 students two years ago, to 450 last year. Enrollment remains strong, between 250-275 students this school year.
From flood damage, to roof collapses to avalanche danger, it would seem that the City and Borough of Juneau is under assault from the weather. On Wednesday's Juneau Afternoon, CBJ’s Emergency Services Manager, Tom Mattice will talk about staying safe through times of record rainfall and other weather threats. How local breweries are teaming up…
Guests: Todd Hunt, Juneau Composer. Orpheus Project Artistic Director. The Orpheus Project is planning a month-long series of events in February to celebrate the life of Romeo, the wolf, who wandered on the outskirts of Juneau and interacted with humans and their pets.
Guests: Tom Mattice, Emergency Manager for the City and Borough of Juneau. With record rains, following heavy snowfall in December, the weather has caused floods, roof collapses and avalanches. How the City of Borough of Juneau is responding to weather patterns that are unprecedented.
The president of Platypus Gaming browses through his library of board games (Photo courtesy of Platypus Gaming).
Transforming Mars. Bastion. Furnace. Wild Space. Just to name a few, out of more than a thousand board games available to try-out this weekend at Platypus Con, a board game extravaganza that has returned to Juneau.
On Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, Joshua Warren, the founder of Platypus Con, will talk about how he created this event to help others discover and enjoy new board games.
Also on this program:
The Learning Connection is now back to offering in-person classes for adults in need of a GED, computer skills or English lessons.
The impact of climate change on gardening in Southeast Alaska, challenges that the Jensen-Olson Arboretum has had to cope with this year.
Listen to the whole program:
Part 1. Interview with Joshua Warren, President of Platypus Gaming.
Part 2. Interview with Genevieve Schmidt, Adult Education Coordinator, Southeast Regional Resource Center (SERRC)
Part 3. Interview with Ginger Hudson, manager of Jensen Olson Arboretum
Rhonda McBride hosts Tuesday’s program. You can catch Juneau Afternoon, Tuesday through Friday, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3. The rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO. You can also listen online at ktoo.org.
Romeo often played with Dakotah, Nick Jans’ yellow lab. (Photo courtesy Nick Jans)
Romeo, the wolf who befriended Juneau dogs, will remembered in a month-long celebration of art, music and poetry. On this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, Rhonda McBride talks with composer Todd Hunt about Wolf Songs, a premiere of two commissioned pieces to be performed by a chamber orchestra in February.
Also on Friday’s Juneau Afternoon:
Annette Smith is a lifelong Alaskan, known for her underwater photography,
Underwater adventures, as well as a few misadventures. Annette Smith previews her Fireside lecture on scuba diving in Southeast Alaska.
And a conversation with CBJ manager Rorie Watt on “year three” of the pandemic. A look at his “to do” list for 2022.
You can catch Juneau Afternoon, Tuesday through Friday, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3. The rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO. You can also listen online at ktoo.org.
Listen to the entire show: Part 1. Undersea Diving in Southeast Alaska with Annette Smith. Part 2. Coming out from COVID with CBJ Manager Rorie WattPart 3. Remembering Romeo the Wolf with William Todd Hunt: February features a month long of tributes.
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