Rhonda McBride

From Dillingham to Bellingham and beyond, the Juneau Public Market is back with in-person shopping.

Today, on Juneau Afternoon, two homegrown businesses from Southeast Alaska talk about why they will be among 125 vendors, who have signed up.

And an update on some of the COVID-safety steps being taken for the market,  including proof of vaccination

Also today:

• A workshop for senior caregivers with tools for overcoming communication challenges.
• Gunalchéesh, a program that celebrates Native languages in song, stories and conversation. A talk with the host, Frederick Olsen.

Sheli DeLaney hosts today’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.

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Yaadachóon, pronounced, “yah-dah-choon,” is the name of an aluminum replica of a traditional Lingít canoe, soon to be a fixture on the Juneau waterfront.  In Lingít, the word means straight ahead or going forward.

On Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, Robert Mills, the artist who designed the canoe, talked with KTOO’s Rhonda McBride about the canoe’s journey, from the drawing board to its final destination, a permanent installation near the Overstreet Park Seawalk.

This is the first phase of the project. Fundraising continues for the next phase, which includes lighting for the canoe, so it can be seen at night.

Also on this show:

• Tidal Echoes is now in search of stories and poems for its next edition. How to submit your work.
• And Southeast Alaska Food Bank is hoping to fill a lot of cupboards. How you can help those in need.
• Theatre in the Rough’s new play, “An Inspector Calls” opens.

Listen to the whole show:

Part 1. Interview with Robert Mills, Yadachóon’s designer.

Part 2. Interview with Shalene Moller, Fall and Junior Editor of Tidal Echoes.

Part 3. Interview with Chris Schapp, Southeast Alaska Food Bank Manager.

Part 4. Interview with Katie Jensen  and Aaron Elmore, Theatre in the Rough.

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.

 

 

The 50^th Anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act has put many Native leaders in the spotlight, including Emil Notti, who was the first president of the Alaska Federation of Natives.

Notti was recently inducted into the National Native American Indian Hall of Fame for his advocacy of Native land rights.

On this episode of Juneau Afternoon, Rhonda McBride continues her Thursday ANCSA flashback series, with Nellie Moore and Joaqlin Estus, two longtime Alaska Native journalists, as well as Paul Ongtooguk, an ANCSA historian. They look back on how Notti navigated tumultuous times, with his quiet, low-key leadership style — qualities that may have made him the right person, in the right place, at the right time.

Also Nellie Moore and Tim Bradner, a longtime Alaska natural resources reporter, look at the birth of Alaska Native corporations and their early struggles to survive.

Listen to the 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.

Today’s show is designed as a companion radio program for KTOO 360TV’s Thursday night series, ANCSA@50: The Journey Continues, which airs at 8:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amy Butcher teaches creative writing at Ohio Wesleyan University, but her Alaska connections run deep. She spends her summers teaching students at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp and most recently came out with a book called “Mothertrucker,” a portrait of a long haul driver on the Dalton Highway, who commanded respect in a male-dominated business.

On  Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, KTOO’s Sheli DeLaney will talk with Butcher about her book – a story that’s also about the power of female friendships and healing from abusive relationships.

Butcher’s book is based on a white-knuckle road trip up the Dalton Highway, that she took with Joy “Mothertrucker” Weibe, who at the time, was the only female ice road trucker in America.

 

Also in today’s program:

• A conversation with Farai Chideya, about her show, Our Body Politic
• First hand lessons in entrepreneurship at the Montessori Borealis school.

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.

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Two Juneau artists, active in promoting Alaska Native culture through the arts, will get help to pursue their work. The Native Arts and Culture Foundation awarded Steven Qacung Blanchett and Lily Hope, each $100,000.

On this Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, KTOO’s Sheli DeLaney will talk with both artists about how they use art to strengthen culture and build community.

Blanchett, a Yup’ik and African American musician, will use his grant to continue a ten-year project, bringing traditional songs and dance to Kodiak Island communities. Hope, a Tlingit weaver, will raise awareness about the connection between weaving and protecting mountain goats and cedar trees, which provide the raw materials for weaving.

The grant will be split between the artists and a partner agency.

Also, on this program:

• A Southeast Senior Services webinar to help family caregivers with legal planning
• How to donate winter weather clothing for those in need

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.

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From hand made jewelry to pottery to knitted caps and seafood sales, the Juneau Public Market has been a favorite one-stop holiday shopping experience, that is, until the pandemic came along and forced it to go virtual.

But this Thanksgiving weekend, the market returns as an in-person event.

On this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, a look at some of the changes that’s made this possible.

Also on this program:

• Vincent De Paul Thanksgiving baskets
• Native American Heritage Month at the Juneau Public Library
• The Holiday Soccer Cup Tournament
• And Poetry in the time of COVID, from the Burn Thompson Writers Group

Listen to all of the interviews:

Part 1. Juneau Public Market. Guests:  Sandy and Peter Metcalfe.

Part 2. Thanksgiving Baskets. Guest: Dave Ringle, St. Vincent De Paul.

Part 3. Juneau Public Library. Guest: Kate Enge.

Part 4. Juneau Soccer Club Holiday Cup Tournament.  Guest:  Marty McKeown.

Part 5.  Burn Thompson Writers Group. Guests:  Mistee St. Claire and Margo Waring.

Rhonda McBride hosts this Friday’s program. You catch Juneau Afternoon Tuesday through Friday at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at ktoo.org, and repeated at 7 p.m. on KTOO.