Rhonda McBride

Although Erin Heist is a familiar name in the Southeast Alaska folk music scene, she’s never recorded an album. Until now.

On  Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, she’ll share one of the songs from her first recording project.

Also on Wednesday’s show:

• How you can help the Alaska Design Forum create a new card game.
• Campus life at UAS: why its student housing program made it to the top of a national survey.
• The Juneau Public Library: the world of books and more.

Join Sheli DeLaney for this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, live 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.

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It’s not every day that someone comes to Juneau, who has bicycled from the Florida Keys to Prudhoe Bay.

But Gary Radford will take time out from his visit with his daughter to share his story on Juneau Afternoon. He finished his 6,000-mile trip two years ago. And now at the age of 64, he’s still pushing the limits of endurance.

Also today:

• A new incarnation for those old fishing nets that have outlived their usefulness.

 

 

• Also on Friday’s show, the Juneau Audubon Society is spotlighting three birds this week: hairy woodpeckers, arctic terns and sea ducks that are known as surf scoters .

 

Listen to all the interviews:

Part 1. 6,000-mile bicycle journey. Guest: Gary Radford. 

Part 2. Recycling Gillnets. Guests: Stuart  Ashton and Nicole Baker. 

Part 3. Juneau Audubon Society “Birds of the Week.”  Guest:  Brenda Wright. 

Join Christina Michelle for this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, live 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.

 

The Goldbelt Heritage Foundation’s summer camps are a time when young people are encouraged to explore their roots in Southeast Alaska’s Native languages and culture. High school students can even earn college credit. The program is also designed to help kids keep their learning skills sharp, so they are ready to dive back into their studies when the school year resumes.

The Middle School Camp, which begins on Monday, July 12, will offer students a chance to learn how to harvest and prepare wild foods. Classes in Tlingit language, formline drawing design and cedar weaving will also be taught. There is no cost, but students must apply for the program.

Organizers say there’s still room for a few more applicants but very little time left to sign up. The deadline is Saturday, July 10. Click on this link to apply: Goldbelt Heritage Foundation Summer Camp Information

On Thursday’s Juneau Afternoon, three of the camp’s organizers talked about how to get involved in the program and what students and their families can expect.  Guests:  Lyle James, Brita Steinberger, and Etienne Sobeloff.

Catch the conversation on Juneau Afternoon on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 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.

Kelli Patterson is Black and one of her best friends, Heather Pederson, is White. On this week’s program from the Black Awareness Association of Juneau, the two women talk about their friendship and the challenges of maintaining it, during these times of social upheaval.

Listen to the program: 

The Black Awareness Association of Juneau’s “Culture Rich Conversations” air  on Thursdays 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.

We’re just barely past Solstice, but at the Eaglecrest ski area, thoughts have already turned to winter.

On Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon: season passes, a campaign to raise money for snow-making and other off-season projects.

Also:

• Monsters, shipwrecks, and sorcerers. Theatre in the Rough has all that and more in its upcoming performance of Shakespeare’s “Tempest.”

• Opportunity knocks at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. A call for proposals for art and history projects.
• Remembering Kathy Ruddy. From the whale statue in Overstreet Park, to the Juneau Jazz and Classics Festival, to recording hundreds of interviews with Alaska Natives, she was a volunteer who made a difference.

Join Sheli DeLaney for Juneau Afternoon, live 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.

Listen to the entire show:

Part 1. Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Guest: Elissa Borgess. 

Part 2. Theatre in the Rough’s production of Shakespeare’s Tempest. Guest: Aaron Elmore.

Part 3. Eaglecrest Ski Area. Guest: Charlie Herrington.

Part 4. Remembering Kathy Ruddy, a dedicated KTOO volunteer and community activist.

With fireworks and parades, there’s plenty to see in Juneau and Douglas over the July 4th holiday — and quite a sound track to go with it, provided by the Juneau Volunteer Marching Band.

It was a festive Friday on Juneau Afternoon with a preview of the band’s concert this Saturday at Marine Park.

Also:

• What caused the Taku River to rise to record levels? And does the threat of flooding remain?
• A visit with Christine Lewis, a Juneau artist who has a passion for painting outdoors.
• Getting to know sharp-shinned hawks, golden crowned kinglets and spotted sandpipers — a few of the birds spotlighted in the Juneau Audubon Society’s weekly birdwatch.

Listen to all the interviews:

Part 1. Juneau Community Bands. Guests: Sarah McNair-Grove, T.J Hovest and Reece Bleakley.

Part 2. Taku River Flooding. Guest: Aaron Jacobs, National Weather Service.

Part 3. A Passion for Painting. Guest:  Christine Lewis.

Part 4. Juneau Audubon Society Birdwatch. Guest: Brenda Wright

Join Rhonda McBride for Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, live 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.