Rhonda McBride

 

One of the rites of Spring in Juneau: an event called “Spring into Art,” which the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council hopes to use to build momentum for its new arts and culture center. On Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, a progress report on efforts to fund the new facility. Guests: Nancy DeCherney, John Roxburgh. 

 

 

 

Some other highlights:

Goldbelt Heritage Foundation’s online gathering, bringing elders and youth together to celebrate Tlingit language and culture. Three days of presentations that include sessions on harvesting wild plants, storytelling, and discussions about why taking care of the land is a way of taking care of ourselves. Guest: Desiree Jackson, Executive Director.  Etienne Soboleff, Indigenous Language Education Documentation Specialist. 

To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gona-taking-care-tickets-144557089145  

Goldbelt Elders and Youth Conf. Agenda 

 

 

Like a lot of Juneau musicians, Michael Maas has tried to keep himself busy with projects during the pandemic. A preview of his new album, Blue Nagoon, which features local singers.

 

So, here’s the deal: When you check out a book of poems from the Juneau Public Library, you can also take home a free kit. Find out what’s inside. Guest: Kate Enge.

KTOO’s Sheli DeLaney hosts Juneau Afternoon on Wednesday, April 21, 2001 — 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.

So where is Juneau on its journey to address climate change?

On Tuesday’s  Juneau Afternoon, you’ll hear from the Juneau Commission on Sustainability about its plans to bring the community into the conversation. Guests: Anjuli Grantham and Steve Behnke, Juneau Commission on Sustainability.

And Vivian Mork, a Tlingit ethnobotanist, talks about her own personal journey, guided by her belief that healing the planet is also a way to heal humanity.

Also for those you in search of career advancement or a new path entirely, a look at some of the intensive courses UAS plans to offer this summer. Guest: Casey Bain, UAS Program Advisor. 

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.

Katie Bausler wears many hats in Juneau. She’s the Bartlett Regional Hospital’s community relations director and active in the 49 Writers group, in which she promotes the work of others, sometimes through her podcast, “Active Voice.”

Somehow, she also finds time to write poetry — and that’s the focus of her conversation with Rhonda McBride on this Monday’s Juneau Afternoon.

 

Also on the program:

• An update on Juneau avalanche conditions. Guest:  Tom Mattice,  Emergency Programs Manager for the City and Borough of Juneau.

• How to intervene to help victims of violence. Lessons from the Derek Chauvin murder trial, a national teachable moment. Guest: Doug Koester, Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

Listen to Juneau Afternoon live 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at KTOO.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.

Does there dwell within each of us an inner poet? Or, at the very least, the ability to appreciate poetry? That’s what Emily Wall believes. As a professor at the University of Alaska Southeast, she’s spent years cultivating writers, while pursuing her own passion for poetry.

On Juneau Afternoon today, she’ll share some of her favorite poems.

We’ll also hear from the top two high school finalists in the Poetry Out Loud competition.

Guests: Emily Wall, poet and teacher.  Amanda Filori, Poetry Out Loud statewide coordinator. Asya Gipson, two-time state champion. Tatiana Watkins-Snow, statewide runner-up.

Also today:

• Poetry in nature: birds winging their way to Juneau every spring. Find out about self-guided bird watching trips, mapped out by the Juneau Audubon Society.  Guest: Brenda Wright. Juneau Audubon Society.

 

 

Song Sparrow:

Red Breasted Sap Sucker:

Sawhet Owl:

Join Rhonda McBride for an hour of conversation on Friday, April 16,2021. Juneau Afternoon Airs 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.

 

When it comes to the IRS, you’d think that the only color that matters is green. But research shows the federal tax system treats Whites better than Blacks.

On  this Thursday’s Juneau Afternoon, a look at the racial disparities in taxes, banking and financial investments.

Christina Michelle, from the Black Awareness Association of Juneau, is your host. She’s enlisted Adrian Duncan, a financial advisor from Compton, California, to identify some of the top mistakes he sees Black people make with their money. She also asks him about which gender handles money best, and what you can do to get your finances on track.

 

Every Thursday, the Black Awareness Association of Juneau brings you Juneau Afternoon, which airs 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.

 

When it comes to art and music, Nick Galanin says he’s in constant pursuit of freedom and vision, and whenever possible, taps into his Tlingit and Unangax  heritage

On today’s Juneau Afternoon, KTOO’s Chandre Szafran talks with Galanin about his new record contract.

Also today. KTOO’s Sheli DeLaney brings you two other conversations:

• • Sometimes you have to grow your own. How two local organizations have teamed up to offer training and job opportunities for childcare providers. Guests: Blue Shibler and Sarah Dybdahl.

• • Why the Southeast Alaska Food Bank needs some “Hunger Heroes” to come to the rescue. Guests: Kara Tetley and Chris Schapp.

Juneau Afternoon airs 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.