Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times.
Jay lives in Homer where he hopes that even a smidge of the talented writers living on the Southern Peninsula might rub off on him. He’s a proud member of 49 Writers.
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Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times.
Mary Kancewick, who writes as Mar Ka, is the author of the University of Alaska Literary Series poetry collection “Be-hooved,” a Montaigne Medal Finalist for thought-provoking content. All profits from her book go to environmental and indigenous groups. A Chugiak/Eagle River resident, she reads here the poem which introduced the 49 Writers “Writing the Distance” initiative.
Click here for instructions on how to submit your own Community Connection piece.
Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times.
Dan Branch lives in Juneau, Alaska. His poems and essays have been published by various journals in Canada, the United States, and Britain. He holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
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Sheli DeLaney hosts on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
On Wednesday’s show, the National Weather Service will give us an extended forecast for Weather Wednesday.
We’ll begin a virtual celebration of Juneau Jazz and Classics.
And we’ll continue our COVID-19-related check-ins with City Hall.
That’s Juneau Afternoon on Wednesday at 3 p.m. on KTOO 104.3 FM or KTOO.org, and repeated at 4 p.m. on KRNN 102.7 FM or KRNN.org.
On Monday and Tuesday’s shows, we’ll hear episodes of Roots and Stems, a podcast produced by Sealaska Heritage Institute.
Stay tuned after each episode for our daily update from City Manager Rorie Watt about COVID 19 as it relates to the City and Borough of Juneau.
That’s Juneau Afternoon on Monday at 3 p.m. on KTOO 104.3 FM or KTOO.org, and repeated at 4 p.m. on KRNN 102.7 FM or KRNN.org.
Tune in to KTOO 104.3 FM at 7:00 p.m. Monday for the new PRX special “May 4th Voices: Kent State 1970.” The 67 shots that rang out at Kent State amid a May 4,1970 Vietnam War protest, killing four students and wounding nine, reverberate nearly 50 years later. Many historians see the shootings as the moment America turned, finally and forcefully, against the war. A new audio play, drawn from the “Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories,” marks the 50th anniversary with accounts from protesters, National Guardsmen, students, faculty and townspeople, brought to life by actors including Ron West, Steve Byrne and Tina Fey
Scott Burton hosts on Friday, May 1, 2020.
On today’s show, we’ll check in with in Frank Wright and Lgéikʼi Heather Powell of Hoonah about life in their community during a global pandemic.
The Alaskan Brewery will tell us about free hand sanitizer, and give us a recipe for Foodie Friday.
We’ll hear the latest Community Connection pieces.
And Eva Carrillo will outline Gerry’s Barbershop’s soft opening on Monday.
Those conversations, music and more, on Juneau Afternoon.
