Sheli DeLaney

February is Black History Month! On this episode of Culture Rich Conversations from Juneau’s Black Awareness Association they are having a conversation with the Anchorage chapter of the NAACP! Host Christina Michelle and her guests from the NAACP discuss the inception of the Anchorage chapter, the importance of getting out the vote as well as the goals they hope to achieve this year! 

A lot has happened, and there is a lot to talk about. Christina Michelle and the NAACP explore the issues on the minds of those in communities of color and why it is so important to continue to have this very necessary conversation.

Guests:

• Edward Wesley, Alaska Black Voter’s Association and NAACP
• Cheryl Cox Williams, NAACP
• Marvin Jones, NAACP

After a three year hiatus, Juneau’s Got Talent is back live and on stage this Saturday. The community talent show will feature a variety of unique acts by local performers competing for the grand prize, as well as guest performances from Juneau Dance Theater and JTown Sparkle Toes and the Shimmy Shimmy’s.  The audience is encouraged to join the judges as they vote for their favorites in a fun, energetic night that also serves as the annual fundraiser for Juneau Dance Theater. KTOO’s Sheli Delaney talks with the organizers of this community event today on a Juneau Afternoon.

Also, on today’s program, the City Museum with details on a special Elizabeth Peratrovich event happening this month in collaboration with Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 70 Glacier Valley, as well as the opening of the February exhibition “For Our Children: Chilkat Regalia Woven in the Lineage of Jennie Thlunaut & Clarissa Rizal.” Artist Flannery Ballard previews her First Friday show at Kindred Post, and we’ll hear about more February First Friday events from the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council.

Guests:

• Beth Weigel, director, City Museum
• Mona Stevick, president, Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 70 Glacier Valley
• Ursula Hudson, Chilkat weaver
• Ricky Tagaban, Chilkat weaver
• Kathleen Harper, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
• Flordelino Lagundino, director, Juneau’s Got Talent
• Dawn Jouppi, event chair, Juneau’s Got Talent
• Flannery Ballard, fiber artist

Today we’re looking back on some of our favorite interviews from 2022. We’ll hear host Andy Kline’s conversation with Nick Jans as they share the history and memories of Romeo the Wolf. Rhonda McBride chats with members of the Aurora Strings as they discuss their performance at Carnegie Hall. And finally, we’ll listen to Sheli DeLaney’s interview with Jim Powell about the Juneau Climate Report released earlier this year.

Today at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO 104.3 and 91.7 KAUK, repeated at 7:00 p.m.

This week, we’re looking back at some of our favorite interviews of the year. Today on Juneau Afternoon,  you’ll hear Rashah McChesney’s January interview with members of the Tongan community, who shared their experiences and concerns just days after a shocking volcanic eruption cut off the country from telephone and internet contact. And we’ll also hear a meaningful conversation between Rhonda McBride, Claire Stremple, X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell, and Carin Silkaitis about the importance of making Alaska Native language education free and accessible to all. Finally, we’ll listen to author Juliana Hu Pegues explain her concept of space-time colonialism.

Today at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO 104.3 and KAUK 91.7, repeated at 7:00 p.m.

 

 

The Juneau Afternoon team wishes you a wonderful week and winter holiday season!  We’ll return on Wednesday, December 28, with the Best of Juneau Afternoon 2022 and a Kwanzaa special from the Black Awareness Association of Juneau.

This week, in lieu of live episodes of Juneau Afternoon please enjoy the following programming and seasonal specials:

Wednesday, December 21 (Solstice)

• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: The One Recipe. In this holiday edition of The Splendid Table, podcast host Jesse Sparks talks to culinary superstars about their “One,” the recipe that signals the holiday has begun!  They’ll get into traditions and food with influences from all over the world and leave you with recipes that could jumpstart your own festivities!  Guests include chef, YouTube personality and best-selling author Carla Lalli Music; The New York Times food writer Eric Kim, author of Korean- American: Food That Tastes Like Home and more to come!

• 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Selected Shorts Holidays with Mom. Guest host Meg Wolitzer presents our holiday show–two stories about being home for the holidays and how you can count on your Mom to be there for you—and possibly to complicate things.

Thursday, December 22

• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Our Body Politic
• 7:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Throughline

Friday, December 23

• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: New Yorker Radio Hour
• 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: A Christmas Carol w Jonathan Winters

You can find our full schedule of holiday programming here.

Team Forget-Me-Not is Alaska’s only competitive synchronized skating team, and they will soon be heading to the Pacific Midwest Sectionals Championship in Chicago. But this weekend, they will give a free performance for the community at Treadwell Arena to help raise funds for their trip. The team’s head coach will be on the show to talk with Andy Kline about their upcoming performance and more, today on Juneau Afternoon.

Also on today’s show, Grateful Dogs will be here to tell us about their food drive, we’ll hear about the Twelve Days of Christmas shows at the Crystal Saloon, and we’ll get an update from the Juneau Library about events and activities happening in December.

Guests:

• Leah Farzin, head coach, Juneau Skating Club
• Pam Nelson, vice-president, Grateful Dogs of Juneau
• Taylor Vidic, musician
• Andi Hirsh, Juneau Public Libraries
• Margaret Luedke, programs and marketing coordinator, Juneau Public Libraries