Sheli DeLaney

Tonight, the Con Brio Chamber Series premieres “Climate Soundscapes – Music on the Science of Climate Change.” This unique program is the result of a partnership with the Juneau Composers Consortium and the University of Alaska, and based on science from the International Arctic Research Center. “Climate Soundscapes” will feature seven original compositions that were guided by the work of scientists specializing atmospheric research, glaciology, species migration and change, oceanography, and ocean warming.

Today on Juneau Afternoon, we’ll hear more about this weekend’s concerts and how the musicians and scientists hope they will help to bridge divides and connect communities to provoke discussion and action on climate change.

Our show today will also include a conversation with Fu Bao, one of this year’s many local vendors whose work will go on sale next weekend at the annual Public Market. Tune in to hear about Fu’s artwork which will be available to purchase on note cards, metal prints, and calendars at his booth in Centennial Hall.

Also on the show, guests from the University of Alaska Southeast sit down with host Andy Kline to share details of the final lecture in the Evening at Egan series, which concludes tonight, and the Juneau Soccer Club will tell us about the upcoming Holiday Cup Tournament.

Guests:

• Emily Wall, professor of English, UAS
• Sally Schlichting, artistic director, Con Brio Concert Series
• William Todd Hunt, composer
• Joanna Young, glaciologist, UAF International Arctic Research Center
• Stacy Diouf, Holiday Cup director, Juneau Soccer Club
• Fu Bao, artist, Public Market
• Peter Metcalf, event manager, Public Market

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we are quickly approaching this year’s holiday season! In all of the hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, it can be challenging to find time to really enjoy the holidays. On this week’s episode of Culture Rich Conversations from Juneau’s Black Awareness Association, host Christina Michelle will be joined by Sherry Patterson and Michael Patterson to discuss how we can find the joy this holiday season! 

Our guests will share with us some of their favorite holiday traditions, their favorite family fun activities, their hopes for next year, and so much more!

Guests:

• Sherry Patterson, Black Awareness Association of Juneau
• Michael Patterson, Black Awareness Association of Juneau

On November 1, Juneau Public Libraries opened the travelling exhibit “Americans and the Holocaust.” The show questions motives and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to war, Nazism, and genocide. It will be on display until December 20, and accompanied by a series of talks from Alaskans about local connections and responses to the Holocaust. On today’s show, Andi Hirsh will talk with host Sheli DeLaney about the meaning and importance of bringing this exhibit to Juneau.

Also on today’s show, we’ll hear about the new production by Theater in the Rough, opening this weekend. The Southeast Alaska Food Bank will be here to promote their holiday food drive, and members of the high school swim teams will tell us about their annual Christmas Tree sale and fundraiser.

Guests:

• Andi Hirsh, Deputy Municipal Clerk, City and Borough of Juneau
• Katie Jensen, performer, Theater in the Rough
• Donnie Gott, director, Theater in the Rough
• Kelsey Riker, performer, Theater in the Rough
• Chris Schapp, executive director, Southeast Alaska Food Bank
• Emily Delgado, captain, Juneau-Douglas Yadaa.at Kalé High School Swim Team
• Chaz VanSlyke, captain, Juneau-Douglas Yadaa.at Kalé High School Swim Team
• Nadja Anderson, coordinator, Juneau-Douglas Yadaa.at Kalé High School

In honor of Veteran’s Day, the special “Surviving The Bataan Death March” will air in lieu of Juneau Afternoon. Narrated by the late Senator John McCain (former POW), this 80th Anniversary Encore Presentation recounts Veteran Ken Porwoll’s riveting story of survival as one of 10,000 American and roughly 50,000 Filipino soldiers on the Bataan Death March of WW II and his ensuing years as a Japanese prisoner of war.

This program originally broadcast on or around Veteran’s Day in 2002 and 2003, and was aired by more than 190 public radio stations. Ken Porwoll passed away on Veteran’s Day, 2013.

As we move forward into the holidays, this week’s episode of Culture Rich Conversations from Juneau’s Black Awareness Association is highlighting two Alaskan business owners and going into detail about what it takes to get started.

This week’s guests will walk us through how to go from surviving to thriving here in Alaska. Host Christina Michelle is joined by Tracey Parrish and Traci Gatewood to discuss the ins and outs of becoming a successful business owner.

Today’s conversation also covers how to keep going when times are challenging and why community relationships really matter.

Guests:
Tracey Parrish, owner, Alaska Pacific Insurance Agency
Traci Gatewood, owner, G2 Diversified Services

This Friday, November 11, is Veteran’s Day and a new exhibit opening at the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) Egan Library shines a spotlight on the acts of resistance that helped bring the U.S. government’s war on Viet Nam to an end. “Waging Peace In Vietnam: The Story of U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War” shares the history of individual and collective action against the war, such as peace marches, strikes, arrests, stockade revolts, mutinies and other actions by rank-and-file military personnel and returning veterans.

The exhibit will be on display from November 11-December 15, and the opening will be accompanied by a screening of the film “Hunting in Wartime” and keynote address by Susan Schnall, former Navy lieutenant and President of the national board of Veterans for Peace. DAvid Noon sits down with host Sheli DeLaney to discuss the importance of “Waging Peace in Vietnam,” as well as the rich selection of on-campus events related to the exhibit.

Also on the show, we’ll hear from the Juneau Community Foundation about Philanthropy Day, Trail Mix will be on to talk about their annual fundraiser, and the Juneau Audubon Society shares details of its next program: The Healing, Medicinal, and Spiritual Properties of Native Plants in Southeast Alaska.

Guests:

• Chrsity Ciambor, Juneau Community Foundation
• Rico Worl, Individual Artist Awardee, Juneau Community Foundation
• Christine Carpenter, Individual Artist Awardee, Juneau Community Foundation
• Dr. David Noon, professor of history, UAS
• Bill Short, author/contributor, Waging Peace in Vietnam
• Ryan O’Shaughnessy, executive director, Trail Mix, Inc.
• Dave Haas, board member, Trail Mix, Inc.
• Heather Evoy, featured speaker, Juneau Audubon Society
• Brenda Wright, board member, Juneau Audubon Society