Sheli DeLaney

Today’s show will highlight two events happening locally that hope to raise funds for refugee relief. At Coppa, a silent auction will open this evening and allow bidding on art from local artists through the month of November. The proceeds of the auction will go to Vostok-SOS, a Ukrainian Relief Organization providing assistance to the victims of the war. And representatives from Mudrooms, Juneau’s monthly storytelling event, will be here to talk about the beneficiary of their next two performances–the Juneau Refugee Relief Fund.

Also on today’s show, host Andy Kline interviews the First Friday featured artists at Kindred Post and Juneau Artists Gallery.

Guests:

• Kendra Hergett, manager, Kindred Post
• Autumn Daigle, featured artist, Kindred Post
• Alida Bus, board member, Mudrooms
• Stephanie Hoag, Juneau Refugee Relief Fund
• Marc Wheeler, co-owner, Coppa
• Christine Crooks, volunteer, Art for Ukraine
• Mary McEwan, featured artist, Juneau Artists Gallery

It’s the first Thursday of the month and that means it’s time for Hot Topics in Black Culture! This week on Culture Rich Conversations host Christina Michelle will be joined by entertainment journalist and influencer, Ny MaGee. This month’s spirited conversation includes an in-depth discussion of the Kanye West controversy, targeted poisoning of Black women, shortage of Black donors in sperm banks, and other topics on the minds of the Black community.*

Guest: Ny MaGee, celebrity journalist

*Opinions and statements by guests are their own and do not reflect the opinions of the Black Awareness Association of Juneau or KTOO Public Media.

The interactions between light, reflection, and the natural world are the focus of a new exhibition by artist Kerry Kirkpatrick. “Capturing the Light” will feature 32 new paintings in a mix of media and variety of visual styles from realistic to abstract. Kirkpatrick’s exhibit opens this First Friday, November 4, at the City Museum as the kickoff to their 2022-2023 solo artist season. Kirkpatrick will also be giving an artist talk at the museum on Saturday. On today’s show, Sheli DeLaney sits down with Kirkpatrick to hear more about how she developed her style and what she hopes to share with audiences this weekend.

Also on today’s show we’ll highlight this week’s First Friday events, hear about Moonlit Poetry, and get details of the annual fundraiser party at Juneau Makerspace.

Guests:

• Beth Weigel, executive director, City Museum
• Kerry Kirkpatrick, artist
• Michael Christensen, co-founder, Moon Lit Poets
• Summer Koester, co-founder, Moon Lit Poets
• Lue Isaac, director, Juneau Makerspace
• Kathleen Harper, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council

More than 15 years after Ernestine Hayes’ published her memoir, “Blonde Indian” is becoming an audiobook.

Hayes says she clearly remembers when the book came out that a woman in Juneau told her that she couldn’t read it because of her eyesight.

“And I always kept that at the back of my mind,” Hayes said. “That an audiobook for people who weren’t able to read that size print or something like that, I would still love them to hear those stories.”

Hayes decided to narrate the book herself. She says that when she reads the print version of “Blonde Indian,” she sees so many things that she would tell her creative writing students not to do. But reading the book aloud for the recording was a different experience.

“I just enjoyed it, and experienced all of it again,” she said. “I was there with the cockroaches. I was hitchhiking on the old highway. I was on my way to Reno. It was all alive for me again.”

There will be a release party on Tuesday for the audiobook. Hayes and the production team will share stories and bloopers from the recording process. The event is free and open to the public, and for Hayes, it’s a way to say thank you to all of the people who have supported her, especially in difficult times.

“And I think that what we’re doing is we’re giving back to the community and thanking them for all the support and recognition and good wishes and goodwill that they’ve sent and the strength of that, that I received just from knowing I’m part of such a community,” she said.

Listen to an interview with Ernestine Hayes and the audiobook producers on Juneau Afternoon.

Ernestine Hayes is an author of several critically acclaimed works, a former Alaska State Writer Laureate, and the recipient of the Rasmussen Distinguished Artist Award. Now her book, “Blonde Indian: An Alaska native Memoir”, will be released as an audiobook. An event celebrating the audiobook and its creation will take place at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center on Tuesday, November 1 at 6 p.m. Today on Juneau Afternoon, Ernestine Hayes, along with the book’s editor Scott Burton and the producer Mandy Mallott, sit down with KTOO’s Sheli DeLaney to share stories about the making-of this audiobook.

Andy Kline hosts today’s show. Also on the program, we’ll hear from Alexis Bunten, the featured speaker at tonight’s Evening at Egan lecture “Lessons from Indigenous Tourism for a Regenerative Future.” The Cancer Connection will be here to promote their Annual Health Forum, and CBJ Parks and Rec give us a preview of Halloween Skate and the Douglas Ghost Walk events happening this weekend.

Guests:

• Ernestine Hayes, author
• Scott Burton, audio engineer, Authentimedia
• Mandy Mallott, producer
• Carin Silkaitis, Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Alaska Southeast
• Alexis Bunten, JumpScale Senior Advisor and Co-Director of the Bioneers Indigeneity Program
• Emily Ricci, President, Cancer Connection
• Dr. Joannie Mayer Hope, oncologist
• Melissa Mitchell, singer, Any Mountain Campfire
• Misha B., singer, Any Mountain Campfire
• Kat Moore, singer, Any Mountain Campfire
• Lauren Anderson, manager, Treadwell Arena
• Maggie Swanson, Douglas 4th of July Committee

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and this week’s episode of Culture Rich Conversations from Juneau’s Black Awareness Association addresses the issue from the perspective of survivors’ personal experiences. Host Christina Michelle is joined by Dr. Debra Warner and Myrlande Johnson to discuss the definition of domestic violence, different types of abuse, and how to recognize abuse.

Today’s conversation also covers how to formulate a safety and exit plan, including the resources available to survivors of abuse.

Guests:

• Dr. Debra Warner, male trauma expert
• Myrlande Johnson, personal development coach