Alaska Identity Project

Host Adrien Lopez will first interview Brandon Smith, Brewing Operations Manager, and Ashley Johnston, Communications Manager, of Alaskan Brewing Company. Brandon will talk about the topic of sustainable brewing and how the company became the first craft brewery in the United States to install and operate a carbon dioxide (CO2) reclamation system. Ashley will discuss the 25 year anniversary of Alaskan Brewing, its efforts to market their products around the United States and the Alaskan pride that has emerged from their success.

Host Adrien Lopez interviewed Dr. Douglas DeMaster, Science Director for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. In the second part of the program, she spoke with Kevin McIver, Director of Public Affairs & Communication for USDA Forest Service, along with Cal Casipit, Forest Service Alaska Region Subsistence Staff Biologist.

Host Adrien Lopez will first interview the Lt. Governor of Alaska, Mead Treadwell and then Julie Estey, Business Director for the Alaska Center for Energy and Power, organizing the Rural Energy Conference in Juneau this week.

Tune into the Alaska Identity Project on Thursday, September 29 from 7-8 PM. Host Adrien Lopez will first interview the Lt. Governor of Alaska, Mead Treadwell (7:00 – 7:30 PM) and then Julie Estey, Business Director for the Alaska Center for Energy and Power, organizing the Rural Energy Conference in Juneau this week (7:30- 8:00 PM).

Tune into the Alaska Identity Project on Thursday, September 22 from 7-8 PM. Host Adrien Lopez will interview members of the delegation involved in the recent Alaska-Norway Policy Tour: Senator Hollis French (D – Anchorage); Executive Director of the Juneau Economic Development Council, Brian Holst; and Representative Paul Seaton (R – Homer).

Tune into the Alaska Identity Project on Thursday, September 8 from 7-8 PM. Host Adrien Lopez will interview Art Rotch, Artistic & Executive Director of Perseverance Theatre in Juneau.

Art Rotch (Artistic & Executive Director)is a set and lighting designer who has
worked in Alaska’s theatre scene since 1988, most of that time in Juneau in a variety
of positions at Perseverance Theatre. Beginning in 1989 at Perseverance, Art
has designed dozens of productions with directors Molly Smith, Peter DuBois,
and others, including world premieres by Darrah Cloud, Paula Vogel, and Deborah
Brevoort. In 2002, Art relocated to New York City to study design at NYU’s
Tisch School of the Arts. After completing his degree, Art established a design
studio and spent three years working for theatres from California to Maine, and
also designed for various schools, operas and music festivals. He returned to
Juneau full-time in 2008 to work as Perseverance’s Artistic Director, and became
the Executive Artistic Director in 2010. Art continues with a little bit of freelance
design work as time permits. He has a home in Douglas with his wife Akiko, also
a designer and visual artist, and thanks Akiko for her support and love, and all of
you for supporting professional theatre in our community.