On Today’s show we heard from Mark Calvert from AWARE and Steve SuWing, a parent leader with the Father’s Community Café. Shona Strausser from Perseverance Theater was in to talk with us about this summer’s STAR program. Betsy Longenbough and Pam Finley from the Holy Trinity Episcopal church shared about two fundraisers they have on…
Juneau Afternoon
March Flies Swarm Juneau
The flies that seem to be everywhere in Juneau these past 3 weeks are March Flies (Family Bibionidae, Genus Bibio), according to Biologist John Hudson of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Habitat Restoration division. The larvae live in rotting wood and the adults are known to swarm. Males have huge compound eyes and the females…
City and Borough Manager Kim Kiefer talks tax on Juneau Afternoon
City and Borough Manager Kim Kiefer was a guest on Juneau Afternoon on Monday, June 18. This week she explains the temporary CBJ 1 percent sales tax that comes up for renewal in October.
Juneau Afternoon 6/15/12
Amanda Compton hosts. Her guests include Gabriel Smetzer who will be here to give us background on The Story of Flewn – his project to create an animated film about a disillusioned whale. We’ll hear National Native News, Writer’s Almanac, music, and more on the show.
Juneau Afternoon 6/14/12
Pat Moore hosts. We’ll get details on the 3rd Annual Adult Prom, Rumble in the Jungle, to be held Saturday, June 16 at the JACC, from Capital City Rotaract’s president-elect, Alicia Maryott; Mac Barnett, author of the Brixton Brothers mysteries children’s books, will highlight his appearance Friday at 3 p.m. at the Juneau Downtown Library;…
Juneau Afternoon 6/13/12
Pat Moore hosts. He’ll talk with Abigail Calkin, author of The Night Orion Fell, the story of Larry Hills, an Oregon fisherman who survived a horrific accident which pinned his arms in the net reel of his trawler; Michelle McCann, who edited Ed Farrell’s youth book Valley of the Grizzly about a young Northwest native…