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Labor Day weekend is literally about labor for the Juneau Family Birth Center, which holds an annual fun run and walk to celebrate mothers in labor. On this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, a look at this network of support. How proceeds from this Saturday’s event helps pregnant moms, who don’t have enough insurance to pay for…

Part 1: Juneau Family Birth Center as an alternative birthing option.

Guests: From the Juneau Family Birth Center: Jetta Whittaker, board chair. Madi Grimes, Executive/Clinical Director and midwife.
Juneau Family Birth Center is a non-profit that serves women through their entire pregnancy. Before the center opened, midwives would go into homes to deliver babies, but today they work out of a center staffed with midwives and other caregivers and care. The center is a non-profit and depends on fundraisers like this weekend’s fun…

Part 2: NAMI Juneau: Suicide awareness, prevention and recovery through embracing life.

Guests: From NAMI Juneau: Aaron Surma, Executive Director. Tina DeAsis-Samaniego, program coordinator for the Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition.
From bonfires to healing canoe journeys, a number of groups have come together to make “Suicide Prevention Awareness and Recovery Month” a time that’s filled with life-affirming experiences.  

Part 3: Kindred Post celebrates 8th anniversary with Polaroid moments.

Guests: From Kindred Post: Christy NaMee Eriksen, owner. Kendra Herget, store manager. Rebecca Hsieh, Fiber Artist.
It’s hard to believe that Kindred Post was born only eight years ago. Since then, this combination gift shop and Post Office has become a fixture in downtown Juneau, as well as a space for the community to come together through the arts.  This week’s First Friday will celebrate both the arts and Kindred Post’s…

Part 4: JAHC: First Friday Round-Up

Guests: Kathleen Harper, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council.
This is your First Friday early warning radar, courtesy of Kathleen Harper with the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. She’s the house manager for Centennial Hall, but also joins us once a month to tell us what’s on the calendar for First Friday.

Primula florindae flowers can bloom in a variety of shades when planted alongside a primula of a different color.

Hollis Kitchin captures land, sky and ocean in vivid watercolors, with brushstrokes that create dreamy, almost surreal landscapes. On this Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon today, a look at Kitchin’s latest exhibition, set to open this Friday at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. Also today: Chandre Szafran talks with Jerrick Hope-Lang about the Point House restoration…

Part 1: Selling bras and painting watercolors: Hollis Kitchin does both.

Guests: Hollis Kitchin, Artist and Owner of Busting Out
Hollis Kitchin calls her latest collection of watercolors, “Dreamscapes,” inspired by the surreal dreams she had while she was pregnant. In this interview with KTOO’s Rhonda McBride, Kitchin also talks about juggling art, the recent birth of her son and being owner of “Busting Out Boutique,” a store in downtown Juneau that sells lingerie and…

Part 2: Return to Point House land in Sitka key to revitalizing Lingít clan culture.

Guests: Jerrick Hope-Lang, working to restore Point House’s place in Lingít culture
  It’s called Point House, a small plot of land in Sheet’ka Kwaan, known today as Sitka. It’s where the Kiks.ádi clan house once stood, facing out towards the water. Somehow over the years, the Kiks.ádi lost legal rights to their land, which is now finally being returned to the people of the Point House.…

Almost every product at the Juneau Food Festival and Farmer’s Market has a story. Take Rik Pruett’s smoked octopus. He’s worked for decades to perfect his recipe. On  Friday’s Juneau Afternoon today, Pruett will talk about his “tasty tentacles,” and other homemade products like his toy airplanes. Also, on this show: The Juneau Symphony’s Sunday…

Part 1: Alaskan Kraken: A legend that leads to a family of food products.

Guests: Rik Pruett, Owner of Alaska Kraken.
  One question Rik Pruett gets asked a lot: Why did he name his company Alaskan Kraken? First of all, it rhymes and is catchy in slogans like “Get Krakin!” But it also has quite a story behind it. Kraken has Norwegian roots — a word used to describe a  legendary sea monster, thought to…

Part 2: Sundays with the Juneau Symphony returns to the airwaves.

Guests: From the Juneau Symphony: Charlotte Truitt, Executive Director. Christopher Koch, Music Director
When live concerts were suspended during the pandemic, the Juneau Symphony began broadcasting the audio track from its archive of concert recordings on KTOO FM at 1:00 p.m. on Sundays. Now that concerts are back on stage in person, the Symphony is reinventing its radio program, Sundays with the Juneau Symphony, to promote the local…

Part 3: Role of CBJ Park Rangers continue to grow.

Guests: Dale Gosnell, Lead Park Ranger for the City and Borough of Juneau.
  Compared to other communities, the City of Borough of Juneau has a lot of park land, extensive trail systems and areas off the road system, which makes CBJ’s parks challenging to maintain. Dale Gosnell talks about some ongoing projects , as well as collaboration with organizations like Trail Mix. He also talks about efforts…

Part 4: Juneau Audubon Society: Rock Pigeons and European Starlings are not Native to Juneau

Guests: Brenda Wright, Programs Manager, Juneau Audubon Society.
  This week the Juneau Audubon Society spotlights two birds that are common to Juneau, the Rock Pigeon and the European Starling. Given that the birds are seen almost everywhere in Juneau, many are surprised to learn that they are not native to the region.  

Shamans. Sacred burial grounds. A stand-off between two tribal chiefs. These are among the stories about land in Juneau’s backyard, told in a new book published by the Sealaska Heritage Institute as part of its Box of Knowledge series. Most people know the land as Indian Point, near the Auke Bay ferry terminal. The Lingít…

Mercedes Muñoz has had a lot of pottery shows, but this one is different, because it gives her a chance to connect to the legacy of her great grandmother, Rie Muñoz, one of Alaska’s most recognized painters. This Sunday will be the first time Muñoz has exhibited her work at her grandmother’s gallery, now the…

Part 1: Cups of comfort and beauty at Rie Muñoz Gallery.

Guests: Mercedes Muñoz, ceramic and illustration artist.
Mercedes Muñoz says the inspiration behind her latest collection of pottery is simple –vibrant colors, patterns and things that make her feel happy. This is also the first batch produced in her new studio, which doesn’t sound too exciting at first blush — a repurposed storage room. But then again, it’s a space carved out…

Part 2: Saturday, August 27th at the JACC: Homegrown Food and Fun.

Guests: Laura Mikko, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. Ed Buyarski, Master Gardener.
  Even in the pounding rain, the Juneau Arts and Humanity Council’s annual Food Festival and Farmer’s Market will draw a crowd. Such is the hunger for homegrown food. Ed Buyarski — host of KTOO’s Garden Talk and also a vendor at the festival — can personally attest to that. But Laura Mikko, who helps…

Part 3: Summer of 2022: Sarah Lewis ‘s Cooperative Extension maritime tour.

Guests: Sarah Lewis, UAF Cooperative Extension Service
While some Cooperative Extension programs go on the road, Sarah Lewis takes hers on the water. Every summer she navigates the waters of Southeast Alaska in her family boat and pulls up  to remote communities to teach classes in food preservation and small business development.  While it’s an adventure, Lewis says her Maritime Extension program…