Friday, July 16th : Remembering Romeo, the wolf who came to Juneau. Birds through the lens of Jessica Millsaps.

When Shakespeare wrote, “Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art though Romeo,” the playwright had no idea what those words would mean to Juneau, a community that fell in love with a black wolf named Romeo.

 

Romeo love to socialize with Juneau dogs. Photo by Nick Jans.

On Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, Dr. Emily Kane,  composer William Todd Hunt and writer Nick Jans talk about their hopes to keep memories of Romeo alive in music, art, dance and literature, through the Orpheus Project.

Also on Friday’s show: the birds of Juneau, through the eyes of 19-year-old Jessica Millsaps, who has been photographing birds since she was ten-years-old.

 

 

Listen to a compilation of interviews for Friday’s show:

Part 1. Photographing Juneau’s Birds.  Guests: Jessica Millsaps and Brenda Wright, Juneau Audubon Society.

Part 2. Remembering Romeo, a wolf that came to Juneau. Guests: Dr. Emily Kane, William Todd Hunt and Nick Jans. 

 

Please note: due to technical problems, we are unable to bring you the third interview on Friday’s program about the Sealaska Heritage Foundation’s teacher’s conference. We’ll revisit that topic next Friday.  

During the summer Juneau Afternoon airs three days a week: Wednesday, Thursday at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at ktoo.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.

 

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