Wednesday, July 6, 2022: Theater Alaska’s Sisters of White Chapel. Alaska Crimson Bear Pickleball Club. Southeast Alaska Master Gardeners Association 2022 tour. 

In Sisters of the White Chapel, Theater Alaska brings the music and storytelling of Annie Bartholomew to life. Bartholomew, a fixture of the Juneau folk scene, writes and performs what she calls a Victorian folk opera set in the Klondike gold rush.

On this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, a preview of this production, which marries history and performance.

Also in the program:

• Pickleball, one of the fastest growing sports in Juneau.
• 2022 tour from the Southeast Alaska Master Gardeners Association.

Sheli DeLaney hosts this Wednesday’s program.  You can catch Juneau Afternoon,Tuesday through Friday, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3.  The rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO. You can also listen online at ktoo.org.

For more information about Juneau Afternoon or to schedule time on the show, email juneauafternoon@ktoo.org.

Part 1: A short but true story about women during the Klondike Gold Rush, told through music and performance.

Guests: Annie Bartholomew, playwright and composer. Kat Moore, fiddler and performer. Heidi Handelsman, director
 

Annie Bartholomew was so haunted by stories she heard about women in the Klondike gold rush, that she couldn’t rest until she wrote a play and wrote songs to go with it. Sisters of White Chapel was the end result, to be performed at several locations in Juneau this month, including the Treadwell Mine Office, Glory Hall, Riverside Rotary Park and the Mendenhall Public Library.

 

Part 2: Pickelball draws fans from all age groups in Juneau.

Guests: Mele Maa’ke and Stephen Paea, members of the Crimson Bear Pickleball Club.
Warning: Pickleball is addictive, and there are signs in Juneau that more are more people are getting hooked. Just ask the Alaska Crimson Bear Pickell Ball club, with 125 members and counting.

 

Part 3: Eight Juneau gardens featured on 2022 Southeast Master Gardeners Tour.

Guests: Pat Harris and Deb Rudis, board members, Southeast Master Gardeners Association.
Visit eight spectacular gardens and hear from their owners and other experts, who will point out all the highlights and delights.