Tuesday, August 23, 2022: Blueprint Downtown: More than a wish list?  Perseverance Theatre season preview.  Singer-songwriter June Bunch shares a few tunes

The sunset illuminates downtown’s 20th Century Gross Theater on Saturday, September 5, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)
The sunset illuminates downtown’s 20th Century Gross Theater on Saturday, September 5, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)

The City and Borough of Juneau has extended the period for public comment on the draft of the Blueprint Downtown plan for three more weeks.  It lays out a 20-year vision for downtown Juneau, piecing together the hopes and dreams of community members who have contributed to the plan. On Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, a look at its many moving parts.

Also in this program:

  • Perseverance Theatre kicks off its new season with “Where the Summit Meets the Stars,” a surreal story that pulses with Lingít music, dance and culture.
  • Singer-songwriter June Bunch brings her ukulele to Juneau Afternoon to strum a few tunes. 
Rhonda McBride, Producer of Juneau Afternoon

 

Rhonda McBride hosted Tuesday’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. Please schedule early. The show is often booked one to two weeks in advance.

 

 

 

Part 1: Still time to weigh in on 20-year plan for downtown Juneau.

Guests: Beth McKibben, Senior Planner and Project Manager, City and Borough of Juneau,
 

The sun rises over downtown and the cruise ship docks on Dec. 22, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)

Blueprint Downtown is an ongoing effort to lay the foundation for downtown Juneau’s future. Despite staffing shortages and pandemic hurdles, the  project has reached an important milestone — the release of  a one-inch thick draft plan. Although it’s still a work in progress,  Beth McKibben explains why the plan is important and how it will be used.

 

Part 2: Perseverance Theatre's new season mines cultural landscapes.

Guests: Leslie Ishii, Artistic Director and Joseph Biagini, Associate Producer.
 

Perseverance Theatre’s new season kicks off in October with a world premiere of “Where the Summit Meets the Stars, written and directed by Frank Henry Kaash Katasse, who brings a rich blend of Tlingit culture, music and spirituality to the stage.

Two other plays in the line-up this season also explore social and cultural boundaries — an adaptation of Little Women by Kate Hamill and the Great Leap by Lauren Yee.

 

Part 3: June Bunch, a wayfaring singer-songwriter, comes to Juneau.

June Bunch comes to Juneau Afternoon to share a few tunes (Photo by Rhonda McBride).
Guests: June Bunch, singer-songwriter.
A job as a wildlife guide brought June Bunch to Juneau. With her uke in her backpack, she came in search of adventure and inspiration to write new songs. On Juneau Afternoon, she shares a few  of her musical postcards, set to the strum of a ukulele.

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