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Rhonda McBride

Juneau Afternoon

Wednesday, February 2nd: Kirsten Shelton exhibit opens at Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Juneau Police Department monthly update. Nancy DeCherney’s Juneau First Friday preview.

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Through pen and ink, Kirsten Shelton brings the Southeast rain forest to life with almost a photographic clarity. She’s the featured artist this month at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum  and a guest on Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon. Also on this program: A winter-safety update from the Juneau Police Department February’s Juneau arts scene. Nancy DeCherney’s First…

Part 1. Quilled close encounters in the temperate rain forest

Guests: Kirsten Shelton, February’s featured artist. Elissa Borges, Curator of Public Programs, Juneau-Douglas City Museum.
Kirsten Shelton says her work inspired by watching the wonder her two daughters experience, as they explore Juneau’s trails, forests and beaches.

Part 2. Juneau Police public safety update

Guests: Lt. Krag Campbell
A look at winter public safety, a recent BB gun attack and ongoing police recruitment and training efforts.

Part 3. Juneau’s February arts and culture scene.

Guests: Nancy DeCherney, Executive Director, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
From the Wearable Arts Show , to a photo exhibit featuring Romeo the wolf, to Perseverance Theatre’s performance of  The Brothers Paranormal,  a lot is happening in Juneau this February.

Juneau Afternoon

Tuesday, February 1st: Romeo remembered in photos. Southeast Cooperative Extension Service February offerings. Remembering Buddy Tabor.    

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It’s been thirteen years since Romeo the wolf was last spotted wandering Mendenhall Glacier, crossing paths with skiers and their pets. But during the month of February, Romeo will return to Juneau, celebrated in photographs, music and art. On this Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, the story behind a collection of twenty photographs that will be featured…

Part 1. Southeast Cooperative Extension Service

Guests: Sarah Lewis, Family & Community Development Agent for Southeast
Information about the Diabetes Supper Club, a program for people who have been diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Also plans for the Cooperative Extension Service’s summer boat tour, which travels to communities in Southeast Alaska to offer courses.  

Part 2. Romeo Photo Exhibit

Guests: Kerry Howard & Matthew Brown, Romeo Photo Exhibit Curators
The Romeo photo exhibit is part of the Orpheus project, one of many tributes to Juneau’s famous wolf during the month of February.  It opens at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center as a First Friday exhibit on Feb. 4, 2022.  

Part 3. Remembering Buddy Tabor.

Guests: Katie Bausler, KRNN volunteer and fan of Buddy Tabor.
It’s been ten years since Buddy Tabor died, but the music of this longtime Juneau singer-songwriter is still enjoyed by many. On Wednesday night, from 9:00-11:00 p.m., Katie Bausler will feature some of Tabor’s work on her program on KRNN, Stormy Weather.  She talks about his contribution to the Juneau music scene, beyond his vast…

Juneau Afternoon

Friday, January 28th: From the Andes to the Alps, Ulyana Horodyskyj on science in extreme environments. Interest in Juneau homeschooling still strong.

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Science and mountaineering go hand in hand for Ulyana Horodyskyj. On this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, she’ll talk about her recent trip to the Andes to view the wreckage of plane that crashed in a mountainside 50 years ago, recently exposed by a melting glacier. She’ll also talk about conducting research in extreme environments and the…

Part 1. Adventures in science and mountaineering.

Guests: Ulyana Horodyskyj
Ulyana Horodyskyj uses her skills as both a scientist and a mountaineer to research the impacts of climate change in some of the world’s most extreme environments. She talks about her recent visit to an Andes mountainside, where a plane crashed 50 years ago. Out of 45 passengers, sixteen survived after 75 harrowing days.

Part 2. City Manager Rorie Watt on climbing out of the pandemic

Guests: Rorie Watt, City and Borough of Juneau Manager
As the City and Borough of Juneau emerges from the pandemic, Rorie Watt hopes he can move some important projects off of the back burner this year,  Among them: building a new city hall, moving the Juneau-Douglas City Museum to a new location, and utilizing the new tourism director position to build better relationships between…

Part 3. Juneau HomeBridge program open house

Guests: Mark Gunkel, advisory teacher for the Juneau School District HomeBridge program
Why interest in homeschooling in the Juneau School District remains strong. How enrollment in the HomeBridge program has grown from 35 students two years ago, to 450 last year.  Enrollment remains strong, between 250-275 students this school year.

Juneau Afternoon

Wednesday, January 26, 2022: CBJ response to weather-related emergencies. February is Romeo month. Breweries team up for Pour the Love 2022.

From flood damage, to roof collapses to avalanche danger, it would seem that the City and Borough of Juneau is under assault from the weather. On  Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, CBJ’s Emergency Services Manager, Tom Mattice  will talk about staying safe through times of record rainfall and other weather threats. How local breweries are teaming up…

Part 1: Part 1. Pour the Love fundraiser

Guests: Meghan Chambers, Evan Wood and Dave Scanlan
How local breweries are teaming up to help fund the a new public use cabin at Eaglecrest Ski Area.  

Part 2: Part 2. Romeo remembered in month-long celebration.

Guests: Todd Hunt, Juneau Composer. Orpheus Project Artistic Director.
The Orpheus Project is planning a month-long  series of events in February to celebrate the life of Romeo, the wolf, who wandered on the outskirts of Juneau and interacted with humans and their pets.

Part 3: Part 3. CBJ response to weather threats.

Guests: Tom Mattice, Emergency Manager for the City and Borough of Juneau.
With record rains, following heavy snowfall in December, the weather has caused floods, roof collapses and avalanches. How the City of Borough of Juneau is responding to weather patterns that are unprecedented.

Juneau Afternoon

Tuesday, January 25th: Juneau’s board game extravaganza, Platypus Con, is back again. The Learning Connection offers in-person classes. Climate change’s impact on Southeast Alaska gardens.

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Transforming Mars. Bastion. Furnace. Wild Space. Just to name a few, out of more than a thousand board games available to try-out this weekend at Platypus Con, a board game extravaganza that has returned to Juneau. On Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, Joshua Warren, the founder of Platypus Con, will talk about how he created this event…

Juneau Afternoon

Friday, January 21st: A month of tributes to Romeo, the wolf. Annette Smith’s adventures in scuba diving. CBJ Manager Rorie Watt on climbing out of the pandemic.

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Romeo, the wolf who befriended Juneau dogs, will remembered in a month-long celebration of art, music and poetry. On this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, Rhonda McBride talks with composer Todd Hunt about Wolf Songs, a premiere of two commissioned pieces to be performed by a chamber orchestra in February. Also on Friday’s Juneau Afternoon: Underwater adventures,…

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