Your Favorite Sisters have, collectively, been to some 20 Alaska Folks Festivals, and they wrote us this guide:
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Juneau Afternoon–3-28-2017
Tuesday on A Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton hosts: We’ll get an update on the Juneau Community Band; We’ll hear about this Friday’s ACLU Citizen Activist workshop; Michelle Ridgeway, Beth Weigel, and Collette Costa will preview the Science on Screen event; And we’ll check in with the Juneau School District.
Juneau Afternoon–3-24-2017
Friday on A Juneau Afternoon, Andy Kline hosts: Volunteers from the Marie Drake Planetarium’s will preview their presentation on the Great American Solar Eclipse; We’ll get an update on the Juneau Family Health and Birth Center; We’ll hear about the next Fireside Lecture about Seward’s Folly; And folks from Perseverance Theatre will highlight “To Kill a…
Juneau Afternoon–3-23-2017
Thursday on A Juneau Afternoon, Joan Pardes hosts: We’ll hear about a lecture at UAS titled “The Northwest Passage: A Tale of Two Transits”; We’ll get a preview of the PFLAG pride chorus’s next performance; Erin Kirkland will join us to tell us about her new book “Alaska on the Go: Exploring the Alaska Marine…
Juneau Afternoon–3-22-2017
Wednesday on A Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton hosts: Dr. Mique’l Dangeli of the the Git Hayetsk Dancers will preview the group’s dance workshop and performance at UAS this weekend. And Annie Bartholomew will tell us about the KXLL Showcase during the Alaska Folk Festival.
What does recidivism mean anyway?
When a person gets out of jail, the process is called re-entry — they’re re-entering society. It can be like starting a life in a foreign land where the people don’t want you there.
This reimagined Juneau McMansion’s entryway won an award for most innovative design
“Definitely, you can see the challenge of laying a wood floor in straight patterns there — that we’d lose the essence, the importance of the circle,” said Jeremy Bauer, one of the principal designers.
Statewide Poetry Out Loud finals Tuesday
The annual competition’s 10 finalists compete Tuesday @360 in the KTOO building. Attendance is free. It will also be live streamed at 360north.org.
Video: Red Carpet Concert with Marian Call and Laura Zahasky
Marian Call and Laura Zahasky dropped into the arts room recently to record a Red Carpet Concert. Call has a new album out called “Standing Stones.”
Winners announced for Wearable Art ‘Renaissance’
Wearable Art entrants are known for innovation, creativity, repurposing materials and for social commentary. This year was no exception.