Tune in for this special collection of local stories, recorded in 2009, as part of our participation in the national StoryCorps project, featuring Renee Guerin-Blood, Connie & Alan Munro, Kim & Peter Metcalf, Grace Elliott, and Jean Clayton. Thursday at 6 on KTOO-News, Juneau.
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Holiday Programs 2013
Looking forward to the holidays? Here’s what we’ve got planned in our 2013 Holiday Programming.
The Mind of a Juneau Chef
The popularity of cooking shows like PBS’s The Mind of a Chef might suggest that Americans are interested in becoming better cooks. If your culinary learning curve has plateaued, you may want to try a new approach. Rookery head-chef and co-owner Beau Schooler is gaining a reputation for seasonally creative cuisine. I joined Schooler in…
Alaska’s First Lady Sandy Parnell and Dolly Parton
What do Dolly Parton, the Juneau Public Library, and Alaska’s First Lady Sandy Parnell have in common? Children’s Books, and lots of them. On Wednesday morning, library programs coordinator Beth Weigel and Mrs. Parnell read to an attentive group of kids at the downtown Library.
Halloween Music at the State Office Building
Since 1928, Juneauites have enjoyed the reverberating sound of the historic Kimball Theatre Organ. After a handful of moves from its original home at the Coliseum Theatre on South Franklin Street, the organ now lives on the 8th floor of the State Office Building where it’s been since 1977. Thanks to a cadre of dedicated…
Marian Call’s “Good Morning Moon” Release
The folks at Juneau’s Alaska Robotics just sent us Alaskan artist Marian Call’s new video “Good Morning Moon.” The video features footage shot in the Netherlands at Space Expo Noordwijk, which she visited on her European Tour. The high-resolution time-lapse photography comes from the International Space Station and the archive footage was thanks to NASA.…