Weekly Arts Happenings 1/22 - 2/4/08

Welcome to Juneau!
What’s happening this week:
January 22-Feb. 4, 2009
Thursday
Noon Juneau Chamber of Commerce, The Moose Lodge, 8335 Old Dairy Rd, 463-3488

7 pm SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK GoldTown Nickeodeon, 171 Shattuck Way 586-2875. Free Popcorn night

7:30 pm Wittenberg Perseverance Theatre, 914 3rd St. Douglas, 463-TIXS

Friday
Noon Kimball organ concert at the State Office Building. free
4:30 – 7 Katherine Coons Tepstry Exhibit reception, Alaska State Museum, 465-2901
7 – 9 pm Fleet Street Jazz Band at Jaded
7 & 9:30 pm SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK GoldTown Nickeodeon, 171 Shattuck Way 586-2875
7:30 pm Wittenberg Perseverance Theatre, 914 3rd St. Douglas, 463-TIXS (Note Friday & Saturday night’s performances feature a bar, open at 6:30 and at intermission)
Celtic Music Band, Juneau Arts & Culture Center, $5, 586-2787
10:15pm Salsa Tango Nights, Zephyr, 2nd and Seward 780-2221

Saturday
6pm Dan Hopson, classical guitar at the Gold Room, Baranof - the Gold Room, Baranof, 127 N Franklin, 586-2660
7 pm John Straley Reading, Book Signing, and discussion, Downtown Library, 586-0436
Juneau String Ensembles, Chamber Concert, Northern Light United Church, Free
Obama Inauguration Ball, Juneau Arts & Culture Center, $20

7 & 9:15 pm SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK GoldTown Nickeodeon, 171 Shattuck Way 586-2875

7:30 pm Wittenberg Perseverance Theatre, 914 3rd St. Douglas, 463-TIXS Bar opens at 6:30 pm

8:30 pm Argentine Tango practice, Sandbar 2525 Industrial Blvd

9 pm Salsa Nights at Jaded – Jaded, Golbelt Hotel

Sunday
3 pm Community Potluck and Kids’ Stuff Swap, Juneau Family Health & Birth Center, 586-1203

4 & 7pm SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK GoldTown Nickeodeon, 171 Shattuck Way 586-2875

5 pm Juneau Jazz & Classics Cabaret Workshop with Barney McClure, Juneau Arts & Culture Center, 463-3378 (continues through the week)

6pm Dan Hopson, classical guitar at the Gold Room, Baranof - the Gold Room, Baranof, 127 N Franklin, 586-2660
International Folkdancers, JRC Alaska Club Downtown

7:30 pm Wittenberg Perseverance Theatre, 914 3rd St. Douglas, 463-TIXS

Monday
5:15 pm Arts Roundtable, Juneau Arts & Culture Center, 586-2787

6:30 pm Argentine Tango at the Dance Loft, 7630 Glacier Hwy, 523-1995

6:45 pm Juneau Writing Group, Downtown library 586-0436.

8:00 pm Movie Night at the Silverbow Back Room, 2nd Street, 586-4146 (showing The Wackness)

Tuesday
noon Downtown Rotary Club, The Gold Room at the Baranof Hotel, 127 N. Franklin, 586-2660

2 – 3 pm Rasmuson Grantee Meeting, Juneau Arts & Culture Center, 586-2787

6 – 7 pm Marie Drake Planetarium Rainy Day Stars, 586-1517

7 – 9 pm Arts Panel Discussion on the role of culture in the economic and social health of SE Alaska, Perseverance Theatre, 364-2421
Life on Mars, Marie Drake Planetarium, 586-1517
Life Drawing, The Ruby Room, Emporium Mall, 586-3440

8:00 pm Movie Night at the Silverbow Back Room, 2nd Street, 586-4146

Wednesday
noon Glacier Valley Rotary, Aurora Room Juneau Airport, 1873 Shell Simmons Dr.

6-7 pm Tai Chi for Health, Juneau Arts & Culture Center, 350 Whittier, 586-2787

7:30 pm Wittenberg Perseverance Theatre, 914 3rd St. Douglas, 463-TIXS, Pay as you can performance

Thursday
7 am Gastineau Rotary, TK Maguire’s Prospector Hotel, 375 Whittier, St.

Noon Juneau Chamber of Commerce, The Moose Lodge, 8335 Old Dairy Rd, 463-3488

7 – 9 pm Talk and Book Signing with Willie Hansley, Treadwell Room, Baranof Hotel, Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People, 789-2750

Rachel Getting Married GoldTown Nickeodeon, 171 Shattuck Way 586-2875 Free Popcorn night

7:30 pm Wittenberg Perseverance Theatre, 914 3rd St. Douglas, 463-TIXS

Friday
Noon Kimball organ concert at the State Office Building. free

7 – 9 pm Juneau Jazz & Classics, Singin’ & Swingin” Cabaret, Juneau Arts & Culture Center, 463-3378

Lunafest, Women’s movie festival Centennial Hall, $10

7 & 9:30 pm Rachel Getting Married GoldTown Nickeodeon, 171 Shattuck Way 586-2875

7:30 pm Wittenberg Perseverance Theatre, 914 3rd St. Douglas, 463-TIXS (Note Friday & Saturday night’s performances feature a bar, open at 6:30 and at intermission)

Saturday
6 pm Dan Hopson, classical guitar, Gold Room at the Baranof

7 pm Hot Salsa Cool Ballroom, Centennial Hall

7 & 9:30 pm Rachel Getting Married GoldTown Nickeodeon, 171 Shattuck Way 586-2875

7:30 pm Wittenberg Perseverance Theatre, 914 3rd St. Douglas, 463-TIXS (Note Friday & Saturday night’s performances feature a bar, open at 6:30 and at intermission)

Sunday
2 pm Wittenberg Perseverance Theatre, 914 3rd St. Douglas, 463-TIXS

4 & 7 pm Rachel Getting Married GoldTown Nickeodeon, 171 Shattuck Way 586-2875

6 pm Dan Hopson, classical guitar, Gold Room at the Baranof
International Folk Dancers, JRC Downtown

Monday
6:30 pm Argentine Tango at the Dance Loft, 7630 Glacier Hwy, 523-1995

6:45 pm Juneau Writing Group, Downtown library 586-0436.

8:00 pm Movie Night at the Silverbow Back Room, 2nd Street, 586-4146 (Showing Up the Yangtze this week)

Tuesday
noon Downtown Rotary Club, The Gold Room at the Baranof Hotel, 127 N. Franklin, 586-2660

6 – 7 pm Marie Drake Planetarium Rainy Day Stars, 586-1517

7 pm Life Drawing, The Ruby Room, Emporium Mall, 586-3440
8
:00 pm Movie Night at the Silverbow Back Room, 2nd Street, 586-4146

Wednesday
noon Glacier Valley Rotary, Aurora Room Juneau Airport, 1873 Shell Simmons Dr.

6-7 pm Tai Chi for Health, Juneau Arts & Culture Center, 350 Whittier, 586-2787

Gallery Exhibits: First Friday maps at JAHC 35 Whittier
Alaska State Museum: Katherine Coons tapestry works and small paintings
BackRoom at the Silverbow Libby Dernard, photography, 120 Second
Juneau Artists Gallery: Dianne Anderson, batik scarves, Senate Bldg 175 S Franklin St.
Juneau Arts & Humanities: Barbara Kelly, “Leaf Paintings” 350 Whittier
Juneau Douglas City Museum: Recent Acquisitions, 114 W $th
The Canvas Jean Rogers collages, 223 Seward St.
Valentines Jim Fowler, 111 Seward