JUNEAU — The Juneau-Douglas City Museum will host multiple events this November, including the stories behind the Capital City’s landmarks and a Walter Soboleff Day celebration.
On Thursday, Nov. 3, City and Bureau of Juneau City Manager Rorie Watt, Airport Manager Patty Wahto and her husband Doug, and CBJ Lands and Resources Manager Greg Chaney will verbally build Juneau’s development history in “Capital City Landmarks: Stories from the Ground Up” from 6:30-8 p.m. Topics will include the influence of the automobile on the grocery store, Casey Shattuck neighborhood as the first “pedestrian suburb,” how the Alaska Juneau Mine shaped population growth, the airplanes of downtown Main Street and Auke Bay, and more. There will be a question and answer session following the presentations.
On Friday, Nov. 4, the museum will host “Calligraphy: On Paper and Clay” a First Friday reception for the art of Gordon Harrison from 4:30-7 p.m. Harrison will be exhibiting a selection of traditional pen and ink calligraphy pieces, as well as lettering on ceramics. The artwork chronicles his efforts in the art of calligraphy over the past decade, and includes a variety of illustrative techniques, including pen and ink, wood block prints, photographs, handmade stamps, and screen-printing.
On Saturday, Nov. 12, will be “Coffee & Collections: Searching for Silver” from 10:30 a.m.-noon. Donna Hurley, current President and 15-year member of the Mendenhall Flying Lions, will discuss the history of the USS Juneau’s presentation silver, now on loan to the City Museum, and her 31-year journey to bring it home.
On Monday, Nov. 14, celebrate Dr. Walter Soboleff Day at the city museum. Dr. Soboleff spent his life working with people with the goal of higher education, self-respect, spiritual values, and tolerance and equality. As Dr. Soboleff once said, “When you give, feel good about it.”
Throughout the month of November, the Juneau-Douglas City Museum will provide complimentary note cards and US postage to anyone who chooses to stop by and write a note of encouragement to someone in their lives.
November admission to the Museum is free in celebration of Dr. Walter Soboleff Day. Fall hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and they are closed for Veterans Day (Nov. 11) and Thanksgiving (Nov. 24-25).
On Wednesday, Nov. 16, the Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum will hold their annual meeting and public presentation from 6:30-7 p.m. at the Rockwell. Terrance Cole, University of Alaska Fairbanks History Professor and Author, will present on his recent project “Old Yukon: Takes, Trails, and Trials Memoirs of Judge James Wickersham.” 2016 and 2017 Friends Museum Members receive free admission, $5 cash donation for general public. Refreshments will be provided.
