“Woodshed, noun: a place to store firewood.” “Woodshedding, verb: To practice musical skills. It’s time once again to answer the musical question, “How many hours can we stay awake?” Yup. It’s folk festival, a week of music powered entirely by volunteers. During the 1960’s and ‘70’s a folk revival […]
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Part III in a series on outstanding volunteer-supported assets in the Capital City Awesome snow event this week. We were scooping knee deep powder off the driveway when a neighbor drove by, rolled down his window and yelled, “Forget that! Get your skis!” He was headed for Eaglecrest, Juneau’s community […]
Part V in a series of outstanding volunteer run assets in the Capital City Do not turn away a poor man, even if all you can give is half a date. -Muhammad When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be […]
Part IV in a series of outstanding volunteer run assets in the Capital City “JYS changed my life. The caliber and manner of people and activities I was exposed to in this program-or as a direct result-had no end of positive impact on my well-being and future. It is the […]
Part II in a series on outstanding volunteer-run assets in the Capital City Marie Drake Planetarium is open. People find their seats, they look at the star ball in the center of the room. Above them is the white domed roof thirty-feet across. The place fills to capacity. Parents talk, […]
Part I in a series on outstanding volunteer-run assets in the Capital City Bibliophilla: is it wrong? We know who we are. Candidates all for Book Readers Anonymous, OverReaders Anonymous or various other actual support groups for unrepentant addicts of the written word. Juneau’s the right town for our kind […]