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The Juneau Arts & Humanities Council coordinates certain events and operates the Juneau Arts & Culture Center featuring a community center, gallery and lobby shop. The University of Alaska Southeast Campus offers lectures, concerts, and theater performances.
Celebration is a biennial Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultural event held during the first week of June in Juneau, Alaska, United States that occurs once every two years. [1] First held in 1982, Celebration began as a way to pass on cultural knowledge to Native Alaskan children. The first event had 200 participants, and was mainly a dance ...
This area was the center of Juneau's economic activity from its founding in 1880 as a gold mining camp, through its growth into an urbanized area in the early 20th century, including its eventual designation as the territorial capital in 1906.
Capital Chat, a local-events show for the Juneau, Alaska area hosted by Steve Holloway. Problem Corner, a tradio program hosted by Wade Bryson. Until its cancellation in February 2024 after a roughly 70-year run, it was Alaska's longest-running radio show. [10] Notable regular syndicated broadcasts include:
Juneau Jazz & Classics is a private, 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization. Its mission is to provide a rich musical experience to music lovers in Juneau, the remote towns of Southeast Alaska, and the State of Alaska. Most of the 2020 festival was scrapped, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Juneau-Douglas City Museum is located at the corner of 4th and Main, opposite the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. It occupies a building which was built in 1950–51 to house the Juneau Memorial Library. It is a two-story Classical Revival structure built out of concrete with red marble trim elements.
Lemon Creek (Tlingit: Eix̱'gulhéen) is a neighborhood in Juneau, Alaska, United States. It is 5 miles (8 km) northwest of downtown Juneau. [1] It is the site of the Lemon Creek Correctional Center. [2] The neighborhood is bisected by the namesake Lemon Creek, which provides runoff for local glaciers.
Valedictorian John Tanaka received his diploma at the Juneau High School gym during a special graduation ceremony on April 15, 1942. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan and the U.S. entry into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which gave military commanders the authority to exclude specified persons from ...