NOVEMBER AT THE APK & SJM
 Painting at the End of the Ice Age opens Nov. 3
First Friday, November 3, 4:30–7 pm, Alaska State Museum
Lecture with David Rosenthal at 6:30 pm
David Rosenthal has painted glaciers for the last 48 years. From the Arctic to Antarctica, his work chronicles the retreat of glaciers and sea ice. Painting at the End of the Ice Age documents the effects of climate change within one lifetime. For this exhibition, Rosenthal worked with a group of scientists from around the world to create interpretive panels that accompany his paintings.
David Rosenthal lives in Cordova. Before becoming an artist, he studied physics. He has traveled with the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program, the Antarctic Artist and Writer Program, and the Alaska Artists in the Schools Program. He worked in Greenland at Summit Camp as a contract science tech employed by the National Science Foundation and worked as science support contractor in Antarctica for the National Science Foundation These experiences inform his art.
I noticed my world, my home state of Maine, was getting warmer. Summers were hotter and longer, winters were milder and shorter. My evidence for a warming trend was anecdotal, based on my experience and stories I heard from people who had lived before I was born. In the late seventies, I moved to Alaska and soon after began traveling in the Arctic and in Antarctica. I experienced the same warming trends there. My hope is that these paintings will inspire us to think about what changes we can make to slow the warming of our planet.
– David Rosenthal
The exhibit runs through March 30, 2024.
 David Rosenthal with watercolors.
Saturday, November 4, 10:30 am-12:30 pm or 1:30-3:30 pm
Alaska State Museum
Learn to paint watercolor landscapes with Cordova artist David Rosenthal.
Participants will learn basic watercolor painting techniques, learn about perspective, and draw and paint their own landscapes inspired by Arctic and Antarctic landscapes painted by Rosenthal himself.
Open to youth through age 19. Sign up for the morning or afternoon session.
Space is limited and registration is encouraged - reserve your spot by filling out the registration form.
This program is partially funded by the citizens of the City and Borough of Juneau through sales tax revenues and sponsored by the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum.
Saturday, November 4, 2 pm
APK Lecture Hall
Tickets: Free - Donations welcome
In the final scene of Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork, Nora Helmer makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and children, and begin a life on her own. In A Doll’s House, Part 2, fifteen years have passed since Nora’s exit. Now, there’s a knock on that same door. Nora has returned. But why? And what will it mean for those she left behind? A Doll’s House, Part 2 was nominated for 8 Tony Awards.
The production features Theater Alaska company member Jake Waid and is directed by artistic director Flordelino Lagundino.
This production is supported in part by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council and the City and Borough of Juneau.
Additional production support provided by Filipino Community, Inc, and Trail Mix, and presented in partnership with Juneau Public Libraries, The Glory Hall, Pioneer Home, and UAS Egan Library.
See Theater Alaska for more info, dates, and locations.
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Starting Friday, October 27, noon Registration required.
We'll be reading
This heartfelt remembrance of a longtime Homer character and influential counterculture Alaskan covers his life from childhood, as Claude Bates, growing up in North Carolina, to treasured Homer icon and prophet to his friends and neighbors in that "Cosmic Hamlet of the Sea". It would be easy to dismiss him as a kook, but persistent involvement in the community and gentle insight were difficult to ignore, and he became treasured by people of all stripes for his willingness, or really insistence, of speaking the truth as he saw it. Author, Martha Ellen Anderson, weaves the story through her own quest to fulfill her promise to write this book.
“Perhaps no one so impacted for the better that funky little town at the end of the road called Homer than did he.” Jay Hammond,1922-2005, Alaska governor, 1974-1982.
About the Author "One day, as Asaiah was preparing to leave this earth, I said, 'Bro, somebody should write your life story.' He stood up, gazed slowly out the window overlooking the hamlet that he loved. He seemed to be looking above the town itself. He reflected a long time. Ceremoniously he turned toward me. He looked me straight in the eye. 'Yes,' he said, soberly, 'you.' He picked up a scrap of paper and wrote out his request. It clearly said my name - Martha Ellen Anderson."
Full disclosure, Martha Ellen Anderson is my mother, which made it really easy to get permission for this reading. - Freya Anderson
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Upcoming holiday closures
Veterans Day
- The Alaska State Library and Archives will be closed Friday, November 10.
- The Alaska State Museum and Sheldon Jackson Museum will be closed Saturday, November 11.
Thanksgiving
All division facilities will be closed Thursday, November 23.
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