UPCOMING AT THE APK & SJM
 Though the Earth be Moved Film Showing
Saturday, March 30, 2 pm
APK Lecture Hall
Free Showing in remembrance of the 60th Anniversary of the 1964 Alaska Earthquake
The Alaska State Library Historical Collections will present a special screening of the film, “…Though the Earth Be Moved.”
At 5:36 PM on Friday, March 27, 1964, a 9.2 earthquake struck Southcentral Alaska. From Anchorage to Kodiak, the quake and the tsunami that followed within minutes devastated cities and towns along the Alaskan coast, causing massive destruction and killing 139 people. To date, the 1964 Alaska Earthquake is the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America and the second largest recorded in the world.
Alaska State Library Historical Collections staff rescanned “…Though the Earth Be Moved” and other 16mm motion picture films relating to the earthquake in HD and 4K resolutions. The new scans provide a cleaner, sharper viewing experience than the previous standard definition scans, and revised closed captioning provides more accurate access to the original script.
Please join us in remembering the 1964 Alaska Earthquake and its impact on Alaska.
 Columbia Glacier and Mountains in Mist by David Rosenthal
Alaska State Museum through March 30
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 on interpretive panels that accompany his paintings.
Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum Annual Meeting with Chuna McIntyre
Wednesday, April 3, 5:30 pm
On Zoom and Westmark Sitka Hotel
Chuna McIntyre is a Yup’ik garment maker, painter, storyteller, and cultural expert. Born in Eek, a small village on the coast of the Bering Sea, McIntyre learned traditional Yup’ik dance, stories, and songs from his grandmother. He later founded and directed the Nunamta Yup’ik Eskimo Singers & Dancers, a troupe that has traveled the world.
McIntyre has provided cultural consultations to the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art in New York, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center in Anchorage, Alaska, and the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaii, among others.
The Friends are pleased to offer our community the opportunity to attend a free presentation by this acclaimed artist.
Order of Events
5:30 pm: hors d’oeuvres and renewal of memberships and registrations
5:45 pm: short business meeting and election for board members
6:00 pm: presentation by guest artist Chuna McIntyre
Zoom information
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84840355134?pwd=TXAwT3FBZ3BNMjdWdXN4cjlxTXI3QT09
Meeting ID: 848 4035 5134
Passcode: Meeting
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April First Friday
April 5, 4:30-7 pm
Alaska State Museum
Isaiah Unzicker will be playing keyboard in the atrium from 5 to 6 pm. Isaiah is well known in the Juneau music scene and you can often find him playing keyboard at “Spice” or other places downtown.
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 XX: Twenty Years of Alaskan Art
Ongoing at the Alaska State Museum
XX: Twenty Years of Alaskan Art is a new exhibition at the Alaska State Museum featuring the work of contemporary Alaskan artists.
The museum acquired these pieces over the last twenty years though the generosity of the Rasmuson Foundation’s Alaska Art Fund.
Initiated in 2003, the Alaska Art Fund provides grants for Alaska museums to purchase current work by practicing Alaskan artists.
Thanks to the Fund, the Alaska State Museum has brought over 200 works of art valued at nearly half a million dollars into its permanent collection—the most significant donation over time, in terms of dollar value, in the museum’s 124-year history.
Fridays at noon. Free registration required.
Reading Aunt Phil’s Trunk, vol. 1, by Laurel Downing Bill and Phyllis Downing Carlson
Hundreds of rare historical photographs and dozens of entertaining nonfiction short stories bring to life Alaska's history up to 1900. The authors pay homage to the Alaska Natives, trappers, mushers, merchants and prospectors who forged a life in the Last Frontier. Whether you've lived in Alaska all your life, or always wanted to visit, this collection of stories from Alaska's colorful past will enthrall you.
Laurel Downing Bill wrote this together with her aunt, Alaskan historian Phyllis Downing Carlson. This first volume in the series shows the author's connection to her aunt and her passion for Alaska’s history. Join us!
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