Weekly events guide: Juneau community calendar for Jan. 5-11
Published 9:00 am Monday, January 5, 2026
Events are subject to snow-related cancellations.
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MONDAY, JAN. 5
Monday Board Game Night
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Devil’s Club Downstairs
Platypus Gaming wants to share their passion and extensive board game collection with you! Whether you’re a seasoned strategist or looking to learn a new game, come join the fun! Your own games are also welcome, bring a chess board, your Magic cards, you name it! Free & All Ages
Visit: devilsclubbrewing.com/events, contact: beer@devilsclubbrewing.com
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TUESDAY, JAN. 6
Music with Tom Locher
11:45 am – 12:30 pm at The Juneau Senior Center
Come enjoy a free senior lunch and listen to some lovely piano music, provided by the incredible Tom Locher!
Visit: https://www.ccsak.org/, contact: Stephanie Duscher, 907-463-6179, JSCOutreach@ccsak.org
Art for Self Care — Beading
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm at Articorp, 418 Harris St, #315, Juneau
These are groups designed to promote self care using a variety of art activities. For adults to help relieve anxiety, depression and stress especially during the winter months or anyone just wanting to add new art forms to their life.
Visit: https://facebook.com/kidzcounseling, please RSVP via text: Shawn Hatt Cohen, 907-321-5414
Beginning and Advanced ESL Classes
Mendenhall Valley Public Library, 3025 Diamond Pk Lp, Juneau
Beginning class: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Advanced class: 6:30 – 7:30
Both classes are completely free.
Visit: tlcalaska.org/english-language-learning-citizenship, contact: 907-586-5718
$2 Trivia Tuesday
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Devil’s Club Downstairs
Test your wits and compete for cash! $2 cash buy-ins per person funds the cash prizes awarded to the first, second, and second-to-last place teams (of up to 6). Please bring cash!
Visit devilsclubbrewing.com/events, contact: beer@devilsclubbrewing.com
Jazz Jam
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Crystal Saloon, 218 Front St, Juneau
Open jazz jam. Free entry. Bring your instrument and join Juneau’s jazz musicians onstage at The Crystal Saloon!
Visit: crystalsaloon.com, contact: David Elrod, david@crystalsaloon.com
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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7
Coffee Tea and Chat for Patients & Family
10:00 am – 11:00 am Bartlett Hospital Cafeteria : park out back, come into cafeteria from back cafeteria door. Look for signs
Story style conversations to connect the community with BRH to improve care
Event info: www.bartletthospital.org
Contact: Rhonda Ward 907-796-8918
Senior Chair Yoga
11:00 am – 11:30 am at Juneau Senior Center
Relax and enjoy a session of low-impact yoga, led by our lovely volunteer instructors each Wednesday at the Senior Center! Free to anyone 60 and above! All skill levels are welcome! Stick around after for a free* senior lunch beginning at 11:45! *Suggested donation $5
Visit: https://www.facebook.com/JuneauSeniorCenter, contact: JSCOutreach@ccsak.org
NAMI DBT Skills Workshop
5:30-6:30 p.m. at 8711 Teal Street (Teal Street Center)
Learn & practice dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to better manage mental health symptoms and emotions. Free, drop-in, confidential. Meets every first Wednesday of the month
Visit: www.namijuneau.org/support-groups
THURSDAY, JAN. 8
Free Tai Chi classes for ages 60+
11:00 am – 12:00 pm St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, 9055 Atlin Drive
Southeast Senior Services offers this Free Tai Chi program to ages 60+. The 8-week series taught by a certified instructor meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 23 – March 14. Tai Chi improves strength and balance and reduces the risk of falls. Registration is required.
Please call 907-463-6113 to register.
Stand Up Open Mic
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm at Devil’s Club Downstairs
2nd Thursday Stand Up Open Mic brought to you by Southeast Events. Come flex your stand up muscles with a 5 minute set or enjoy local comics! Free & All Ages but adult content.
Visit: devilsclubbrewing.com/events, Contact: beer@devilsclubbrewing.com
Open Mic at the Alaskan!
9:00 pm – 11:59 pm Alaskan Hotel & Bar
Head over to the Alaskan Hotel & Bar every Thursday at 9pm.
Bring an instrument, an act, or spoken words and share your talents with the Juneau downtown community!
Visit: https://www.facebook.com/alaskan.bar, contact: Email Claire at claire@thealaskanhotel.com
FRIDAY, JAN. 9
Opening Reception for Susan Watson’s Oil painting Exhibition
4:30 pm – 7:00 pm at Juneau-Douglas City Museum, 114 W 4th St, Juneau
Meeting Awareness, oil paintings by Susan Watson Opening Reception: Friday, January 2nd from 4:30 – 7:00 p.m. Exhibition Dates: January 2nd – 31st, 2026 Meeting Awareness is a series by painter Susan Watson that includes eight large close-up oil paintings of faces.
The main intention of the series is to use portraiture to dive deeply into what it means to meet someone directly, to connect with their awareness, reality and being, through the medium of oil paint. Each painting is meant to be an offering of a meditative experience through an intimate meeting with an apparent “other”. FREE. The show will be on display through January 31
Visit: juneau.org/museum, contact: museum.info@juneau.gov
Plein Rein Painters Exhibit: “Chasing the Light, Capturing the Moment”
4:30 pm – 7:00 pm at Spice Cafe and Gallery, 112 N Franklin St, Juneau
Opening exhibit of recent Plein works from 14 local artists.
Facebook: Plein Rein Painters, contact: Pua 907 500-8370 or pmaunu@gmail.com
Fiber Friday!
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm at the Heads in the Clouds Collective studio, Arcticorp Bldg 418 Harris St. Rm 403
Join other fiber artists with your current craft! Knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, sewing, felting, or just bring you! Every 2nd and 4th Friday, 5-7pm. Free and open to the community
Visit: @headsinthecloudscollective on Instagram, contact: Tess Olympia, on instagram @juneauwoolies or Rebecca Hsieh, @reccashaystudios
A Wrinkle in Time Free Show
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm 1015 Glacier Ave, Juneau
Join Steve and Quinn to learn about Neutron Stars, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves. Neutron stars are the strangest objects in the Universe. While Black holes are the strangest non-objects in the Universe. Click on tickets to reserve a free spot.
Visit: https://www.mariedrakeplanetarium.org, contact: mariedrakeplanetarium@gmail.com
Fireside Lecture: Diary of a Forest Ranger
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, 6000 Glacier Spur Rd, Juneau
Join us for poignant and humorous stories from Pete Griffin’s Forest Service career. Pete will share tales that trace his path from being a solitary introvert working in the woods to becoming the Juneau District Ranger in the largest national forest. He will give us the inside story on his interpersonal relationships with recalcitrant beavers and a friendly black wolf, and how he found a second career as a naturalist on Alaska cruises. The event is free of charge.
Contact: Lynn Wilbur (907) 713-5270
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SATURDAY, JAN. 9
Block Printing Workshop @ Juneau Makerspace
9:00 am – 12:00 pm at Juneau Makerspace, 3915 N Douglas Hwy, Juneau, AK 99801, USA
Join Jim Heumann for four Saturdays of relief printmaking at the Juneau Makerspace in January 2026. We will focus on all phases of block printmaking including image development and transfer, carving techniques, material and paper selection, single and multi-color prints, print registration, and safe printing and cleanup practices. Participants will have the opportunity to produce single, multicolor, and reduction block prints.
This workshop will take place on the following Saturdays: January 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th, from 9:00 to 12:00 pm, and is meant for beginner to experienced printmakers with an adult focus (ages 15 and older).
TICKETS, vitis: https://JAHC.na.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/29450
Artist Talk with Susan Watson
10:30 am – 12:00 pm at City Museum 114 W 4th St
Join us at the City Museum for a presentation by our featured solo artist, Susan Watson. Susan will share a brief overview of her journey as an artist and will discuss her painting process. Her exhibition, Meeting Awareness will be on display in the Murray Gallery. Coffee and tea provided. Free and open to the public.
Visit: juneau.org/museum, contact: museum.info@juneau.org
Saturday Staying Alive Al-Anon Family Group
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Zoom
Support, strength, and hope for families and friends of alcoholics. Group meets every Saturday year-round from 10:30 am – 12 noon on Zoom.
Visit https://al-anon-ak.org for Zoom link, contact: 907-957-1990
Couples Night Out — 2nd Fridays at the Alaska Club Downtown
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm at The Alaska Club Downtown, 641 W Willoughby Ave
Looking for a fun Friday date night with your partner? Then join us on Second Fridays at the Alaska Club Downtown! You and your partner will learn how to dance to a wide range of Soul, R&B, Blues, Jazz and Pop music, while learning snazzy moves and boosting your confidence. Drawing from a range of dance styles, instructors Andi & Daniel will help you improve your rhythm, posture and coordination, while deepening your connection to your partner. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. We will not be rotating partners.
Tickets: Members: $7.50/person Non-members: $15/person at the front desk.
Visit: https://bit.ly/DateNightDance, contact: Daniel at TwoLeftFeetAK@pm.me
Contra Dance
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm at St. Ann’s Parish Hall, 430 5th Street
Come see your friends, make some new ones and dance to LIVE MUSIC. No partner or experience needed! Enjoy lively tunes from “The Wharf Rats”: Tom Paul on fiddle Jack Fontanella on banjo Chris Meade on guitar Nicole Lantz on bass All dances are beginner friendly. Show up at 7:30 for an easy warmup lesson. Please bring clean shoes to change in to. No street shoes please!
Want to help out? To volunteer for a short shift at the door, contact Cecily Morris at cecilyrm@gmail.com
Suggested Donation: $10-20 general admission; $5 for kids, students and Service Corps CASH, CHECK OR VENMO ONLY
Visit: https://bit.ly/juneaucontras
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SUNDAY, JAN. 11
Sundays with the Juneau Symphony
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm weekly on KRNN
Sundays with the Juneau Symphony is the place for your local connection to classical music. Each week we’ll bring you episodes featuring new performances, musician interviews, and an ongoing spotlight on the local music scene with Juneau Symphony music director Christopher Koch. Free
Visit: juneausymphony.org, contact: Charlotte Truitt 907-586-4676 info@juneausymphony.org
Traditional Celtic Music Session
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm at TK Maguire’s, 375 Whittier St, Juneau
You are invited to play or listen to traditional celtic music played on acoustic instruments- fiddle, flute, bodhran, tenor banjo, mandolin, guitar etc. sessions follow the traditional etiquette for Irish music sessions. Sessions are held in the TK Maguires bar. Free to the public! For more information contact Tony Yorba at 907-209-9946, email at avyorba1954@gmail.com
International Folk Dance
4:00 pm – 5:45 pm at the Alaska Club Juneau Downtown, 641 W Willoughby Ave #210, Juneau
We welcome dancers of all ages and skill levels. Our program is a mix of teaching and requests of dances from around the world. No partners are required. Every Sunday between 4 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. Free.
Visit http://www.jifdancers.org, contact: Bruce Botelho 907-723-9999, brucembotelho@gmail.com
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