What’s happening

Surface Processes: A Presentation by Ceramic Artist Jeremy Kane, 7–8:30 pm, Thursday, Jan. 21, Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Jeremy Kane’s exhibit of wood, soda, and gas-fired ceramics is on display at the Museum through Jan. 30. Kane will share the process and techniques he employs to achieve the surfaces on his pots, plates and cups and will show and tell about the unique kiln firing facility he built along with students and colleagues at the University of Alaska Southeast campus. Free. Details: http://www.juneau.org/library/museum/public_programs.php See page 5 for more.

Fireside Lecture: Alaska State Capitol, 6:30 and 8 pm Friday, Jan. 22, Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. The history and contemporary renovation of Alaska’s State Capitol with Wayne Jensen, Principal Architect at Juneau’s Jensen Yorba Lott architectural firm. Details: www.mendenhallglacier.net or 789-0097.

Sound and Motion Arts and Culture Series: Juneau Symphony Conductor Troy Quinn, 7 p.m., Egan Lecture Hall, UAS. Quinn will demystify the craft of conducting and explore its unique role in diverse musical cultures. Free. Details: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sound_motion/

Coffee & Collections: The Sesquicentennial of Seward’s Folly, 10:30 am–12 pm, Saturday, Jan. 23, Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Wayne Jensen will present a history of Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William H. Seward, who negotiated the Treaty of Cession with Russia which brought Alaska into the United States. Free. Details: http://www.juneau.org/library/museum/public_programs.php

Game Day at the Library, 11 am–5 pm, Saturday, Jan. 23, Mendenhall Valley Public Library. Play our games or bring your own. Snacks and games provided by the Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries and Platypus Gaming.

Genealogy Tips: Finding Elusive Female Ancestors, 1 pm Saturday, Jan. 23, Family History Center at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5100 Glacier Highway. Free. Details: Gastineau Genealogical Society at www.ggsalaska.org or 500-7476.

Barn Dance, 7:30–11 pm, Saturday, Jan. 23, St. Ann’s Parish Hall, 5th and Gold Sts. Odette Edgar teaches and calls contra and square dances to live, old time music by Rumblefish. No experience or partners are necessary. $8 adults, $7 JIF and AFF members, $5 students and seniors, free for JVs and Americorps. Affiliated with Juneau International Folkdancers. Details: juneaucontras.org

Capitol Steps performance, 7–9 pm, Sunday, Jan. 24, Centennial Hall Convention Center. Hosted by Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. Capital Steps, a Washington, DC-based comedy troupe, will present a show based on songs from their current album “Mock the Vote.” Tickets are on sale now at The Juneau Arts & Culture Center, Hearthside Books, and at www.jahc.org. Tickets range from $5 for UAS students and children, to $30 for adults. Student and senior pricing is available as well. Details: www.jahc.org.

Marie Drake Planetarium: “100 years of General Relativity,” 6:30–7:30 pm, Tuesday, Jan. 26, Marie Drake Planetarium. The whole Universe emerges from these equations: space expansion, gravity, neutron stars, black holes. The math is abstract but, the ideas are visually beautiful. Also ‘The Stars Tonight’ on the Spitz projector. Free. Details: Mariedrakeplanetarium.org.

FILM

LUNAFEST Film Festival, 6–9pm, Friday, Jan. 22, Centennial Hall Convention Center. Short films by, about and for women. Silent and dessert auctions. Fundraiser for the Juneau Pro-Choice Coalition celebrating women. Tickets available through board members, Hearthside Books and www.lunafest.org. Details: www.juneauchoice.com

Queer Film Fest: “Do I Sound Gay,” Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 23-24, Gold Town Nickelodeon. Preview screening of the festival’s first film. Two screenings on Jan 23, 4 and 9 pm. 9 pm screening includes opening night party with Louie’s at the bar. Tickets are $5-10 sliding scale and can be purchased at the door only. All proceeds benefit Juneau Pride 2016, coordinated by SEAGLA. Details: www.seagla.org See page 14 for more.

MUSIC

Open mic w/ Teri Tibbett, 9 pm Thursday, Jan. 7, Alaskan Hotel & Bar, 167 South Franklin St. 21+, free. Details: www.thealaskanhotel.com

WORKSHOPS

Tlingit Language Learners Group, 6–7 pm Monday, Jan. 11, Downtown Juneau Public Library, large conference room. Interested in learning the Tlingit language? This group, run by Tlingit language learners, is free and open to everyone in the community, regardless of language experience. Details: https://www.facebook.com/groups/234626046736815/ and tlingitlearners@gmail.com