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GED orientation class, 9 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. GED orientation is designed to improve the success rate of those taking the tests. Details: www.serrc.org/tlc.

Senior ceramics, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Senior Center. Details: Diane, 463-6176.

Storytime, 11 a.m., Mendenhall Valley Library. Details: 586-5267.

Organ concert, noon, State Office Building. J. Allan MacKinnon to play variety of music.

Senior Lunch, noon, Juneau Senior Center. Details: 463-6175.

Adult Children of Alcoholic or Dysfunctional Families and Codependents Anonymous meeting, noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St.

“Dopeless Hope-fiends” NA meeting, 5-6 p.m. Rainforest Activity Center.

Valentine’s Dinner at the Hangar, 5 p.m., The Hangar. Dinners happening from Feb. 12-14. Details: hangaronthewharf.com.

Traveler Trio at Rockwell, 6 p.m., Rockwell Ballroom. Live jazz with Doug Bridges on tenor sax, Jim Noel on piano and Adrian Minne on bass.

SEAGLA Friday Social, 6-8 p.m., Imperial. LGBTQ community and friends are invited to gather, relax and decompress from the work week.

Fireside Lecture: Behavior of humpback whales and dolphins, 6:30 and 8 p.m., Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. University of Alaska Southeast professor Heidi Pearson will present her research on the behavior of humpback whales and dolphins. Free and open to the public. Doors open at 6 pm. Details: 789-0097.

Tlingit and Haida Indians of the City and Borough of Juneau bingo, 7 p.m., 3235 Hospital Drive. Details: 463-5680 or 463-5690

Sound and Motion Arts and Culture Series: Performance by Byron Nicholai, 7 p.m., UAS, Egan Library. Nicholai, a high school senior from Toksook Bay, blends traditional and modern styles in his music to preserve Yup’ik culture and bring it into the mainstream consciousness. He will also perform at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Walter Soboleff Building. Details: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sound_motion.

Opera: “L’Orfeo: The Tale of Orpheus,” 7:30 p.m. Thunder Mountain High School Auditorium. Presented by the Orpheus Project. Featuring music direction by William Todd Hunt and starring Kathleen Wayne as Eurydice and Sumner Thompson as Orfeo.

Live music: DJ Kevin Dean, 10 p.m., McGivney’s Sports Bar & Grill.

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