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

Organ concert, noon, State Office Building. J. Allan MacKinnon. to play a 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.

NOAA Fisheries Lab Tours, 1 p.m., Ted Steven Marine Research Institute. Each tour is limited to 12 people ages 16 and older. Participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Cameras are welcome. Tours last about an hour. Reservations can be made by calling 789-6050. Monday-Friday excluding holidays.

Science Fridays: Science of Sphere, 1-3 p.m., Visit the new building and learn about decades of shipwrecks and their causes on the giant animated globe.

Police blotter booksigning, 4-6 p.m., downtown Hearthside Books. David Sexton and Jeff Brady, authors of volumes one and two of “Best of the Skagway, Alaska Police Blotter,” will be in Juneau for a booksigning.

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

Who Wrote the First Folio?, 5:30-6:30 p.m., SLAM. Shakespeare scholar and “On Writing” columnist Jim Hale will discuss John Heminge and Henry Condell, friends and fellow actors of William Shakespeare and their quest to honor his legacy by compiling his complete works in the First Folio.

Rock Around the Block, 5:30 – 7 p.m., APK Plaza and the JACC. Music and food trucks. More information at jahc.org.

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.

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

JLO Anniversary Gala, 7 p.m., Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall. The Juneau Lyric Opera is celebrating 40 years of vocal and theatrical programming. It’s $40 per person, or $320 for a reserved table of eight. Tickets are available at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center, Hearthside books and juneauopera.org.

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