Around Town for Jan. 15

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.

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.

Science Friday: Learn to Awaken the Force, 1–3 p.m., Mendenhall Valley Public Library. Join staff to learn about force and motion. Participants will build starships and experiment with the force by using thrust and pressure. There will also be an appearance by members of the 501st Legion: Vader’s Fist, a group of professional Star Wars role players. This program is geared toward ages 8-14, outliers welcome with parental supervision. Details: 780-2253.

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

Traveler Duo at Rockwell, 6 p.m., Rockwell Ballroom. Live jazz with Doug Bridges on tenor sax, Jim Noel on piano.

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: Secretive Kittlitz’s Murrelets, 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m., Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Michelle Kissling researches Kittlitz’s Murrelets, rare stocky seabirds endemic to Alaska and Russia. Discover their association with ice. Details: www.mendenhallglacier.net or 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.

Live music: Soul Revue, 10 p.m. McGivney’s Sports Bar & Grill.

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