Around Town

Wednesday, Feb. 25

Day of quilting, sewing and good fellowship, 10 a.m. every Wednesday, Resurrection Lutheran Church. Quilts donated to Lutheran World Relief. Details: 586-2380.

Low-impact exercise, 10 a.m., Juneau Senior Center and Valley Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

"Write For Your Life" group, 11 a.m.-noon every Wednesday, Mendenhall Valley library. Share a journal, memoir, a letter or poetry. Details: Dixie, 789-2068.

Senior ceramics, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. every Wednesday, Juneau Senior Center. Details: Betty, 463-6176.

Storytime, 11 a.m., downtown library. Details: 586-5267.

Native Issues Forum, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. Featured speakers include Rep. Sharon Cissna and Sen. Bettye Davis. Everyone welcome. Bring a lunch or purchase buffet-style lunch. Details: Myrna, 463-7105.

Brown Bag Travel Slideshow: "My 734-miles Southeast Kayak Summer" by Scott Foster, noon, KTOO, Egan and Whittier. Details: 463-6425.

Glacier Valley Rotary Club meeting, noon every Wednesday, Juneau International Airport Aurora Room.

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

Overeaters Anonymous meeting, noon-1 p.m., Valentine Building, 119 Seward St., Suite 1, Unity Center. Details: 789-8884.

Contract bridge, 1-4 p.m., Valley Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

Women Infant and Children walk-in clinic, 1-6:30 p.m., 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who are pregnant, breast-feeding or just had a baby and for infants and children up to age 5. Details: 463-4099.

Juneau Job Fair, 2-6 p.m., Centennial Hall. Details: www.juneauempire.com/jobfair.

"Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2007" class, 5-7 p.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Free. Details: 586-5718.

"Douglas Serenity Seekers" Al-Anon Family Group, 5:15-6:30 p.m. every Wednesday, Douglas United Methodist Church. Details: Lenne, 586-0152.

Nicotine Anonymous meeting, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Assembly Building, Suite 106.

"Parenting Your Three- to Six-year-old" class, 6-8 p.m., Juneau Family Birth Center. Free class. Taught by Sharlyn Berning. Details: 586-1203.

Juneau Duplicate Bridge Club game, 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday, Fireweed Place. Details: 586-1015.

Water walking, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Augustus Brown Swimming Pool. Low-impact water exercise class. Details: 586-5325.

Snoopy Pet Loss Support Group, 6:30-8 p.m., call for location. Sponsored by Hospice and Home Care of Juneau. Details: Ila, 957-6266.

Thursday, Feb. 26

Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m. every Thursday, The Prospector Hotel.

Women Infant and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who are pregnant, breast-feeding or just had a baby and for infants and children up to age 5. Details: 463-4099.

"Breath and Stretch" yoga exercise group, 10-11 a.m. every Thursday, Juneau Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

Storytime, 11 a.m., Douglas library. Details: 586-5267.

Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon, noon, Moose Lodge. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Details: 463-3488.

Lent Lunch, noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church. With Dr. Walter Soboleff speaking. Music courtesy of Resurrection Lutheran Church. $5 suggested donation will go to The Glory Hole. Sponsored by the Cooperative Church Council. Details: Jesse, 586-3131 or jessperr@gmail.com.

Baby-parent time, noon-1:30 p.m., Bartlett Regional Hospital Robert F. Valliant Center classroom. For parents and their infants up to 1 year old. Free. Details: Debi, 796-8975.

Mental Fitness Group, 1 p.m., Juneau Senior Center. Do brain teasers, puzzles and other brain exercises to build your mental muscles and promote healthy aging. Sponsored by Alzheimer's Resource of Alaska. Details: Amber, 586-6044.

Pinochle games, 1 p.m. every Thursday, Juneau Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

"Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007" class, 5-7 p.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Free. Details: 586-5718.

Juneau School District Indian Studies Program Board meeting, 5:15 p.m., Juneau-Douglas High School, Room 206 off the commons area. Public invited. Details: 780-2037.

Al-Anon Family Group Douglas Serenity Seekers meeting, 5:15-6:30 p.m., Douglas Community United Methodist Church. Details: Vicky, 364-2437.

Focus on Fitness education program, 6 p.m., Silverbow Back Room. Team Survivor Perseverance's monthly program. February topic is "Diet and Fitness," lead by speaker Nancy Duhaime. Free. Open to the public. Details: 957-0381 or info@teamsurvivorak.org.

St. Brendan's Galley hot meal, 6 p.m. every Thursday, St. Brendan's Episcopal Church, 4207 Mendenhall Loop Road. Details: 789-5152.

Team Survivor Perseverance "Focus on Fitness" meeting, 6-7 p.m., Silverbow Back Room. Free. With Nancy Duhaime, of Bartlett Regional Hospital and JRC The Alaska Club, speaking on February's topic, "Nutrition and Fitness." Details: Sara, 789-7081 or teamsurvivorak.org.

Native dance practice, 6-8 p.m., Gastineau Elementary School gym. Everyone welcome. Children under age 8 must be attended by parent. Details: Jennifer, 209-4421.

Prayer Shawl Group, 6-8 p.m., St. Ann's Parish Hall, 416 Fifth St., downstairs. A weekly group to crochet and knit shawls to be given to individuals in need of comfort. All skill levels welcome. Details: Rhiannon, 586-3137.

Childbirth Preparation Class, 6:15-8:45 p.m., Robert F. Valliant Center, Classroom. Free. Details: 796-8422.

Widowed Persons Support Group meeting, 6:30 p.m., Fireweed Place, 415 Willoughby Ave., Parlor Room. Details: Sue, 586-6424 or Sandy, 789-0355.

Benefit for the Whale Project, 7 p.m., University of Alaska Southeast Egan Lecture Hall. With featured speaker Ginny Jurasz Palmer, pioneer whale observer, and showing of "Cry of the Bubble Warriors," a film by the Alaska Whale Foundation. Free. Donations welcome. Details: www.jahc.org/events.php.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly meeting, 7-8 p.m., Shepherd of the Valley Church. Details: 780-6294.

Trail Mix monthly meeting, 7-9 p.m., Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School library. Come and share your trail comments and concerns. Details: 790-6406.

"Flyfishing 101" class with Tony Soltys, 7:30 p.m., Floyd Dryden Middle School, library and gym. Learn fly casting, to tie a great roadside fly and when, where and how to flyfish roadside waters. $21. Details: 780-2074.

Narcotics Anonymous "We Do Recover" group, 8-9 p.m., Rainforest Recovery Center behind Bartlett Regional Hospital, 3240 Hospital Drive. Details: 790-4567.

Friday, Feb. 27

Low-impact exercise, 10 a.m., Juneau Senior Center and Valley Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

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

Organ concert with J. Allan MacKinnon, noon, State Office Building.

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

Art As You Like It, 1:30 p.m. every Friday, Valley Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

"Predation by Bears on Salmon: Ecology, Behavior and Evolution" seminar by Dr. Thomas Quinn, 3:30-5 p.m., Lean Point Fisheries Facility, 17101 Lena Point, Room 101. Details: Louisa, 796-5441.

Home Show Wine Tasting, 4:30-8:30 p.m., Centennial Hall. Tickets $20 advance, $25 at the door. Sponsored by Southeast Furniture Warehouse Inc. Details: 463-5774.

Black History Month celebration: "Motown Karaoke Night," 6 p.m., Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. Motown sound, soul food dinner, door prizes, auction, etc. Tickets $20 adults, $10 students (with ID), free for children 4 years old and younger, available at Hearthside Books. Sponsored by the Black Awareness Association. Details: 957-0630 or 957-2424.

Water walking, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Augustus Brown Swimming Pool. Low-impact water exercise class. Details: 586-5325.

Family karaoke, 6:30-9:30 p.m. every Friday, Sweet Dream Teas and Anime, 8585 Old Dairy Road, in the same building as the Canton House. Details: 789-4401.

Cribbage, 7 p.m. every Friday, Juneau Senior Center. Enter through back door. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

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

"Misery is Optional" Al-Anon meeting, 7-8 p.m. every Friday, call for location. Details: Toni, 209-8664.

Talk with author Dan O'Neil, 7:30 p.m., downtown library. About his award-winning book "A Land Gond Lonesome: An Inland Voyage Along the Yukon River." Details: 586-0434.

Saturday, Feb. 28

Adult court rentals, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at various Community Schools gyms. $20 per court per hour. Details: 523-1774.

Shaman's Journey Workshop, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Healing Circle Massage, 314 D St., Douglas. Two-day workshop on how to take the shaman's journey to "non-ordinary reality" and explore first hand the ancient spiritual practice of Shamanism. $100. Sponsored by Four Winds Workshop. Details: Amy, 723-3423 or www.healingcirclealaska.com.

Eaglecrest 50th Statehood Celebration, 10 a.m., Eaglecrest Ski Area. Features obstacle course; Nordic, Classic and snowshoe races; jam sessions for range of ages; 50th Statehood Celebration Historical Exhibit and cake. Details: 586-3572.

"Paint Like a Pro" workshop, 10 a.m., Home Depot. Free. Details: www.homedepot.com.

Overeaters Anonymous meeting, 10-11 a.m., Juneau Public Health Center. Details: 789-8884.

LAP-BAND AP system seminar with Dr. Pamela Gruchacz, 10 a.m.-noon, Robert F. Valliant Center, Classroom 204A, Bartlett Regional Hospital. Free. About weight-loss options, including the LAP-BAND AP, and FDA-approved adjustable gastric band for use in weight reduction. Details: 796-8700 or www.lapband.com.

Home Show, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Centennial Hall. Tickets $5 admission. Children under 12 free. With presentations by former Juneau resident Thad Mills, of Trading Spaces. Details: 463-5774.

Coffee & Collections Series: "The Douglas Island Gun: Alaskan History Hiding in Plain Sight" with Mark Whitman, 10:30 a.m., Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Coffee provided by Heritage Coffee Co. Details: 586-3572.

Rotary clubs "Pre-Spring Cleaning" food drive, 10:30 a.m., at Safeway, Super Bear, Alaskan & Proud market and Fred Meyer. Drop boxes available until 4 p.m. at Super Bear, 4:30 p.m. at A&P and Fred Meyer, and 5 p.m. at Safeway. Details: Charity, 789-0899, Kevin, 463-3448 or Mindy, 790-6253.

"Staying Alive" Al-Anon Family Group, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Resurrection Lutheran Church library. Free childcare provided. Details: Erika, 463-2613 or Laura, 463-4440.

"How to Lay Tile" workshop, 11 a.m., Home Depot. Free. Details: www.homedepot.com.

Forest Explorer Programs, 11 a.m.-noon Saturdays, Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. For children 4-6 years old and their caregivers to explore the wonders of nature with a Forest Service naturalist. Details: 789-0097.

Gastineau Genealogical Society meeting, 1 p.m., Family History Center, Church of Latter-day Saints, 5100 Glacier Highway. With presentation on "An Immigrant Family in North Dakota in the 1930s" by genealogist Elfrida Nord. Beginners and interested genealogists welcome. Details: 586-3695.

"Small Bath Updates" workshop, 1 p.m., Home Depot. Free. Details: www.homedepot.com.

"Girls Rock Science!" Winter Day, 1-4 p.m., Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. Free. Hands-on activities for ages 7-14. Celebrate winter with the girls and women of our community. Dress for the weather. Details, Jess, 586-1710 or tagsc5@gci.net.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group monthly meeting, 1:30 p.m., Wildflower Court. Details: Linda, 957-2142.

Adult hula class for beginners, 3-4 p.m. Saturdays, Halau Hula 'o 'Olili'ula Dance Studio, 5750 Glacier Highway, E1. This class concentrates on the fundamentals of hula basic steps, movement, posture, chanting and body strengthening. Space limited. Bring water bottle. Wear comfortable gym clothes. Details: Leimomi, 723-2708 or www.halauhulaooliliula.org.

Keiki hula (children) class, 4-5 p.m., Halau Hula 'o 'Olili'ula Dance Studio, 5750 Glacier Highway, E1. Space limited. Bring water bottle. Basic hula class for children. Details: Leimomi, 723-2708 or www.halauhulaooliliula.org.

Discovery Southeast 20th Anniversary Celebration, 4-5:30 p.m., Thunder Mountain High School. Free. Cake and conversation. With winter hike lead by Richard Carstensen from 2 to 4 p.m. around the Kaxdigoowu Heen Dei Trail. Registration for hike required. Details: 463-1500 or www.discoverysoutheast.org.

"Eating Alaska" film showing, 6 p.m., University of Alaska Southeast Egan Lecture Hall. Pay-as-you-can at the door. Sponsored by the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council. Details: Amanda, 586-6942 or www.eatingalaska.com.

Bachata/Son dance instruction with Antonio Diaz, 6:30-8 p.m., Juneau Dance Unlimited. Details: Gail, 463-5327 or www.juneaudance.com.

Family karaoke, 6:30-9:30 p.m. every Saturday, Sweet Dream Teas and Anime, 8585 Old Dairy Road, in the same building as the Canton House. Details: 789-4401.

Saturday Night Narcotics Anonymous meeting, 7-8:30 p.m., Juneau Public Health Center, 3412 Glacier Highway, lower floor conference room. Details: 790-4567.

Juneau Pride Chorus concert, 7:30 p.m., Juneau Arts & Culture Center. Celebrating women's bodies and women's strength through song and dance. Tickets $15 adults, $12 youth and seniors available at the door. Details: Christina, 463-3442.

• Around Town is a listing of local nonprofit events. To be included, notices should be e-mailed to the newsroom clerk at nrclerk@juneauempire.com. They also can be dropped off at 3100 Channel Drive or faxed to 586-3028. The deadline is noon two days prior to the event.