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"Impostor Recital: Works for Violin and Voice Performed on Trumpet," 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 11, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 9161 Cinema Drive. Tickets available at Hearthside Books or at the door. Students free with paid ticket holder.
Lila Downs, 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 11, at Juneau-Douglas High School auditorium. $22 general, $18 students and seniors, $75 family. Tickets available at Hearthside Books and Rainy Day Books. ($2 more at the door).
Exhibits
Christian Racich, photographs at Rock Paper Scissors, 245 Marine Way, Thursdays through Saturdays. Details: 586-3110.
"Live Drawing Sessions," figure and portrait drawings and paintings by various artists at the Empire Gallery, 235 Second St., shows by appointment.
Ken DeRoux, "The Ruskin Series," shows daily, at the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council gallery, 206 N. Franklin St. Shows daily.
"Little Red Snapperhood," art, hats, hat boxes and book signing, shows daily at Annie Kaill's, 244 Front St. Details: 586-2880.
"The W.R. Norton Collection: William H. Case and H.H. Draper Photographs (1898-1920)," 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily at the Alaska State Museum. Through Nov. 8.
"Solidarity, Secret Rites and Social Ties," an exhibit about Juneau's fraternal groups and clubs, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Also, "100 Years of Maps." Details: 586-3572.
Dance
Thursday Night Contra Dance, 7:30-9:45 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Terry Miller Legislative Offices gymnasium. Live music with Juneau's "6th & Main Street" band and dance caller Tom Paul. Beginners are welcome and no partners are necessary. All dances are taught. Bring clean, soft-soled shoes for dancing. Details: 463-3214.
Scandinavian folk dance workshop featuring Seattle teacher Nola Irish, beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Juneau Yacht Club. Four different sessions of 75 minutes will be offered at 9 and 10:30 a.m., 1:15 and 2:45 p.m., there will also be a 8 p.m. evening dance with live music. $6 per person per session, $20 for the day, $5 for evening dance. Details: 364-2334.
Events
KBJZ-LP 94.1 FM First Anniversary Party, doors open at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, at Elks Lodge, 109 South Franklin St. 7:15 p.m., Fiery Gypsies; 8 p.m., Collette Costa's Jazz Boys with Robert Cohen, Albert McDonnell, Dale McFarlin, Terry Schwartz and Simon Taylor; 9 p.m., Contra Public; 9:30 p.m., Peabody's Monster; 10:30 p.m., Deering and Down; 11:30 p.m., Dag Nabbit; 12:30 a.m., Panhandle Crabgrass Revival Band. $20, 21 and over.
"Why Math," by Brian Blitz, University of Alaska Southeast assistant professor of mathematics, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, at the University of Alaska Southeast Egan Lecture Hall.
"Altered Books" mixed-media art class for adults, with instructor Gretchen Barnes, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 11 and 25, the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Pre-registration and pre-payment required. Details: 586-3572.
"Ode to Joy: Beethoven and the Revolutionary Enlightenment in Music," lecture by Robin Walz, University of Alaska Southeast associate professor of history, and Kyle Wylie Pickett, Juneau Symphony music director, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, at the UAS Egan Lecture Hall.
Juneau Arts and Humanities Council annual membership meeting, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, in the art gallery at the council offices, 206 N. Franklin. The annual report and business of the board will be discussed. Details: 586-ARTS.
Night Life
Live music with Kenny Knapp, 9 p.m.-closing, Wednesdays-Sundays, at the Sandbar.
Open mike, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 9; Bob Cole, Friday-Saturday, Oct. 10-11, at The Alaskan Bar.
Comedy Night with Juston McKinney and Kyle Dunnigan, 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, $12 in advance or at the door; Salsa Friday, with salsa music and dance lessons, 9-11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10; Karaoke with K-Rob, 9 p.m.-closing, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays; DJ dance music with Dan-O-Mite and DJ mix, Fridays-Saturdays; NFL Sunday Ticket, 9 a.m., Sundays; Monday Night Football party, Mondays, at Marlintini's.
Bull riding, 9 p.m., Thursdays and Saturdays, at Henry's Food and Spirits in the Mendenhall Mall.
The Rockn Roll Machine's Jam Night, 9:30 p.m., Saturdays, at Squires Rest in Auke Bay.
Circle City Cy and Dirty Frank, songs and stories capturing the frontier spirit, 11:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; III, 9 p.m.-closing, Tuesdays and Thursdays, at the Imperial Billiard & Bar.
Karaoke, 7-11 p.m., Mondays and Tuesdays; all-night karaoke, Wednesdays and Thursdays; DJ Trent, 11 p.m.-closing, Mondays and Tuesdays, 9 p.m.-closing, Friday and Saturday, at the Rendezvous.