Around Town
Today
Valley Toastmasters meeting, 6:10 a.m. every Tuesday, Henry's. Details: Jim, 789-3074.
Sewing Circle, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Valley Senior Center. Details: Betty, 789-7236.
Life Ring, a support group for women, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, Cathedral of the Nativity basement, Fifth and Gold streets. Lunch is provided, all are welcome. Details: Cathedral of the Nativity, 586-1513.
Quilting Circle, noon-4 p.m. every Tuesday, Valley Senior Center. Sponsored by the Quilting Resource Center. Details: Betty, 789-7236.
Stitch 'N Knit, 12:45 p.m. every Tuesday, Juneau Senior Center. Details: 463-6175.
Juneau People for Peace and Justice, 5:15-6:15 p.m., Northern Light Church. Open to the public. Details: Amy, 586-4409.
Juneau Drum Dancers, 6 p.m. every Tuesday, Cedar Park Recreation Hall. Details: 586-3347.
Cribbage, 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday, Juneau Senior Center. Details: 463-6175.
Sunny Point Intersection Improvements Project: Citizens Advisory Committee meeting, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 1800 Northwood Drive. Details: 586-3141.
Breast Cancer Support Group meeting, 7 p.m., Visitors Center. Details: Tuula, 789-3826.
Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso appearance, Juneau Shambhala Center, 7 p.m.
Planning Commission meeting, 7 p.m., Assembly Chambers.
Gastineau Philatelic Society, 7 p.m., Juneau Senior Center. Bring something for show and tell and something to trade. Details: Virginia, 364-3188, or Ted, 586-6785.
Beyond Heritage Festival, 7-9 p.m., Perseverance Theatre. Contemporary Native Heritage, drama, dancing and story telling with performances. Details: 586-ARTS.
Wednesday, Nov. 19
Gift of Life Blood Drive, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., University of Alaska Southeast. Details and appointment scheduling: 465-6528.
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: 463-6175.
Storytime, 11 a.m., downtown library. Details: 586-5303.
Contract Bridge, 1-3 p.m., Valley Senior Center. Details: 463-6175.
Polaris House Arts and Drawing class, 3:30-5 p.m., 1705 Anka St., on the Gastineau Human Services campus. Free. Details: 780-6775.
Collaboration Juneau, Inc.: Third Stakeholder Meeting to address Juneau tourism, 4 p.m., Centennial Hall.
AWARE Board meeting, 5:30 p.m., downtown library. Details: 586-6623.
"Nutrition for Pregnancy," sponsored by the Juneau Family Birth Center, 6-9 p.m., 3225 Hospital Drive, Suite 106. Details: 586-1203.
Water Walking, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Augustus Brown Swimming Pool. Low-impact water exercise class. Details: 586-5325.
"Family to Family," a class for families of people with mental illness provided by Polaris House/NAMI Juneau, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 170 Anka St. Details: Sky, 780-6775.
Lecture by Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso, 7 p.m., University of Alaska Southeast Egan Library.
"How in the World Can I Have Diabetes?" with Denise Heiman, 7 p.m., Bartlett Regional Hospital Administration Building Classroom No. 204. The first in a series of Health Talks presented by Bartlett Regional Hospital, Premera Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alaska, and the University of Alaska. Details: 796-8488.
Juneau Macintosh Users Group meeting, 7-9 p.m., UAS Egan Classroom No. 220. Details: 790-4826.
Thursday, Nov. 20
Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club weekly meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel. Details: 789-4354.
• Around Town is a listing of local nonprofit events. To be included, notices should be dropped off at 3100 Channel Drive. They can also be faxed to 586-3028 or e-mailed to the newsroom clerk at nrclerk@juneauempire.com. Deadline is noon two days prior to the event.