Around Town

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

Organ concert, noon, State Office Building. T.J. Duffy 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 Friday: “Yes, it’s Rocket Science,” 1-3 p.m., Mendenhall Valley Public Library. Learn about the history of rockets and Newton’s laws of motion. Participants will be able to design and test their own rocket. This program is provided in collaboration with Seattle Museum of Flight.

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

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

Alaska Geographic Featured Artist at the glacier, 6 p.m., Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. Juneau artist Patti Hutchens Jouppi displays a variety of her original oil paintings every Friday during Fireside Chats at the Glacier.

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.

Shakespeare Celebration, 6-8 p.m., KTOO. Come read a sonnet, poem, love scene or interpretation of Shakespeare’s work as a fundraiser for Orlando nightclub victims and their families. Come show the world that love always wins. Suggested donation of $15; vote for performers with cash.

SEAGLA Friday Social, 6-8 p.m., Imperial. LGBTQ community and friends are invited to gather, relax and decompress from the work week.

Mod Carousel Mania, 7 p.m., Rockwell Ballroom. Mod Carousel presents “Mania,” two nights of award-winning international burlesque and boylesque. Tickets $20 online until 12 hours before showtime. $25 at the door.

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

Sit in With the Band, 9:30 p.m., Rendezvous.

Gordie Tentrees, 9-11 p.m., Alaska Hotel. Tentrees, a top ten folk/roots artist in North America for April-May 2016, will perform.

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