35th Alaska Folk Fest

Well it’s time for the 35th annual Alaska Folk Festival in Juneau.  Festivities kick of tonight at 7 pm at Centennial Hall, all shows are free.  Get the full day by day schedule here.   If you can’t make it down to the Hall, listen live on KRNN- Rain Country Radio.

Check out Elias Antaya (JPL Blog book reviewer) and his fellow 5th graders for a set of humor driven folk complete with witty between-song stage banter.

Monday 4/13 7pm
Alaskan Travelers • Juneau, Alaska
Elias Antaya, Max Blust, Robert Newman.
Legos, root beer and comic books – not necessarily in that order.

And don’t miss:

Bingo Schmingo Storytime
with singer/songwriter Kathleen Rushing
April 16, 11am – noon Douglas Library
April 17 11am – noon, Valley Library
Kathleen is here to help us celebrate Folk Fest. Enjoy this interactive musical entertainment for all ages.

365 Penguins

365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental and illustrated by Joelle Jolivet presents a hilarious take on the climate change debate. Focusing on one family who begin receiving anonymous boxes containing one penguin each day beginning on NewYear’s day. The penguins quickly pile up, making resources scarce. A great laugh about a serious topic. Check it out today!

Reviewed by Jonas

From Blog to Book

Stuff White People.   Ok, well don’t get alarmed at the title before you investigate.  When I first heard of the blog by this title I thought to myself, “Oh no, this is going to be some racist nightmare vision”.  Turns out I found it funny and offensive, but mostly funny.  And so did others, as it began to receive 300,00 hits per day.  The blog was so popular it landed its creator, Christian Lander a book deal with Random House.  See if its available at YOUR LIBRARY.   Listen to Lander read an expert from the book and see what NPR had to say about NPR being on the short list of Stuff White People Like.