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Speaker 2:Welcome to Juno's Problem Corner. This is Tuesday, July 28, and I am your host today, Connor Lindrum. And I'm so, so, so, so, so pleased to be here with you. You just heard the recorded voice, but I'll say it again. Give us a call at (907) 586-1800 if you are interested in any of our wonderful services.
Speaker 2:If you wanna talk about local issues, if you want to offer up something for sale or look for a service or offer a service. That's (907) 586-1800. And you can now text that number as well. And I'll be able to see it come up right here on my computer though because we don't have your numbers saved. Make sure to sign your text if you want to be known.
Speaker 2:And then finally, if the idea of phones is entirely scary to you, we've got air@kinyradio.com to email us at. And so please reach out. Let us know what's going on. And I'm so, so glad because today, I have a guest here in the studio, Maggie McMillan, the executive director of the Jack. How are you today, Maggie?
Speaker 3:I'm great. It is sunny again today.
Speaker 2:I'm sorry. Could say it one more time? I had the wrong slider up.
Speaker 3:I'm doing great. It's sunny out again today.
Speaker 2:It's so nice out. Absolutely. I put on my shorts. I I got on my sunglasses. I there was one moment I was walking down the sidewalk on Main Street and there was no one on the sidewalk and it was beautifully sunny and I was heading to the bus to come out here to run the radio show and I was like, I'm just gonna close my eyes.
Speaker 2:I just closed my eyes and walked down the sidewalk with the sun on my face because I was like, there's no one around, I don't have to pay attention. And I think I walked a full block and a half just eyes closed, just trusting the sidewalk to get me where I needed to go. It's just that kind of beautiful day.
Speaker 3:It's ridiculous. My son just got back from Bend, Oregon last night and we were standing on our back porch and he was like, gosh, I forgot how beautiful it is here mom. I was like, well, welcome home, kiddo. We're so lucky to call Juno home.
Speaker 2:So lucky. I I know what you mean. There's nothing like Juno on a summer day. It's nice and sunny and it's perfect and makes those long snowy winters a distant memory. Never even happened.
Speaker 2:I don't know what you're talking about. It's always sunny in Juno. We're having you on today, and I'm so glad that you're here. But there is a special event coming up that we're gonna be announcing here on the radio. Would you like to tell the people of Juneau what they have to look forward to in August?
Speaker 3:Yeah. You guys are gonna get the first official you're gonna hear the lineup here for the first time. We haven't talked about it yet.
Speaker 2:Oh, so exciting.
Speaker 3:So on August 15, the Jack is hosting our first annual we're gonna try to make this an annual event. Our first Southeast Summerfest.
Speaker 2:Wow. The first Southeast Summerfest. So we're doing like a music festival.
Speaker 3:It's an art festival.
Speaker 2:Art festival. Southeast Summerfest art festival. Even better. How big is this umbrella?
Speaker 3:So we have painters, we have buskers, we have headliners, we have spoken word. We have a community stage that's gonna be filled up throughout the day with all different type of art. Of course, in the evening at 05:00, we're gonna switch over and have one heck of a all age concert.
Speaker 2:Okay. All age is very important. I love that. I mean, I I do a lot of performances in town. I emcee a lot of events.
Speaker 2:I perform a lot of different things, and I love this town. But the truth is that the majority of our events happen at bars or at events where there's alcohol being served. And, you know, that's fine. That's great. We've got a great nightlife here in Juneau, but there's a lot more people in this community than just those who like to spend times in bars.
Speaker 2:There are people who are underage. There are people who avoid bars for a host of legitimate reasons. And we've got a caller coming in. Hello. You are on the air.
Speaker 2:Thank you for joining us on Juno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 4:Well, I have some log in, man.
Speaker 2:Excuse me?
Speaker 4:Well, actually, one of them is a come along. You probably know what that is. If you don't a logger or a mechanic who works in the shop would know what a come along is. And the is coming up. Right?
Speaker 2:The Salmon Derby is coming up. It's gonna be as I believe it's seventh, eighth, and ninth of August. A come along. Can you tell us what a come along is? Because I don't know what you're talking about.
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Speaker 2:Hello. You're on the air with KINY. How can I help you today?
Speaker 8:Hello? Hey there.
Speaker 9:I appreciate you. Well,
Speaker 2:no problem. So we have Maggie McMillan here with us on the air talking about Southeast Summerfest, the very first, the inaugural coming up in August. Just around the corner, I believe it's on the fifteenth. Is that correct?
Speaker 3:It is. August 15 from 11AM to 11PM. We are an all day activity. So during the day, the all ages, it's gonna feel very, very all age y. Right?
Speaker 3:So there's gonna be a community show. There's gonna be an artist market, there are gonna be people busking outside. Tucker Wilson's is putting together some pork shoulder
Speaker 2:for us.
Speaker 3:Okay. He's doing a fundraiser there as well. That's during the day. Totally family friendly all day. In the evening, it is still an all age show, but there will be a beer garden inside the Jack because Harbor Mountain has been very generous and donated beer.
Speaker 3:So I don't know if you know, as a nonprofit, if you ever see a beer garden at an event a nonprofit puts on, we get to keep a 100% of that money for
Speaker 1:Wow. Our
Speaker 2:That's huge.
Speaker 3:As much as we love an All Aid show, there will be a little corner section that there is a beer garden that is sectioned off and you will have to be ID'd to get in it. But, yep, come have an Harbor Mountain beer if that's your jam.
Speaker 2:That's great. They're sort of the new kid on the block when it comes to beer in Juneau. So it's nice to also see them coming out to get involved in the local community. They're from Sitka. Right?
Speaker 3:Yeah. They are from Sitka. And this is the second event that they have sponsored for me this summer. They also did Gold Rush Days for us and they're fantastic and and they're really excited to be part of Juno. So we're really happy to have them for Southeast Summerfest.
Speaker 2:That's great. Do you know how much tickets are gonna be for the ticketed part of the evening?
Speaker 3:Yeah. So there's a range of tickets, and I'm gonna pull it up so I don't mess this up because Zach put it together and he did such a good job. But
Speaker 2:We love Zach.
Speaker 3:We wanted to make it so everyone could come. And we wanted to make it so tickets were accessible. So I believe the lowest price ticket is $30 I think the lowest price ticket is $30.30?
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 3:Yep. So general admission is $30 The true cost, which is what it's gonna cost us to produce this event, is $45 a ticket. And then if you really love the arts and you wanna support the Jack and have a great time, it's $60 a ticket.
Speaker 2:There we go. We have another caller coming in. Hello. You're on the air with KNY Problem Corner. How can we help you today?
Speaker 7:Yeah. I just had a question for anybody who's got a handle on any of the news around seeing places like New York City.
Speaker 2:Your question? Let's see if we can help.
Speaker 7:How many people would like it if there was no longer any police or any more jails to keep the terminals in line.
Speaker 2:So
Speaker 7:then to then to take all the riches of the the rich people and spread it out to bring the poor people. Okay. Do that would you be a good idea?
Speaker 2:So we're talking about abolishing the police and the prison state and also redistribution of wealth. I mean, I think a lot of people got a lot of things to say about it. I thank you so much for bringing that up. If you are out there and you have anything you wanna say about those two topics, about police reform or about changes in the way wealth is distributed in our community, give us a call, 586-1800. But also, you have any questions for Maggie McMillan, our executive director of the Jack, or questions about their upcoming Summerfest, give us a call at the same number.
Speaker 2:So those are our range of ticket prices. We've got 30 for the general admission, 45 for the true cost, and then if you wanna be like a friend of the Jack, that's our $60 ticket for the Summerfest. And so this is a twelve hour festival. It's a one day event.
Speaker 3:Yep.
Speaker 2:One day event on August 15. During the day, it is like a more broader umbrella arts festival where you've got painters and buskers and a variety of different performance arts, all free to the community. And then at night, is a ticketed concert. We've
Speaker 4:got
Speaker 2:another call coming in. Let's see if they have any questions about this festival. Hello. You're on the air with Problem Corner.
Speaker 8:Yeah. Hi. Give me a minute to turn off my radio.
Speaker 2:Okay. We appreciate the thoughtfulness about reducing echo. Always helpful for us broadcasters.
Speaker 8:Yeah. I think that the eliminate the prisons, police, and distribute the wealth idea is really, really a bad idea Because, first of all, it would turn our society into the Wild West where everyone would have to defend themselves. And that could be real bad because giving people what they didn't earn doesn't necessarily mean they're not gonna want more, and it will destroy incentive. It will destroy business. There's no no need to go to work if you're gonna be given everything.
Speaker 8:But, anyway, I think that whole thing is a really, really, really bad idea. And there's no no place in the world that anything like that has ever worked. So just thought I'd throw that out there.
Speaker 2:Sure. Thank you so much for calling in. I really appreciate the perspective. You know, it makes me think about lots of different ways that that could happen. One of the ways would be that, like, you know, hypothetically I mean, it's hard honestly to imagine that, you know, millionaires and billionaires are earning all of the money that they are getting and, you know, are trillionaire now.
Speaker 2:And if that money was able to be sent to places throughout our country where they were able to help with education, infrastructure, things that are less hoarded, things that are less about personal advancement, things that are more about community health and improvement, it would also really change our society's relationship with the police, I would hope. Thank you so much for calling in with your perspective.
Speaker 8:I actually have a comment on that suggestion. And the the first thing is people who are millionaires and billionaires, they're not getting a million dollars a year or a billion dollars a year in income and paying tax on it. What they're doing is they're investing and creating jobs and businesses. And, typically, their companies and things are how they support themselves. And so that whole thing is a misnomer.
Speaker 8:If you take away the wealth of millionaires and billionaires, what you're gonna do is destroy all those jobs, and you won't improve anything. You'll make it all a whole lot worse. So the thing is and then the other thing is they say, oh, tax the corporations. Well, first of all, people who use the services pay for the taxes on the corporations, and they're already being taxed three ways. The, owners of corporations are the shareholders, and they're taxed on any income they get on their shares.
Speaker 8:The employees of corporations, of course, are all taxed on their income, and then they identify the corporation as a separate entity and tax it as well. So your basic corporation is paying taxes three times already. And so, I'm thinking that whole idea about distributing wealth and providing more education is not gonna work because there's no incentive to work. If you're in a job where you can't get ahead and you can't keep what you earn, why go?
Speaker 2:Well, I mean, I think ideally it would be a system where money is deemphasized. I think there's a lot of reasons to want to work that are different than just getting as much money as you can. We have another caller coming in, I'm gonna switch over. Thank you so much for calling in, sir. Hello.
Speaker 2:You're on the air with Problem Corner. How are you today?
Speaker 7:Hey. Good morning. I'm just looking for
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Speaker 9:Yes.
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Speaker 7:Have a good day.
Speaker 9:Thank you.
Speaker 2:Alright, Maggie. So thank you so much for your patience. I would love to hear your perspective on all of these things, obviously, but let's talk a little more about the Jack. So you've got a set of performers who are gonna be part of the ticketed event. Who are the performers who will be on the show for the ticketed portion of the festival at the evening?
Speaker 3:So the ticketed performers are Taylor Vittick.
Speaker 6:Okay.
Speaker 3:Joel Fourlines. We have Ocean View. And then our headliner is Dude Mountain.
Speaker 2:Of course, it's Dude Mountain. We love Dude Mountain. And I saw Ocean View at the folk festival for the first time just this last April, I was really impressed with them. Very unique, very individual music which I really liked. Like, I I, you you live in Juneau, you live in Southeast, you hear the same bands over and over again.
Speaker 2:Was my first time hearing from them. They're from Sitka, right?
Speaker 3:No. Ocean View is here.
Speaker 2:Ocean View
Speaker 3:is I think you're mistaking Pedal Boys
Speaker 2:in Ocean View. No. Not Pedal Boys.
Speaker 3:No. So Ocean View are teenagers. They're high school students from Juno, and they are a punk band.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh. This is great. I don't know who I'm mixing them up with, but it's not the Pedal Boys because I didn't to see the Pedal Boys. Was very disappointed.
Speaker 3:Yeah. They're all they did an all age shows with the Rain Dogs and Ocean View at the Jack at the end of the school year.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 3:And the high schoolers turned out, dude. So we're stoked to have this new I was just with Dude Mountain and Hanes Mhmm. And they were like, in five years, you guys aren't gonna be talking about Dude Mountain. Guys are gonna be talking about Ocean Vu. Like, they're they're killing it.
Speaker 3:And of course, I I'm super excited because they have a female bass player.
Speaker 2:There we go. That's what we love.
Speaker 3:You know, lady musician. So we have Taylor also. I was sitting there going, I need a I need a strong woman to fill out this lineup. And she was the first person to pop it in my head.
Speaker 2:Taylor's a very strong woman. Yes. We're really lucky to call her a a local.
Speaker 3:Very, very lucky to have Taylor Vinnick. So I'm very excited to have all four of those bands together. They're all a little bit different. Right? Like, is Taylor.
Speaker 3:She's jazzy. She's faulty. But she is also bringing a different playlist than she usually has to the show. So different set list than we've seen Taylor perform. Oh.
Speaker 3:So we're excited about that. Joel, if you haven't seen Joel Fourlands, he's like cosmically good. Right?
Speaker 2:Like Okay.
Speaker 3:He fought like so I'm a deadhead panic kid who followed music cross country and he's from that part of the country, from Nashville. Super talented guitar player. He plays he's gonna bring a loop on stage. I'm pretty stoked to see him play. Ocean View, I just talked to you guys about how amazing they are and they're young people and they're from Juneau.
Speaker 3:So show up and support your local youth. Right? Mhmm. And then Dude Mountain, I had planned on having them come out for my fortieth birthday for a while. And this is gonna be their last show they play for at least, I think, six months.
Speaker 3:So I'm pretty stoked to have them come out. They had it on their schedule to come for my birthday. And I said, oh, nope, we're gonna switch it. It's gonna be the next weekend, and it's gonna be for the ArtsOrg. So they're stoked to be here, and they're really excited to support the Jack.
Speaker 3:And more importantly, they're very excited to play an all age show, touching back on what you were talking about earlier, Connor. We don't have a lot of opportunity for young people to participate in the art scene. You can go to a play or the symphony, but you're not going to a rock show. No. So we're really excited to start producing more events like this at the Jack.
Speaker 3:So if you are a band or something that's like, hey, I've always wanted to do an all all age show, please reach out to me. I'm Maggie@jahc.org. We're
Speaker 9:gonna
Speaker 3:start collaborating more with the community, and we wanna see more all age events there.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Absolutely. I'm also gonna say that like, you know, if you are a band and you wanna talk about festivals, give us a call. If you're in a band, give us a call at (907) 586-1800. If you also know of any other great, like, youth bands that, like, are looking to sort of, like, step out and, like, do that next stage, get out of the garage, move into the community because, like, the Jack is so important.
Speaker 2:I personally really love the Jack. I, you know, born in Juneau, raised in Juneau, and I have been to a million and one shows in this town, and some of them great, some of them mediocre, some of them bad. But my whole life, the Jack has been this incubator and elevator and this resource that takes people who are passionate and interested and wants to pursue their own artistic development and gives them a chance to have a platform, to meet an audience, to be introduced to the community in a way that adds legitimacy and history. And it's a great place for more kids that are in bands who'd reach out to the Jack. You know?
Speaker 2:It's really anyways, I'm really, really excited to hear about that.
Speaker 3:On top of that, the community stage. So I know I just told you a lineup. But during the day, we still have windows. Right? They're five minute to thirty minute windows.
Speaker 3:So if you're not ready to be a headliner or if if playing on stage kinda scares you, this would be the time to try it. Right? This is when people are coming. It doesn't cost them money, so they're not gonna sneer if you you play the wrong note.
Speaker 4:Mhmm.
Speaker 3:They're just coming out to support their community. So this is definitely worth checking out. If you wanna be part of our community stage, you would email info@jahc.org, and I will connect you to the producers.
Speaker 2:Alright. So if you are itching to get on stage, if you are looking to advance your musical destiny, think about giving us a call to ask Maggie a few questions. We are gonna go into our commercial break, and we will be back very, very soon after these messages.
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Speaker 1:Now back to Problem Corner where our community meets to talk, trade, and share.
Speaker 2:Welcome back to Problem Corner. This is Connor Lindrum, your Tuesday host. Give us a call at 586-1800. We've got Maggie McMillan promoting Summerfest for the Jack, which will be next month on August 15, and we've got a call already. Hello.
Speaker 2:You're on the air with Juno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 5:Alright. Yeah. Good morning. I wanna say hi to Darryl over in Huna, which all he says is over in Huna.
Speaker 2:Okay. You wanna say hi to Darryl over in Huna?
Speaker 5:Daryl Choplin.
Speaker 2:Okay. I wanna hi to my
Speaker 5:aunties over in Anguin.
Speaker 2:And from who? Who are you saying hi from?
Speaker 5:I'm calling my my Lemmy Creek looking at the fishes going up the stream.
Speaker 2:That sounds wonderful. What's your name?
Speaker 5:Gilbert. In case you know.
Speaker 2:Oh, Gilbert. Gilbert is saying hi to Daryl in Angoon and to his aunties in where are your aunties again?
Speaker 5:My aunties are from Angoon. Daryl is from Oona.
Speaker 2:Oh, my mistake. I'm sorry. So Gilbert is saying hello to Daryl from Huna and his aunties in Angoon. Thank you so much for calling in. We've got another caller on the air.
Speaker 2:Hello. Welcome to KINY Problem Corner. How can we help you today?
Speaker 7:Yes. I still have a few more things for sale. If you like to find out what I have, you can call me at (907) 957-1673. And people should listen more to what the youngsters are saying because a lot of them want to go and try socialism one more time.
Speaker 2:Absolutely. People should listen to The Youngers a little bit more. Thank you so much for calling in. Do you wanna hang in?
Speaker 7:Idea. As far as socialism goes, like like the other gentleman said, all those things have been tried before and it didn't work. So I think I think this is what should be done. The moment they let themselves know what side they want and everything else, Daryl said, strip them of their citizenship, take them to these countries, and leave them there.
Speaker 2:I don't know what you're referring to, but that sounds like
Speaker 7:Those wonderful people that are that are hollering for socialism, I said they should be deported and sent to socialism and see how much they like it.
Speaker 2:Got it. Well, thank you so much for calling in. Really appreciate it. If anyone's interested in purchasing his items, give him a call at (907) 957-1673. And now we are back to Maggie McMillan, the executive director of the Juno Arts and Humanities Council.
Speaker 2:So we've got the Summerfest coming up. Our headlines for the evening, the ticketed portion of it are Taylor Vittig. What's the second name?
Speaker 3:Joel Fourlines.
Speaker 2:Joel Fourlines, Ocean View, which is a local 21 punk band. And then our headliners are Dude Mountain, which everyone in Juneau should know at this point. But if you haven't, it is quite an experience to go out and listen to them. They're from Ketchikan, I believe. Mhmm.
Speaker 2:And they blow it up downtown during Folk Fest every year. And so that's gonna be August 15. It'll start at 11AM. It'll be free until the ticketed concert in the evening. Lots of booths available to go check out of different local arts.
Speaker 2:There'll be buskers. There will be a community stage with lots of free shows you will come and enjoy. And there are still slots available. Is that what you were saying? About how many more acts are you looking for?
Speaker 3:I am not exactly sure because my board is handling that. I'm so lucky to have an active board of directors at
Speaker 2:the We love that.
Speaker 3:Council, but they did just tell me that they are still looking for some spots. So if they you can call into the show or you can email info@jahc.org, and we will get you connected to the people who are producing the community stage.
Speaker 2:Great. Yeah. If you want to if get ready to step out of, like, your your private practicing, then you're ready to get in front of an audience, or if you're used to being in front of an audience and you just wanna have some wonderful community vibes, give us a call today at 586-1800. Introduce yourself or email to Jack. And we've got two calls coming in.
Speaker 2:We're gonna check out this first one right here. Hello. You're on the air with KNY's Problem Corner.
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Speaker 2:Okay. So this is just for the litter itself, not for, like, the litter box? No. No. Okay.
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Speaker 5:I also have the salon hair sit in hair dryer and salon styling station. And I was asking a 100 today. I'll get rid of it for $50, both of them, and they must go both together today.
Speaker 2:Okay. Alright. What's a good number who we can call you at?
Speaker 5:(907) 209-0034.
Speaker 2:0034. Thank you so much for calling in. So we've got a community member with a salon set and hairdryer and a styling station ready to give up both for $50 as well as some crystal kitty liver litter scoop free, whatever that means, for $30. Give them a call at (907) 209-0034. If you're interested in getting some discount kitty litter or you are interested in starting a little hair salon in your house, give them a call at (907) 209-0034.
Speaker 2:And also, if you're interested in performing at the Summerfest on August 15, give us a call at 586-1800. So, Maggie, we've got this big festival coming up next month. What are some other things that are going on with the Jack that people can know about? Do you have any other shows coming up or community events that are like recurring events? I know there was a Prince series going on for a while that was pretty cool.
Speaker 3:So we are not doing our I think Wegoose is we're working with Way Goose still, so we are they're gonna have their event coming up. I'll let them share that information with you all. We are getting ready for another First Friday. Right? That's around the corner.
Speaker 3:Always. The gallery that we had this time around was lino cuts, block prints that are, like, colored in. One of the most successful gallery shows we've had at the Jack since I've been there. The artist was fantastic. This one, I'm really excited about.
Speaker 3:This woman does beadwork, but not what we think of when we think of beadwork. Think of like large embroidery things with beads, like pictures with beads. It's it's pretty insane. So I'm really excited. I do not have the artist name in front of me.
Speaker 3:I'm not that prepared today. Sorry.
Speaker 18:That's
Speaker 3:okay. But she's fantastic and she will be there in August for our first Friday, which I believe is August 2.
Speaker 2:When you say pictures with beads, do you mean like a mosaic but made with beads where it's like it's all like like millions and millions of little beads or is it like photos with beading over it?
Speaker 3:It's the first one.
Speaker 2:The first one? Yeah. Very cool. Yeah. We've got some callers calling in.
Speaker 2:Hello. You're on the air with KNY's Problem Corner. How can we help you today?
Speaker 19:Good morning. I just wanted to share a comment. There's a whole lot of loss going on out there. A lot of people losing family members, and we're getting hit with a lot of them, and it brings a lot of emotion and a lot of just a lot of high emotion, and I think that if we all remember that we all have memory with somebody that we've lost, we've all shared different times in life, not you know, it's not about who did more, who spent more time with somebody, who you know, it's more like we all carry different memories with somebody that we treasure so that and I just wanted a reminder too, you know, that when we lose somebody, we all react differently. And but it's better to work together and to pull together and to to share the memories that you have instead of who did more or who's this or who's higher on the tree.
Speaker 19:It's not about that because that person probably loved each one of us, each one of them. And I just wanted to remind that because there's a lot of hurt going on and a lot of loved ones that I see that are hurting, and and I care about each one of them. And I just wanna remind everybody that we all have different times with somebody, you know, and we all have our own memories to re to, you know, to remember that part and to share the good things, and there's more good to share than this fighting that's going on that we all, you know, experience as family. But prayers up for all of everybody that lost somebody, and and, you know, share memories. You know?
Speaker 19:Don't fight each other. Share memories, and and and it's not about who did more. It's, you know, just remember the good things and stay blessed.
Speaker 2:Yeah. I I really appreciate you calling in with that message. It's really, really true. Death and loss and grief is something that unites us all. And competing with each other about who's grieving the most or whose loss is keenest is a really painful way to go through that experience.
Speaker 2:Yes. It's
Speaker 19:hard that way. It's hard that way.
Speaker 2:It's hard that way. It it just creates more loss because then you may damage the relationships with people that are still with us. I really
Speaker 19:I I completely. I just wanted to throw that out there because, like, we all like I said, we all had memories and we you know, maybe one had the elementary memory, one had the adult memories. So we all have our own. So it's not about who did what, but it's just the memories that we have. I think it's better to share that instead of who did more.
Speaker 2:Yeah. It's hard. It's messy. I I just lost my aunt a couple just two weeks ago. And
Speaker 19:Oh, my condolences.
Speaker 2:Thank you. And my condolences to you. It sounds like you're going through some loss as well. So thank you so much for calling in. I really appreciate
Speaker 4:Thank you.
Speaker 2:We have one more caller coming in. Hello. You're on the air with KINY Problem Corner. How can we help you today?
Speaker 9:Yes. My name is Melvin Ward.
Speaker 2:Hi, Melvin.
Speaker 9:And hi. I I had that echo again, but today, the station is coming in clear. Yesterday, the the host had another one in training, and the reception was very bad. It was faint. And Wade said that they were still working on it, and it took a while to get the phones in.
Speaker 9:So I I guess we just gave each other some static. Mhmm. But today, it's it's very clear. I I don't know what happened yesterday.
Speaker 2:Hey. I wasn't here yesterday, and I don't know either, but I'm really glad that you called in to let us know that everything's working. It's a it's an interesting sort of phenomenon being in the radio where you're here in this little room, and you're like, I'm trying to talk to hundreds and thousands of people. I hope they can hear me, but I don't know if they can. So thank you so much for calling in to let us know, Melvin.
Speaker 2:Is there anything else?
Speaker 9:Okay. And I I I wanna add a little bit more. Okay? Okay. Alright.
Speaker 9:I like to sorta stay positive, but I noticed that you you have a guest, and you were talking about young people. And the Jack. Could you tell me what that that is all about? Because I remember the Zach Gordon thing many years back when I was a young young fellow here in Juneau.
Speaker 6:Are you you're talking about
Speaker 9:explain that real quick.
Speaker 2:You're talking about the Zach Gordon Youth Center. We're talking about the Jack, which is a different organization.
Speaker 9:Okay.
Speaker 2:But if you have a question, we do have our guest here, Maggie McMillan, the executive director of the Juno Arts and Humanities Council, if you have a question for her.
Speaker 9:I I I heard a remark that was kinda troubling, but, ma'am, you're you're dealing with young people. You you have different programs, and I there was a similarity with the Zach Gordon thing because he dealt with young people, and there was a a club they could go to.
Speaker 3:Yeah. The Zach Gordon Youth Center is fantastic. And what we do and what they do are very different, but we do share a parking lot and are happy to collaborate with them from time to time. Mel, actually, know you. We hi, Mel.
Speaker 3:The JAC that I run now is the Juno Arts and Humanities Council. So we work with all ages. Right? We are working with elders who are talking and telling stories in classrooms. We are working with middle aged people like myself to help them advance their careers or connect them to other people, or help just help them keep producing art.
Speaker 3:And then we also work with youth, whether it is helping them by giving them a venue because they're young and they can't afford to rent a place yet, or it's helping them by mentoring them or helping them by I don't know if people realize how many artists we put in classrooms and how much money we spend at the Jack educating children in art. Every time there's a kid who goes from their school to any sort of art field trip, is paid for by the Arts Council.
Speaker 2:Wow.
Speaker 3:So we work with the youth in all sorts of different ways, but we are not the Zach Gordon Youth Center. They are very special and what they do is very uniquely theirs. And we wouldn't try to compete with them. We would only ever wanna collaborate with them.
Speaker 9:Okay. That that's fine. I'm I'm glad to hear that because the young people are taking over. I'm going to be 86, August 23. Congratulations.
Speaker 9:I'm all done, and I I'm just trying to enjoy life. So I like to hear positive things going on, and it's it's their future. And I wanna thank you, and thank you for your program.
Speaker 2:Thank you so much for calling in, Melvin. I really appreciate it. And thank you so much for having a question for our guests. Yeah. It's it's it's really great to have the Jack be able to support not just like kids who've already decided that they want to be artists, they wanna pursue those things, but also like introducing art to students and to children so that they can realize, oh, there are these people in the world who spend enormous amounts of energy and emotion and focus and sacrifice to produce art and to improve their techniques and that that is a honored and ancient part of being a person and that, like, we have this institution in our community to do it, which is the Jack.
Speaker 3:Thanks so much. Fifty four years the Jack's been here. Fifty four years. Yeah. I wanna be here for at least fifty more.
Speaker 3:Not me personally. I'm already 40. So at 50, I I hope to be in fifty years, I hope to be like you, Mel, ready to retire and give, room for the next next generation.
Speaker 2:You don't be our 90 year old ED.
Speaker 3:You know, I feel like there should be term limits.
Speaker 2:I think that's a good idea. Alright. We got another call coming in. Hello. You're on the air with Problem Corner.
Speaker 5:Oh, thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 3:Absolutely. It
Speaker 5:was years ago. Wow, the echo here, that they had classical music that used to come on, and it was about the composers. So it was history and also with the music. It was really interesting and very educational. I sure would like to see that back again if it was possible, but I know it might not be possible because that was, like, forty, fifty years ago.
Speaker 5:But anyway but thank you for taking my call. Have a good day.
Speaker 4:Yeah. Thank I'll just you.
Speaker 2:Thanks for calling in. Before you get off, quick, do you remember the name of that program?
Speaker 5:It was history of what was it? History in classical music. Okay. Because it would tell the story of the composer, his life, and the music. And it was just really a nice show.
Speaker 5:It really was educational, and it was very pleasant to listen to
Speaker 2:That's cool.
Speaker 5:In my opinion.
Speaker 2:And that was with the Jack?
Speaker 5:It was on it was on the radio.
Speaker 4:Oh, it was
Speaker 2:on the radio. Okay. Great. Well, thank you so much for calling in and letting us know about it. We've got another caller calling in, so I'm gonna switch over, but I hope you have a wonderful day.
Speaker 2:Hello. You're on the air with Problem Corner. Oh, they have missed their call. Call us back. I think I might have just lingered a little too long with our previous guest.
Speaker 2:Here we go. Hello. You're on the air with Problem Corner.
Speaker 5:Hey. Sorry about that. This is Rhonda again. I'm calling about that crystal litter.
Speaker 2:Hi, Rhonda.
Speaker 5:This is eight it's eight pounds, and I'm I'll just ask $20 for it because you can get this at the store for $25.99 or something like that.
Speaker 6:Okay. Great. We've got an update
Speaker 2:on our price.
Speaker 5:It has not been yes.
Speaker 2:Okay. This is unopened, unused I would I mean, I would hope unused. Kitty litter. This is not secondhand kitty litter in the used sense. This is new, unused kitty litter.
Speaker 2:We're getting a price reduction from $30 down to $20. Give Rhonda a call at (907) 209-0034 if you're looking to, you know, make it a little easier for your cat to do their business.
Speaker 5:Alright. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Thanks, Rhonda. Okay. So
Speaker 3:Can I say something?
Speaker 2:Please.
Speaker 3:That previous caller has my brain, my mind working. So I'm not sure, previous caller, if you're still listening about the composer series. I think that sounds awesome. We don't do like, we don't have the symphony, but we do offer a piano series once a quarter at the Jack where we bring pianists from across the country that are classically trained to play classical music. And I wonder if they could tell you a little bit about the composers here and there.
Speaker 3:I think that would be very interesting. So Yeah. Thank you for that call. You have my mind going on how we can improve our piano series.
Speaker 2:That would be really cool. Or you could even bring in another person who's a co presenter. So you've got the performer and then, like, you know, in between movements or something, I don't know how it's structured exactly. Then it could be like a historian or from someone from the university or some from the sympathy the sympathy. From the symphony even coming and giving a presentation on the piece that's being performed.
Speaker 3:Yeah. I think that's interesting. Think I sit through those piano series all the time blown away by how talented the people are. You know, I think most of our generation probably doesn't hang out listening to ton of classical music all the time.
Speaker 2:No. No. It reminds
Speaker 3:me of, like, when I had to take a test in high school and they would play it in the background to make you concentrate. Mhmm. Not my jam. However, these piano series artists have kind of made classical music a little bit more my jam and I think it would be good to know which ones I like, which composers I'm leaning more towards. So I'm actually thinking about this kind of selfishly because I think it would be really rad for the Jack but I also think it would be really cool for a new generation to be reminded why these composers were important and what their music how their music shaped music today.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Yeah. And also, you know, it's one of those things too where if you love music, if you really sit down because it's it's it's so difficult, I think, to sometimes open yourself up to art forms that you've already made up your mind about. And that's true of anything. It's hard to open yourself up to people that you've already made up your mind about.
Speaker 2:It's hard to open yourself up to food you've already made up your mind about. And I think that most people, you know, on the younger side kind of made up their mind about classical music a long time ago. And if you actually go and you sit and you really listen and you close your eyes and you're opening yourself up to, all of this music, it can change you. Like, this stuff has lasted for centuries for a reason. It's not just a status.
Speaker 2:It's not just history. Like, it is profound artwork. And if you, like, try to imagine living in that time and being like, okay, I want to be like a successful musician, like like and compare that story to what it is now, it's like there's gonna be parallels. Like, okay, I need to find people who have money to support me as an artist. A lot of these classical musicians were supported by kings, queens, dukes, whatever.
Speaker 2:In the same way where now, like, you know, if you're Taylor Swift and like you want to be a professional musician, like you need a big corporation. You have to be like, yes, we will invest in you, which is really the same idea. A record label is what I'm kinda talking about. And if you go and you listen to it, it can be so complex and so long and so thoughtful and have so many layers to it. And you can really change by really opening yourself up to something you've already made up your mind about.
Speaker 3:Very true. I have one more thing that I have to say about Summerfest before we're out of time.
Speaker 2:I was actually gonna say, we have just two minutes left. Please, give us the full rundown of the event and how people can get involved.
Speaker 3:So, first thing I have to say is we have to thank Bo Anderson for creating our poster for us. Woo. He made my little vision of dancing bears becoming Southeast Alaska animals come to life. So when you go to jack.org to purchase your ticket, there's a banner on top of the screen, and it was designed by Bo Anderson, and we are so grateful.
Speaker 9:Thank you, Bo.
Speaker 3:You can buy your tickets there. Remember that you don't have to have tickets. It's a twelve hour festival, August 15 from eleven to eleven. If you're only there for the community part during the day, it is free to the public, cookout, market, community stage. At 05:00, we switch over to being a paid concert, four bands, Taylor Vittic, Joe Fourlines, Ocean View, and Dude Mountain.
Speaker 3:Come support the Jack and have a great time.
Speaker 2:Thank you so much for coming on with me, Maggie. It's been an absolute delight to have you. Thank you so much to all of our callers. It is 11:59AM on Tuesday, July 28. I'm Connor Lindrum.
Speaker 2:You're all of you. This has been your Juno Problem Corner. See you next time.
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