2020 Schedule
Registration for classes/Musical Houses map begins at noon on September 2 and runs through noon, September 9. Classes are free, but due to related delivery/pick-up of materials/location, participants must be residents of Petersburg, Alaska.
The Keynote Address and Brown Bags are open to all. Links will be posted the week of the festival.
The Virtual Reading with the Rainforest Writers is free, but requires registration to get the link.
Thursday, September 10
Morning Family Event: "Skog Spirit" watch a great video demonstration (facebook),
print out instruction sheet or pick-up instruction sheet at the
Public Library and Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Office
Noon Zoom Brown Bag: "Forest Insects in SE Alaska" with Elizabeth Graham,
Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry
join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85669184632
Friday, September 11
Morning
- Ephemeral Outdoor Art Show Map, virtual slideshow presented through
the Clausen Memorial Museum
- New! Raven Trail Interpretive Map-artwork by Lisa Schramek Adams
available at the Public Library and Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Office
or print your own here
- Totally Nautical Ocean Scavenger hunt begins:
Hunt list available at the Public Library and Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Office
or print your own here
New prizes hidden Friday - Sunday.
7:00pm Keynote Zoom talk: “The mystery and wonder of southeast Alaskan peatlands”
with Dave D'Amore, Research Soil Scientist
PNW Juneau Land and Water Management
join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82798579552
Saturday, September 12
All-day Adult art class: Studio Visit & Custom Enamel Earrings with Ashley Lohr
Virtually select shape(s), colors and discuss a jewelry design for either a pair of
earrings or a pendant.
5 people, sign-up for 1 hour time slots / FULL
9:00 am Rainforest Writers Workshop #1, led by Orin Pierson
A 3-hour creative writing workshop for writers of all experience levels
limit 7, advance sign-up required / FULL
12:00 pm Zoom Brown Bag: "Lichen" 10-minute film by Lisa Jackson and
Q&A with Karen Dillman
join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89110613344
Lisa Jackson is a Canadian Screen Award and Genie-Award-winning Canadian
and Anishinaabe filmmaker. Her films have been broadcast on APTN and Knowledge, as well
as CBC's ZeD,Canadian Reflections and Newsworld and have screened at festivals
including HotDocs, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Melbourne, Worldwide Short Film
Festival and Berlin International Film Festival.
Her recent VR piece Biidaban: First Light premiered at Tribeca, won a Canadian Screen
Award and was nominated for a Webby Award.
Her recent IMAX short film Lichen premiered in April 2019, as part of Outer Worlds, a
commissioned project featuring the work of five artists including Michael Snow.
Check out: What Lichens Can Teach Us!
1:00 pm Kids' Event: Virtual Berry Cook-along
Make a simple no-bake fruit tart and some berry drinks. After registration
families will be emailed a recipe and supply list.
Class limit 7 (family or friend groups are considered 1)/ Registration closed
2:00 pm Rainforest Writers Workshop #2, led by Orin Pierson
A 3-hour creative writing workshop for writers of all experience levels
limit 7 advance sign-up required / FULL
6:00 pm Musical Houses - local porch music coordinated by the Petersburg Arts Council
Limit 20 pods, registration required to get map and starting location.
Registration closed.
Sunday, September 13
All day Adult art class: Studio Visit & Custom Enamel Earrings with Ashley Lohr
Virtually select shape(s), colors and discuss a jewelry design for either a pair of
earrings or a pendant.
5 people, sign-up for 1 hour time slots / FULL
1 - 3 pm Adult Event: Wild Foods & Wellnes, with nutritionist Kelly Zweifel and
Christina Sargent. Get information about the immune boosting vitamins
of wild food and how to prepare sauces, syrups, and shrubs using wild berries,
spruce tips, seaweed, and mushrooms.
Class limit 10, pre-register to get cooking kit
some item must be foraged or purchased / FULL
7:00 pm Virtual reading with Rainforest Writers
Join Rainforest Writers for a virtual reading. A great opportunity for literary artists from throughout the community to share their writings with an audience and for attendees to hear fresh work from local voices.
To attend the reading, please register to receive link
For writers contact Orin by the evening of Sept. 12 to be added to the line up
Rainforest Run 10K & Half Marathon:
Virtual: September 12-18 – submit a screenshot of an app with proof of time by 9/18
In- Person: September 19 – check-in/register at Sandy Beach
Start: Walkers @ 8am Runners @ 9am
Registration: Free or $20 with a T-shirt. Preregister www.pmcak.org.
For more info contact Julie.
updated 9.10.20