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New ship USS Anchorage to be commissioned in namesake city

...new warship to its namesake city for its commissioning ceremony.Now the 21-year-old Boseman finds himself playing tour guide on the amphibious transport ship and showing his shipmates around town."A lot of people are like, where's the closest...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-03/new-ship-uss-anchorage-be-commissioned-
State
Docent Training Workshops to be held at Alaska State Museum starting May 8

The Alaska State Museum is now looking for volunteer docents, or tour guides, for the upcoming season. Seven short workshops will take place May 8 ? 18 to offer tips and techniques on giving cultural tours...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-05-05/docent-training-workshops-be-held-a
Neighbors
Docent Training Workshops to be held at Alaska State Museum starting May 8

The Alaska State Museum is now looking for volunteer docents, or tour guides, for the upcoming season. Seven short workshops will take place May 8 ? 18 to offer tips and techniques on giving cultural tours...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-05-02/docent-training-workshops-be-held-alaska-
Art
Alaska ferries lose nature experts to budget cuts

...called "interpreters," are a valuable tool for tourists and residents because staff members don't have time to play tour guide, according to Doug Stuart, who served as the Tustumena's naturalist for over a decade.Stuart, 71, is now out...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-29/alaska-ferries-lose-nature-experts-budg
State
Tennessee musician rediscovers his roots in Alaska

...the chance to rediscover what he already knew.Baron arrived in Juneau a few years ago at age 22 to work as a zipline tour guide, leaving behind him a budding career as a country musician in Nashville, Tenn. Disillusioned by his experiences in...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-03-21/tennessee-musician-rediscovers-his-roots-
Art
First Friday Art Walk

...years, ran his own photo studio for 16 years, and currently works for Gastineau Guiding as a photographer and photo tour guide.Dresses and dragons: Handpainted silk dresses and original art by Bridget MilliganKodiak Coat Company245 Marine WayReception...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-04-04/first-friday-art-walk
Art
JDHS recognizes 12 students

...Talley."Last week for our eighth grade parent information night, Freya Shrestha and Tori Talley were phenomenal tour guides. As always, Freya and Tori responded to the counseling office's last minute request for volunteers to be student...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-01-27/jdhs-recognizes-12-students
Neighbors
Top Chef a la Juneau

...and very curious about the relationship between Inuit and Yupik peoples. This allowed me one half mile to go into tour guide mode ? which I've got to say, as a guy who once won an Alaska trivia contest, was awesome. However, as the world's...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-02-07/top-chef-%C3%A0-la-juneau
Art
Arts & Culture event calendar

...to discover and thwart their destructive goals."Chernobyl Diaries" (R) - Synopsis: Six tourists hire an extreme tour guide who takes them to the abandoned city Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. During...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-05-31
Art
Exploring our own backyard

...reveals that they grew up together. Whether it was his childhood explorations of the Ketchikan forests, his work as a tour guide in Southeast, or his artistic explorations of the landscape through his camera, the wilderness has been Johansen's...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-07-19/exploring-our-own-backyard
Art

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