Joins friends and colleagues at a First Friday event in the Geophysical Institute's GeoData Center Map Office on Friday, April 6. The event, titled "Views of the Circumpolar North," will run from 5 to 7 p.m. and is free to the public.

“Views of the Circumpolar North” will feature local artist and teacher Mary Maisch’s quilt titled, “The World is Simply a Very Big Ice-House: Stories of the Circumpolar North.” Additionally, quilts by Martha Wiedmaier and Alaska Satellite Facility Director Nettie LaBelle-Hamer will be on display, with aurora photography by Bud Kuenzil.

Refreshments will be available.

For more information, call 474-6166.