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SHI accepting applications for gumboot camp

JUNEAU — Sealaska Heritage Institute is now accepting applications for its Gumboot Camp that will run Aug. 1-5…

The 2016 cover of Real Alaskan Magazine, published by Jeff Brown out of Juneau.

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Lie to me: A review of this year’s ‘Real Alaskan Magazine’

How many times have you read an article in a magazine and exclaimed loudly (hopefully, no one is…

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Salmonfest announces lineup for 2016 event

Every year more than 6,000 people turn the Kenai Peninsula village of Ninilchik into a city during Salmonfest.…

Urban etchings at a bus stop

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Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of all levels…

Dick Callahan salvages dead and downed alder culled from the roadside. Photo courtesy of Dick Callahan

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Gathering wood: Salvage, lassos and love

Summer time! Family’s coming to visit while you’re painting the house. You’re working, putting up fish, camping, celebrating…

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Meals with Midgi: Alaskan Moon Pies

Ahhh…summer. Daylight seems to go on forever and on those rare, sunny days in Southeast Alaska time seems…

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Fish Factor: Wind ‘blows’ salmon into the Yukon River

Boaters from Homer to the Mat-Su valley can help protect salmon and other aquatic creatures and get discounts…

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Audition for JLO

Juneau Lyric Opera announced auditions for Stephen Sondheim’s “Putting It Together” for their Fall 2016 production, directed by…

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SHI presents lecture on Native identity

Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor a lecture by two visiting scholars on the preliminary results from their study…

Jim Jacobs, a jeweler, in his potlatch costume with potlatch spoon carved from mountain sheep horn in Sitka in 1931.

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Behind the bracelets: Documenting the lives of Native jewelers

There’s a great deal of doubt involved in matching historic Native jewelers with their creations, even in cases…

Mt. McGinnis reflected in a pond. Photo by Kerry Howard.

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Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of all levels…

Anton Doiron walks down the spaceship hallway of his movie set.

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Exploring life inside Juneau’s outer space studio

My first concise question to Anton Doiron in his rented studio space was, “What’s that thing that Stanley…

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Time for a new model?

Here’s a little fact that you would never know unless I told you; it’s kind of personal so…

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Book reviews by kids, for kids

Each week throughout the summer, the Juneau Public Libraries, in collaboration with the Friends of the Juneau Public…

TJ Young, right, paints a totem pole he helped carve at Culture Camp last year in Hydaburg.

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Living and breathing art with TJ Young

For many, art is defined as a pretty landscape painting interpreted by a single artist using store-bought materials.…

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Last Frontier Theatre Conference to begin June 12

The Annual Last Frontier Theatre Conference is coming up on June 12-18 in Anchorage. Now in its twenty-fourth…

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Registration open for STAR theatre program

Registration is open for Perseverance Theatre’s Summer Theatre Arts Rendezvous. Work with local and out-of-town professional directors and…

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Writers’ Weir: Let’s touch

The world is contracting and we are becoming isolated from each other Closed car windows closed ears and…

Pride Week begins June 11

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Pride Week begins June 11

SEAGLA announced the schedule for the third annual Juneau Pride, a celebration of all things Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,…

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Pride Week calendar

Two Spirit Pride Reception, Saturday, June 11, 1-2 p.m. Northern Light United Church.   Pride 2016 Opening Ceremony,…