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Vaudevillian musical becomes a play within a play for a Scotland stage

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Vaudevillian musical becomes a play within a play for a Scotland stage

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” the upcoming production by Juneau-Douglas High School, will…

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Local documentary maker turns camera to a romantic comedy

Greg Chaney, a Juneau filmmaker, is used to telling the stories of others through his documentaries. He’s made…

Hoonah students and teachers stand with Sparks the orange frog as part of the Happiness Advantage training done by GoodThink.

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Hoonah, happiness and orange frogs

There was talk of bombs at the Hoonah Jr. and Sr. High School on Tuesday, Jan. 10, but…

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New UAS welcome sign gives nod to cultural significance of campus location

Returning University of Alaska Southeast students for the spring semester may note that the entrance sign has been…

Christine Carpenter stands next to her artwork in the Alaska Robotics Gallery on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017.

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Sexual assault survivor finds freedom in art inspired from her diary

“I think it’s powerful and addresses something that isn’t often talked about in public,” Lauren Brooks, a former…

Brenda Wright's talk on "Where Have the Tree Swallows Gone?" at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library. Pictured is a Brenda Wright talking about how common or how rare different kinds of swallows are in Juneau.

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Tree swallows – Where have they gone?

At a crowded Mendenhall Valley Public Library, people gathered for a Wildlife Wednesday hosted by the Southeast chapter…

From left to right: Katrina Cain (playing The Bartender), Grace Lee (playing Jessica) and Erin Tripp (playing The Ghost) at the rehearsal of Women Playing Hamlet on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at McPhetres Hall.

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Women Playing Hamlet: Confidence, comedy with community theatre

In Shakespeare’s time, men performed all the roles in his plays, even those of women. Shaking things up…

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The art of Scott Severance: From new brewery labels to the fantastical

THE ART OF SCOTT SEVERANCE BY CLARA MILLER Capital City Weekly This January, Husky IPA, a spring seasonal…

Lt. Kris Sell hugs the Juneau Radio Center Love Ball.

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Embracing a kinder new year

For many people, 2016 festered. From vitriol in the elections and caps lock matches on social media to…

Theresa Araki talks about her store, A Little Bazaar Boutique, located on 9th Street, between the Juneau Hotel and the Department of Labor building on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016.

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Consignment, vintage, antiques – just A Little Bazaar

Twenty-two years ago, Theresa Araki had a booth at Juneau’s public market she called A Little Bazaar. This…

A gingerbread house of the Red Onion Saloon and Sugar Mama's is on display in a window in Skagway.

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Yuletide in Skagway has an “old-world” feel

On a snaining Friday in early December, downtown Skagway was quiet — at least until Yuletide celebrators crowded…

A horse skull with the bridle still in place. Many horses died during the Klondike Gold Rush.

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New Klondike exhibits an inclusive, immersive experience

Skagway — The Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park exhibits used to be what National Park Service employee Benjamin…

Corin Hughes-Skandijs performs as a member of Club Baby Seal at the sold out stand up comedy performance at Gold Town Nickelodeon in October.

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Club Baby Seal: Juneau’s local comedy group set for more shows

In late spring, five comedians, almost all new to stand up comedy, came together for their first performance…

Author Judith Avila speaks about Navajo code talker Chester Nez at the Walter Soboleff Center on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016.

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Talking in code: How the Tlingit, Navajo tribes helped end WWII

Thirty-three Native American tribes had members who served as World War II code talkers, amounting between 400-500 men.…

The view outside of the Mendenhall Valley Public Library conference room on a late Saturday morning.

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National Novel Writing Month: Writers write

As I sit here at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library on a Saturday, the frost outside the window…

James Wickersham seated at his desk with law books.

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Wickersham a complicated figure

A crowd filled the seats at the Rockwell Ballroom in mid-November as Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum…

Sinai by Felix A. Wong.

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Q&A with Ketchikan photographer Felix A. Wong about his exhibit ‘Moonshine’

Felix A. Wong, originally from Singapore, is a self-taught Ketchikan photographer with a passion for nighttime photography. This…

The Lemon Creek Trail in Juneau seen Monday. "Sharing the Trails," hosted by Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Juneau Chapter of the Alaska Trappers Association, is a presentation meant to educate the public on trapping in Juneau, such as where traps are located, how they operate and what to do if you come across one.

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Event focuses on sharing trails, ‘demystifying trapping’

Trapping, an outdoors activity commonly associated with the Last Frontier, actually happens farther from home than many people…

Andrew James Archer, a psychotherapist from Madison, Wisconsin, speaks about manic depression in America at the Power & Privilege Symposium at the University of Alaska Southeast on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.

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Symposium ties manic disorders to money

The seats were packed at the first keynote speaker’s lecture on manic depression in America at the University…

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UAS Power & Privilege Symposium: Promoting cultural change

University of Alaska’s Power & Privilege Symposium, the first of its kind at the Juneau campus, is a…