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Here’s looking at you! An eagle at C Dock in the downtown boat harbor on March 27. (Photo by Denise Carroll)

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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

The Empire is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to:…

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Time to start planting your veggies

I’m not sure if March ended like a lamb. It certainly wasn’t worse than its entrance, but compared…

A river otter munched on a sculpin, just before a thieving eagle snatched it from the otter’s grip. (Photo by Jos Bakker)

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Beach-walking in late March

What’s a restless naturalist to do, when most of the ground in covered with soggy snow and strong…

A brown bear chases its prey at McNeil Falls. Photo by Larry Aumiller.

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Life with Bears

In 1976, when Larry Aumiller was dropped off by floatplane for his first season to oversee the McNeil…

This image will be in the APAA spring show at KTOO. Image by Iris Korhonen-Penn.

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First Friday fun

Featured artist: Guitar-maker George Gress Amalga Distillery 134 N. Franklin St. Reception: 4-7:30 p.m. Amalga Distillery isn’t yet…

The Hillbilly Honeys perform at Folk Fest in 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Folk Fest: Where to listen, play and dance this week

The 43rd annual Alaska Folk Festival kicks off Monday. The festival runs April 3-9 and will showcase more…

(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Hope for the homeless

Hope is a powerful thing. Hope is perhaps the only thing that can carry us through life’s inevitable…

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Anniversary: Travis and Ashley Green celebrate 8 years

Travis and Ashley (Evans) Green were married in Juneau on April 4, 2009 and will be celebrating their…

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Register now for a space at Community Day on Campus

The Juneau Arts &Humanities Council will hold its annual Community Day on Campus: Carnival of the Arts from…

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Douglas Island Neighborhood Association to hold public safety meeting

Douglas Island Neighborhood Association is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Douglas Library…

Sea lions feed and play in Auke Bay. (Photo courtesy of Phillip Moser)

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Song of the Steller Sea Lion

I am a sea lion hauled out here On this cobble, sand, and boulder rookery, This strand between…

A red-breasted sapsucker makes an early appearance in Juneau on March 19. (Photo by Kerry Howard)

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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Alaska Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for…

Rendering by MRV Architects of the proposed Ocean Interpretation Center featuring the bronze whale statue.

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Animals at play

Any observant dog owners can recognize the invitation-to-play posture of their dogs, sometimes addressed to persons, and sometimes…

Funhouse reflection in downtown Juneau. Photo by Brooke Daly.

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Art in Unusual Places

Reader submissions of art in unusual or unexpected places. Send images, with descriptions, to editor@capweek.com.

A red squirrel. (Ned Rozell | For the Juneau Empire)

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Squirrels somehow predict seed bonanza

Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He’s fallen only once,…

During the first annual University of Alaska Southeast spring arts showcase, Raven the trickster, to much laughter, made off with many audience members’ possessions — cell phones, cameras, jackets, hats, and even a little girl. (All was returned after that dance.) (Mary Catharine Martin | Capital City Weekly)

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Photos: Git Hayetsk dancers perform

Git Hayetsk dancers from Metlakatla and British Columbia performed Saturday, March 25 for the University of Alaska Southeast’s…

“Self Portrait”, c. 1970 by Dale DeArmond. Donated by Robert and Dale DeArmond, JDCM 89.04.002.

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Meet 5 female artists who transformed Juneau’s art scene

Most Alaskans are familiar with the work of Rie Munoz. But what of Dale DeArmond, a woodcut printmaker…

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Meet frequent face at Folk Fest Taylor Vidic

Here’s a name frequently seen in connection with music events around town, from the Juneau Cabaret to The…

UAS Student Avery Stewart, a Coeur Alaska - Kensington Gold Mine Environmental Science Award recipient, wants to use his Environmental Science degree to help Alaska explore more renewable energy options. (Photo by Seanna O’Sullivan)

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Coeur Alaska Inc. donates $40,000 to UAS Scholarship Fund

Coeur Alaska Inc. has donated $40,000 to the UAS Coeur Alaska-Kensington Gold Mine Environmental Science Award this academic…

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Choosing our words truthfully

In our world, words seem to flow in endless disharmony. Words are often misused in ways that do…