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Chris Mertl, a landscape architect for Corvus Design, fields questions at a planning meeting for the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area on Wednesday.

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Community takes lead in glacier area upgrades

In retooling 6,000 acres of prized recreation area surrounding the Mendenhall Glacier, the U.S. Forest Service is taking…

Visitors fill the beach to greet canoes arriving from Klawock, Kasaan, Ketchikan, and Juneau for the rededication of Náay í'Waans.

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Kasaan’s Whale House restored, rededicated

As the morning of Sept. 3 broke warm and clear over the village of Kasaan, a small southeast…

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Booths available at Petersburg Oktoberfest

PETERSBURG — Booth signs up are now available for the 40th annual Oktoberfest Art Share to be held…

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UAS Juneau campus to get shuttle service

JUNEAU — A new Juneau campus shuttle program has launched this semester, providing services between the Auke Lake…

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Third round of community sessions to be held for new Arts Complex

JUNEAU — The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council will host the third round of community sessions with architects…

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Writers’ Weir: Doorman

A beaded leather-gloved author, cannery worker, First Nation’s matriarch, and her fencer, philosopher husband, arm in arm, approach…

Graduates move their tassles from right to left during commencement for the University of Alaska Southeast the UAS Recreation Center in May 2015.

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UAS program encourages adults to get their college degrees

This summer the University of Alaska Southeast’s Finish College Alaska program launched, and with it, the plan to…

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Who’s Your Diva? Missouri Smyth

Editor’s note: The Capital City Weekly is featuring two divas a week leading up to Juneau Lyric Opera’s…

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Who’s Your Diva? Wendy Byrnes

Editor’s note: The Capital City Weekly is featuring two divas a week leading up to Juneau Lyric Opera’s…

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Master artist honored by National Endowment of the Arts

Clarissa Rizal of Juneau will be honored by the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship, which…

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Planetarium hosts September events

JUNEAU — The Friends of the Marie Drake Planetarium are having a garage sale on Saturday, Sept. 10…

Dwarf dogwood, also known as bunchberries, are high in pectin and can help thicken jams and jellies.

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Gathering Alaska: Crab apples and dwarf dogwood

Like gardeners, foragers are willing to share ideas. They might not be quick to reveal their favorite harvesting…

Dick Callahan paints through the no-see-um hour.

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Woodshed Kings: Painting one side of the house per year

My grandfather had a place on a lake and every summer he’d paint one side of it. On…

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Assistant professor, language advocate, chosen for Judson Brown Scholarship

Sealaska Heritage Institute through its Scholarship Committee has chosen a well-known language advocate and assistant professor of Alaska…

Autumn grasses sway in the afternoon breeze against a cerulean sky.

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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…

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Final community session with architects of new Arts Complex

On Sept. 14 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center, the third and final gathering…

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Southeast Alaska Cornhole coming to Juneau

Alaska Fish & Chips Company is hosting the first “Southeast Alaska Cornhole Invitational” on Sunday, Sept. 18 in…

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AWARE’s fall advocacy training

Aiding Women in Abuse and Rape Emergencies’ Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocacy Training begins Thursday, Sept. 15.…

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Theme picked for 2017 parade

The Juneau 4th of July Parade Committee chose “Our Heritage” as the 2017 parade theme. The logo features…

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More Rie Muñoz memoirs: Mount Jumbo, King Island and the Empire

Rie Muñoz, the well-known Alaskan artist, died on April 6, 2015. Although she’s gone, her experiences are not…