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Native fashion competition during Celebration

The Sealaska Heritage Institute is hosting a Native Fashion show for Celebration 2016. It aims to integrate Alaska…

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SHI camp deadlines approach

Sealaska Heritage Institute’s summer programs are open for registration. The first is Latseen Running Camp, from June 14-17,…

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New arts and science festival in Sitka this July

A new interdisciplinary festival in Sitka, Alaska on the historic Sheldon Jackson Campus this July will provide opportunity…

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Speed dating and discussion of photographer Joseph Alexander at the city museum

The Juneau-Douglas City Museum hosts a Mug Up program on Saturday, April 30th, from 10:30 to noon. This…

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Art Fest awards for Juneau

Juneau-Douglas High School sent seven exceptional student artists to the annual Region V Art Fest on April 7-11.…

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Annapurna begins May 6

ANNAPURNA BEGINS “Annapurna,” Perseverance Theatre’s next performance, begins May 6 in Juneau. “Twenty years ago,” says the synopsis,…

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Carolyn Wonderland, the Vega Quartet Open Juneau Jazz & Classics 30th Season

Juneau Jazz & Classics kicks off its 30th season Friday, May 6 with the powerful voice of Carolyn…

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Reflections on the JSO’s ‘Peace and Deliverance’

This recent Juneau Symphony Orchestra concert was the perfect accompaniment to a beautiful, moonlit spring evening. As conductor…

Mavis Staples performs.

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Juneau Jazz & Classics teams with the trees

When you’re talking about Juneau Jazz & Classics it can be hard to know where to start, what…

Student Harrison Voegeli takes measurements of young growth during forestry training on Prince of Wales. The data will be used to determine the health and productivity of young growth timber as a sustainable resource. Photo by Quinn Aboudara.

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Local land, local work

April 4 began early for Prince of Wales resident Buck Grasser. A single father of two living in…

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Wild Kitchen Walks start April 30

Juneau residents are invited to join Cooperative Extension and local experts this summer to go on the wild…

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Meals with Migdi: The Great Windfall Odyssey (and pita chips with hummus)

Previously, I wrote about my endeavor to embrace the great outdoors with more than an air hug. Now…

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The river owns you

Some of the most valuable Alaska steelhead lessons I learned while flyfishing for rainbow trout in California. They…

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‘I ate everything’

What if I ate wings for breakfast? What if I ate a dress for lunch? What if I…

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On Writing: The scattering afield – a personal essay

How can we know the dancer from the dance? —W.B. Yeats   1 Neil Young’s 1996 album Broken…

Twilight at Cope Park. Photo by Alexis Abercrombie.

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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…

Paul Caldwell, 48, and his daughters Brianna, 13, and Olivia, 12, attend a drawing hangout at the Zach Gordon Youth Center on Saturday during Alaska Robotics' Mini-Con.

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Photos from the Alaska Robotics’ Mini-Con

Writer and illustrator John Klassen, 34, reads his Caldecott Medal winning book “This is Not My Hat” to…

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Floyd Dryden third quarter honor roll

Floyd Dryden Middle School released their third quarter honor roll. All A Honor Roll: Tyler Anderson, Jade Araujo,…

Wildflower Court award recognition in Juneau on March 17.

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Wildflower Court receives Food Safety Excellence recognition

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Food Safety and Sanitation Program issued three 2016 State of Alaska Food…

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Scholars seek paid participants for study on Alaska Native identity

Sealaska Heritage Institute will host two visiting scholars this spring who will be conducting a study of how…