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Eric Prestegard, executive director of Douglas Island Pink & Chum, Inc., leads a tour of the Macaulay Salmon Hatchery on Wednesday to people attending the Alaska Young Fishermen's Summit.

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The (human) future of Alaska’s fisheries

Alaska’s fishing fleet may be graying, but there isn’t much gray at the sixth annual Alaska Young Fishermen’s…

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On the Trails: Big things from small ones

We marvel at the flight of hummingbirds, the songs of humpback whales, or a mountain goat leaping from…

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“Kidnapped” now in bookstores

“Kidnapped” now in bookstores; reading scheduled “Kidnapped by Muslim Rebels,” Juneau couple Loy and Ludy Maturan’s true account…

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Improv champions return to Juneau

Imagine a world where playwrights step on stage, write and perform an entire play before your eyes. Imagine…

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Improv workshop to be held Saturday, Jan. 30

San Francisco-area acting instructor Sarah Shoemaker is coming to Juneau for Sweatin’ to the Improv – a workshop…

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Comic artist and queer activist Anna Bongiovanni will visit Juneau

Alaska Robotics Gallery is inviting cartoonist and queer activist Anna Bongiovanni to Juneau Feb. 4-6. Bongiovanni is a contributing…

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Comic Convention to be held in Juneau in April

Alaska Robotics in April will host a Mini-Con — a comic convention and artist camp taking place in…

Actors Leetta Gray, Erin Tripp, Erika Stone, Jane Lind and Frank Katasse rehearse for Perseverance Theatre's production of "Our Voices Will Be Heard" written by Vera Starbard.

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Theater review: ‘Our Voices Will Be Heard’

I’ll admit it: my theater reviewing process usually involves reading other reviews (mostly so I can disagree with…

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On Writing: Dancing with Michelle

. . . Doves in the elsewhere Of their cooing. —Yves Bonnefoy I never danced before meeting Michelle.…

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Writers Weir: Fire of the Sun

  Gulls shift from white to bright yellow,turning as they lift from the beach,waves tipped with fire, licking…

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Governor’s Awards scheduled for today at the JACC

The Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Alaska Humanities Forum in December announced the eight recipients…

JAHC Executive Director Nancy DeCherney acknowledges emcees Allison Holtkamp and Scott Burton at the halfway point of the Wearable Art Show sponsored by the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council at Cenntenial Hall in Feb. 2015.

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Governor’s Award profile: Nancy DeCherney

Three things you might not know about Nancy DeCherney: • She moved to Wrangell as a toddler and…

Steve Henrikson works to hang artwork created by him and his wife, Janice Criswell, in the Juneau International Airport in July 2011.

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Governor’s Award profile: Steve Henrikson

On any given day, Alaska State Museum Curator of Collections Steve Henrikson traverses 4,000 years of history. There’s…

Former All Nations Children dancers joined the children's dance group in celebration of its 20th anniversary on Saturday at the Tlingit and Haida Community Center. Barbara Dude, fourth from left, has taken over leadership of the group, replacing founder and longtime leader Vicki Soboleff, looking on from the background. Also shown, from left,  are Ruby Soboleff, Madeline Soboleff Levy and Miciana Hutcherson.


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Governor’s Award profile: Vicki Soboleff

Juneau resident Vicki Soboleff, founder of the dance group Ldakát Naax Satí Yátx’i (All Nations Children), is to…

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Researcher to focus on indigenous intellectual property rights

Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is sponsoring a visiting scholar from Norway who is researching indigenous intellectual property rights.…

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Ready for July

I’m ready. This sort of thing happens this time of year. The novelty of the cold is getting…

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Fish Factor: Fish taxes

A single Chinook salmon is worth almost three barrels of oil. The winter kings being caught by Southeast…

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Meals with Midgi: Hasselback Bananas

Last fall I got an email from a lovely young woman, Theresa. She is with BAM (Body and…

Trevar Fiscus, winner of last year's Youth Solo Competition, practices a Shostakovich concerto with the Juneau Symphony at Thunder Mountain High School on Tuesday.

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Juneau Symphony winter concerts scheduled for Jan 30-31

The Juneau Symphony will present its winter concerts this weekend at the Thunder Mountain High School Auditorium.  The concert will…

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Poet Mishler to lead workshop Jan. 30

What exactly is a poetic line made of? What difference does it make where the line “breaks?” In…