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EVENTS Storytime, every Wednesday at 11 am at the downtown public library, Thursday at the Douglas library and Friday at the Valley library. Taku River flyfishing, Wednesday,… Continue reading

Woosh Kinaadeiyí to host spoken word workshop

Woosh Kinaadeiyí to host a Spoken Word Workshop on Sunday, April 17Woosh Kinaadeiyí will host a spoken word workshop on Sunday, April 17 from 1-4… Continue reading

Juneau Jazz and Classics schedule announced

Juneau Jazz & Classics highlightsFrom its opening night to the final week, Jazz & Classics’ 30th season will get you to lift your heels and… Continue reading

Health insurance enrollment day in Sitka

SEARHC and Sitka Tribe of Alaska host Health Insurance Enrollment Day SITKA—The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) and the Sitka Tribe of Alaska (STA)… Continue reading

Prince of Wales mining symposium to be held on April 27-28

Prince of Wales Island-Wide Mining Symposium to be held on April 27-28The sixth annual Prince of Wales Island-Wide Mining Symposium will be held on April… Continue reading

Nettles sting in the summer, but if you collect them in the spring, they're delicious. Photo by Corinne Conlon.

Foraging for nettles

I recently found a website showing the Earth’s progression of green as seen from above. In the time lapse, you could see the seasons emerge.… Continue reading

Nettles sting in the summer, but if you collect them in the spring, they're delicious. Photo by Corinne Conlon.
Wind-swept clouds float by. Photo by Kerry Howard.

Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of all levels of ability are invited to send in… Continue reading

Wind-swept clouds float by. Photo by Kerry Howard.
Wayne Price directs Pete Schneeberger and Owen James on where to place the heated rocks in the canoe.

From a log to a dugout

HOONAH — On a recent Tuesday in Hoonah, community members and carvers stood near the canoe carving shelter Yaakw Kahidi, arranging large black, porous rocks… Continue reading

Wayne Price directs Pete Schneeberger and Owen James on where to place the heated rocks in the canoe.

Audubon Society art contest

Writing and visual arts contest for Audubon Society Berners Bay CruiseJuneau Audubon Society is looking for original art work on the theme “Birds, Wildlife, or… Continue reading

Spring symphony concert

Spring symphony concertJoin the Juneau Symphony April 16 and 17 for its spring concert, “Peace & Deliverance.” They’ll begin with a familiar favorite, Copland’s Variations… Continue reading

Alaska’s first arbor day, remembered

Alaska’s first Arbor Day, rememberedJeff Barnard, chair of the Juneau Urban Forestry Partnership and a biologist with the U.S. Forest Service, will be telling the… Continue reading

Scout food drive on April 16

Scout food drive on April 16Juneau Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts are doing a food drive to collect non-perishable items for the Southeast Alaska Food… Continue reading

  • Apr 10, 2016

April Audubon meeting highlights Auke Bay wildlife extravaganza

Are you among the many who watched the wildlife extravaganza at Auke Bay? Or did you miss it? Whales, seabirds, and other predators gathered at… Continue reading

Venus in Fur comes to Perseverance

Venus in Fur at Perseverance TheatrePerseverance Theatre presents Cyrano’s Theatre Company’s production of Venus in Fur, beginning April 13. This is a seductive, darkly funny… Continue reading

Exhibit of Northwest Coast art solicits applications from youth

Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor a new youth exhibit of Northwest Coast art during the biennial Celebration in an effort to increase the number of… Continue reading

Coaching Boys Into Men training for coaches

Coaching Boys into Men of Juneau congratulates the Juneau Douglas High School Crimson Bears Basketball Team on their State Championship win! Coach Robert Casperson, who… Continue reading

Members of the Tidelines Ferry Tour from left  to right:  Hoonah high schoolers Cecilia George and Mary Jack,  artists Heather Powell, Michelle Kuen Suet Fung, Chantal Bilodeau, Allison Warden at the ferry terminal in Ketchikan.

Artists tour Southeast to explore experience of climate change

What does art have to add to our conversations about climate change?A lot, if you ask the members of the Tidelines Ferry Tour.“It’s a challenging… Continue reading

Members of the Tidelines Ferry Tour from left  to right:  Hoonah high schoolers Cecilia George and Mary Jack,  artists Heather Powell, Michelle Kuen Suet Fung, Chantal Bilodeau, Allison Warden at the ferry terminal in Ketchikan.
The cover of this year's Tidal Echoes, a literary journal produced by students at the University of Alaska Southeast. Sitka master weaver Teri Rofkar is the featured artist. Pictured is part of her double helix robe, which highlights the special nature and DNA of Baranof Island goats. It's likely the first all mountain goat wool robe - and definitely the first all mountain goat Ravenstail robe - in more than 200 years, and is part of her "Tlingit Superman" series.

Tidal Echoes features Rofkar, Jensen in 2016

The newest issue of Southeast Alaska’s undergraduate-led literary and arts journal launches April 15, and features Ravenstail and spruce root basket weaving, thoughts on motherhood… Continue reading

The cover of this year's Tidal Echoes, a literary journal produced by students at the University of Alaska Southeast. Sitka master weaver Teri Rofkar is the featured artist. Pictured is part of her double helix robe, which highlights the special nature and DNA of Baranof Island goats. It's likely the first all mountain goat wool robe - and definitely the first all mountain goat Ravenstail robe - in more than 200 years, and is part of her "Tlingit Superman" series.
Vera Starbard has won a three-year, three-play writing residency at Perseverance Theatre, with the help of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alaska Native playwright Vera Starbard wins three-year writing residency

Alaska Native playwright Vera Starbard, who wrote “Our Voices Will be Heard,” produced this winter at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, and in Hoonah and Anchorage,… Continue reading

Vera Starbard has won a three-year, three-play writing residency at Perseverance Theatre, with the help of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Fish Factor: Hatchery hauls, herring and Dan Sullivan

Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan has scored seats on nearly every Congressional committee that deals with issues on, over and under the oceans. That fulfills a… Continue reading