At his very first Native art show, David A. Boxley, now a renowned Tsimshian carver and culture bearer, carved Tlingit and Haida totem poles from… Continue reading
Back in my late 20s and early 30s, somewhere on the way to learning how to write like a grownup, I learned the rules for… Continue reading
Troy Quinn’s debut as Music Director of the Juneau Symphony Orchestra was a masterpiece. Here is one who couldn’t read music when he entered college,… Continue reading
Metro Parks Tacoma is seeking an artist or artist team for each of two opportunities for the new Aquarium at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium… Continue reading
The 21st Alaska Bald Eagle Festival is this week in Haines.The festival started Monday, Nov. 9. The celebration focuses on the thousands of eagles that… Continue reading
Angoon’s 65 K-12 students, along with Gustavus-based artist Sarah Campen, will on Thursday present “Raven Stole the Sun,” a play high school and junior high… Continue reading
One morning in Ketchikan, Sitka writer John Straley climbed down a barnacle-encrusted ladder at low tide, a subpoena for a sleeping fisherman in his briefcase.A… Continue reading
Trapping season in the Juneau area opened Nov. 1 and the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game would like to make sure that dog walkers,… Continue reading
The US Forest Service is hosting a family event at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14.… Continue reading
Walter Soboleff Day is Nov. 14, an observance that was made official last year following passage of HB217.The following events have been scheduled in the… Continue reading
EVENTS & PRESENTATIONSAn Evening with John Straley, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, Hangar on the Wharf Ballroom. The Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum will… Continue reading
CathedralThis Sundaythe ocean is my cathedral.The wind, clearly visiblebreaking in random patternacross the wavesis all I need of The Holy One.The Word is being writtenin… Continue reading
The best and worst of science fiction fandom was on display at this year’s Hugo Awards.In protest of what they perceived as a trend --… Continue reading
“The history of the world, my sweet, is who gets eaten and who gets to eat.” – Sweeney ToddBon appétit, Juneau. But beware. The piquancy… Continue reading
Rotary Club of Juneau recently announced its Vocational Service Awards for 2015. Nominated both by club members and the community at large, the following five… Continue reading
A new national writing contest based on writing letters about literature has opened for students in grades 4 through 12. Sponsored by Alaska Center for… Continue reading
The 2015 Award for Excellence in the Museum Field from the Museums Alaska/Alaska Historical Society has been awarded to the State Library Archive and Museums… Continue reading
The Shirly Jackson Community Library in Kake has received a $1,765 grant from the Crossett Fund to help establish an early literacy program at the… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE – In 2003, Alaska’s Rasmuson Foundation launched its Art Acquisition Fund to provide grants to museums that collect current work by Alaska artists. In… Continue reading
On Saturday, Dec. 12, Juneau will host its 9th annual Robot Jamboree, where more than 20 teams from around Southeast Alaska will compete for a… Continue reading
