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Lisle Hebert inside the Gold Town Nickelodeon Theater. Photo courtesy of Collette Costa.

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Celebrating the films of Gold Town Theater’s founder

A lot will be happening with the Gold Town Nickelodeon Theater in the coming weeks, most notably the…

More snow. Photo by Kerry Howard.

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Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes submissions of art in unusual or unexpected places. Send images, with descriptions, to…

First on left not named, presumably Mr. Scovel. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Dr. John H. Walker Photograph Collection, KLGO Library SE-61-3964

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In the Klondike Gold Rush, this world-famous journalist became the news

The Klondike Gold Rush is above all a story about people — so here is a story about…

Mique’l Dangeli dances with Git Hayetsk. Photo by Chris Randall.

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Git Hayetsk comes to Juneau

For the first time, the dance group Git Hayetsk will be performing in Juneau, where its leaders are…

Atticus puts Tom Robinson on the witness stand. Left is Enrique Bravo (Atticus Finch). Right is Keith McCoy (Tom Robinson). Photo by Julie Coppens.

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Review: “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Perseverance Theatre

When Perseverance Theatre selected “To Kill a Mockingbird” to close its 2016-17 season, it couldn’t have chosen a…

PFLAG Juneau Pride Chorus member performs a solo during 20th anniversary concert rehearsal. Photo by Clara Miller.

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Juneau pride: LGBTQ chorus celebrates 20 years

Saturday, March 25, 23 women will sing about peace, love, acceptance and equity for the 20th anniversary of…

Mary Watson plays the piano at one in a series of free concerts to raise money for a new piano for the new Juneau Arts and Culture Center. Submitted photo.

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A new piano for a new JACC

Mary Watson, a Juneau pianist, was first inspired to raise money for a new piano in the new…

Mountain ashberries that dropped into the grooves of a sheet of corrugated iron. Photo by Vanessa Sinclair.

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Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Email editor@capweek.com with submissions.

Tara Neilson’s dad, Gary, scrapes snow off the roof. Behind him the picnic table and a chair on her parents’ front deck, which Tara swept earlier, are once again covered. Photos by Tara Neilson.

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Snow: A floathouse’s kryptonite

A friend just sent me a book of the very first Superman stories to appear in Sunday comic…

these poets breathing circles into an open sky fresh snow tumbles to the sea Photo by W.S. Merk

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Writers’ Weir: Haikus by W.S. Merk

shore bird music a scuff of lifting leaves the language of travel

Author photo of Kate Troll. Courtesy photo.

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Kate Troll’s memoir a call to action on climate change

In former Juneau Assembly member Kate Troll’s second book, “The Great Unconformity: Reflections on Hope in an Imperiled…

Greg Taylor, one of photographer and artist Ron Gile’s subjects, gestures. Photo by Ron Gile

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UV painting: Turning bodies into landscapes

Juneau artist Ron Gile likes to experiment with his art, and last summer he turned to the human…

A student poses with a creation from her time in Culture Camp. Photo by Mary Beth Moss.

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Hoonah youth club holds a culture camp in the Xunaa Shuká Hít

This winter, eight Hoonah CIty Schools students spent three days at the newly opened Xunaa Shuká Hít (Huna…

Marian Call pictured. Photo courtesy of Brian Adams.

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Juneau singer-songwriter releases 10th album

Juneau singer-songwriter Marian Call just dropped her 10th album, “Standing Stones,” also marking a decade as a touring…

Poet Ishmael Hope. Courtesy Photo.

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Alaska Native poet’s second book focuses on indigenous thought

As a Tlingit and Inupiaq poet in Juneau, Ishmael Hope’s goal for his second book of poetry “Rock…

Soloist and Black Awareness Association President Sherry Patterson sings “I Love the Lord” at Juneau’s recent Juneau Gospel Workshop Choir performance, “A Celebration of African American History in Song and Story.” Mary Catharine Martin | Capital City Weekly

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‘A Celebration of African American History in Story and Song’

Dozens of Juneau residents, members of the Juneau Gospel Workshop Choir, gathered March 5 to perform in “A…

Details from the Dushanbe Tea House in Boulder. The tea house was a gift from Dushanbe, Tajikistan to its sister city Boulder and is the only one of its kind in the western hemisphere. Photo by Linda Shaw.

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Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes submissions of art in unusual or unexpected places. To submit, send your image,…

An artist rendering of the 300-seat theater in the new JACC, which will include a central seating area and a balcony. Courtesy image

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New JACC ‘full speed ahead’

The first shovel won’t be lifted until 2018, but those involved with the effort for the new Juneau…

A drawing of Homer Bird done from a photo, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, Sun, Jul 16, 1899.

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Sitka’s only court-sanctioned execution was for a famous Klondike crime

Spring typically signals the beginning of new life after a long a winter – however, in 1903 in…

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Writers’ Weir: Gone Out of Business

For Dee The empty bookstore still smells of dust, frail paper, and stubborn ink. But, Ancient Men of…