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Writers’ Weir: Days after the Winter Solstice

Days after the Winter Solstice BY RICHARD STOKES Even if you listen carefully you will not hear the…

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Craig Public Library awarded $1,000 NOAA PLACE Grant

Craig Public Library awarded $1,000 NOAA PLACE Grant CRAIG — The Craig Public Library has been awarded a…

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AWARE recruiting volunteers for youth empowerment programs

AWARE recruiting volunteers for youth empowerment programs With a new season soon approaching for Aiding Women in Abuse…

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Artists invited to apply for Rasmuson Foundation grants

Artists invited to apply for Rasmuson Foundation grants The Rasmuson Foundation is accepting applications for the 2017 Individual…

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Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Fireside Lecture Series

On Friday, Jan. 13, in conjunction with the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Fireside Lecture Series, the US Forest…

Brenda Wright's talk on "Where Have the Tree Swallows Gone?" at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library. Pictured is a Brenda Wright talking about how common or how rare different kinds of swallows are in Juneau.

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Tree swallows – Where have they gone?

At a crowded Mendenhall Valley Public Library, people gathered for a Wildlife Wednesday hosted by the Southeast chapter…

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From the editor: On ‘Alaska for Real’

New column: ‘Alaska for Real’ This week we welcome the writer Tara Neilson to the pages of the…

The bear of a thousand faces

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The bear of a thousand faces

The polar bear reigns supreme as the chief predator in the lands through which it roams. Across the…

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Coffee and collections: The art of Fumi Matsumoto

Local Japanese-American artist Fumi Matusmoto will speak at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum for one of its upcoming “Coffee…

Juneau, 1973  by Dick Zagars. Donated to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum by Bob & Karen Rehfeld, Wayne & Rita Jensen, Doug & Shauna Murray, and Denis & Carrie Rehfeld, JDCM 2016.16.001.

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January 2017 First Friday roundup

“Finding My Voice” Alaska Robotics Gallery 220 Front Street Reception: 4:30-7 p.m. A statement from artist Christine Carpenter:…

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Letter to the editor: Hale and Farewell

‘Ave Atque Vale’: “Hale And Farewell” No, “Hale” is not a typo. When Romans parted, the phrase often…

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Photographer Pol Corvez to give free talk at City Museum

Pol Corvez to talk at City Museum The Juneau-Douglas City Museum will host “Mailboxes: Portraits of North Douglas,”…

From left to right: Katrina Cain (playing The Bartender), Grace Lee (playing Jessica) and Erin Tripp (playing The Ghost) at the rehearsal of Women Playing Hamlet on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at McPhetres Hall.

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Women Playing Hamlet: Confidence, comedy with community theatre

In Shakespeare’s time, men performed all the roles in his plays, even those of women. Shaking things up…

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King Island Christmas donates $6,000

Poetry Omnibus accepting submissions until Jan. 31 Poetry Omnibus is accepting submissions for a new year of poems…

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Poetry Omnibus accepting submissions

Poetry Omnibus accepting submissions Poetry Omnibus is accepting submissions for a new year of poems on Juneau city…

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Writers’ Weir: The Best the Day Offered

Sudden cold wind blows all the trash cans over in one mean gust. Garbage flies all down the…

Carver James Hart greets the hundreds gathered on Bartlett Cove's shore in Tlingit. These three boats paddled from Hoonah to Glacier Bay.

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Bright moments in the arts: 2016 in Southeast Alaska

BRIGHT MOMENTS OF 2016 From the editor: We’ve reached out to members of the arts community around Southeast…

Approaching , by Kathleen Wiest.

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City museum acquires work from Tenakee Springs, Juneau artists

City museum acquires work from Tenakee Springs, Juneau artists The Juneau-Douglas City Museum has been awarded money from…

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Minkie’s Coconut Cake: The Parthenon of delicacies

MINKIE’S COCONUT CAKE I RECENTLY HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF MUDROOMS. IF YOU HAVEN’T…

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Writers’ Weir: What We Wouldn’t Give

WHAT WE WOULDN’T GIVE BY W.S. MERK, 12.16.2016 What wouldn’t we give To walk that backward route, Each…