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From left to right, pickled herring competition winners Sig Mathisen, Bob Olsen, Carolyn Kvernvik and Adam Swanson (standing in for his dad Rob) pose with their trophies.

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Getting pickled and smoked in Petersburg

GETTING PICKLED AND SMOKED IN PETERSBURG BY CHELSEA TREMBLAY For the Capital City Weekly On a cold December…

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Farr North: Goodbye and Hello

GOODBYE AND HELLO BY CLINT J. FARR For the Capital City Weekly 2016 did not suck. My daughters…

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The art of Scott Severance: From new brewery labels to the fantastical

THE ART OF SCOTT SEVERANCE BY CLARA MILLER Capital City Weekly This January, Husky IPA, a spring seasonal…

Ernestine Hayes laughs at a Sept. 2015 49 Writers Crosscurrents panel called "Shaped by the North."

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Ernestine Hayes, Tlingit professor and writer from Juneau, selected as next Alaska State Writer Laureate

HAYES CHOSEN AS 2016-2018 WRITER LAUREATE BY MARY CATHARINE MARTIN Capital City Weekly Juneau writer and University of…

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22nd Sitka Jazz Festival scheduled

Sitka Jazz Festival scheduled SITKA— The 22nd Sitka Jazz Festival will be Feb. 2-4, 2017. It will consist…

Puggy Nelson, a foreman at the Juneau cold storage, 20 years ago gave Dick Callahan this African blackwood bagpipe practice chanter.

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Woodshed Kings: Big Pug’s pipes

BIG PUG’S PIPES Back in the early 1980s, when Juneau’s waterfront was between the mining boom and the…

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New Year’s Eve Barn Dance

JUNEAU — The traditional New Year’s Eve Barn Dance will be from 7:30-11 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31,…

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Season’s Reflection

Earth. Skies. Natures. Wonders. All creation. You’re above them all.   Beauties. Bounties. Treasures. Wealth. You’re above them…

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Winter Solstice

Let’s toast with mulled cider to the curtailed day Reflection as new beginnings make way Warmth beside yule…

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Three Southeast residents named in the 2017 Governor’s Awards for the Arts & Humanities

JUNEAU, HAINES — The Alaska Humanities Forum and the Alaska State Council on the Arts announced the recipients…

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Fiddler on the Roof ACLU fundraiser

JUNEAU — The Goldtown Nickelodeon, Unitarian Universalists and Congregation Sukkat Shalom will host Juneau’s first “Fiddler on the…

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Juneau History Grant deadline is Dec. 30

JUNEAU — Do you have a good idea for preserving or sharing Juneau’s history or culture? Are you…

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Juneau Cabaret to hold Holiday Extravaganza Dec. 21

JUNEAU — Juneau Cabaret will present an evening of holiday music performed cabaret-style by some of Juneau’s best…

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Free Showing of Charlie Chaplin’s “Gold Rush”

JUNEAU — The Alaska State Library Historical Collections will be screening Charlie Chaplin’s 1925 film, “The Gold Rush”…

Krumkake, a traditional Norwegian dessert, is served during Julebukking in Petersburg.

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Coming together for Julebukking

I thought it was normal. The week before Christmas, when school is out and friends and family have…

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BP Alaska accepting nominations for educator awards

BP is accepting nominations for the BP Teachers of Excellence program, which recognizes Alaska teachers’ exceptional work. In…

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JAHC to receive $95,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

JUNEAU — National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $30 million in grants…

A colorful pile of snow at sunset.

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Photos: Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of all levels…

Detail of the rough design of one of the figures of the Veterans Totem Pole.

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Klawock honors its veterans

On a cold, crisp evening in December with the snow piled on the ground and golden oldies blaring…

Perseverance Theatre actor-in-residence James Sullivan performs in their holiday production of "This Wonderful Life."

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A little holiday magic: ‘This Wonderful Life’ at Perseverance Theatre

Every year around the holidays you see the same “classic” Christmas movies: “Miracle on 34th Street,” “Babes in…