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Photographer Kent Chastain, who recently moved to Juneau from Kauai, Hawaii, will be displaying his work at the Juneau Artist's Gallery for August First Friday. Photos courtesy of Kent Chastain.

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First Friday Roundup

Featured artists: David Riccio, Dianne Anderson, and Alice Tersteeg JAHC Gallery Juneau Arts & Culture Center Reception: 4:30–7…

John Buller of Yakutat dances during a Tlingit language immersion retreat at the UAS Recreation Center on July 29. The week-long retreat was sponsored by Sealaska Heritage Institute and ended with a graduation ceremony on Saturday.

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During week-long retreat, participants sang, played games and told stories in Lingít

“Lingít tundatáani.” Loosely translated, the phrase means “Tlingit perspective” or “Tlingit world view.” Asked about the last three…

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Tango champion to teach in Juneau

Juneau’s dance community, take note: Richard Council, a U.S. Argentine Tango Champion, will teach tango workshops at the…

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Juneau man named ‘Everyday Hero’ by federation of teachers

Juneauite Sam Trivette has been recognized nationally as an “Everyday Hero” by the American Federation of Teachers. Trivette,…

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Walker appoints new Alaska State Council on the Arts board members

Gov, Bill Walker recently appointed Alice Bioff and Cordelia Kellie, and reappointed Benjamin Brown as Chair and Kesler…

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Smoking Bill comes to Juneau for dance party

JUNEAU — Ska/funk/rock band Smoking Bill of Seattle Washington will perform at the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council’s…

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Booksignings for new Klondike novel in Juneau, Ketchikan and Skagway

Washington journalist Ashley E. Sweeney will be touring Southeast to promote her debut novel, “Eliza Waite.” Sweeney will…

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Free writing classes for state employees

Free writing classes for state employees “On Writing” columnist Jim Hale is offering a “Writing for the Workplace”…

Jerry White, left, takes a selfie with carvers, Hoonah community members, and the newly expanded dugout canoe.

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Second dugout canoe successfully steamed

Carvers and community members on July 27 in Hoonah successfully steamed open the second of two forty-foot spruce…

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2016 Alaska Literary Awards now open to applications

The 2016 Alaska Literary Awards, an award program to support Alaska writers, are now open to applications. They…

Capital City Weekly "On Writing" columnist Jim Hale gives a talk on Shakespeare's First Folio, the changes editors John Heminge and Henry Condell may have made to some of the plays, and the context of play-writing in England in the 1600s.

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Photos: Shakespeare takes over Juneau

Actors with Theatre in the Rough and guest readers read “King Lear” at the Alaska State Museum on…

Emily Edenshaw-Chafin leads a counting song during a Haida language lesson at the Edward K. Thomas building on Tuesday.

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Learning Southeast’s indigenous languages

Most Haida speakers probably won’t ever use the phrase “gám hl k’áalaangw dáng gatáa’anggang.” It means “don’t eat…

A little ballet in the garden.

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Art in Unusual Places

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

The Alaska Warbird Museum's logo.

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Yakutat air base celebrates 75th anniversary and WWII heritage

Seventy-five years ago, war came to Alaska ­— and as the first U.S. Army airbase completed in Alaska,…

Zuill Bailey (cello), Kurt Nikkanen (violin) and Scott Rawls (viola) will perform Beethoven's Opus 9 trio in Juneau on Sept. 4.

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Trio to perform Beethoven’s Opus 9 Labor Day Weekend

Beethoven’s youthful Opus 9 trios for violin, viola and cello are rarely played today but in 1799, 28-year…

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David Woodie talks new work at city museum

JUNEAU — Join David Woodie will be at the City Museum on August 11 at 7 p.m. for…

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On Writing: God bless you, Rocky Ragazzo

Between a short stint in the U. S. Navy and my first fumbling attempts at college, I drove…

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Hydaburg opens correspondence school

Hydaburg City School District has announced the opening of its statewide correspondence high school ­— TOTEM Correspondence. TOTEM…

Actor Lance Mitchell reads "

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A ‘creative conversation’ about racial justice and violence

Michael Brown. Trayvon Martin. Tamir Rice. Emmett Till. When Skylar Wright, a recent graduate of Pacific High School…

Mary Kay Havens, the tour guide for the Wickersham House, gives a tour on Tuesday at the Wickersham House. The house is a historic house museum run by the state of Alaska, which memorializes the life of James Wickersham (1857-1939).

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The woman of The House of Wickersham

Mary Kay Havens didn’t used to like history. “I hated it. I got a C in history,” she…