Memory By W.S. Merk memory is a windblown ridge shifting in light and color chimney smoke whispers our shared sky smudging your kiss into blurred… Continue reading
Winner of Juneau’s 2017 Poetry Out Loud competition Elissa Koyuk, a senior at Juneau-Douglas High School, will represent the capital city in the Alaska State… Continue reading
One morning last summer, 15-year-old Samantha Chase of Gustavus came home from a sleepover with a backache — and in less than 24 hours, she… Continue reading
Zuill Bailey, artistic director of the Sitka Summer Music Festival, won two Grammys on Sunday during his 25th anniversary year as a touring musician. “I’m… Continue reading
Capital City Weekly Editor’s note: Regular readers of the Capital City Weekly will recognize James Kelly’s work from his many illustrations of poems in our… Continue reading
For 22 years now, the Sitka Jazz Festival has been bringing together student bands from across Alaska and musicians from around the U.S. to perform… Continue reading
Debuting on New Year’s Eve last year, Weed Dudes opened its door as the first retailer of marijuana in Sitka. “I kept expecting to get… Continue reading
It might come as a surprise to Northerners that Donald Trump’s grandfather made his first fortune “mining miners” during the Klondike gold rush in Bennett,… Continue reading
When I was about 6 or7, my paternal grandfather — who, as a Jewish kid growing up in a predominately Irish neighborhood in 1930s New… Continue reading
Dance performance by Yees Ku Oo and Valentine’s Day raffle Walter Soboleff Building 105 S. Seward St. Reception: 4:30-8 p.m., performance 6-8 p.m. Sealaska Heritage… Continue reading
As kids we lived so far out in the bush with only our family for companions that when my parents mentioned that neighbors would be… Continue reading
The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of all levels of ability are invited to send in… Continue reading
The President of the United States and his team are ushering in sweeping changes to almost every facet of the federal government. More than half… Continue reading
What Do I Love About Alaska? I love that a whale once dipped to glide a few feet under our boat. Another time I spotted… Continue reading
More Pacific halibut will be going to market this year due to an overall boost in the harvests for the West Coast, British Columbia and… Continue reading
First Friday Gallery Walk: See page 13 in the Capital City Weekly for listings. Wildlife Wednesdays: “The beavers of Mendenhall Valley,” Wednesday, Feb. 1, 7-8… Continue reading
Michael Patterson: I grew up in a deep dark violence and pain to the point where I was ready to destroy myself…(starts to cry) but… Continue reading
For the international trivia contest, participants play from their dinner tables in groups of) eight. Folks are encouraged to arrange groups beforehand, but teams will… Continue reading
Over the last 40 years, Robert Banghart has come to know Alaska, and many of its small communities, quite well. He’s worked on 11 different… Continue reading
On Feb. 1 wildlife scientist Steve Brockmann will present at Wildlife Wednesday on “Eagles, Otters, and Wolves: the US Fish &Wildlife Service in Southeast Alaska,”… Continue reading
