Days after the Winter SolsticeBY RICHARD STOKESEven if you listen carefullyyou will not hear the shift of breathingin buds tightly clenched against winter.Deep in alder… Continue reading
Craig Public Library awarded $1,000 NOAA PLACE GrantCRAIG — The Craig Public Library has been awarded a $1,000 grant as part of the Public Libraries… Continue reading
AWARE recruiting volunteers for youth empowerment programsWith a new season soon approaching for Aiding Women in Abuse and Rape Emergencies’ (AWARE) youth empowerment programs, Boys… Continue reading
Artists invited to apply for Rasmuson Foundation grantsThe Rasmuson Foundation is accepting applications for the 2017 Individual Artist Awards program. Alaska artists at all stages… Continue reading
At a crowded Mendenhall Valley Public Library, people gathered for a Wildlife Wednesday hosted by the Southeast chapter of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance to hear… Continue reading
New column: ‘Alaska for Real’This week we welcome the writer Tara Neilson to the pages of the Capital City Weekly. As you’ll read in her… Continue reading
The polar bear reigns supreme as the chief predator in the lands through which it roams. Across the ages these towering, white bears have been… Continue reading
Local Japanese-American artist Fumi Matusmoto will speak at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum for one of its upcoming “Coffee and Collections” talks.Matsumoto was born in Japan… Continue reading
“Finding My Voice”Alaska Robotics Gallery220 Front StreetReception: 4:30-7 p.m.A statement from artist Christine Carpenter: “In April of 2007, my life changed in an instant when… Continue reading
‘Ave Atque Vale’: “Hale And Farewell”No, “Hale” is not a typo.When Romans parted, the phrase often used was “ave atque vale”: hail and farewell. Sometimes… Continue reading
Pol Corvez to talk at City MuseumThe Juneau-Douglas City Museum will host “Mailboxes: Portraits of North Douglas,” a presentation by photographer Pol Corvez, on Thursday,… Continue reading
In Shakespeare’s time, men performed all the roles in his plays, even those of women. Shaking things up with a new play by William Missouri… Continue reading
Poetry Omnibus accepting submissions until Jan. 31Poetry Omnibus is accepting submissions for a new year of poems on Juneau city buses. Poems must be original,… Continue reading
Poetry Omnibus accepting submissionsPoetry Omnibus is accepting submissions for a new year of poems on Juneau city buses. Poems must be original, by a local… Continue reading
Sudden cold windblows all the trash cans overin one mean gust.Garbage flies all down the street.All wrong, I think,as the gulls descend on the presentationof… Continue reading
BRIGHT MOMENTS OF 2016From the editor: We’ve reached out to members of the arts community around Southeast Alaska for their thoughts on the year’s “bright… Continue reading
City museum acquires work from Tenakee Springs, Juneau artistsThe Juneau-Douglas City Museum has been awarded money from the Museums Alaska Art Acquisition Fund, supported by… Continue reading
MINKIE’S COCONUT CAKE I RECENTLY HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF MUDROOMS. IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD OF MUDROOMS, IT’S A FANTASTIC MONTHLY… Continue reading
WHAT WE WOULDN’T GIVEBY W.S. MERK, 12.16.2016What wouldn’t we giveTo walk that backward route,Each step pulling like a slipper from the sand,Waves unrolling the beach,White… Continue reading
Stokes publishes new chapbookJuneau poet and Writers’ Weir contributor Richard Stokes has a new chapbook out. It’s called “Sip and Savor” and is named for… Continue reading
