Arts and Culture

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.

January 2017 First Friday roundup

“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

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.

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 used was “ave atque vale”: hail and farewell. Sometimes… Continue reading

Photographer Pol Corvez to give free talk at City Museum

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

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.

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 with a new play by William Missouri… Continue reading

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.

King Island Christmas donates $6,000

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 submissions

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

Writers’ Weir: The Best the Day Offered

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

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

Bright moments in the arts: 2016 in Southeast Alaska

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

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

City museum acquires work from Tenakee Springs, Juneau artists

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

Approaching , by Kathleen Wiest.

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 HEARD OF MUDROOMS, IT’S A FANTASTIC MONTHLY… Continue reading

Writers’ Weir: What We Wouldn’t Give

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 releases new chapbook

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

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.

Getting pickled and smoked in Petersburg

GETTING PICKLED AND SMOKED IN PETERSBURGBY CHELSEA TREMBLAYFor the Capital City WeeklyOn a cold December morning in Petersburg, KFSK radio station development director Orin Pierson… Continue reading

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.

Farr North: Goodbye and Hello

GOODBYE AND HELLOBY CLINT J. FARRFor the Capital City Weekly2016 did not suck. My daughters come across magazines and my items on my Facebook feed… Continue reading

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

THE ART OF SCOTT SEVERANCEBY CLARA MILLERCapital City WeeklyThis January, Husky IPA, a spring seasonal brew by the Alaskan Brewing Co., will be released to… Continue reading

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

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

HAYES CHOSEN AS 2016-2018 WRITER LAUREATEBY MARY CATHARINE MARTINCapital City WeeklyJuneau writer and University of Alaska Southeast assistant professor of English Ernestine Hayes, author of… Continue reading

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

22nd Sitka Jazz Festival scheduled

Sitka Jazz Festival scheduledSITKA— The 22nd Sitka Jazz Festival will be Feb. 2-4, 2017. It will consist of an array of artists, starring the Tierny… Continue reading

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

Woodshed Kings: Big Pug’s pipes

BIG PUG’S PIPESBack in the early 1980s, when Juneau’s waterfront was between the mining boom and the cruise ship boom, Puggy Nelson and I would… Continue reading

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

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 singers and accompanists, starting at 5 p.m.… Continue reading

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 as part of the NEA’s first major… Continue reading