Arts and Culture

UAS to hold Power & Privelege Symposium on Nov. 9

UAS to hold Power & Privelege Symposium on Nov. 9

The University of Alaska Southeast will hold its first annual Power & Privilege Symposium from 8:15 a.m.-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at its Juneau… Continue reading

UAS to hold Power & Privelege Symposium on Nov. 9
The cast of The Addams Family, a one-weekend-only musical put on by Juneau-Douglas High School. In the play, Wednesday Addams is engaged - to a boy from a "normal" family. As the Addams family hosts a meet and greet dinner between the two families, hilarity ensues.

The Addams Family comes to Juneau

Juneau-Douglas High School Theatre is performing “The Addams Family Musical” for one weekend only.In the play, Wednesday Addams is all grown up and engaged to… Continue reading

The cast of The Addams Family, a one-weekend-only musical put on by Juneau-Douglas High School. In the play, Wednesday Addams is engaged - to a boy from a "normal" family. As the Addams family hosts a meet and greet dinner between the two families, hilarity ensues.

Alaska Climate Action Network to present film series

JUNEAU — Alaska Climate Action Network will present a series of three films about climate change, its impacts and the creative actions people around the… Continue reading

A prepatory sketch artist Ricardo Búrquez made before starting his "My World" mural at the Main Street Gallery in Ketchikan.

Shorefront mural takes shape before Ketchikan’s eyes

Three miles, 20 feet, 25 days: Those are the specifications for Ricardo J. Búrquez’s “My World” mural project. It’s an ambitious project, both for the… Continue reading

A prepatory sketch artist Ricardo Búrquez made before starting his "My World" mural at the Main Street Gallery in Ketchikan.

Meals with Midgi: Second round dinners

True confession time: I don’t keep a lot of leftovers. Part of that is because The Captain tends to eat everything at dinner, which is… Continue reading

Music instructors Meghan Johnson, left, and Lorrie Heagy direct first graders in the Juneau Alaska Music Matters (JAMM) program at Glacier Valley Elementary School in December 2014. Johnson is the principal cellist for the Juneau Symphony.

A Q&A with Juneau Symphony principal cellist Meghan Johnson

Editor’s note: The Capital City Weekly is running Q&As with Meghan Johnson and Bill Paulick ahead of Juneau Symphony’s fall concert, “Sizzling Strings.”The concert —… Continue reading

Music instructors Meghan Johnson, left, and Lorrie Heagy direct first graders in the Juneau Alaska Music Matters (JAMM) program at Glacier Valley Elementary School in December 2014. Johnson is the principal cellist for the Juneau Symphony.
Emmanuel Jal

Former child soldier, peace activist to perform hip-hop in Juneau

A former child soldier turned peace activist and hip-hop artist is coming to perform in Juneau Oct. 25-26.Emmanuel Jal was born in Sudan and became… Continue reading

Emmanuel Jal
Romeo walks on the frozen Mendenhall Lake.

Black wolf display nears completion

Juneau once got to know a certain gregarious black wolf. Now, after seven years, that wolf is returning to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, part… Continue reading

Romeo walks on the frozen Mendenhall Lake.

Writers’ Weir: Wounded Eagle’s Nest

WOUNDED EAGLE’S NESTBY MIRIAM WAGONERYou are a bit hidden from the road;many seem oblivious or don’t know you exist. You stand beautiful, surrounded by towering… Continue reading

This crab shell is a lovely treasure.

Art in Unusual Places

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

This crab shell is a lovely treasure.
How you stack your wood says something about what kind of a person you are - at least according to a Norwegian book.

Woodshed Kings: Stacking firewood, with a guide to finding a good marriage

A few weeks ago my neighbor and I were talking firewood. Specifically, we were talking about whether to stack with the bark up or the… Continue reading

How you stack your wood says something about what kind of a person you are - at least according to a Norwegian book.
Art created by a Lemon Creek Correctional Center inmate in "Walls."

LCCC prison art turns walls to mirrors

To a graffiti artist, a blank wall represents an opportunity for expression. For a prisoner, it’s the opposite of opportunity – walls are among the… Continue reading

Art created by a Lemon Creek Correctional Center inmate in "Walls."

Arts Calendar: Film, music, events

Alaska House Fisheries Committee public hearing, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Thomas B. Steward Legislative Office Building room 105. The committee will hear testimony… Continue reading

Men Without Boats: A tragicomedy

Note from the author: In order to capitalize on the unprecedented success of the Harry Potter play “Harry Potter And The Cursed Child,” as well… Continue reading

On Writing: On not being a writer

This past summer we lost the French poet and essayist, Yves Bonnefoy, some of whose lines have occasionally graced these columns. Considered by many to… Continue reading

Kindergartener Wynter Schroth isn't so sure about the smell from the recently exposed moose brains.

Moose butchering: Gustavus food project turns to game

“Most schools confiscate knives. ... At our school we pass them out — even to the kindergarteners!” is the title Sean Nielson gave his Facebook… Continue reading

Kindergartener Wynter Schroth isn't so sure about the smell from the recently exposed moose brains.
Technicians Tamsen Peeples, left, and Eric Fagerstrom measure seaweed at test beds in July for a joint project between the Unversity of Alaska and Premium Oceanic.

Seaweed farming begins in Southeast

A year ago, Trevor Sande wasn’t thinking much about seaweed.Early this November, however, he and the employees at Hump Island Oyster Company in Ketchikan, which… Continue reading

Technicians Tamsen Peeples, left, and Eric Fagerstrom measure seaweed at test beds in July for a joint project between the Unversity of Alaska and Premium Oceanic.
From left to right, Sealaska Heritage Institute president Rosita Worl; Juneau artist Crystal Worl; Sitka Tribe of Alaska Youth Coordinator Chuck Miller; Shangukeidí clan leader David Katzeek; carvers T.J. Young, Jerrod Galanin, Nick Galanin, and Tommy Joseph; Ed Malline, and Zak D. Wass stand in front of the canoe. Katzeek and Rosita Worl flew to the steaming from Juneau to perform a blessing ceremony.

From cracked cedar to dugout canoe

In February of this year, the red cedar log Steve Brown and his apprentices were working with was full of cracks. By the end of… Continue reading

From left to right, Sealaska Heritage Institute president Rosita Worl; Juneau artist Crystal Worl; Sitka Tribe of Alaska Youth Coordinator Chuck Miller; Shangukeidí clan leader David Katzeek; carvers T.J. Young, Jerrod Galanin, Nick Galanin, and Tommy Joseph; Ed Malline, and Zak D. Wass stand in front of the canoe. Katzeek and Rosita Worl flew to the steaming from Juneau to perform a blessing ceremony.
Seven year old M. Miller used a Lumix point and shoot to take this photo of bear bread with rain on it.

Art in Unusual Places

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

Seven year old M. Miller used a Lumix point and shoot to take this photo of bear bread with rain on it.

Writers’ Weir: Poem in Cedar Wood

I brushed away wood chips, brought your faceFrom the soft yellow cedar wood. Solitary atop the totem,I searched the cross channel, squinting into the fogTrying… Continue reading