Arts and Culture

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

State Museum announces solo artist exhibits

JUNEAU — The State Museum’s upcoming solo artist exhibitions will highlight eight artists across the state including two from Ketchikan and one each from Juneau… Continue reading

Lindarae Shearer of Metlakatla is one of Sealaska Heritage Institute's featured artists this First Friday in Juneau. Shearer, who is Tsimshian, makes abalone and silver jewelry, cedar bark baskets, and skin care products made with devil's club and other Southeast Alaskan ingredients.

First Friday listings in Juneau

Featured Artist: jewelry designer Carol WhiteThe Bear’s LairSenate Mall building (175 S. Franklin St.), first floor, on the rightLocal jewelry designer Carol White of Full… Continue reading

Lindarae Shearer of Metlakatla is one of Sealaska Heritage Institute's featured artists this First Friday in Juneau. Shearer, who is Tsimshian, makes abalone and silver jewelry, cedar bark baskets, and skin care products made with devil's club and other Southeast Alaskan ingredients.

Writers’ Weir: Three poems on heroin

HEROIN You thief of dreamssteal with your tricks of illusiongiving one dreamat the price of another Your hunger growswith the bloodof my veinsYet I no longergrow full No… Continue reading

Liz Snyder and Alex Kotlarsz perform as the Wool Pullers at the 41st Annual Alaska Folk Festival at Centennial Hall in 2015. They've just released their first album.

Review: The Wool Pullers’ debut album

The Wool Pullers’ unique spin on the songwriters’ genre is a far cry from the tourist-pandering folk music that sells a brand of Alaska to… Continue reading

Liz Snyder and Alex Kotlarsz perform as the Wool Pullers at the 41st Annual Alaska Folk Festival at Centennial Hall in 2015. They've just released their first album.
Chilkat weaver Anna Brown Ehlers and her apprentice Darrell J. Harmon add fringe to the diving whale blanket at the Alaska State Museum's conservation lab on Sept. 28.

Bringing a century-old Chilkat robe back to life

The Alaska State Museum broke new ground this year — not on the new building, but inside it, where Chilkat weaver Anna Brown Ehlers has… Continue reading

Chilkat weaver Anna Brown Ehlers and her apprentice Darrell J. Harmon add fringe to the diving whale blanket at the Alaska State Museum's conservation lab on Sept. 28.
Red mountain ash berries stand out against a blue shed.

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

Red mountain ash berries stand out against a blue shed.
Helen Alten and Tim Huber of Haines celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in 2014.

Former Empire reporter rebuilds life, mobility, language after stroke

Five years ago this June, Tim Huber’s life changed in a big way.Huber, a former Juneau Empire reporter and current Haines resident, was living in… Continue reading

Helen Alten and Tim Huber of Haines celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in 2014.