Arts and Culture

Improv champions return to Juneau

Imagine a world where playwrights step on stage, write and perform an entire play before your eyes. Imagine no longer, as Sarah Shoemaker and Michael… Continue reading

Improv workshop to be held Saturday, Jan. 30

San Francisco-area acting instructor Sarah Shoemaker is coming to Juneau for Sweatin’ to the Improv - a workshop to help you design your custom improvisational… Continue reading

Comic artist and queer activist Anna Bongiovanni will visit Juneau

Alaska Robotics Gallery is inviting cartoonist and queer activist Anna Bongiovanni to Juneau Feb. 4-6. Bongiovanni is a contributing cartoonist to websites everydayfeminism.com and autostradle.com in… Continue reading

Comic Convention to be held in Juneau in April

Alaska Robotics in April will host a Mini-Con — a comic convention and artist camp taking place in Juneau from April 22 - 26.April 23,… Continue reading

Actors Leetta Gray, Erin Tripp, Erika Stone, Jane Lind and Frank Katasse rehearse for Perseverance Theatre's production of "Our Voices Will Be Heard" written by Vera Starbard.

Theater review: ‘Our Voices Will Be Heard’

I’ll admit it: my theater reviewing process usually involves reading other reviews (mostly so I can disagree with them; this tends to be an effective… Continue reading

Actors Leetta Gray, Erin Tripp, Erika Stone, Jane Lind and Frank Katasse rehearse for Perseverance Theatre's production of "Our Voices Will Be Heard" written by Vera Starbard.

On Writing: Dancing with Michelle

. . . Doves in the elsewhereOf their cooing. —Yves BonnefoyI never danced before meeting Michelle. I’m not sure what diffidence kept me off the… Continue reading

Writers Weir: Fire of the Sun

 Gulls shift from white to bright yellow,turning as they lift from the beach,waves tipped with fire, licking the sand,leaves, gold and ruby red,swirl like sparks… Continue reading

Governor’s Awards scheduled for today at the JACC

The Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Alaska Humanities Forum in December announced the eight recipients of the 2016 Governor’s Awards for the… Continue reading

JAHC Executive Director Nancy DeCherney acknowledges emcees Allison Holtkamp and Scott Burton at the halfway point of the Wearable Art Show sponsored by the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council at Cenntenial Hall in Feb. 2015.

Governor’s Award profile: Nancy DeCherney

Three things you might not know about Nancy DeCherney:• She moved to Wrangell as a toddler and grew up in Haines.• She’s a professional chef… Continue reading

JAHC Executive Director Nancy DeCherney acknowledges emcees Allison Holtkamp and Scott Burton at the halfway point of the Wearable Art Show sponsored by the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council at Cenntenial Hall in Feb. 2015.
Steve Henrikson works to hang artwork created by him and his wife, Janice Criswell, in the Juneau International Airport in July 2011.

Governor’s Award profile: Steve Henrikson

On any given day, Alaska State Museum Curator of Collections Steve Henrikson traverses 4,000 years of history. There’s Alaska Native history, culture and art. There… Continue reading

Steve Henrikson works to hang artwork created by him and his wife, Janice Criswell, in the Juneau International Airport in July 2011.
Former All Nations Children dancers joined the children's dance group in celebration of its 20th anniversary on Saturday at the Tlingit and Haida Community Center. Barbara Dude, fourth from left, has taken over leadership of the group, replacing founder and longtime leader Vicki Soboleff, looking on from the background. Also shown, from left, are Ruby Soboleff, Madeline Soboleff Levy and Miciana Hutcherson.


Governor’s Award profile: Vicki Soboleff

Juneau resident Vicki Soboleff, founder of the dance group Ldakát Naax Satí Yátx’i (All Nations Children), is to be honored this year with the Margaret… Continue reading

Former All Nations Children dancers joined the children's dance group in celebration of its 20th anniversary on Saturday at the Tlingit and Haida Community Center. Barbara Dude, fourth from left, has taken over leadership of the group, replacing founder and longtime leader Vicki Soboleff, looking on from the background. Also shown, from left, are Ruby Soboleff, Madeline Soboleff Levy and Miciana Hutcherson.


Researcher to focus on indigenous intellectual property rights

Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is sponsoring a visiting scholar from Norway who is researching indigenous intellectual property rights.Jacob Adams is a Ph.D. student in law… Continue reading

Trevar Fiscus, winner of last year's Youth Solo Competition, practices a Shostakovich concerto with the Juneau Symphony at Thunder Mountain High School on Tuesday.

Juneau Symphony winter concerts scheduled for Jan 30-31

The Juneau Symphony will present its winter concerts this weekend at the Thunder Mountain High School Auditorium.  The concert will open with Mozart’s Overture from "The Magic… Continue reading

Trevar Fiscus, winner of last year's Youth Solo Competition, practices a Shostakovich concerto with the Juneau Symphony at Thunder Mountain High School on Tuesday.

Poet Mishler to lead workshop Jan. 30

What exactly is a poetic line made of? What difference does it make where the line “breaks?” In a 49 Writers workshop taught by visiting… Continue reading

Lead brother Adam Pontipee (Jared Vance) arrives into town from the backwoods to get himself a wife to help take care of the cookin', cleanin', and laundry for him and his six brothers. He has no idea, however, what marrying his future wife Millie will lead to. The prominent faces in the picture from left to right are Scott Grant, Ian Hoch, Kamy Hamrick, Suzanne Nierra, Malcolm Lumba, Mirriam Meredith, Jared Vance, Bethany Bibb, Keely Ewing, Molly York, Lily Otsea, and Hunter Hill.

JDHS Theatre opens ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’

Juneau-Douglas High School’s Theatre Department on Jan. 29 opens its production of the rambunctious musical “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.”“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” adapted… Continue reading

Lead brother Adam Pontipee (Jared Vance) arrives into town from the backwoods to get himself a wife to help take care of the cookin', cleanin', and laundry for him and his six brothers. He has no idea, however, what marrying his future wife Millie will lead to. The prominent faces in the picture from left to right are Scott Grant, Ian Hoch, Kamy Hamrick, Suzanne Nierra, Malcolm Lumba, Mirriam Meredith, Jared Vance, Bethany Bibb, Keely Ewing, Molly York, Lily Otsea, and Hunter Hill.

Writers Weir: Weather Girl

WEATHER GIRLAwfully bright misty lightwraps across the inlet.She heads over the mountains--- chill on chillclouds cooling snow ---Her teenage hair tousled and teasedher sideburns carelessly… Continue reading

Sitka Spruce Celtic Dancers to perform Jan. 23 in Sitka

The Sitka Spruce Celtic Dancers and Sitka Fine Arts Camp invites the public to an evening of Celtic Dance Theater Saturday, Jan. 23 at 7… Continue reading

Tiina Itkonen's "Two Polar Bear Trousers and Three Towels," Greenland, courtesy of the artist.

‘Portraits of Place’ opens at the Anchorage Museum

ANCHORAGE – The predominant stereotype of the Arctic is that it is a place untouched. Yet, people have long found ways to explore and live… Continue reading

Tiina Itkonen's "Two Polar Bear Trousers and Three Towels," Greenland, courtesy of the artist.

State to rebuild Baranof Warm Springs harbor

The Alaska Department of Transportation is seeking bids for a $1 million to $2 million project to rebuild the harbor at Baranof Warm Springs, a… Continue reading

Mardi Gras beads decorate a fence, January 14, downtown Juneau.

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

Mardi Gras beads decorate a fence, January 14, downtown Juneau.