Juneau Lyric Opera continues its 40th anniversary season celebration with the 27th annual Mid-Winter Vocal Festival Dec. 27-Jan. 3. Conductor Dr. Byron McGilvray, and pianist/vocal… Continue reading
Alaska crab shells are fueling an eco-revolution that will drive new income streams for fabrics to pharmaceuticals to water filters. And for the first time,… Continue reading
What is one item you own that has no monetary value, but has such sentimental value that you would not sell it for any price? My… Continue reading
GOLD TOWN NICKELODEONVisit www.goldtownnick.com.“Trumbo” — Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 26 and 27. Synopsis: The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to… Continue reading
‘Tis the Season for the Audubon Christmas Bird CountANCHORAGE – From Ketchikan to Nome, every year Alaskans bundle up to celebrate the holiday season by… Continue reading
Alaska Robotics Gallery has announced the fourth annual Student Show of Comic Arts as its featured exhibition for January. This is an annual exhibition showcasing… Continue reading
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEVENTSParent Night Out, 6–10 pm, Wednesday, Dec. 23, Juneau-Douglas High School. The JDHS Basketball Cheer Team is hosting a Parents’ Night Out.… Continue reading
A shift in thinking needed for AMHSThe Alaska Marine Highway System is at a critical juncture. Since its first port of call, the Alaska Marine… Continue reading
Artists’ opportunity available for residency in JapanThe National Endowment for the Arts, in cooperation with the U.S. Japan Friendship Commission, has implemented the U.S/Japan Creative… Continue reading
Alaska’s delegates to U.S. Senate Youth Program announcedLucas Arthur, a student at Mat-Su Career & Technical High School in the Mat-Su Borough School District, and… Continue reading
Juneau’s Innovation Summit starts registrationEarly registration has officially opened for the 5th annual Innovation Summit (http://www.jedc.org/innovation/). More than 200 leaders in business, government and education… Continue reading
The Anchorage Museum has released the names of the artists selected for this year’s “All Alaska Biennial” exhibit, opening Feb. 5 in Anchorage. This highly… Continue reading
When we left off talking about Hamlet in our last column, the Danish prince was speechless. He was also dead, but this latter condition seemed… Continue reading
Ed Ricketts was a scientist, a writer, a father and a Renaissance man, the inspiration for the character of “Doc” in John Steinbeck’s “Cannery Row”… Continue reading
BY KLAS STOLPEEditor’s note: This column was first published in the Juneau Empire on Dec. 24, 2014. My mother’s smile on the Christmas holidays was never… Continue reading
HOONAH - The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service recently announced the award of $797,500 in support of 33 grants in… Continue reading
I have multiple issues with the Starbound series: The first book takes forever to get to the point, the characters in the second one are… Continue reading
Juneau musician Kray Van Kirk is very conscious of the path he walks and what kind of a trace he’ll leave. That’s part of the… Continue reading
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
BY DERRIK J. LANGTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES — Hollywood is preparing for what could be the largest movie premiere in its history on Monday night… Continue reading
