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Members of the JDHS Basketball Cheer team do the Hokey Pokey with a young guest during the team's "Parents Night Out" fundraiser Dec. 23.

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Parents’ — and Kids’ — Night at JDHS

Members of the JDHS Basketball Cheer team hosted a “Parents Night Out” fundraiser Dec. 23 to help raise…

Phlox seed pods on a winter day.

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Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of all levels…

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Fish Factor: Tidal Vision’s new clothing line made of crab shells expected by summer

Alaska crab shells are fueling an eco-revolution that will drive new income streams for fabrics to pharmaceuticals to…

Sidewalk poll, Dec. 23

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Sidewalk poll, Dec. 23

What is one item you own that has no monetary value, but has such sentimental value that you…

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Movies

GOLD TOWN NICKELODEON Visit www.goldtownnick.com. “Trumbo” — Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 26 and 27. Synopsis: The successful career…

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‘Tis the Season for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count

‘Tis the Season for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count ANCHORAGE – From Ketchikan to Nome, every year Alaskans…

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Alaska Robotics accepting submissions for Student Show of Comic Arts

Alaska Robotics Gallery has announced the fourth annual Student Show of Comic Arts as its featured exhibition for…

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What’s happening this week

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK EVENTS Parent Night Out, 6–10 pm, Wednesday, Dec. 23, Juneau-Douglas High School. The JDHS…

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Letter to the editor

A shift in thinking needed for AMHS The Alaska Marine Highway System is at a critical juncture. Since…

Inside the Hudson Adit, the area is rather clean, and free from cave-ins.

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Alaska Treasure Mine and the ghost town of Gastineau City

The history of the Alaska Treasure Mine begins in 1884, when William Thompson found mineralization on the south…

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Mid-Winter Vocal Festival runs Dec. 27-Jan. 3

Juneau Lyric Opera continues its 40th anniversary season celebration with the 27th annual Mid-Winter Vocal Festival Dec. 27-Jan.…

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Artists’ opportunity available for residency in Japan

Artists’ opportunity available for residency in Japan The National Endowment for the Arts, in cooperation with the U.S.…

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Alaska’s delegates to U.S. Senate Youth Program include Ketchikan’s Kiera O’Brien and alternate Derek Dzinich of Juneau

Alaska’s delegates to U.S. Senate Youth Program announced Lucas Arthur, a student at Mat-Su Career & Technical High…

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Juneau’s Innovation Summit starts registration

Juneau’s Innovation Summit starts registration Early registration has officially opened for the 5th annual Innovation Summit (http://www.jedc.org/innovation/). More…

Alder in the rain (summer) by Rachael Juzeler.

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Juneau artist Rachael Juzeler selected for ‘All Alaska Biennial’

The Anchorage Museum has released the names of the artists selected for this year’s “All Alaska Biennial” exhibit,…

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On Writing: Words part 2

When we left off talking about Hamlet in our last column, the Danish prince was speechless. He was…

John and Jan Straley of Sitka presign books at the Pacific Grove Museum.

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‘From Cannery Row to Sitka’: Shorefast Editions publishes collaborative book on Ed Ricketts

Ed Ricketts was a scientist, a writer, a father and a Renaissance man, the inspiration for the character…

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The Christmas smile

BY KLAS STOLPE Editor’s note: This column was first published in the Juneau Empire on Dec. 24, 2014.…

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NEA grant awarded for Hoonah student song-writing workshop

HOONAH – The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service recently announced the award of…

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Be ‘Starbound’ with me

I have multiple issues with the Starbound series: The first book takes forever to get to the point,…