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Meet Southeast Alaska’s Amp Wizard

Tube amps: Where physics meets folklore.

Heather Haugland teaches a salsa workshop at the Red Dog Saloon on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Salsa 101: How to dance with two left feet

Leave the XtraTufs at home.

Alfie Price dances with the multicultural dance group Yees Ku Oo on Front Street during Gallery Walk on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Crowd art-icipation: Gallery Walk exhibits get attendees involved

All the world was a canvas at Gallery Walk.

Dec 8, 2018
by Ben Hohenstatt
News Arts Capital City Weekly Features First Friday

It will be a holly, jolly, trolley Gallery Walk

Your ultimate guide to tonight’s event.

Dec 8, 2018
by Ben Hohenstatt
News Arts Capital City Weekly Events Features

Hit records: Vinyl shop sells out fast

Record renaissance.

To be frank about ‘Franklin’: It’s ambitious and engaging

Perseverance Theatre tells two stories separated by centuries.

Dec 5, 2018
by Ben Hohenstatt
News Arts and Entertainment Capital City Weekly Features Perseverance Theatre

Folk twang and drum machines: Juneauite’s second album is an enjoyable hodgepodge

Tekla Waterfield’s “The Curtain Falls” pleasantly defies categorization without being wildly experimental. The latest album from the Seattle singer-songwriter and former Harborview Elementary and Marie… Continue reading

Dec 5, 2018
by Ben Hohenstatt
Arts and Entertainment Capital City Weekly Features Music

Juneau Dance Theatre is keeping a classic fresh

New choreography and costumes for “The Nutcracker.”

Dec 5, 2018
by Ben Hohenstatt
News Arts and Entertainment Capital City Weekly Features

First-timers, survivors and moms get tattoos for suicide prevention

The shop owner called the response “incredible.”

Dec 3, 2018
by Ben Hohenstatt
News Capital City Weekly Features suicide prevention

“Molly of Denali,” an animated show about an Alaska Native girl, her friends and family is expected to debut this summer. University of Alaska Southeast professor <span style="text-decoration: underline;">X</span>’unei Lance Twitchell started out as a language and culture consultant for the show but more recently has taken on a writing role. (Contributed Photo | (c) 2018 WGBH Educational Foundation)

Good golly, meet ‘Molly of Denali’

The show involves Alaska Native characters, voice actors and writers.

Dec 3, 2018
by Ben Hohenstatt
News Alaska Natives Capital City Weekly Features

Student research movie digs into Alaska’s colonized names

Sayéik is a Tlingit word that can be translated to mean voice of a spirit helper. Historically the name is associated with Douglas Island, and… Continue reading

Dec 1, 2018
by Ben Hohenstatt
News Alaska Natives Capital City Weekly Features Film

30 Juneau students earn all-state honors for band, orchestra and choir

They banded together in Anchorage.

Nov 28, 2018
by Ben Hohenstatt
News Capital City Weekly Features Juneau-Douglas High School Thunder Mountain High School

New play features 30 time jumps, 2 headstrong women and 1 original song

“Franklin,” Perseverance Theatre’s latest production, makes its premiere this week.

Nov 28, 2018
by Ben Hohenstatt
News Capital City Weekly Features Perseverance Theatre

Book Review: Retired Sitka police chief debuts cop character in ‘Bush Blues’

Sitka’s former top cop penned an Alaskan Thriller.

Nov 28, 2018
by Ben Hohenstatt
Book Review Capital City Weekly Features

Alyssa Fischer performs at the Mountainside Open Mic at the Rookery, Wednesday, Oct. 24. Fischer will be one of the vocalists performing at Juneau Cabaret’s December concerts. (Ben Hohenstatt | Capital City Weekly)

Juneau Cabaret opens up ‘The Great American Songbook’

You’ll hear old tunes and learn new information. Juneau Cabaret’s ongoing “Great American Songbook” Series focuses on learning through live performances of music by classic… Continue reading