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‘Be Prepared’ — a Q&A with graphic novelist Vera Brosgol
Mini-Con brings together many talented artists, and this year, Vera Brosgol comes with her latest graphic novel “Be…
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What’s Happening the week of May 2-8
Wednesday Watercolor Exploration, first Wednesday every month, 6-8 p.m., the Canvas. Taught by Patti Hutchens-Jouppi. All materials provided…
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AS IF!: 6th Annual Alaska State Improv Festival returns to Juneau
Sometimes the best theatrical performances are born from putting the cart before the horse, or in this case,…
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Stalking success
“Why’d you shoot the fork?” “Don, there were so many horns I just chose a body.” Thus, my…
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Mini-Con returns to Juneau for third year
“Mini” and “tiny” are words that Alaska Robotics uses to describe their annual comic convention, but the creators…
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Where does the money come from?
Two commercial fisheries open each spring at Upper Cook Inlet that attract little notice and few participants, but…
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Photos: Sitka Cirque’s ‘The Jungle Book’
The Jungle Book will be performed this weekend in Sitka by the Sitka Cirque. This rendition of the…
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Alaska hot springs, far and wide
KANUTI HOT SPRINGS — After a few hours of skiing through deep snow, Forest Wagner and I smelled…
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Fish Factor: Catch decline, crab prices, and gear for women
Alaska halibut is facing strong headwinds that have dampened the value of the catch shares needed to go…
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What’s Happening the week of April 18-24
Events: Pillars of America Speaker Series- Todd Huston, Wednesday, April 18, 11:30 a.m.- 1:20 p.m., Centennial Hall Convention…
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New director leads Juneau Pride Chorus’ coming of age concert
Kathleen Wayne has taken the reins from former music director Leslie Wood to lead the Parents, Families, and…
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Herring Camp: Teaching science and culture
In late March in Sitka, you never know what the weather will be. It can squall one moment,…
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The Prinsendam’s unsung heroes
Accounts of the burning and sinking of the Holland America cruise ship Prinsendam in the Gulf of Alaska…
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Tidal Echoes launch celebrates the creativity of Southeast
The submission guidelines for “Tidal Echoes,” the literary and arts journal sponsored by the University of Alaska Southeast,…
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Planet Alaska: Foraging for goose tongue
I crouch down on the beach beside Grandson Jonah. A field of green clumps of grass-like plants we…
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Sound Publishing buys Capital City Weekly
Seattle-based Sound Publishing, Inc., announced today its purchase of the Capital City Weekly and the Juneau Empire from…
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Rethinking the college experience in Sitka
Sitting down to a hot meal of baked salmon, freshly caught by fellow students in nearby Sitka Sound…
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What’s Happening the week of April 11-17
Raincounty Flyfishers Meeting, Wednesday, April 11, 7 p.m., Thunder Mountain High School library. George Elgee will present a…
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Alaska for Real: Bridging the wilderness
One year we lived in the only remaining, standing building in the old, burned cannery where I grew…
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This is fun…right?
“This is the expectation, man. For steelhead fishing in late March, this is what it’s about.” It was…