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Angela Rodell, Executive Director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, speaks about the positive results of the fund this year at the APFC office in July 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Your weekend guide: A Permanent Fund talk, Shakespeare celebration and more

Here’s what’s happening the week of March 5, 2020.

Armenian-American flautist Tigran Arakelyan, the Music Director of the Northwest Mahler Festival in Seattle and the Port Townsend Orchestra, performs a sound check in the Shuká Hít (Ancestors’ House) at the Walter Soboleff Center on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. He will be conducting Juneau Symphony’s Russian Romantic concerts. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Russian In: Juneau Symphony plans ‘Romantic’ weekend

You can’t go wrong with Russian Romantic composers.

Sitka festival receives grant, Poetry Out Loud dates announced, Rasmuson Foundation accepting applications

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Sitka festival receives grant, Poetry Out Loud dates announced, Rasmuson Foundation accepting applications

Arts and culture news briefs for the week of Jan. 23, 2019.

Film experiment could only happen here

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Film experiment could only happen here

Hey, wanna be in a movie?

Gene Tagaban performs with Khu.Eéx while wearing regalia. The band will play in Juneau Monday, Jan. 28 at Centennial Hall. (Courtesy Photo | Russell Johnson)

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What do you get when you cross Alaska Native culture with Parliament Funkadelic?

Singletary won’t be solitary.

‘Openness of the heart’: Workshop focuses on compassionate communication

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‘Openness of the heart’: Workshop focuses on compassionate communication

There’s an emphasis on empathy.

Flute concert brings classical, Armenian and indigenous music to clan house

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Flute concert brings classical, Armenian and indigenous music to clan house

Shuká Hít-ting a high note.

Tlingit flautist George Montero said he was glad to be back in Juneau for a pair of concerts Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 and Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt |Capital City Weekly)

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He’s played in D.C., Arizona and Seattle, but he’s glad to share music at ‘home’

From French horn to American flutes.

Look ma, 6 hands: Piano concert begins on unusual note

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Look ma, 6 hands: Piano concert begins on unusual note

Here’s something you don’t see or hear every day.

Chefs Matt Little Dog displays a dish featuring authentic Japanese ramen for students at Floyd Dryden Middle School as part of Chefs’ Day on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Anchorage chefs visiting the Juneau and Sitka School Districts to introduced new and healthy foods via performance cooking demonstrations. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Using their noodles: Professional chefs inspire kids to pursue culinary arts

Miso hungry.

Evergreen Cemetery focus of new art installation

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Evergreen Cemetery focus of new art installation

Yet, it’s not a morbid collection.

Recital focuses on B-Liszt composers

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Recital focuses on B-Liszt composers

Lisztomania at the JACC.

Writers’ Weir: Chickadee Politics

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Writers’ Weir: Chickadee Politics

Suspended by rope from the eaves the feeder

Moving with muktuk: Planet Alaska relocates to Juneau

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Moving with muktuk: Planet Alaska relocates to Juneau

A new adventure in the new year.

What we’re listening to, watching and reading this month

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What we’re listening to, watching and reading this month

Staff picks for January 2019.

Alaska Airlines objects to ‘turbulence’ theme for fashion show

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Alaska Airlines objects to ‘turbulence’ theme for fashion show

Wearable Art 2019 makes a late name change.

“Hoarfrost on the Herbert.” Submitted Jan. 12, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Mary Sutkowski)

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Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted photos of art in unusual or unexpected places. To submit, email your…

Teaching artists needed, mystical music group comes to town

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Teaching artists needed, mystical music group comes to town

High schoolers have a chance to get involved.

Tlingit-style carvers have a place to talk shop

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Tlingit-style carvers have a place to talk shop

They’ve carved out a spot.

Should Juneau revisit water fluoridation? New study renews debate

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Should Juneau revisit water fluoridation? New study renews debate

Decade-old issue flares up again.