“Be Prepared” graphic novel by Vera Brosgol. Courtesy image.

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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…

Prudence and Pervis: The Purdy Twins, from Los Angeles, California. Courtesy image.

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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…

Laura Zahask and Quinn Zahask role play at the photobooth. (Lance Nesbitt | For Juneau Empire)

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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…

Maya Walen as Shere Khan. Bobbi Jordan | For the Capital City Weekly

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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…

Kanuti Hot Spring. Photo by Ned Rozell.

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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…

At the end of the song “Quiet,” chorus members hold up hastag signs to show all the ways they are no longer willing to be quiet. Photo by Kim Kiefer.

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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…

Chohla Moll, science teacher at Mount Edgecumbe, leads her students in collecting samples during Herring Camp. Bethany Goodrich | For the Capital City Weekly Chohla Moll, science teacher at Mount Edgecumbe, leads her students in collecting samples during Herring Camp. Bethany Goodrich | For the Capital City Weekly

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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,…

A rescue helicopter takes off the remaining crew and passengers of the Prinsendam who weren’t able to get into a lifeboat. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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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…

Elizabeth Rumfelt, senior editor of the 2018 edition of “Tidal Echoes.” Jack Scholz | Capital City Weekly

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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,…

Basket made by Faye Kohrt filled with goose tongue. Vivian Faith Prescott | For the Capital City Weekly

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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…

Outer Coast College core team during a meeting, from left to right: Cecilia Dumouchel, Erin Slomski-Pritz, Johnny Elliott, Bryden Sweeney-Taylor, and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.

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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…

Wilson’s warbler. Photo by Bill Heard.

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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…

Jamie watches as his dog Moby notices the cat (out of frame). Photo courtesy of Tara Neilson.

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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…

Jeff Lund holds a fish from a fishing trip. Jeff Lund | For the Capital City Weekly.

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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…