A good movie enlightens and reveals. It can take you to a place you've never been and introduce you to the humanity of its characters. "On the Ice" is such a movie. I won't describe the plot. In abstract however, "On the Ice" is about...
The 2012 Andrew P. Kashevarof Memorial Lecture Series, held every Wednesday in February at noon at the Alaska State Museum, continues this week with a look at the Alaska State Archives.
Sealaska Heritage Institute is accepting applications for its sixth biennial Juried Art Show and Competition during Celebration 2012, scheduled June 7-9 in Juneau.
For many artists who participate in the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council's Wearable Arts show, preparing a piece for the runway involves getting used to a new - and often very odd - three dimensional medium.
The Alaska State Council on the Arts is requesting qualifications from Alaska artists for interior wall-hung artwork to be commissioned for the Hoonah Ferry Terminal, the Seafood & Food Safety Lab in Anchorage, and the Fairbanks...
The Alaska State Council on the Arts' Alaska's Living Cultural Treasures Program will present an Unangax bentwood hat residency in partnership with the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center and the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center.
The Woosh Kinaadeiyí Poetry Slam will soon be coming to a venue near you. As of last month, the slam, held at the Canvas Community Art Studio every third Friday since October 2010, will be held in a different place each month.
On Friday, March 2, Tri-Seven Pictures will launch their second "Alaska Filmmakers" web series, a program aimed at highlighting individuals working in the Alaska film community.
The Juneau Symphony Showcase, an annual chamber music concert featuring a selection of symphony musicians' favorite solo and ensemble pieces, will be offered twice this weekend at two different locations. Performances begin at 8 p.m....
Prior to the beginning of Sunday's Wearable Arts Extravaganza at Centennial Hall, Mayor Bruce Botelho presented the fifth annual Mayor's Awards for the Arts.
Fifth-grade students at Auke Bay Elementary School will turn the hallways of the school into a wax museum full of famous people this evening, beginning at 6 p.m.
Sneed B. Collard III, the author of more than 55 children's books about science, nature, and the environment, will be at the Douglas Library on Monday, Feb. 20 to present a program on his research and his thoughts about science and science...
This week's Fireside lecture at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center will focus on President Warren Harding's visit to Alaska. Harding, in office from 1921-1923, and was the first president to visit Alaska.