Clara Miller

Juneau Teens for Change pose inside Thunder Mountain High School. Back row, left to right: Audrey Welling, Mary Landes, Erin Wallace, Miguel Cordero, Summer Smith, Azure Briggs, and Ezra Geselle. Front row, left to right: Bridget Gehring, Anna Rivest, Kayla Simpson, Mikayla May, Core Gehring, and Sally Thompson. (Clara Miller | Capital City Weekly)

Juneau teens fundraise to volunteer in Nepal

This year, 12 Juneau teens plan to enact positive change in Nepal. In December, the group of high school students will fly to Nepal’s capital,… Continue reading

Juneau Teens for Change pose inside Thunder Mountain High School. Back row, left to right: Audrey Welling, Mary Landes, Erin Wallace, Miguel Cordero, Summer Smith, Azure Briggs, and Ezra Geselle. Front row, left to right: Bridget Gehring, Anna Rivest, Kayla Simpson, Mikayla May, Core Gehring, and Sally Thompson. (Clara Miller | Capital City Weekly)
First Friday features jazz band, rock group, totem pole talk

First Friday features jazz band, rock group, totem pole talk

Tahir McInnis presents Melanin Auntie Downtown Dames 217 Seward St. 4:30-7:30 p.m. Downtown Dames will be featuring local fashion designer Tahir McInnis and her brand… Continue reading

First Friday features jazz band, rock group, totem pole talk
“Natural Selection,” is part of the Boneyard Series by Ian Grant, a Juneau painter. Courtesy image.

Painting As He Sees It

This First Friday, Sept. 1, meet abstract painter Ian Grant. His work will be display at Annie Kaill’s starting at 4:30 p.m. The Capital City… Continue reading

“Natural Selection,” is part of the Boneyard Series by Ian Grant, a Juneau painter. Courtesy image.
Alaskan artist Herb Bonnet discusses his painting career at the Pioneer Home in 2015. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Local painter Herb Bonnet dies at 87

Renowned Alaska painter Herb Bonnet died peacefully the morning of Aug. 14, at the Juneau Pioneer Home. He was 87. “He was an incredibly loved… Continue reading

Alaskan artist Herb Bonnet discusses his painting career at the Pioneer Home in 2015. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Joe Orsi shows tomatoes growing in his greenhouse. Photo by Clara Miller.

Online farmer’s market brings local produce to Southeast

On a sunny Tuesday morning, Joe Orsi of Orsi Organic Produce gave a tour of his 5,000 square foot garden located north of Auke Bay… Continue reading

Joe Orsi shows tomatoes growing in his greenhouse. Photo by Clara Miller.

“Blue Ticket” play focuses on Juneau history, LGBTQ rights

In honor of Pride month, there will be a live reading of an original play about a piece of Juneau’s history many people don’t speak… Continue reading

“Colors of theNight.” Photo by Frank Lynn Pierce.

Capturing the light: Juneau photographer Frank Lynn Pierce

Longtime Juneau resident Frank Lynn Pierce is an accomplished photographer, featuring landscapes, animals and bits of history. He won Alaska Magazine’s 2015 photo contest with… Continue reading

“Colors of theNight.” Photo by Frank Lynn Pierce.

June First Friday listings

Scott & Donna Johnson & Mandi Canady Barnaby Brewing Company 206-1 N. Franklin Street Reception: 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. Scott and Donna Johnson and their… Continue reading

The members of Third Coast Percussion, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin and David Skidmore, perform a free “brown bag” lunch-time concert in the atrium of the State Office Building on Monday as part of the 30th Annual Juneau Jazz and Classics Music Festival in 2016. Michael Penn | Juneau Empire

Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival returns for 31st season

This May will be Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival’s 31st season, but artistic director William Ransom’s first festival on the job. The founder of JJ&C,… Continue reading

The members of Third Coast Percussion, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin and David Skidmore, perform a free “brown bag” lunch-time concert in the atrium of the State Office Building on Monday as part of the 30th Annual Juneau Jazz and Classics Music Festival in 2016. Michael Penn | Juneau Empire
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Redefining Native Art

On May 5 at the Alaska State Museum a new exhibit with artwork ranging from fishskin screens, weavings, masks and even remnants of moose antler… Continue reading

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Alaska State Improv Festival returns for fifth year of shows, workshops

Thanks to producer Eric Caldwell, co-producer M.D. Christenson and nearly a dozen volunteers, the Alaska State Improv Festival (AS IF) will be returning to Juneau… Continue reading

Drawing by Nina Elder, one of the traveling artists on the Tidelines Journey tour. Courtesy image.

Artist tour of Southeast holds discussions on signal-to-noise in communities’ lives

This week, a group of five artists are sleeping in a ferry’s solarium, chatting with strangers and admiring the mountains and waterways of the Inside… Continue reading

Drawing by Nina Elder, one of the traveling artists on the Tidelines Journey tour. Courtesy image.

Mini Comic Con returns to Juneau Friday

Last year’s Mini Comic Con turned out to be huge by Juneau’s standards. It packed the Juneau Arts and Culture Center with visiting and local… Continue reading

Cover of Barnhill’s first novel. Courtesy image.

Juneau writer pens first mystery novel of series

Many know Juneau writer Peggy Barnhill for her “Gimme a Smile” column with the Juneau Empire. Soon, however, she’ll be known by her pen name… Continue reading

Cover of Barnhill’s first novel. Courtesy image.
Hunter, the barred owl, from inside his enclosure. Photo by Clara Miller.

For the birds: Fundraising for improvements to raptor center

HAINES — Inside the American Bald Eagle Foundation aviary in Haines, Education and Outreach Coordinator Sidney Campbell moved slowly, calling Sarah, a great horned owl,… Continue reading

Hunter, the barred owl, from inside his enclosure. Photo by Clara Miller.
Book cover of Bjorn Dihle’s first book “Haunted Inside Passage.” Courtesy image.

Southeast’s spooky stories collected by Juneau writer Bjorn Dihle

With glaciers tucked in-between mountains, dark waters cloaking an abundance of marine life, and wild animals lurking just out of sight in copses of hemlock… Continue reading

Book cover of Bjorn Dihle’s first book “Haunted Inside Passage.” Courtesy image.
Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts, picks up a filled bucket from a customer on a Friday morning. Photo by Clara Miller of Capital City Weekly.

Juneau woman starts composting business

Instead of having biodegradable materials fill up the city’s landfill, Lisa Daugherty wants to take Juneau’s would-be-waste and turn it into something useful — so… Continue reading

Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts, picks up a filled bucket from a customer on a Friday morning. Photo by Clara Miller of Capital City Weekly.

15th edition of Tidal Echoes to be released Friday

This Friday marks the 15th anniversary of “Tidal Echoes,” the Southeast Alaska literary and art journal produced by the University of Alaska Southeast. At the… Continue reading

Meet frequent face at Folk Fest Taylor Vidic

Here’s a name frequently seen in connection with music events around town, from the Juneau Cabaret to The Orpheus Project’s recent “Westside Story”: Taylor Vidic.… Continue reading

Lisle Hebert inside the Gold Town Nickelodeon Theater. Photo courtesy of Collette Costa.

Celebrating the films of Gold Town Theater’s founder

A lot will be happening with the Gold Town Nickelodeon Theater in the coming weeks, most notably the Founder’s Weekend Celebration for Lisle Hebert. Hebert… Continue reading

Lisle Hebert inside the Gold Town Nickelodeon Theater. Photo courtesy of Collette Costa.