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A sketch from one of Tara’s schoolmates about delivering pizza to bush dwellers with a craving. Photo by Tara Neilson.

Pizza delivery in the wilderness

If there is one luxury bush dwellers envy city dwellers for, it’s pizza delivery. When I was a kid, every teacher of the bush school… Continue reading

A sketch from one of Tara’s schoolmates about delivering pizza to bush dwellers with a craving. Photo by Tara Neilson.
Juneau singer-songwriter Marian Call is seen in August 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Two Juneau artists earn Rasmusson grants

More than 400 Alaskan artists applied for grants from the Rasmuson Foundation, and just 35 were chosen. Two of those artists are from Juneau, and… Continue reading

Juneau singer-songwriter Marian Call is seen in August 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
A male sooty grouse hooting its courtship call. (Bjorn Dihle | For the Juneau Empire)

Spring’s Promise

Note to reader: A lot of hard work has gone into restoring and enhancing the Treadwell Ditch Trail. It's well kept for around 10 miles… Continue reading

A male sooty grouse hooting its courtship call. (Bjorn Dihle | For the Juneau Empire)
Dwarf Patio Peonies are bred for life in containers. (David Lendrum | For the Juneau Empire)

The big sale, a great day

Saturday morning, the day before Mothers Day, at Safeway’s parking lot on the day of the big plant sale, the excitement is palpable as volunteers… Continue reading

Dwarf Patio Peonies are bred for life in containers. (David Lendrum | For the Juneau Empire)
One of the trio of tiny bear cubs at the glacier, watching the world go by from the top of a cottonwood tree. (Photo by Kerry Howard)

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska

Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or… Continue reading

One of the trio of tiny bear cubs at the glacier, watching the world go by from the top of a cottonwood tree. (Photo by Kerry Howard)
Hairysnails are attached to tubeworms, which will start feeding when the tide covers them, and the snails can then steal prey from the worms. (Kerry Howard | For the Juneau Empire)

Intertidal discoveries include kleptoparasitism

On the next-to-the-lowest tide in late April, some friends and I explored the intertidal zone not far from town. We soon catalogued all the usual… Continue reading

Hairysnails are attached to tubeworms, which will start feeding when the tide covers them, and the snails can then steal prey from the worms. (Kerry Howard | For the Juneau Empire)
Friends of the Flags volunteers who were instrumental in the raising of the state flags along Egan Drive on Saturday, April 29. Front row, left to right: Eric Peter, Tom Gill, Judy Ripley, Jim Carroll, Mike Baxter, Bruce Botelho, Dan Kenkel, John Peterson, Charles Payee. Back row: George Fisher, Don Beard. Not pictured: Brad Waldron and Chad Cameron. (Photo by Denise Carroll)

Friends of the Flags thanks volunteers

Friends of the Flags volunteers who were instrumental in the raising of the state flags along Egan Drive on Saturday, April 29.… Continue reading

  • May 7, 2017
Friends of the Flags volunteers who were instrumental in the raising of the state flags along Egan Drive on Saturday, April 29. Front row, left to right: Eric Peter, Tom Gill, Judy Ripley, Jim Carroll, Mike Baxter, Bruce Botelho, Dan Kenkel, John Peterson, Charles Payee. Back row: George Fisher, Don Beard. Not pictured: Brad Waldron and Chad Cameron. (Photo by Denise Carroll)
SEARHC employee and artist Sydney Akagi painted this mural in one of the exam rooms at the new children’s dental clinic. (Courtesy Photo | SEARHC)

SEARHC celebrates new children’s dental clinic

SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium has opened a new children’s dental clinic in Juneau. The clinic is located on the first floor of the SEARHC… Continue reading

  • May 7, 2017
SEARHC employee and artist Sydney Akagi painted this mural in one of the exam rooms at the new children’s dental clinic. (Courtesy Photo | SEARHC)
TMHS students pose with Rep. Justin Parish, D-Juneau, and Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, during their field trip at the Alaska State Capitol April 24. (Courtesy Photo)

Photo: TMHS Senior Field Trip

Thunder Mountain High School U.S. Government and Civics students toured the Alaska State Capitol, met with Gov. Bill Walker and had lunch with legislators from… Continue reading

  • May 7, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire
TMHS students pose with Rep. Justin Parish, D-Juneau, and Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, during their field trip at the Alaska State Capitol April 24. (Courtesy Photo)
Guns N’ Roses and parenting

Guns N’ Roses and parenting

I like to play “name that ‘80s band and why they are important to modern culture” with my children. I’m sure this prepares them for… Continue reading

  • May 7, 2017
  • By TARI STAGE-HARVEY
Guns N’ Roses and parenting

National College Decision Day

Monday, May 1st, 2017. National College Decision Day. In celebration, I set all my college acceptance letters on fire. Unlike many of my peers, I… Continue reading

  • May 7, 2017
  • By TASHA ELIZARDE
Healthy beets alongside those not faring as well. (Corinne Conlon | For the Juneau Empire)

Beets and Boron

Beets are a vegetable that I have worked hard to like. I can tolerate them in dishes, but I don’t find a plate of them… Continue reading

Healthy beets alongside those not faring as well. (Corinne Conlon | For the Juneau Empire)
Migratory birds, like this golden-crowned sparrow, have been dropping in on Juneau lately. (Photo courtesy of Gwen Baluss)

Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day this Saturday

An International Migratory Bird Day celebration will take place at the Juneau Community Garden this Saturday, May 6. The popular day of bird-oriented education is… Continue reading

Migratory birds, like this golden-crowned sparrow, have been dropping in on Juneau lately. (Photo courtesy of Gwen Baluss)

Know your butterfly species (or at least these 4)

Starting in mid-April this year, we began to see a few species of early-flying butterflies. In general, Juneau is not blessed with a great diversity… Continue reading

Stock image of an American robin.

Writers’ Weir: A spring poem by Jack Campbell

Kuskokwim Break-Up By Jack Campbell The river could visit new country tonight leaving the old river behind in a vast lake. Gone out in Napaimute.… Continue reading

Stock image of an American robin.
Silhouette of mama bear and her three cubs high in the treetop on East Glacier Trail on May 3. (Photo by Denise Carroll)

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska

Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or… Continue reading

Silhouette of mama bear and her three cubs high in the treetop on East Glacier Trail on May 3. (Photo by Denise Carroll)
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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Wetlands trash: balloon with frost. Photo by Helen Unruh.

Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes submissions of art in unusual or unexpected places. To submit, email your image, with caption, to editor@capweek.com.… Continue reading

Wetlands trash: balloon with frost. Photo by Helen Unruh.
Heather Dillon, who will be showing her work at Shoefly on First Friday, uses electricity to create interesting designs on jewelry made from Devil’s club. Courtesy image.

First Friday features Tlingit masks, devil’s club earrings

First Friday, Juneau’s monthly art gallery walk, takes place on the evening of May 5. Tlingit artwork from local weaver Lily Hope and devil’s club… Continue reading

Heather Dillon, who will be showing her work at Shoefly on First Friday, uses electricity to create interesting designs on jewelry made from Devil’s club. Courtesy image.