Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors… Continue reading
Registration is now open for Juneau’s 4-H Cross Country Ski Club. Juneau youth between grades 1 and 12 and their families are invited to join… Continue reading
Registration for Juneau Lyric Opera’s midwinter vocal festival is now open.The vocal festival for 28 years has brought Byron McGilvray to Juneau for workshop classes… Continue reading
Renowned Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver Clarissa Rizal, a Raven of the T’akdeintaan, died Wednesday after a battle with cancer.Rizal apprenticed with Jennie Thlunaut, a weaver… Continue reading
Warrior Code, translated by George Ramos (Kai Monture’s grandfather) 1 – Never make yourself “heavier” than others. (The word ‘heavy’ implies an internal state as… Continue reading
No matter the season, every day from age six began the same way for a young K’inéix Kwáan man training to be a warrior in… Continue reading
Aqua green with embossed kanjiBeachcomber finds and nautical decorCollector items of the commercial maritimeDeep sea fishing floats of ancient historyEtched by sand, worn, and corrodedFreeblown… Continue reading
I don’t write many columns as Capital City Weekly editor. There are too many interesting people and events in Southeast Alaska to write articles about.But… Continue reading
The Alaska State Museums’ Museum Collections Advisory Committee (MCAC) will meet by teleconference Monday, Dec. 19, to discuss acquisitions for the permanent collection of the… Continue reading
DYEA — The Alderworks Alaska Writers and Artists Retreat in Dyea is now accepting applications for its summer 2017 cabin residencies.Three log cabins will be available… Continue reading
Juneau Jazz & Classics and the Maas Family will “Swing in the New Year!” The Juneau Big Band will play, and there will be a… Continue reading
Doug Smith will be performing in a free concert this Sunday at the Northern Light Church. As with the previous concerts at the church, donations… Continue reading
On a snaining Friday in early December, downtown Skagway was quiet — at least until Yuletide celebrators crowded the sidewalk and slushy streets of 5th… Continue reading
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) released six culturally-based children’s books that reflect the Native worldview as part of its Baby Raven Reads, a program for Alaska… Continue reading
Skagway — The Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park exhibits used to be what National Park Service employee Benjamin Hayes described to the Capital City Weekly… Continue reading
Perseverance Theatre on Dec. 4 held a fundraiser for Juneau playwright Frank Henry Kaash Katasse’s upcoming play, “They Don’t Talk Back.”The multicultural dance group Yees… Continue reading
The Juneau Coop Preschool would like to thank our amazing community for another wonderfully successful Thanksgiving Pie Sale on Nov. 22-23 at Foodland IGA.We would… Continue reading
Helping Hands would like to thank the community for all the support they have provided for our organization this past year.Safeway has generously offered to… Continue reading
Recent Births at Bartlett Regional Hospital:• On Nov. 18, 2016, a son, Mason Rock Roomsburg, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz., was born to Gwendolyn Peterson… Continue reading
You know, there’s more to Thanksgiving than gravy stains and grease fires. For instance: it’s the official kick-off of eggnog season. This time of year… Continue reading
