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Lindarae Shearer of Metlakatla is one of Sealaska Heritage Institute's featured artists this First Friday in Juneau. Shearer, who is Tsimshian, makes abalone and silver jewelry, cedar bark baskets, and skin care products made with devil's club and other Southeast Alaskan ingredients.

First Friday listings in Juneau

Featured Artist: jewelry designer Carol WhiteThe Bear’s LairSenate Mall building (175 S. Franklin St.), first floor, on the rightLocal jewelry designer Carol White of Full… Continue reading

Lindarae Shearer of Metlakatla is one of Sealaska Heritage Institute's featured artists this First Friday in Juneau. Shearer, who is Tsimshian, makes abalone and silver jewelry, cedar bark baskets, and skin care products made with devil's club and other Southeast Alaskan ingredients.

Writers’ Weir: Three poems on heroin

HEROIN You thief of dreamssteal with your tricks of illusiongiving one dreamat the price of another Your hunger growswith the bloodof my veinsYet I no longergrow full No… Continue reading

Liz Snyder and Alex Kotlarsz perform as the Wool Pullers at the 41st Annual Alaska Folk Festival at Centennial Hall in 2015. They've just released their first album.

Review: The Wool Pullers’ debut album

The Wool Pullers’ unique spin on the songwriters’ genre is a far cry from the tourist-pandering folk music that sells a brand of Alaska to… Continue reading

Liz Snyder and Alex Kotlarsz perform as the Wool Pullers at the 41st Annual Alaska Folk Festival at Centennial Hall in 2015. They've just released their first album.
Chilkat weaver Anna Brown Ehlers and her apprentice Darrell J. Harmon add fringe to the diving whale blanket at the Alaska State Museum's conservation lab on Sept. 28.

Bringing a century-old Chilkat robe back to life

The Alaska State Museum broke new ground this year — not on the new building, but inside it, where Chilkat weaver Anna Brown Ehlers has… Continue reading

Chilkat weaver Anna Brown Ehlers and her apprentice Darrell J. Harmon add fringe to the diving whale blanket at the Alaska State Museum's conservation lab on Sept. 28.
Red mountain ash berries stand out against a blue shed.

Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of all levels of ability are invited to send in… Continue reading

Red mountain ash berries stand out against a blue shed.
Helen Alten and Tim Huber of Haines celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in 2014.

Former Empire reporter rebuilds life, mobility, language after stroke

Five years ago this June, Tim Huber’s life changed in a big way.Huber, a former Juneau Empire reporter and current Haines resident, was living in… Continue reading

Helen Alten and Tim Huber of Haines celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in 2014.
Necklaces made from burl pieces at Rainforest Custom.

Making furniture with a unique cartography

Each piece at Rainforest Custom tells a story. The day I visited Dean Graber’s woodworking shop in the barn at Don Abel’s, the showroom hosted… Continue reading

Necklaces made from burl pieces at Rainforest Custom.
Loading the boat. The computer was one of three that some non-homeless person threw down the hill into the water.

Woodshed Kings: Homeless Camp is pass/fail

Juneau’s got the Boy Scout Camp, Methodist Camp, Running Camp, 4-H Camp, Discovery Camp, Bible Camp, Science Camp, Fine Arts Camp and Dance Camp, but… Continue reading

Loading the boat. The computer was one of three that some non-homeless person threw down the hill into the water.

Juneau zine seeks submissions

JUNEAU — A local zine, MYTH, with new editions out the first of each month, is seeking poetry and visual art submissions.If you are interested… Continue reading

Gathering Alaska: Bog cranberries

Editor’s note: This is the last of Corinne Conlon’s foraging columns for the year. “Gathering Alaska” will return to the Capital City Weekly next spring.Sitting in… Continue reading

The cross-hatched area is closed to goat hunting, starting Tuesday night.

Goat hunting closure

Effective 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced an early closure of the middle portion of the Takshanuk Mountain Range to… Continue reading

The cross-hatched area is closed to goat hunting, starting Tuesday night.
Friends of the Poor Walk participants raise money for St. Vincent de Paul.

Thank you for caring for the poor of our community

The Friends of the Poor Walk, the annual fundraiser for the St. Vincent de Paul Society, was a tremendous success. That, of course, is due… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2016
Friends of the Poor Walk participants raise money for St. Vincent de Paul.

Recent births

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital• A daughter, Lucy Eleanor Poff, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz., was born to Jessica and Brandon Poff of Juneau… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2016
Amy O'Neill Houck (Perseverance Theatre's Director of Marketing & Engagement) facilitates a post-show Question & Answer session with the cast of Peter and The Starcatcher and Juneau Girl Scouts, their friends and families.

Girl Scouts thank Perseverance Theatre

Thank you Perseverance Theatre for a great Girl Scout event.Thank you and the cast of Peter and the Starcatcher for hosting a Girl Scouts at… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2016
Amy O'Neill Houck (Perseverance Theatre's Director of Marketing & Engagement) facilitates a post-show Question & Answer session with the cast of Peter and The Starcatcher and Juneau Girl Scouts, their friends and families.

A Family Promise thank you

Family Promise of Juneau would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for making our Halibut Catty Gandy dinner and silent auction such a… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2016
The Alaska Brewing Co. recently celebrated their 30th anniversary at Mount Robert's Tramway where 500 people showed up. The silent auction at the event raised $3,000 for the brewery's non-profit partner this year, the Juneau chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Health.

Photo: Alaska Brewing Co. celebrates 30 years

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  • Oct 2, 2016
The Alaska Brewing Co. recently celebrated their 30th anniversary at Mount Robert's Tramway where 500 people showed up. The silent auction at the event raised $3,000 for the brewery's non-profit partner this year, the Juneau chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Health.

Senior Menu

Juneau Senior Center MenuMonday, Oct. 3Pork Chop SueyRiceSpinach Salad with Mandarin OrangesTuesday, Oct. 4BBQ Beef on BunMixed VegetablesPotato SaladWednesday, Oct. 5Turkey and Cheese SandwichClam ChowderColeslawThursday,… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2016
Guy Unzicker.

Guy About Town: Happy SAD!

Hello, all. It’s SAD season again. No, I wasn’t saying “sad” extra loud — it’s the time of year that many Southeast Alaskans start to… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2016
  • By GUY UNZICKER
Guy Unzicker.
Butch and Janice Holst celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on Sept. 30, 2016.

Holsts celebrate 55th anniversary

Butch and Janice Holst will celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on Sept. 30. The couple was married at St. Emery’s Church in Fairfield, Connecticut on… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2016
Butch and Janice Holst celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on Sept. 30, 2016.
Quiet Defiance: Alaska's Empty Chair Story will be released during First Friday, Oct. 7 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library, and on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 10:30 a.m.-noon at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Complimentary copies available.

Local writer chronicles Juneau’s Japanese-American incarceration

“How do you put your life in a suitcase and leave?”That was the question the Japanese-Americans of Juneau had to answer when they were being… Continue reading

Quiet Defiance: Alaska's Empty Chair Story will be released during First Friday, Oct. 7 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library, and on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 10:30 a.m.-noon at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Complimentary copies available.