Arts and Culture

Participants in "Home but not Less" rehearse. The play incorporates voices from an array of homeless Alaskans. Photo by Ray Friedlander.

“Home But Not Less” built on Alaskan voices

Michael Patterson: I grew up in a deep dark violence and pain to the point where I was ready to destroy myself…(starts to cry) but… Continue reading

Participants in "Home but not Less" rehearse. The play incorporates voices from an array of homeless Alaskans. Photo by Ray Friedlander.

WorldQuest 2017 international trivia contest upcoming

For the international trivia contest, participants play from their dinner tables in groups of) eight. Folks are encouraged to arrange groups beforehand, but teams will… Continue reading

Banghart wins ‘Distinguished Service’ award

Banghart wins ‘Distinguished Service’ award

Over the last 40 years, Robert Banghart has come to know Alaska, and many of its small communities, quite well. He’s worked on 11 different… Continue reading

Banghart wins ‘Distinguished Service’ award

Wildlife Wednesday talk on Wildlife Service in Southeast Alaska

On Feb. 1 wildlife scientist Steve Brockmann will present at Wildlife Wednesday on “Eagles, Otters, and Wolves: the US Fish &Wildlife Service in Southeast Alaska,”… Continue reading

Solo artist exhibition highlights domestic and sexual abuse

The Alaska State Museum’s Solo Artist Exhibition Series for 2017-2019 will feature Carmel Anderson’s show “Unheard Voice| Unheard Wisdom,” which shares the experience of victims… Continue reading

Writers’ Weir: Where is Heaven?

Writers’ Weir: Where is Heaven?

Where’s what we call heaven? Is it behind the clouds that freely float above us? Is it in the vast, deep, blue ocean that surround… Continue reading

Writers’ Weir: Where is Heaven?

Central Council to hold Constitutional Convention

The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s (Central Council) 82nd Annual Tribal Assembly will convene April 19-21 in Juneau, and has… Continue reading

What’s Happening around Southeast, Alaska

They Don’t Talk Back - Preview, Thursday, Jan. 26, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Perseverance Theatre. Three generations of Tlingit men face the challenges of a summer of… Continue reading

Rasmuson foundation expands community program

Rasmuson Foundation has announced a four year, $5 million grant to The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF) to support the Affiliate Program, a statewide effort to… Continue reading

Haines non-fiction writer chosen for Distinguished Service to the Humanities Award

Non-fiction writer Heather Lende of Haines was chosen for the Distinguished Service to the Humanities Award for the 2017 Governor’s Arts and Humanities Awards. Lende… Continue reading

“Symphony of Seafood” sees Southeast entries

Candied salmon ice cream…poke snack kits…salmon bisque baby food… fish skin tote bags and pet oils. Those are among the more than 20 new items… Continue reading

City Museum to hold 12×12 art workshops at the JACC

On Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center, local artist Patti Hutchens Jouppi will be teaching workshops for youth and adults who… Continue reading

Arts Business Leadership Award winner for 2017: Lani Hotch

Arts Business Leadership Award winner for 2017: Lani Hotch

In May of 2016, the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage and Bald Eagle Preserve Visitor Center opened in Klukwan, an idea that had been brewing in… Continue reading

Arts Business Leadership Award winner for 2017: Lani Hotch

Letter to the editor: All have a role in Alaska Native language revitalization

Editor’s note: The following is a letter from University of Alaska Southeast Assistant Professor of Alaska Native Languages Lance Twitchell on the University of Alaska… Continue reading

Vaudevillian musical becomes a play within a play for a Scotland stage

Vaudevillian musical becomes a play within a play for a Scotland stage

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” the upcoming production by Juneau-Douglas High School, will be the second play the school’s theatre… Continue reading

Vaudevillian musical becomes a play within a play for a Scotland stage
Fishing boats in a Sitka Harbor. Courtesy of The Sitka History Museum.

Southeast in Sepia: Native Sitka seiners once prospered

Harvey Kitka/Yansh ka owoo of the Sitka Kaagwaantaan [Wolf] Clan was a fisherman, as was his father, grandfather, and the many generations of his ancestors… Continue reading

Fishing boats in a Sitka Harbor. Courtesy of The Sitka History Museum.
Trees at Sunset, early January, Homer. Photo by Linda Shaw

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

Trees at Sunset, early January, Homer. Photo by Linda Shaw
Experimental forest lecture

Experimental forest lecture

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center will host a Fireside Lecture with ecologist Rick Edwards, lead scientist for the US Forest Service’s Héen Latinee Experimental Forest, on… Continue reading

Experimental forest lecture
2015 artist-in-residence, Nancy Angelini-Crawford, painting along the shore below the Peterson Creek Salt Chuck. (Courtesy photo)

Coffee and Collections: State Parks Artist-in-Residence Program

On Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10:30 a.m.-noon, Gail Smith and Cathy Muñoz will present on the history of the Alaska State Parks’ Artist-in-Residence Program at… Continue reading

2015 artist-in-residence, Nancy Angelini-Crawford, painting along the shore below the Peterson Creek Salt Chuck. (Courtesy photo)
‘They Don’t Talk Back’ comes home

‘They Don’t Talk Back’ comes home

Juneauite Frank Henry Kaash Katasse’s debut play has had quite a journey already. “They Don’t Talk Back” is the first play Katasse ever wrote. It… Continue reading

‘They Don’t Talk Back’ comes home