SITKA — The Sheldon Jackson Museum’s January Artifact of the Month is an Inupiaq mask (SJ-II-DD-3). The museum has little information on the mask, but… Continue reading
On Friday, Jan. 13, in conjunction with the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Fireside Lecture Series, the US Forest Service will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for… Continue reading
Returning University of Alaska Southeast students for the spring semester may note that the entrance sign has been replaced with a larger one with a… Continue reading
This week we introduce a new column in the Capital City Weekly: “Southeast in Sepia.” (Thanks to Randi Spray for thinking of the name.)Southeast in… Continue reading
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Skagway,In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 3, 1898, the first of a series of snow slides struck… Continue reading
“I think it’s powerful and addresses something that isn’t often talked about in public,” Lauren Brooks, a former advocate for Aiding Women in Abuse and… Continue reading
Coffee & Collections: Fumi MatsumotoOn Saturday, Jan. 21 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, local artist Fumi Matsumoto will discuss art and history during the Juneau… Continue reading
Woosh Kinaadeiyí hosts spoken word workshopOn Jan. 15, from 1-4 p.m. at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library, Woosh Kinaadeiyí will host a Spoken Word Workshop… Continue reading
SEARHC can help with health insurance before deadlineSouth East Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) can help people this month for open enrollment on the Health… Continue reading
Third Annual Platypus-Con last weekend of JanuaryPlatypus Gaming, a local non-profit, is running the third annual Platypus-Con: Board and Card Game Extravaganza. Platypus-Con is a… Continue reading
SEAS shows sailing documentarySouthEast Alaska Sailing Club will host a special showing of “The Weekend Sailor,” a documentary about how “in 1973, against veteran superstars… Continue reading
Days after the Winter SolsticeBY RICHARD STOKESEven if you listen carefullyyou will not hear the shift of breathingin buds tightly clenched against winter.Deep in alder… Continue reading
Craig Public Library awarded $1,000 NOAA PLACE GrantCRAIG — The Craig Public Library has been awarded a $1,000 grant as part of the Public Libraries… Continue reading
AWARE recruiting volunteers for youth empowerment programsWith a new season soon approaching for Aiding Women in Abuse and Rape Emergencies’ (AWARE) youth empowerment programs, Boys… Continue reading
Artists invited to apply for Rasmuson Foundation grantsThe Rasmuson Foundation is accepting applications for the 2017 Individual Artist Awards program. Alaska artists at all stages… Continue reading
At a crowded Mendenhall Valley Public Library, people gathered for a Wildlife Wednesday hosted by the Southeast chapter of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance to hear… Continue reading
New column: ‘Alaska for Real’This week we welcome the writer Tara Neilson to the pages of the Capital City Weekly. As you’ll read in her… Continue reading
The polar bear reigns supreme as the chief predator in the lands through which it roams. Across the ages these towering, white bears have been… Continue reading
Local Japanese-American artist Fumi Matusmoto will speak at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum for one of its upcoming “Coffee and Collections” talks.Matsumoto was born in Japan… Continue reading
“Finding My Voice”Alaska Robotics Gallery220 Front StreetReception: 4:30-7 p.m.A statement from artist Christine Carpenter: “In April of 2007, my life changed in an instant when… Continue reading
