The Alaska State Museum is accepting applications for solo exhibitions by individual Alaska artists. The program is open to all resident visual artists who have… Continue reading
FIRST THING — WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IT?A pile of rounds and chunks that you plan to split later always takes longer to… Continue reading
JLO: What was your first memorable public performance?AH: I was four years old and in the children’s choir at my church. We were doing a… Continue reading
JLO: What was your first memorable public performance?KL: Rebecca Nurse in the Crucible. Arthur Miller’s play is timeless. Sadly, it seems that there will always… Continue reading
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
This June, the Alaska State Council on the Arts awarded $543,262 in grants to Alaska artists and arts organizations in its first funding quarter of… Continue reading
Perseverance Theatre’s first play of the 2016-2017 season, “Peter and the Starcatcher,” is set to open Friday, Aug. 19, with previews beginning Tuesday, Aug. 16.According… Continue reading
More than 100 years ago, when he was just 10 years old, Roy A. Peratrovich Jr.’s grandfather, Andrew Wanamaker, traveled the 200 miles from Sitka… Continue reading
Once upon a 90-year distant time, the M/V Westward carried cruise ships passengers hunting humpback whales, mountain goats and brown bears through Alaska’s waters.Almost 100… Continue reading
Juneau Arts & Humanities Council brings the 9th Annual Food Festival, featuring fresh local produce, homemade jams and jellies, arts and crafts, on Saturday, August… Continue reading
If you don’t see the connection between kayaking and mental health, Friday’s event at the Goldtown Nickelodeon aims to make it more clear.It starts at… Continue reading
Photographer Ben Huff has been dreaming of his own press since 2007, and this summer, with the help of an $18,000 grant from the Rasmuson… Continue reading
JLO: What was your first memorable public performance?JM: My first memorable performance was in elementary school talent show. I sang Stacy Lattisaw, “Let Me Be… Continue reading
Juneau Lyric Opera’s fifth production of the popular “Who’s Your Diva,” a singing competition and fundraiser showcasing Juneau’s diva talent, is coming up Sept. 24… Continue reading
JLO: What was your first memorable public performance?BM: It was my junior year of high school. I sang the national anthem before a basketball game… Continue reading
A scatter of Vaux swifts, swallow-like “cigars with wings,” pluckinsects from the afternoon air. As dusk approachesthe scatter thickens into clouds of dozens, thenhundreds of… Continue reading
Nominate for 2017 Governor’s Awards for the ArtsNominations are now open for the 2017 Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities. These awards are an… Continue reading
In the kind of writing most of us do every day—the kind of writing I’ve mainly been concerned with in these columns—the only criteria that… Continue reading
I believe that listening and sharing can undermine prejudice and judgment. I believe that if we embrace the vulnerability it takes to get to know… Continue reading
Last week I had the pleasure of attending my third International Food Bloggers Conference (IFBC). This annual event brings together 300 or more men and… Continue reading
