Arts & Culture

T.J. Duffy will perform a farewell theater organ concert this Friday at noon in the State Office Building.

The Rasmuson Foundation announced their list of Individual Artist awardees, and eight Juneau projects made the list. The 50 total awards go to artists across the state, who will receive $10,000 each toward a project they have planned. 

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is partnering with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to host an art contest. Selected artists will have their art turned into miniature murals that will be printed on bear-resistant trash infrastructure in downtown Juneau. 

After more than a century, a Lingít clan will once again be the legal owners of a Raven helmet worn during the Battle of Sitka in 1804. Non-native organizations have claimed ownership of the helmet for more than a 100 years, and kept it in a museum in Sitka.

Svitlana Bell spends off work hours quilting to raise money for supplies for her brother who’s fighting on the front lines in Ukraine. 

Market host Peter Metcalfe says this Black Friday was one of the annual bazaar’s best days yet.

The Alaska State Writer Laureate wrote an episode about the show’s titular character navigating the complex history of Thanksgiving to create a celebration that honors Alaska Native culture.

Hasselquist has been hosting weekly community soup nights this month in the Traditional Foods and Medicine Kitchen inside Sealaska Heritage Institute’s new Indigenous Science Building in Downtown Juneau. 

The JAHC announced the hire Friday, more than six months after the former director stepped down in May.

The new film premiered in Hawai’i last month, with homecoming showings scheduled in Alaska in December.