The traditional and cultural significance of Juneau’s Indian Point has landed it a spot on the National Register of Historic Places.
Arts & Culture
LGBTQ history bus tour highlights changing acceptance in Anchorage
During the rowdy pipeline construction days, bars lined 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage. Many of those establishments were surprisingly open to gay and lesbian Alaskans. On a bus tour this summer, passengers learned the role those places played in local LGBTQ history.
Red Carpet Celebration Session: Lily Hope
Tlingit storyteller Lily Hope of Juneau performs “Ei Haaw Salmon Boy Story” in our second Red Carpet Celebration Session.
Red Carpet Concert: Silver Jackson
In collaboration with Trickster Company and Kindred Post we present the 2016 Celebration Sessions featuring Sitka artist Silver Jackson with OCnotes, Stephen Qacung Blanchett, and Zak D. Wass.
Gala concerts to close summer orchestra music festival
Audiences have been enjoying the sweet sounds of the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival this week and last. It’s about to wrap up, with noon concerts Thursday and Friday, and gala concerts Friday and Saturday.
Southeast Alaska Native key figure, Marge Byrd, dies at 81
Marge Byrd, 81, died on July 24. Services were held Saturday at St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church.
Trending: #FirstSevenJobs started with Juneau musician Marian Call
Juneau singer-songwriter Marian Call has gone internet-famous again, this time with the Twitter hashtag #FirstSevenJobs.
Wrangell school offers Tlingit language and culture in classroom
Wrangell high school and middle school students will be offered a new language and cultural class this coming school year.
Girl Scouts camp promotes leadership skills
Girl Scouts of Alaska came to Petersburg last week to hold a weeklong day camp. Girls ages kindergarten through junior high participated in the events, many of which happened outdoors. A few dozen girls are in a circle outside the Rae Stedman Elementary School. They’re singing songs and dancing around on top of the gray…
Whale sculpture arrives in Juneau, fins to come Tuesday
The 6-ton, 25-foot-tall whale sculpture has arrived in Juneau. At least, the body has.