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Nov 09 2018

(From left) Judson Rusk, Calvin Drank and Seaton Bryan play Nyctophobia, a board game where players are unable to see the board. The three traveled to SHUX earlier this fall to try new board games and meet the creators of some of their favorites.

Canadian board game convention lures Southeast Alaska’s tabletop gaming enthusiasts

By Katherine Rose, KCAW-Sitka | Arts & Culture, Community, Southeast

The tourism season has come to a close, and that means that things in Southeast Alaska are slowing down for the winter. For some, that also means we’re entering peak board game season.

By Katherine Rose, KCAW-Sitka | November 9, 2018 3:43 pm

Nov 09 2018

Alaska Native summit to bring fluent speakers together

By Rachel D'Oro, Associated Press | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Juneau, Southeast, State Government

Nearly 70 speakers of Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian are expected to attend the three-day event in Juneau that begins Nov. 13, according to Sealaska Heritage Institute officials.

By Rachel D'Oro, Associated Press | November 9, 2018 2:13 pm

Nov 05 2018

Candidates for Alaska Lt. Governor: Republican Kevin Meyer (left) and Democrat Debra Call.

Meyer, Call bring different backgrounds as lieutenant governor candidates

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Education, Election Coverage, Energy & Mining, Interior, National News, Politics, Southcentral, State Government

Republican candidate Kevin Meyer received some criticism over the weekend for saying in June that all students should know English before they attend school.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | November 5, 2018 7:38 pm

Nov 04 2018

J. Allan MacKinnon snapped this photo in the 1960s of an unidentified man who played the Schulmerich Americana carillon at the National Bank of Alaska in downtown Juneau, which later became a Wells Fargo. MacKinnon remembers the bank installing the carillon system in 1962, though the carillon company has records of a sale to the Juneau bank branch in 1967.

What happened to the downtown bells?

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | Arts & Culture, Community, Curious Juneau, Juneau

They’ve been gone for about four years. The system was originally installed by a private downtown bank in the 1960s.

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | November 4, 2018 12:00 pm

Nov 01 2018

Yakutat carver’s first totem pole honors her grandfather — and coffee

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa, KCAW - Sitka | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Southeast

Alison Marks is one of only a handful of Native women who carve totem poles. Her artwork often blends traditional Tlingit culture and design with modern ideas.

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa, KCAW - Sitka | November 1, 2018 8:53 am

Oct 30 2018

Henri Matisse works on a paper cut out in this undated photo.

Museum spotlights connection between Matisse, Alaska Natives

By Terry Tang, Associated Press | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, History, Southwest

French artist Henri Matisse’s works will be shown alongside Yup’ik masks in a new exhibition in Arizona.

By Terry Tang, Associated Press | October 30, 2018 5:00 pm

Oct 30 2018

The Pledge of Allegiance, written in Yup'ik.

In Goodnews Bay, the Pledge of Allegiance is a way to speak Yup’ik in school

By Isabelle Ross, KDLG-Dillingham | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Education, Southwest

In lieu of a Yup’ik teacher on staff, students at a Southwest Alaska school have started reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Yup’ik.

By Isabelle Ross, KDLG-Dillingham | October 30, 2018 1:56 pm

Oct 26 2018

Can opera help give closure to the Princess Sophia tragedy?

By Scott Burton, KTOO | Arts & Culture, History, Juneau, KRNN

A collaboration of producers and artists from across the country present a new opera about a local tragedy: “The Princess Sophia.” Can art help us process the worst maritime disaster in Alaska history?

By Scott Burton, KTOO | October 26, 2018 1:39 pm

Oct 26 2018

Aleutian school in danger of shutting down

By Zoë Sobel, KUCB-Unalaska | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Aleutians, Community, Education

To get full funding, each Alaska school needs at least 10 students. But at the Yakov E. Netsvetov school in Atka, there are only six — meaning this could be the school’s final year.

By Zoë Sobel, KUCB-Unalaska | October 26, 2018 11:47 am

Oct 23 2018

Bernard Holcomb portrays Captain John Leadbetter in the original opera 'The Princess Sophia,' shown here during a dress rehearsal on Oct. 22, 2018. (Video still by David Purdy/KTOO)

Opera based on century-old Princess Sophia disaster premieres in Juneau

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Arts & Culture, History, Juneau, Transportation

Alaskan artists come together to write, compose, and conduct an original opera based on the deadliest maritime disaster in Alaska history: the October 1918 shipwreck and sinking of the Princess Sophia that killed over 340 people near Juneau.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | October 23, 2018 4:36 pm

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Canadian board game convention lures Southeast Alaska’s tabletop gaming enthusiasts

Alaska Native summit to bring fluent speakers together

Meyer, Call bring different backgrounds as lieutenant governor candidates

What happened to the downtown bells?

Yakutat carver’s first totem pole honors her grandfather — and coffee

Museum spotlights connection between Matisse, Alaska Natives

In Goodnews Bay, the Pledge of Allegiance is a way to speak Yup’ik in school

Can opera help give closure to the Princess Sophia tragedy?

Aleutian school in danger of shutting down

Opera based on century-old Princess Sophia disaster premieres in Juneau

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