The only criteria for a Red Carpet Concert is that the music is original and that it is played on the arts room’s red carpet — be it in the arts room, a bar, a parking garage, a beach, a mountain top, a moving van, a rooftop or a tiny hotel room.
Arts & Culture
Art of an avant-garde Arctic in downtown Anchorage
A new exhibit at the Anchorage Museum is getting visitors, urbanites, and art-lovers to connect to the Arctic in different ways. And the works expand well beyond the gallery walls.
Nearing graduation, musician Byron Nicholai looks forward to college and new challenges
Between releasing his first album and performing across the country, Nicholai has accomplished a lot in the last few years. But with high school graduation fast approaching, he said he’s ready for the next challenge: going to college and making even better music.
Devon Kasler of High Tide Tattoo debuts Anger Machine EP
Juneau artist Devon Kasler’s premier EP Anger Machine is an even dose of teenage angst and fantasy.
Can teaching Native languages improve graduation rates in Alaska?
Many of Alaska’s rural schools are not working. Low student performance and high teacher turnover are just two of more obvious indicators of problems in these mostly Native school districts. Those working in the schools say it’s time for radical changes.
17 breweries you’ll find at the 2016 Haines Beer Fest
The festival sold out in record time this year.
‘Annapurna’: A humorous symphony of missed opportunities for human beings
While “Annapurna” officially opens Friday at Perseverance Theatre, you can catch pay-as-you-can previews Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Cheering on the competition: Sportsmanship takes center stage at Native Youth Olympics
You have to cheer as loudly for other teams as you do for your own.
Scholarship program boosts training for Alaska Native teachers
While 15 percent of the state’s population is Alaska Native, fewer than 5 percent of its teachers are.
Poetry Behind Bars: The Lines That Save Lives — Sometimes Literally
Words Unlocked, a poetry contest for juveniles in corrections, has drawn more than 1,000 entries. Its judge, Jimmy Santiago Baca, says it was a poetry book that helped him survive his own prison term.