Summer may be over, but three “circus art” classes are set to begin this week at the Homer Council on the Arts.
Arts & Culture
Native groups criticize fair board over rappers’ ejection
Alaska Native organizations are calling on an Interior Alaska state fair board to address issues of minority treatment and cultural insensitivity after a performance by two rappers was cut short and the men were ordered to leave the fairgrounds.
Walking tour explores Juneau’s art scene
A new guided art tour explores Juneau’s prolific art scene.
Sun’aq Tribe to open Alutiiq immersion school for children
The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak will be able to build an Alutiiq language program for preschool-aged children with the help of a grant it just received.
Want to learn Tlingit? There’s a new app for that.
Want to learn Tlingit? Sealaska Heritage Institute recently released two apps for just that.
Red Carpet Concert: Chantil Dukart
In collaboration with Trickster Company and Kindred Post we present the 2016 Celebration Sessions featuring jazz artist Chantil Dukart
Alaska Native elder and leader dies at age 77
John Schaeffer Jr., an Inupiat Eskimo elder and tribal leader in northwest Alaska, has died. He was 77.
Meet the real Bob Ross, a meticulous artist behind those happy trees
Don’t be fooled by his mild PBS persona; the beloved painter was actually an exacting artist and businessman with — brace yourself — naturally straight hair.
Gene Wilder, star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein,’ dies
The actor and writer who brought his signature manic energy to comedy classics died at his home in Stamford, Conn., of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83.
Science and cooking collide to fight botulism
Scientists are trying to learn how to prevent botulism in seal oil, a main ingredient in many traditional Alaska Native foods.