The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council’s Wearable Art show is this weekend at Centennial Hall. Now in its fourteenth year, the theme is “Technicolor” and artists have been preparing for months. KTOO caught up with three of the participants and filmed short profiles. Meet Kathy Kartchner.
Arts & Culture
Meet Wearable Art artist Teresa Busch
The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council’s Wearable Art show is this weekend at Centennial Hall. Now in its fourteenth year, the theme is “Technicolor” and artists have been preparing for months. KTOO caught up with three of the participants and filmed short profiles. Meet Teresa Busch.
What is Juneau listening to?
It seems like no matter where you go these days, you can’t escape it: people plugged into their devices. At the gym, at the store, white cords dangling from their earlobes. Even at the community ski area, folks can’t resist having their own experience set to their own personal soundtrack. So I went to Eaglecrest to…
Sarah Conarro’s “Nice Looking” Installation
Sarah Conarro’s installation, “Nice Looking,” will culminate Thursday, January 30th, and Friday, January 31st at the Rookery in Juneau. A collaboration with Julian Bozeman, a New York artist and carpenter, the experience will include dinner, music, and light projection. Click here for more information.
Public Affairs Hour
Thursday at 7 p.m., the Tlingit & Haida Central Council presents a Native Issues Forum featuring Rep. Harriet Drummond talking about helping women and children, protecting seniors and food security. And Rep. Bob Herron discusses the Arctic Policy Commission and what it means for indigenous people.
Taku River Tlingit sue to stop Tulsequah Mine
The Taku River Tlingit First Nation has filed suit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia to stop the Tulsequah Chief Mine. For years, the old mine at the headwaters of Southeast Alaska’s most prolific salmon stream has been an issue for Native groups, commercial fishermen and others on both sides of the border. Now…
Research shows Alaska Native, Australian indigenous groups’ isolation from flu
H7N9 has infected 150 people and killed 45 since it emerged in Chinese domesticated poultry last year.
Commercial fishing film festival celebrates third year
There’s a big mix of commercial fishing footage in Alaska and elsewhere, from the historical to the hysterical online this week for the Third Annual Commercial Fishing Film Festival.
Alaska lawmakers file bill to create Dr. Walter Soboleff Day
November 14th of every year would be Dr. Walter Soboleff Day. Another proposed bill would make 20 Alaska Native languages official state languages.
Alaska’s Daily Show? Alaska Robotics takes on state politics
Alaska Robotics was in the studio on Wednesday talking about its satirical news project on Forum@360.