Arts & Culture

Longtime Alaska musicians Sean Tracey and Nate May dropped into KTOO to play three tunes for a gracious staff audience on a Friday afternoon. Tracey’s songwriting has been described as “Psycho-Tonk” and “Ameribilly,” and May’s Telecaster playing is just plain tasty. In addition to this video, you can hear an extended interview with Tracey here.

“Sharing my story, I hope will give someone the strength to come forward and say, I need help, and that together, each of us just by sharing our stories will break cycles of abuse and violence,” says Lindgren.

About 500 athletes from elementary through high school will be at the Native Youth Olympics, which kicks off today in Anchorage.

The state Senate voted to dismantle the program, even as other tax credits are being considered.

Marijuana activists in the capital city are planning a Southeast Alaska Cannabis Celebration this Friday at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center.

Siouxbee Lindoff has been baking kulich, a Russian Easter bread, for over 40 years.

For the first time, a Tlingit name for a peak in Juneau will be included in the Geographic Names Information System or GNIS. This makes it possible for that name to be printed on federal maps and publications. Getting the indigenous name for a Juneau peak officially recognized actually began as an attempt to give the point a Western moniker.

Nicola Campbell’s “Shin-chi’s Canoe” depicts life in an Indian boarding school.

A guide to the capital city’s nightlife spots and this week’s Folk Fest festivities.

“The subjects that I like to paint are people, people doing things,” said Rie Muñoz.