James Houck has operated Juneau Pedicab — a company that offers tours from behind his bicycle — for seven years.
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Tongass Voices: Diosdado Valdez on finding family away from home
Diosdado Valdez has been coming to Juneau for over 30 years, and in that time, he’s found another family off the ship.
Tongass Voices: Quinn Christopherson on turning poems into songs
The 2019 NPR Tiny Desk winner just returned from a tour with Portugal. The Man and performed at Juneau’s climate fair on a rainy day.
Tongass Voices: Chloey Cavanaugh on Kake’s last Dog Salmon Festival
The festival started 30 years ago as a way to celebrate the commercial fishing season. But organizers want the festival to better reflect the community as it is now.
Tongass Voices: Xixtc’ i see Ruby Hughes fuses pop culture and tradition in her sewing
Xixtc’ i see Ruby Hughes won the Sewing Division of the Juried Arts show at Celebration earlier this year with her piece “Raven Transforms into Marilyn.” That’s right, Marilyn Monroe.
Tongass Voices: Hans Javier on celebrating the Fourth with Filipino flare
Hans Javier, has participated in Juneau’s Independence Day parade since he was a kid. Twenty years later, Juneau Ati-Atihan is his way of giving a shoutout to his culture.