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Tongass Voices: Svitlana Bell on quilting for Ukrainian pride and independence
Svitlana Bell spends off work hours quilting to raise money for supplies for her brother who’s fighting on the front lines in Ukraine.
‘Our biggest weekend of the year’: Artisans count on sales and connections at Juneau Public Market
Market host Peter Metcalfe says this Black Friday was one of the annual bazaar’s best days yet.
Juneau’s Vera Starbard earns Emmy nomination for ‘Molly of Denali’ Thanksgiving episode
The Alaska State Writer Laureate wrote an episode about the show’s titular character navigating the complex history of Thanksgiving to create a celebration that honors Alaska Native culture.
Tongass Voices: S’eiltin Jamiann Hasselquist on the power of traditional foods
Hasselquist has been hosting weekly community soup nights this month in the Traditional Foods and Medicine Kitchen inside Sealaska Heritage Institute’s new Indigenous Science Building in Downtown Juneau.
Maggie McMillan to lead Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
The JAHC announced the hire Friday, more than six months after the former director stepped down in May.
First screen adaptation of ‘Two Old Women’ told in severely endangered Athabascan language
The new film premiered in Hawai’i last month, with homecoming showings scheduled in Alaska in December.