The author and artist spent the last decade writing a graphic memoir about her family’s history. The memoir is called Feeding Ghosts, and it’s won three national awards.

This week’s word is laax̱, which means red cedar.

High school students wrote plays on personal topics as part of this year’s Radio Theater Festival. Theater Alaska performed the plays again Thursday to engage the community in discussing topics on students’ minds.

For quilters on the Kenai Peninsula who’ve relied on Joann Fabric and Crafts, there aren’t many other local options to turn to.

This week’s word is yaana.eit, which means wild celery

Smith has performed at festivals with blues legends like B.B. King, James Brown, Son Seals and Taj Mahal, but he says he loves playing and producing for Alaskans more than anything.