Ben Hohenstatt

Armenian-American flautist Tigran Arakelyan, the Music Director of the Northwest Mahler Festival in Seattle and the Port Townsend Orchestra, performs a sound check in the Shuká Hít (Ancestors’ House) at the Walter Soboleff Center on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. He will be conducting Juneau Symphony’s Russian Romantic concerts. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Armenian-American flautist Tigran Arakelyan, the Music Director of the Northwest Mahler Festival in Seattle and the Port Townsend Orchestra, performs a sound check in the Shuká Hít (Ancestors’ House) at the Walter Soboleff Center on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. He will be conducting Juneau Symphony’s Russian Romantic concerts. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Film experiment could only happen here
Film experiment could only happen here
Sitka festival receives grant, Poetry Out Loud dates announced, Rasmuson Foundation accepting applications
Sitka festival receives grant, Poetry Out Loud dates announced, Rasmuson Foundation accepting applications
‘Openness of the heart’: Workshop focuses on compassionate communication
‘Openness of the heart’: Workshop focuses on compassionate communication
Gene Tagaban performs with Khu.Eéx while wearing regalia. The band will play in Juneau Monday, Jan. 28 at Centennial Hall. (Courtesy Photo | Russell Johnson)
Gene Tagaban performs with Khu.Eéx while wearing regalia. The band will play in Juneau Monday, Jan. 28 at Centennial Hall. (Courtesy Photo | Russell Johnson)
Flute concert brings classical, Armenian and indigenous music to clan house
Flute concert brings classical, Armenian and indigenous music to clan house
Tlingit flautist George Montero said he was glad to be back in Juneau for a pair of concerts Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 and Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt |Capital City Weekly)
Tlingit flautist George Montero said he was glad to be back in Juneau for a pair of concerts Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 and Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt |Capital City Weekly)
Look ma, 6 hands: Piano concert begins on unusual note

Look ma, 6 hands: Piano concert begins on unusual note

Here’s something you don’t see or hear every day.

Look ma, 6 hands: Piano concert begins on unusual note
Chefs Matt Little Dog displays a dish featuring authentic Japanese ramen for students at Floyd Dryden Middle School as part of Chefs’ Day on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Anchorage chefs visiting the Juneau and Sitka School Districts to introduced new and healthy foods via performance cooking demonstrations. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Chefs Matt Little Dog displays a dish featuring authentic Japanese ramen for students at Floyd Dryden Middle School as part of Chefs’ Day on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Anchorage chefs visiting the Juneau and Sitka School Districts to introduced new and healthy foods via performance cooking demonstrations. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Land trust acquires wetlands but Field of Fireweed poised for development
Land trust acquires wetlands but Field of Fireweed poised for development
Pod people: The national podcast trend is finding its footing in Junea
Pod people: The national podcast trend is finding its footing in Junea
Avalanche mitigation has a new look and sound

Avalanche mitigation has a new look and sound

It sparked curiosity, but didn’t bother the dogs.

Avalanche mitigation has a new look and sound
Evergreen Cemetery focus of new art installation
Evergreen Cemetery focus of new art installation
New tool directs explosions to prevent avalanches

New tool directs explosions to prevent avalanches

Forget the cannon, get to the chopper.

New tool directs explosions to prevent avalanches
What we’re listening to, watching and reading this month
What we’re listening to, watching and reading this month
Tlingit-style carvers have a place to talk shop
Tlingit-style carvers have a place to talk shop
Should Juneau revisit water fluoridation? New study renews debate
Should Juneau revisit water fluoridation? New study renews debate
Alaska Airlines objects to ‘turbulence’ theme for fashion show
Alaska Airlines objects to ‘turbulence’ theme for fashion show
Recital focuses on B-Liszt composers
Recital focuses on B-Liszt composers
Juliea Gregory and Shgen George greet returning chum salmon in the clear water that gives Kaxdigoowu Héen its Tlingit name. (Courtesy Photo | Richard Carstensen)
Juliea Gregory and Shgen George greet returning chum salmon in the clear water that gives Kaxdigoowu Héen its Tlingit name. (Courtesy Photo | Richard Carstensen)