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Amanda Filori's portraits of her favorite musicians will be on display at KTOO for First Friday.

First Friday listings

CELEBRATION 2016 STUDENT ART SHOWJAHC GalleryJuneau Arts & Culture CenterReception: 4:30–7 p.m.Sealaska Heritage Institute’s eighth, biennial Juried Art Show opening next week will feature a… Continue reading

Amanda Filori's portraits of her favorite musicians will be on display at KTOO for First Friday.
Sasha Morrison, 8, left, and her sister, Anita, 10, view a portion of artist Evon Zerbetz's glass dividing wall in the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff State Library, Archives, and Museum. The children were taking part of a family day tour of the new facility. The building opens to the public on Monday, June 6.

Inside the SLAM: Ancient (and ongoing) history; new and improved facility

Alaska’s got stories to tell. Some of them are in objects like mammoth tusks, wooden fishing boats or a tiny pair of handcuffs and some… Continue reading

Sasha Morrison, 8, left, and her sister, Anita, 10, view a portion of artist Evon Zerbetz's glass dividing wall in the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff State Library, Archives, and Museum. The children were taking part of a family day tour of the new facility. The building opens to the public on Monday, June 6.
Jim Fowler, back center, poses with children next to a small library they decorated at the Geneva Woods housing complex Wednesday. Fowler has been helping youth with art projects since 1998.

Jim Fowler retires after 18 years of teaching after school program

Juneau artist Jim Fowler has taught after-school art programs since 1998 through a collaboration between the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council and the Alaska Housing… Continue reading

Jim Fowler, back center, poses with children next to a small library they decorated at the Geneva Woods housing complex Wednesday. Fowler has been helping youth with art projects since 1998.

Don’t touch fawns

Don’t touch fawnsThe Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation in Sitka reminds the public that deer fawns should not be handled,… Continue reading

Southeast sites flagged as dangerous for shellfish

On May 25, the shellfish samples collected by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska Environmental Research Lab to test for biotoxins, specifically paralytic shellfish poisoning, showed… Continue reading

Juneau Symphony to hold Pops Concert

On June 11-12, the Juneau Symphony will hold its summer Pops Concert: A Tribute to the Film Score. It is the final concert of the… Continue reading

Free conference aims to prevent disease by preventing, addressing trauma

The Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition (JSPC) will hold a two-day conference called “Adverse Childhood Experiences and Suicide: Learn, Change, Prevent” all day on Thursday and… Continue reading

SHI to unveil Juried Art competition winners, ‘Exemplary Works’ gallery

JUNEAU — Sealaska Heritage Institute will open its eighth, biennial Juried Art Show next week and give awards in five divisions. For the first time,… Continue reading

SHI’s first Juried Art Youth exhibit to open

JUNEAU — Sealaska Heritage Institute eighth, biennial Juried Art Show opening next week will feature a new Juried Art Youth Exhibit.The Juried Youth Art Exhibit… Continue reading

Community Impact Grant application period open

United Way of Southeast Alaska is now accepting Community Impact Grant applications. Up to $15,000 in Community Impact money will be awarded to applicants that… Continue reading

Yakutat artist Alison Bremner to exhibit in Anchorage museum

A review panel organized by the Anchorage Museum recently has selected five Alaska artists to present exhibitions at the museum between 2017 and 2019. They… Continue reading

Tequila-lime shrimp salad is an easy meal to make when you're tired but want something delicious. Photo by Kelly "Midgi" Moore

Meals by Midgi: Tequila-lime shrimp salad beats exhaustion

I know I’m not the only one to ever utter or think, “Oh my gosh, I’m just too tired to cook.” In the summer this… Continue reading

Tequila-lime shrimp salad is an easy meal to make when you're tired but want something delicious. Photo by Kelly "Midgi" Moore
David McCasland, owner of Deckhand Dave's, is shown in front of his fish taco truck located behind the Downtown Library for the summer.

Making Local Work: New fish taco stand opens in downtown Juneau

Deckhand Dave’s is giving Juneau locals a reason to brave South Franklin Street’s summer crowds. Juneauite David McCasland’s recently opened food truck serves his take… Continue reading

David McCasland, owner of Deckhand Dave's, is shown in front of his fish taco truck located behind the Downtown Library for the summer.
Firewood from Oregon, California and Latvia, sold at different Juneau stores. Firewood from outside the Tongass has the potential to devastate our native species by introducing diseases and insects. Firewood has already introduced invasive species - and killed millions of trees - all over Europe and the Lower 48. It's also way more expensive than cutting your own - or buying local wood. Photo by Dick Callahan.

Woodshed Kings: Keep outside wood outside

Remember a few years ago when one of the local chain stores in Juneau tried selling Atlantic farmed salmon from down south? Oh, the hue… Continue reading

Firewood from Oregon, California and Latvia, sold at different Juneau stores. Firewood from outside the Tongass has the potential to devastate our native species by introducing diseases and insects. Firewood has already introduced invasive species - and killed millions of trees - all over Europe and the Lower 48. It's also way more expensive than cutting your own - or buying local wood. Photo by Dick Callahan.

Son updates father’s classic Southeast reference

If you don’t know the name Bob DeArmond, you don’t know Juneau history.DeArmond was one of the founders of the Gastineau Channel Historical Society and… Continue reading

Gold Rush in the Klondike, by Josephine Knowles

Book Review: Gold Rush in the Klondike

"Gold Rush in the Klondike," written at the turn of the 20th century, tells the first person story of the gold-seeking exploits of the author’s… Continue reading

Gold Rush in the Klondike, by Josephine Knowles

An Alaskan takes on the heat

One lap around the parking lot to warm up, and I was glazed in the layer of anticipatory sweat that an Alaskan gets when he’s… Continue reading

Juneau Symphony’s 
Youth Solo Competition 
to be held this week

Juneau Symphony will hold the Youth Solo Competition on Wednesday, June 1 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Thunder Mountain High School.Each musician will… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2016

New location pickup for parade forms

The Juneau 4th of July Parade entry forms are available at Cycle Alaska, Mendenhall Valley Public Library and now AEL&P (5601 Tonsgard Court at Lemon… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2016
Dr. Eugene Huang, fulltime physician of the Southeast Radiation Oncology Center in Juneau, explains how they target cancer cells with radiation beamed from a linear accelerator at their center in October 2014.

Huang named as Cancer Connection’s Medical Provider of the Year

Dr. Eugene Huang, a full-time physician at Southeast Radiation Oncology Center, recently won the Medical Provider of the Year Award from Cancer Connection, the local… Continue reading

Dr. Eugene Huang, fulltime physician of the Southeast Radiation Oncology Center in Juneau, explains how they target cancer cells with radiation beamed from a linear accelerator at their center in October 2014.