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Juneau Jazz and Classics celebrates 30th season

Juneau Jazz and Classics kicks off its 30th season on Friday, May 6, for two weeks of the nation’s best jazz, blues, and classical artists… Continue reading

Navy beans and ham is the perfect food to prepare after long weekend of hiking and not being mauled by a bear. Photo by Kelly Moore.

Meals with Midgi: Bacon snacks, bears and beans

Well, it’s finally happened. I actually went on a hike. Not a nice stroll on a trail, but an honest to goodness, bona fide hike.… Continue reading

Navy beans and ham is the perfect food to prepare after long weekend of hiking and not being mauled by a bear. Photo by Kelly Moore.

How to protect indigenous intellectual property: lecture two

Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture on preliminary findings stemming from research on indigenous intellectual property rights by a visiting scholar from Norway.In… Continue reading

Mi Vida en el Jardin

Esta en el aireUna luna derretiradaRespiro para dentroy no puedo exhalar... Estoy despuesta deAcariciar una sombraBesar la vaciedadAbrazar la obscuridadDuermo con un sueno... En el olor de… Continue reading

The  book cover for "The Smell of Other People's Houses," by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock.

Review: The Smell of Other People’s Houses, by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Ranking: 5 MooseThere’s a line in "The Smell of Other People’s Houses" in which one of the characters says “We don’t have to be blood… Continue reading

The  book cover for "The Smell of Other People's Houses," by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock.

Native Issues Forum: Empowering Tribal Courts

Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska will host a Native Issues Forum on the topic of empowering tribal courts from… Continue reading

Juneau’s heating revolution

juneau’s undergoing a heating revolution.Ground source heat pumps have been making their way into commercial and institutional buildings in Juneau starting with AEL&P’s new headquarters… Continue reading

Airlift Northwest to hold tours of new Juneau base

Airlift Northwest is opening its doors to the general public for a tour of its new hangar in Juneau. Visitors will get to see the… Continue reading

The 2016 Totem Trot Half Marathon and 5K Walk/Run will finish at the new totem pole at the Sheldon Museum. Image courtesy of the Chilkat Valley News.

Registration now open for Haines Museum Fundraiser Run

Registration is now open for the 2016 Totem Trot Half Marathon and 5K Walk/Run in Haines. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, Aug.… Continue reading

The 2016 Totem Trot Half Marathon and 5K Walk/Run will finish at the new totem pole at the Sheldon Museum. Image courtesy of the Chilkat Valley News.

Sitka news quiz show returns

The Sitka version of “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” radio comedy news quiz show returns for its third iteration. April 15 at 7 p.m., doors… Continue reading

Craig High School student joins teens as voice for climate change

Twenty-one teens from all across the state, from Barrow to Unalaska to Anchorage, convened in Juneau March 28-31 to talk to their legislators about environmental… Continue reading

Randall's Folk Fest poster both local and iconic

Randall’s Folk Fest poster both local and iconic

Just think of it as Juneau’s Woodstock.“It’s a pretty fabulous event,” said SueAnn Randall when asked about the inspiration behind her poster design for this… Continue reading

Randall's Folk Fest poster both local and iconic

Letter from the CCW editor

I’ve loved my job as staff writer for the Capital City Weekly over the last two and a half years. I’ve been lucky enough to… Continue reading

A view of the path cruise ship tourists to Hoonah will now take when they first disembark. Construction on the dock began in August 2015, Dybdahl said; it's now 99 percent complete.

CCW tours Hoonah’s new cruise ship dock

Johanna Dybdahl, cultural supervisor at Icy Strait Point, took the Capital City Weekly on a tour of Icy Strait Point’s completed dock and under-construction Adventure… Continue reading

A view of the path cruise ship tourists to Hoonah will now take when they first disembark. Construction on the dock began in August 2015, Dybdahl said; it's now 99 percent complete.
Izabella Powers, left, Cate Ross, Salissa Thole, Jackie Scholz and Ellie Sica, right, rehearse in Juneau Douglas Little Theatre's production of "5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche" at Northern Light United Church on Friday.

‘5 Lesbians’ will make you laugh, think

Audience members frequently expect a theatre performance to be something separate from them. Different eras, emotions and settings keep the stage like a movie: something… Continue reading

Izabella Powers, left, Cate Ross, Salissa Thole, Jackie Scholz and Ellie Sica, right, rehearse in Juneau Douglas Little Theatre's production of "5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche" at Northern Light United Church on Friday.

Island Institute Youth Program awarded grant

Story Lab, a storytelling and creative writing program for youth in Sitka, was just awarded the LRNG Educator Innovator Challenge grant. Run by the National… Continue reading

Design competition for new arts complex

The public is invited to the first day of a design competition for the Willoughby Arts Complex. Juneau-based architectural firms Jensen, Yorba, Lott; MRV and… Continue reading

Ryland Bell of Elfin Cove and Juneau snowboards in Haines during the Freeride World Tour. Bell was first among snowboarders in the event. Photo by Jeremy Bernard.

Southeast Alaskan snowboarder Ryland Bell wins Haines Freeride event

The 2016 Swatch Freeride World Tour returned to Haines at the end of March. It was the fourth stop on the tour, and one that… Continue reading

Ryland Bell of Elfin Cove and Juneau snowboards in Haines during the Freeride World Tour. Bell was first among snowboarders in the event. Photo by Jeremy Bernard.

Things fall apart

There’s a rust spot on my tailgate.It started as an injury sustained while throwing rounds of cedar into the bed. After a year, it’s starting… Continue reading

Fish Factor: 1.5 million write against Frankensalmon

Alaska fishermen can send an SOS call directly to the Coast Guard, but many are not hooking up to the new lifeline.Digital Selective Calling (DSC)… Continue reading