Arts and Culture

A good maul will last generations. Here are two with a stack of recently split wood.

Heating with Wood VIII: Time to Split

The old timers say to split a little every dayAnd stack it away to season well, but from March to November I rarely do rememberDecember… Continue reading

A good maul will last generations. Here are two with a stack of recently split wood.
A visitor looks at "The Timekeeper's Ledgers" by Anchorage photographer Deborah Tharp at the opening of the 2016 Alaska Positive exhibit at the state museum on Friday, Nov. 4.

Alaska Positive opens at state museum, events to come

The Alaska State Museum’s biennial photo exhibit, Alaska Positive, now in its 46th year, opened Nov. 4 with 35 images from 28 photographers around the… Continue reading

A visitor looks at "The Timekeeper's Ledgers" by Anchorage photographer Deborah Tharp at the opening of the 2016 Alaska Positive exhibit at the state museum on Friday, Nov. 4.
The flute quartet Flutatious is performing in Juneau Saturday, Nov. 19.

Flute quartet to perform Bach, Queen Nov. 19

The Con Brio Chamber Series presents “Flutatious and Friends,” a concert of chamber music featuring members of the flute quartet “Flutatious” and a few of… Continue reading

The flute quartet Flutatious is performing in Juneau Saturday, Nov. 19.
A self portrait of Benjamin Haldane inside his photo studio in Metlakatla. Dangeli points out objects that are indications both of his photographic and musical careers. His arm rests on a model totem, emphasizing his heritage. "He chose to visually connect to his body a model totem pole with his Lax Gibou (Wolf Clan) crest represented by the bottom figure," she wrote. "Both physically and metaphorically, he is supported by Tsimshian cultural values and beliefs and gazes directly at the viewer to assert their importance." Donor: Melvin Charles, THS 89.2.14.21

‘Photographic sovereignty’ in Metlakatla

The prevailing narrative has it that the more than 800 people who relocated from Canada to Metlakatla, Alaska in 1887 completely rejected traditional Tsimshian ways.But… Continue reading

A self portrait of Benjamin Haldane inside his photo studio in Metlakatla. Dangeli points out objects that are indications both of his photographic and musical careers. His arm rests on a model totem, emphasizing his heritage. "He chose to visually connect to his body a model totem pole with his Lax Gibou (Wolf Clan) crest represented by the bottom figure," she wrote. "Both physically and metaphorically, he is supported by Tsimshian cultural values and beliefs and gazes directly at the viewer to assert their importance." Donor: Melvin Charles, THS 89.2.14.21
Statehood bonfire in downtown Juneau, 1958.

Treasure Trove of Juneau photos rediscovered

When Kathleen Metcalfe went looking for her own family’s history, she ended up finding a lost piece of Juneau’s: boxes and boxes of slide film… Continue reading

Statehood bonfire in downtown Juneau, 1958.

SHI publishes book of rare photos documenting Inupiat life in the early 1900s

Sealaska Heritage Institute has published a book of old, rare and priceless photographs of Inupiat life in the early twentieth century made by an Inupiat… Continue reading

Sinai by Felix A. Wong.

Q&A with Ketchikan photographer Felix A. Wong about his exhibit ‘Moonshine’

Felix A. Wong, originally from Singapore, is a self-taught Ketchikan photographer with a passion for nighttime photography. This November he has made his debut with… Continue reading

Sinai by Felix A. Wong.
Juneau photographer Chris Miller, right, receives his prize for his Juror's Choice Award photo, "Mendenhall Moulin," center, from MaryLou Gerbi, the vice president of Friends of the State Library, Archives and Museum and Addison Field, chief curator of the Alaska State Museum on Nov. 4.

Chris Miller to give Alaska Positive lecture in December

It was a subject close to home that won Chris Miller the Juror’s Choice Award at this year’s Alaska Positive show — a now classic… Continue reading

Juneau photographer Chris Miller, right, receives his prize for his Juror's Choice Award photo, "Mendenhall Moulin," center, from MaryLou Gerbi, the vice president of Friends of the State Library, Archives and Museum and Addison Field, chief curator of the Alaska State Museum on Nov. 4.
A boy in Wainwright, Alaska, wearing a mosquito net.

Chasing Alaska: Community journalism across the state

An upcoming workshop and lecture from photographers Ash and Brian Adams aims to give attendees the tools they need to tell their own community’s stories… Continue reading

A boy in Wainwright, Alaska, wearing a mosquito net.

Friends of the SLAM organize lecture series, seek members

There’s a story behind how many of the objects in the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff State Library, Archives and Museum arrived. For some of those… Continue reading

Lead carver Mic Beasley, left, and carver Fred Fulmer work on a healing totem pole at Harborview Elementary School through the summer. The totem will be erected at Gastineau Elementary School as a remembrance of the Tlingit graves the school was built on.

Poles to mark Taku Khwaan, Auk Khwaan territory, heal historical trauma

For the last decades, nothing has marked South Douglas as traditional Taku and Auk Khwaan land.That will change next year with two healing totem poles:… Continue reading

Lead carver Mic Beasley, left, and carver Fred Fulmer work on a healing totem pole at Harborview Elementary School through the summer. The totem will be erected at Gastineau Elementary School as a remembrance of the Tlingit graves the school was built on.
Resolute Boutique, an online store opening Dec. 1, is started by a Juneau local and will offer clothing selected for Southeast Alaska.

Style-O-Rama highlights Southeast Alaska designers, styles

Juneau’s second annual Style-O-Rama, an event showcasing 13 boutiques and three local designers, made a compelling case Nov. 5 for why Southeast Alaskans should patronize… Continue reading

Resolute Boutique, an online store opening Dec. 1, is started by a Juneau local and will offer clothing selected for Southeast Alaska.

Wearable Arts Extravaganza 2017: Renaissance

JUNEAU — The Juneau Arts & Humanities Council invites artists to create a piece of wearable art for the 2017 Wearable Arts Extravaganza, Renaissance. Deadline… Continue reading

Juneau Lyric Opera’s latest musical revue ‘Putting It Together’ premieres Friday night

JUNEAU — For its upcoming fall production, Juneau Lyric Opera will install an art exhibition inside the Juneau Arts and Culture Center to serve as… Continue reading

Baby Raven Reads to host drum making workshop

JUNEAU — Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Baby Raven Reads program will be hosting a drum making workshop at Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School’s commons on Sunday, Nov.… Continue reading

Winter branches.

Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of all levels of ability are invited to send in… Continue reading

Winter branches.

Upcoming workshops at the Canvas

JUNEAU — There are three art workshops coming up at the Canvas art studio, 223 Seward St. during the month of November.“Altered Books” with Sherri… Continue reading

On Writing: Thinking Toward the Reader

I been out in the desert, just doin’ my timeSearchin’ through the dust, lookin’ for a sign —Springsteen At lunch the other day, my good friend… Continue reading

Writers’ Weir: We sent love poems to our neighbors but forgot Ammo

We fell in lovewith neighbors,ShawnNikkiJacksonBaconAmmo. Through tearswe wrote lovedrew lovesaid love as best we couldto friendsacross the streetbut we forgot Ammo. Lucky usthey still hungour poemsand drawingsmagneticto… Continue reading

From MK MacNaughton's "Salmon Run."

November First Friday listings

Alaska Positive PhotographyAlaska State Library395 Whittier StreetReception: 4:30-6 p.m.Opening reception for the Alaska Positive Photography exhibit. Sponsored by Friends of the SLAM.Featured artists Rhonda Butler… Continue reading

From MK MacNaughton's "Salmon Run."