Arts and Culture

The Git Hayetsk dancers, founded by Mike and Mique'l Dangeli, perform at a fundraiser in March 2014.

New professor embodies both the academic and active nature of Native art

Mique’l Dangeli has been a little busy. In between being an artist-in-residence at the Scotiabank Dance Center in Vancouver, leading the internationally renowned Git Hayetsk… Continue reading

The Git Hayetsk dancers, founded by Mike and Mique'l Dangeli, perform at a fundraiser in March 2014.
Kids dye cloth using lichens and mushrooms during Karen Dillman's class at the Rainforest Festival in Petersburg.

A forest of forageables at the Petersburg Rainforest Festival

Ten years ago, U.S. Forest Service ecologist Karen Dillman returned to Petersburg from the Cordova Fungus Festival and decided Petersburg had plenty of forageable food… Continue reading

Kids dye cloth using lichens and mushrooms during Karen Dillman's class at the Rainforest Festival in Petersburg.

Juneau’s Arts Complex receives JCF grant

The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council announced Sept. 8 that it received a grant from the Juneau Community Foundation’s Jurasz-Scudder Fund for the new Juneau… Continue reading

Talks held in Sitka, Juneau for Audobon’s new Southeast ecological study

Where can you find the highest number of bird species in Southeast Alaska? Where does the habitat of brown and black bears overlap? Audubon Alaska’s… Continue reading

Alaska Community Foundation announces scholarships

The Alaska Community Foundation has awarded academic scholarships to 52 students across the state, including ten in Southeast Alaska. Established by community members who are… Continue reading

Juneau cabaret to perform Sept. 18

An evening of cabaret music performed by some of Juneau’s best singers and accompanists is soon coming to the Rockwell Ballroom in Juneau.Juneau Cabaret provides… Continue reading

Who’s Your Diva? Celia Montalto

Editor’s note: The Capital City Weekly is featuring two divas a week leading up to Juneau Lyric Opera’s Sept. 24 “Who’s Your Diva” competition and… Continue reading

A natural moss-covered moose head along a Taku River trail.

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

A natural moss-covered moose head along a Taku River trail.
Dick Callahan paints through the no-see-um hour.

Woodshed Kings: Painting one side of the house per year

My grandfather had a place on a lake and every summer he’d paint one side of it. On a weekend morning he’d go to the… Continue reading

Dick Callahan paints through the no-see-um hour.

Writers’ Weir: Doorman

A beaded leather-gloved author,cannery worker, First Nation’s matriarch,and her fencer, philosopher husband,arm in arm, approach the hotel entrance. Rain peppers them. In their wake, legions… Continue reading

Visitors fill the beach to greet canoes arriving from Klawock, Kasaan, Ketchikan, and Juneau for the rededication of Náay í'Waans.

Kasaan’s Whale House restored, rededicated

As the morning of Sept. 3 broke warm and clear over the village of Kasaan, a small southeast Alaskan village of approximately 50 year-round residents,… Continue reading

Visitors fill the beach to greet canoes arriving from Klawock, Kasaan, Ketchikan, and Juneau for the rededication of Náay í'Waans.

Booths available at Petersburg Oktoberfest

PETERSBURG — Booth signs up are now available for the 40th annual Oktoberfest Art Share to be held on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 10 a.m.-3… Continue reading

UAS Juneau campus to get shuttle service

JUNEAU — A new Juneau campus shuttle program has launched this semester, providing services between the Auke Lake campus, Anderson Building, Student Housing and Recreation… Continue reading

Third round of community sessions to be held for new Arts Complex

JUNEAU — The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council will host the third round of community sessions with architects of the new Arts Complex from 5:30-7… Continue reading

Graduates move their tassles from right to left during commencement for the University of Alaska Southeast the UAS Recreation Center in May 2015.

UAS program encourages adults to get their college degrees

This summer the University of Alaska Southeast’s Finish College Alaska program launched, and with it, the plan to increase the number of degree-toting adults.Twenty-nine percent… Continue reading

Graduates move their tassles from right to left during commencement for the University of Alaska Southeast the UAS Recreation Center in May 2015.

Who’s Your Diva? Missouri Smyth

Editor's note: The Capital City Weekly is featuring two divas a week leading up to Juneau Lyric Opera’s Sept. 24 “Who’s Your Diva” competition and… Continue reading

Who’s Your Diva? Wendy Byrnes

Editor's note: The Capital City Weekly is featuring two divas a week leading up to Juneau Lyric Opera’s Sept. 24 “Who’s Your Diva” competition and… Continue reading

Master artist honored by National Endowment of the Arts

Clarissa Rizal of Juneau will be honored by the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship, which is given to those practicing folk and… Continue reading

Planetarium hosts September events

JUNEAU — The Friends of the Marie Drake Planetarium are having a garage sale on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. — 1 p.m.This fundraiser… Continue reading

Dwarf dogwood, also known as bunchberries, are high in pectin and can help thicken jams and jellies.

Gathering Alaska: Crab apples and dwarf dogwood

Like gardeners, foragers are willing to share ideas. They might not be quick to reveal their favorite harvesting spots, but they do talk about what… Continue reading

Dwarf dogwood, also known as bunchberries, are high in pectin and can help thicken jams and jellies.