Capital City Weekly

07/08/2023

Monday marks the 100-year anniversary of the first visit by a U.S. president to Juneau, with Warren G. Harding getting a “21 discharges of dynamite” salute. Less than three weeks later he died.

Warren G. Harding got a “21 discharges of dynamite” salute and Mendenhall Glacier tour during visit

05/24/2023

While thousands of writers are on strike and 3,000 miles away rallying in front of major Hollywood studios, award-winning Juneau writer Vera Starbard rallies too, displaying a large banner from her Douglas Island home directly facing the Gastineau channel.

Vera Starbard is now living life off-script.

05/19/2023

Kate Troll long suspected there was more to her family story than she knew — or her parents would tell — but, as recounted in her new book, it would be 35 years before the longtime Juneau resident was proven right.

Kate Troll’s memoir details discovery of siblings and new appreciation of her mother.

05/19/2023

The Crystal Saloon will host the Amplify Alaska Showcase 5-9 p.m. on Saturday, featuring performances by Qacung Blanchett, Witty Youngman, Marian Call, Annie Bartholomew and Taylor Vidic, who have each been featured on the latest season of Amplify Alaska Podcast.

Saturday night show to serve as a fundraiser for Aak’w Rock Indigenous Music Festival.

05/19/2023

"Cool" artwork netted Alaskan Brewing Co. a “Crushie” for best can design.

Juneau-based brewery wins “Crushie” for best can design.

05/12/2023

It’s been four years since the last Alaska Robotics Mini-Con due to the pandemic, but the event is back this year with events connected to the convention getting underway today.

Annual comic convention is back with award-winning artists.

05/11/2023

Planet Alaska: "While we’re waiting to harvest spruce tips, this is a good time to introduce you, Dear Readers, to a project your Planet Alaska hosts have been working on this past year. We received a fellowship with the National Folklife Network to introduce the world to our rainforest life...
"As fellows, we’re asked how we’d introduce a stranger to our home place and its cultural treasures. If your hometown could talk, they asked, what would it say?"

If your hometown could talk, they asked, what would it say?

05/11/2023

Members of the Kake Cultural Healing Center Advisory Council traveled across the Pacific in late January to exchange stories and knowledge with Hawaiian relatives.

Tucked amongst the endless array of fog-coated islands that make up the Tongass National Forest, on the northwest edge of Kupreanof Island, is the small rural village of Kéex Kwáan (Kake). The city of Kake is home to 540 residents and rests upon lands that have been continually honored and loved b...

12/11/2017

Finding the essential in a world of —isms

http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/120617/ae_1277751844.shtml
"The most interesting –ism to me currently is essentialism," Jeff Lund writes. "As is the case with all –isms and –ists, there are general principles that play out, or are articulated, differently."

By the way, it’s a lot more fun to refer to “decluttering” or “getting my life together” as “practicing essentialism” or being an “essentialist.” I’m not, but I like the idea.

12/10/2017

The Awesome Alaska book review: Visionary Walter Harper, who died at 25 in the Princess Sophia, brought to life in new biography

http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/120617/ae_1277751943.shtml
Bjorn Dihle reviews "Walter Harper: Alaska Native Son," calling it " incredibly well researched, accessible and poignant."

Walter Harper, who is buried beside his bride Frances Wells in Juneau’s Evergreen Cemetery, lived a brief and wondrous life. He was born in 1893 to Arthur Harper, dubbed the father of the Klondike, and Seentahna, a Koyukon Athabascan woman.

12/09/2017

“CaliRock” for a cause: Juneau bassist, band Dankrupt come to town

http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/120617/ae_1277751878.shtml
Los Angeles’ Dankrupt, a band including Juneau-raised bassist Nick Banaszak, will soon bring to Juneau a night filled with energy, share their unique Southern California rock, and raise money for Southeast Alaska Cancer Connection at the same time.

The band’s first appearance locally was in August when they joined Harrison B, a.k.a. Seattle-based Jordan Baron, for the Summer Shakedown concert. The event went over well. Band members said they so appreciated the vibe that Juneau’s music scene had to offer that they began immediately planning...

12/08/2017

Southern Comfort: “Steel Magnolias” at Perseverance Theatre

Three thousand air miles and three decades separate modern-day Juneau and mid-1980s rural Louisiana. Perseverance Theatre bridges this seemingly impossible gap with its latest offering, “Steel Magnolias.”

Based upon his own childhood experiences growing up in Natchitoches, playwright Robert Harling — who would go on to write several celebrated feature films including “Soapdish,” “The First Wives Club” and “The Evening Star” — set his debut work in the fictitious small town of Chinquap...

12/07/2017

Tap Dancing in Xtratufs: Sitka's Nutcracker

Sitka's Nutcracker deviates from the original by adding an Alaskan twist. There's gold miners, mosquitoes, jellyfish, dance hall girls and herring.

If Alaska is one big small town, then this year’s Sitka Nutcracker is a love letter to the community that inspired it.

12/07/2017

Christmas cheer from Yakutat to Juneau

A cheery Christmas tree decorated by the hands of Alaskans young and old graces the Governor’s mansion this year as the inaugural “Good Neighbor Tree.”

The idea came from the U.S. Forest Service, which orchestrated support from the community of Yakutat and Alaska Governor Bill Walker’s office to bring “The Good Neighbor Tree” from Yakutat to Juneau.

12/06/2017

Water droplets on a window. Photo by Kerry Howard.

12/06/2017

This week's Capital City Weekly is of Sitka's Nutcracker, but unlike the version most of us know, it has an Alaskan twist! Check the issue for the full story on this Sitka classic featuring mosquitoes, gold miners and dancing jellyfish.

12/06/2017

We had a great time at the Gallery Walk last Friday. Relive the evening with these photos by Michael Penn, and feel free to share your own below.

12/05/2017

Southeast in Sepia: Sitka's first postmistress blazed her own path

Sitka's first postmistress was a businesswoman, artist and independent person. That's her work on the cover this week. Thanks, Sitka History Museum, for a fascinating look at a fascinating woman. http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/112917/ae_1277651048.shtml

In no apparent rush to “settle down,” Paulina did not marry until she was 36 years old — a mature age for a woman’s first marriage near the turn of the 19th century.

12/04/2017

Haa Aaní, Haa Latseen, Haa Shuká, Wooch Yax

Do you know the four core values of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian? Floyd Dryden Middle School students now have a chance to get familiar with them young.
http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/112917/ae_1277651215.shtml

"If you don’t teach values – and I’m not talking about just Tlingit values, to love each other is universal, to be kind to each other is universal, to respect the boundaries of your brother, your sister, your mom, your dad, your auntie, your uncle, the bear, the fish, the moose, the goat – y...

12/04/2017

Writers' Weir: seasonal secrets

This week in we feature a poem from Thunder Mountain High School student Jasz Garrett. We think you'll agree Jasz is very talented! http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/112917/ae_1277651013.shtml

I pray to the heron, /
the slipping snow, /
the old man with no ride home. /
I pack a mask for school, /
whiskey and Anne Sexton for after.

12/02/2017

Sitka's Wild Language Festival: The art and craft of storytelling

Q: What happens when people have the power to tell you about their lives in their own words (or films?)
A: Deep, diverse stories.
http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/112917/ae_1277650979.shtml

Five Mount Edgecumbe students in Sitka got the chance to share their lives in film at the Island Institute's Wild Language Festival.

12/01/2017

Juneau Dance Theatre's performance starts today and runs all this weekend! Check out some great photos of the rehearsal and get the details about when and where to go in this week's issue of the Capital City Weekly.