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Hope Studios Gallery opens Wednesdy

Hope Studios Gallery, an art studio and gallery operated through Hope Community Resources, will hold a grand opening celebration from 6-8 p.m. on June 19. The gallery is located at 650 W. International Airport Road, a block or so from the main offices of Hope Community Resources.

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Spenard Jazz winners announced
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'Swan Lake' screened in Anchorage - but in 2D

We were excited to hear about the live big screen broadcast of "Swan Lake" by the Mariinsky Ballet Company. In addition to the terrific troupe of dancers and exquisite production values, it was reported as the first ever live big screen broadcast in 3D - at least as pertains to ballet.
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'Mary Poppins' keeps spirit of film while tweaking characters to deliver something new

The Disney/Cameron Mackintosh collaboration that opened Tuesday at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts retains the best parts of the beloved children’s film.
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REVIEW: THE LAST OF HIS KIND

Call "The Last of His Kind" slow, talky, unfinished and - as of the preview on May 9 - under rehearsed. But it does make you think.
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Commentary misunderstood what poets do
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REVIEW: 'Damnation of Faust'

Tedious and declamatory, Berlioz's "Damnation of Faust" presents a problem for programmers and listeners alike. It is cut and rearranged, staged as an opera, presented as a grand symphony with chorus and soloist, and most often heard in a few well-known excerpts that rise above the majority of the...
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REVIEW: 'When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?'

Mark Mcdoff's increasingly vintage drama "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder" is about people's disinclination to make a change, even for the better, except under duress. UAA Theatre's gripping production keeps us glued to the plot long enough to let that critical point strike home.
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Review: UAA New Dances

Fifty performers presenting 10 new choreographic works are featured in this year's "New Dances" showcase at the University of Alaska Anchorage Mainstage.
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REVIEW: 'MONUMENTS'

Amy Seiwert has been touted as one of the most promising up-and-coming choreographers on the west coast. On Friday, Anchorage dance fans could judge for themselves as Alaska Dance Theatre premiered her latest work, "Monuments," as part of its "Intersections" program.
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You Be the Critic review: 'Sting' at VPA