Culture

Arts Scene: Jazz jam, free day at the museum

Music

Jammin' in the new year

Start 2016 by opening your ears to Anchorage's up-and-coming jazz players and, if you're so inclined, join in. The Alaska Jazz Workshop Student Jazz Ensembles will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, at the Lofts Hotel Music Cafe, Fourth Avenue and C Street. It's part of their weekly Community Jazz Jam series and participation is open to all middle and high school, college-age and adult instrumentalists and vocalists. Tools on hand include a keyboard, guitar and bass amp, a PA system and drums. Or bring your own instruments and join the session on jazz, blues, Latin and funk. These jams, which happen every Sunday at 4 p.m., are free.

Museums

Free trip to the galleries

If you were too busy to visit the Anchorage Museum during the pre-Christmas excitement, mark Saturday, Jan. 2, on your calendar. Admission will be free to Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders that day. Shows now on display include a 10-year retrospective of art purchased through the Rasmuson Foundation, new acquisitions and work by contemporary Native artists. The free admission offer includes the Imaginarium, but tickets for the Vincent van Gogh exhibit and planetarium shows will be priced as usual.

Film

Cinema in the stacks

Loussac Library invites everyone to catch a triple-bill starting at noon Saturday, Jan. 2. They're not allowed to publicize the titles of the films, but the descriptions will let movie fans know what to expect. "Film 1: Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills (1982, R). Film 2: Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's homage to drive-in double features in the '60s and '70s with two back-to-back cult films that include previews of coming attractions between them (2007, R)." The movies will be over at 5 p.m. The best part is that admission is free.

Mike Dunham

Mike Dunham has been a reporter and editor at the ADN since 1994, mainly writing about culture, arts and Alaska history. He worked in radio for 20 years before switching to print.

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