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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:37:25 AST</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Alaskan returns from New York to direct opera double-header]]></title>

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The director of Anchorage Opera's twin bill of &quot;I Pagliacci&quot; and &quot;Sister Angelica&quot; is also the director of a hit musical that's been filling houses in New York for the past two years. When's the last time that kind of heavy-hitter did a show in this town?]]></description>

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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:25:49 AST</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Jazz giants stand up for bullied kids]]></title>

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Concerts for good causes are not news, but the upcoming jazz program headlined by Jeff Golub and Rick Braun caught our attention for several reasons. Golub's previous appearances in town as part of the popular &quot;Guitars and Saxes&quot; shows have tended to sell out. His elegant, enticing style and cool passion has a lot of fans here. His latest CD, &quot;Avenue Blue,&quot; shows him stepping out to explore blues, so this concert -- 7 p.m. Friday in Atwood Hall -- could prove particularly interesting. ]]></description>

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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:00:40 AST</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Journey into the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes]]></title>

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Almost 100 years after the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes is still a moonscape of ash and volcanic rock, without a tree or shrub in sight. The valley, located on the Alaska Peninsula where the Aleutians hook on to mainland Alaska, is a silent reminder of the power and potential of Alaska's volcanoes.]]></description>

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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:59:12 AST</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Reading the North]]></title>

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Letters From Alaska]]></description>

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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:50:01 AST</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Trip tracker]]></title>

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With more than 300 million active viewers, Facebook has become a smart way for businesses to reach consumers. More than 10 million users become fans of Facebook pages every day. Most users are professionals in the 35-and-older demographic. These tourism-related sites are offering vacation contests to their Facebook fans. Don't &quot;ignore&quot; these opportunities!]]></description>

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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:56:11 AST</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Options to consider to keep garden moose-free]]></title>

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My nose is running like a river and glowing as red as Rudolph's as I write. What is it about freeze-up and the end of outdoor gardening that lets one's immune system and defense mechanisms down? ]]></description>

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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:56:11 AST</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[In brief: Matters of Faith]]></title>

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DOMINICAN RITE: Holy Family Cathedral, 800 W. Fifth Ave., will celebrate Mass according to the Dominican Rite, noon today. The liturgy is celebrated in Latin and is rich in purpose and prayer. All are welcome. (276-3455)]]></description>

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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:44:16 AST</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Time to turn your thoughts to house plants]]></title>

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Nothing like frozen ground to make you realize the time to garden indoors for a while has arrived. Even the dog doesn't want to go out this time of year.]]></description>

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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:54:33 AST</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Big blue king crab returns to the market]]></title>

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If you're looking for a unique treat, check out what Cade Smith at FishEx is offering this week: fresh St. Matthew Island blue king crab.]]></description>

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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:05:22 AST</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Fairbanks woman competes on 'Survivor Philippines']]></title>

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FAIRBANKS -- Amanda Coolley spent a good part of her summer on an island in the South Pacific, but it was no vacation for the 25-year-old Fairbanksan.]]></description>

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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:27:54 ADT</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Top Plains Indian dancers 'Come to the Center']]></title>

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In an ironic bi-lingual pun, the title of the evening-length performance that the Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theatre will present in Anchorage is the same as the instructions for what you need to do in order to see the show. &quot;Cokata Upo&quot; means &quot;Come to the Center,&quot; as in: Come to the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts on Friday or Saturday. ]]></description>

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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:18:24 ADT</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Michelangelo drawings on display in Seattle]]></title>

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While in Washington state on family business last week, I swung into the Seattle Art Museum to see something exceedingly rare: real drawings by Michelangelo.    What I mean by rare is that I've never seen one of these things in person; in fact the 12 chalk sketches loaned from Italy for the museum's &quot;Michelangelo Public and Private&quot; temporarily double the number of the artist's drawings in the United States. ]]></description>

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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:04:42 ADT</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Researcher spends bad night in a good box on volcano]]></title>

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On a wet, windy, foggy night a few summers ago, Guy Tytgat checked into the loneliest hotel in the Aleutians. His room was four feet wide and five feet tall, made of fiberglass and perched on the lip of a volcanic crater.]]></description>

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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:03:02 ADT</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Reading the North]]></title>

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A Long Trek Home: 4,000 Miles  by Boot, Raft, and Ski]]></description>

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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:00:21 ADT</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Trip tracker]]></title>

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Got your snow tires on? Winter clothes out of the cedar chest? Before you pack up the summer duds, consider a trip to one of these unique tropical resorts. These romantic havens just might require a bit more shopping, though, maybe for a new bikini or some other intimate apparel.]]></description>

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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:13:06 ADT</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Peninsula artist carves 319-pound pumpkin]]></title>

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If Charlie Brown's pal Linus is looking for the great pumpkin, he should try the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center.]]></description>

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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:17:27 ADT</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Act today or miss out]]></title>

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For those of you who have been waiting to find out if Bob Boyer will be selling his wonderful greenhouse apples again -- he is -- but only from 1-5 p.m. today. I hear it's been the best year yet for apple production. The last time I checked, Boyer was growing about 37 apple trees, nine peach trees, three apricots, two plums and one quince tree inside the greenhouse. His orchard held over 100 fruit trees including apples, cherries and pears. Although he doesn't heat the greenhouse, the trees inside do much better than the trees outside.]]></description>

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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:17:27 ADT</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[In brief: Matters of faith]]></title>

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FALL FESTIVAL: Join Hillside Baptist Church, 5200 O'Malley Road., 6-8:30 p.m. today for &quot;trunk or treat&quot; in the upper parking lot, a cake walk and pumpkin-carving story. For ages 3 through sixth grade and free to the community. (346-3050, www.hbc-ak.org)]]></description>

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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:14:34 ADT</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Chase the winter gloom with holiday blooms]]></title>

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Ah, winter settles in. Now how about getting those special, indoor plants to perform while we wait for the ground to thaw next spring?]]></description>

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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:31:36 ADT</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Local events for gardeners]]></title>

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Plants, tips, clubs, meetings]]></description>

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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:41:14 ADT</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Inupiaq poet wins prestigious national writing award]]></title>

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An Inupiaq mom from Anchorage has picked up one of America's most prestigious literary awards. Poet Joan Kane, 32, was among 10 writers to receive a $50,000 Whiting Writers' Award at a ceremony in New York City on Wednesday night.]]></description>

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