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Home-grown stand-up comedian to take local stage
Service High grad Jessica Singleton will peform Saturday at Koots.
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McAfee, Mitchell perform on Peninsula
Folk/pop Michelle McAfee, who may be better known in McCarthy than in Anchorage, is trouring the state to promote her new CD, "Float," along with Frankie Hernandez of Austin, Texas, who has his own new release, "I Live Here," which is actually a live recording of his opening for Ziggy Marley...
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iMovie-making clinic
Chris Romine with Apple Education will explain the ins and outs of movie making with iMovie at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, UAA Campus Bookshore. Bring your photos. The event is free - and so is the parking in most of the campus parking lots ( South Lot, the West Campus Central Lot, the Sports Lot...
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Rattling a jawbone at Tap Root
The David Wax Museum, a distinctly alternative band, stops at Tap Root at 9 p.m. on Tuesday en route to the Midnight Sun Folk Festival in Nome. The Tap Root people suggest it's a great time to catch them before they become more famous; they've already picked up nice reviews from the New Yorker and...
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Alyeska skier turns filmmaker
The last time we heard of Elyse Saugstad, the champion big mountain skier raised in Girdwood, she had just survived a harrowing avalanche. Three other skiers with her died; Saugstad, equipped with a backpack airbag, stayed on top of the tsunami of snow.
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Juneau woman stars in new reality show
A former miner from Juneau is starring in a new reality show airing this month on Discovery Channel.
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Fire up the Weber, health food fans!
They used to say that grilled food was bad for you. Something about the carcinogens in flame-burned, smoke-cloaked meat. Not that it stopped anyone from salivating when they smelled it and smacking their lips when they ate it.
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Low Dough Show coming to Koots
Cost of concerts too high? KZND radio and Chilkoot Charlie's have a deal for you, the "Low Dough Show." The idea, says publicist Karen Sundell, is "to bring breaking bands into Anchorage before they become really famous" and to charge chump change for the show.
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Gumbo throwdown on Monday
The second annual Gumbo Throwdown takes place at 6 p.m. on June 10 at Cafe Amsterdam in the metro Mall, 530 E. Benson. Three local cooks will be stirring the roux in a benefit for Dare to Care, a charity that works to feed kids in need.
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New eatery opens at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Customers don't have to go through security to give it a try.
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