Arts

Anchorage Opera scores a musical hit

Maria (Katrina Thurman) is bid goodnight as the von Trapp children sing "So Long, Farewell" in the Anchorage Opera production of The Sound of Music. The children from youngest to oldest are Gretl (Mary Syren), Marta (Brooklyn Carver), Kurt (Jon Syren), Brigitta (Madeline Maurer), Louisa (Jenna Chronister), Friedrich (Joseph Syren) and Liesl (Christine Eagleson).

Anchorage Opera wraps up its 50th anniversary season this weekend with an elegant production of "The Sound of Music."

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ARTS AND CULTURE

Stark photos of homeless death sites on display

Dirk Spennemann came to Alaska to research World War II and found himself fixated on a very different and more contemporary conflict -- the deaths of homeless people in Anchorage.
REVIEWS

UAA dance program explores chaos and calm of humanity

If there was a theme to the UAA Dance Ensemble concert Thursday night, it was the journey from chaos to peace, from struggle to surrender. The one-hour performance at the Harper Studio Theatre had works by three choreographers whose interpretation of this journey was individual.
REVIEWS

Wild truck-driving guru highlights 'Fourplay'

If you only need one reason to fork over $10 to see the latest incarnation of "Fourplay," look no further than Kevin Bennett's wild portrayal of a whacked-out truck driver in "Six Dead Bodies Duct-Taped to a Merry-Go-Round."
FEATURES

Arts scene (10/8/10)

Conor McPherson's play "Seafarer" spends Christmas Eve in Dublin where Sharky and his friends play cards and down grog while coming to terms with life's disappointment and promises made long ago.
ARTS AND CULTURE

Anchorage symphony opener long on entertainment

Anchorage Symphony Orchestra personnel had reason to smile at the first concert of the season on Saturday night. The 2,200-seat Atwood Concert Hall was sold out and, we were told, 75 percent of those in attendance have tickets for the rest of the season.
ARTS

Prehistoric pageantry

Dinosaurs have taken over the Sullivan Arena. For the next few days, stegosauruses, allosauruses, torosaurus (an adult triceratops) and Tyrannosaurus rex are taking center stage as part of "Walking With Dinosaurs: the Arena Spectacular."
ARTS AND CULTURE

'Meet the Browns' stars to perform in Anchorage

Two of the stars of Tyler Perry's popular "Meet the Browns" -- both the movie and the television sitcom series -- will perform in Anchorage on Sunday. The promoter hopes that a good turnout will help persuade Perry himself to do a show here.
ARTS

Annual iron pour takes place today in Wasilla

Things will get hot in the Valley today -- like 3,000 degrees. In what's becoming an annual tradition, a group of talented, brave and very careful people will pour molten iron at the Art on Fire festival at the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry just north of Wasilla.
ARTS

'Aida' at 10 a.m.: Century 16 screens Met opera encores

For the past few winters, the popularity of monthly showings of live Metropolitan Opera performances on movie theater screens has been a national phenomenon. Even in Alaska, savvy buffs have learned to get there early for the best seats.
ARTS AND CULTURE

Creative binding

In May 2009 the first issue of F Magazine popped up in a handful of Anchorage locations. The small, local arts magazine was the latest in countless attempts that have been made over the years to introduce and sustain an Alaska arts journal.