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Stark photos of homeless death sites on display

Danny Wright
Using a modern digital camera and a World War II-era aerial camera originally used for taking high-altitude shots of enemy positions, Dirk Spennemann shot digital images through the viewfinder of the aerial camera, which had cross hairs and a positioning ball resembling a rifle sight.

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.

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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

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.
ARTS

Free symphony concert is set for Saturday

Live orchestra music is in short supply in Anchorage right now. But on Saturday there will be a free concert featuring the Anchorage Youth Symphony and the Young People's Symphony Orchestra of California. The time is 8 p.m. The place is the Discovery Theatre.
LIVING

Alaska film wins award of excellence in competition

"About Face: The Story of Gwendellin Bradshaw," produced by Affinityfilms, Inc., directed by Alaska filmmaker Mary Katzke, has won an award of excellence from The Accolade Competition. The award was given in the Feature Documentary category.
LIVING

'SantaLand' star fights for justice, the arts

This weekend, Anchorage theater fans will have the chance to catch a truly unusual act: The chairman of the State Council on the Arts will step on stage, dressed in a ridiculous outfit and perform a sardonic, one-man, "anti-holiday" cult classic.
ENTERTAINMENT

Up close and personal

We Alaskans are probably ahead of the game when it comes to being prepared for "The Lion King." After all, many of us are outdoor types. We're often perched somewhere in the pucker brush, scanning for moose or caribou or wolves or bears or whatever. Which means most of us are already well stocked...