On their own: Houser, Marvel cut paths without courting commercial country
Country artists Randy Houser and Kendell Marvel will perform in Wasilla Feb. 27, at the Jim Beam Jam in Anchorage on Feb. 28 and in Fairbanks Feb. 29.
Arts and Entertainment
Concerts galore: Discover new music in Anchorage this week
Also, there’s a boat show in downtown Anchorage and the Rondy Costume Crawl is this weekend.
5 things I learned from binge-reading a 50-book crime series
When you spend hours a day reading police procedurals, you start thinking like a cop, or at least how I imagine a cop thinks. I began paying more attention to details.
Adventurer Roman Dial recounts search for his missing son in a fiercely gripping memoir
Book review: In “The Adventurer’s Son," Dial’s seamless writing takes us though searches in the jungle, bureaucratic tangles, surprise friendships, illegal poaching and mining, and tips and dead ends.
Shoot Dangs’ debut album release promises foot-stomping and tomfoolery
The Anchorage “bluecrass” band’s debut album features its signature galloping banjo and frenzied, punk-style ukulele.
Jazz up your week with these events: Chicago the Musical, EVAN GIIA, Doo Wop Project
Also, the Hannah Yoter Band will celebrate their new album release
Fall in love with these Valentine’s Day events
Find your last minute Anchorage date ideas here.
In the opera ‘Frida,' pain, passion and the triumph of art in 13 scenes
“Frida," opening this week, tells the story of the artist’s surreal life, set to elements of tango, zarzuela, Mexican folk songs, ragtime, vaudeville, ’30s jazz, and hints of Wagner, Tchaikovsky.
In a win for the world, South Korean film ‘Parasite’ takes the top Oscar
Bong Joon Ho’s masterfully devious class satire won Hollywood’s top prize. The win was a watershed moment for the Academy Awards, which has long been content to relegate international films to their own category.
‘Parasite’ wins best picture Academy Award
Bong’s acumen in creating his tale of a grifter family that insinuates itself into the lives of a wealthy family has been widely recognized.
Spot-on historical novel imagines a 1924 quest to the Shumagin Islands
Book review: “Steller’s Orchid” is a perfect example of literature that can entertain while also teaching about place, history and the human heart.
Kirk Douglas, who died Wednesday, rose from poverty to become a king of Hollywood
His career began at the peak of the studios’ power and ended in a more diverse, decentralized age that he helped bring about.
This week is jampacked with plays: Matchmakers, murder mysteries and musicals
Also: The Ariel Quartet will celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday and NERO is coming to Alaska for the first time.
Fall in love with February’s First Friday art exhibitions
Here are the locations of art in Anchorage for February 2020
The 5 best Super Bowl commercials - and the 5 worst
From Google’s Loretta tribute to that guy’s Cheeto fingers.
5 important questions from the riveting Lopez-Shakira Super Bowl halftime show
What will the reaction be to the U.S. and Puerto Rican flag moment? And, what was with the rope?
Making it in L.A. is tough, but these screenwriters from Alaska are making it happen
Kate Trefry writes for the hit show “Stranger Things," Ryan Welch and Ari Katcher are two of the creators and writers of “Ramy,” which just picked up a Golden Globe. They all grew up in Anchorage.
There’s so much to do in Anchorage this week: Concerts, comedy and craft brews
Also, it’s time to grab your girlfriends for the Ski for Women.
Family affair: Billie Eilish and brother Finneas win big at Grammys
Eilish won the top four honors, including album, song and record of the year, along with best new artist. The 18-year-old is the young artist to achieve the feat.
Best-selling author of ‘cozy’ mysteries sets new series in small-town Alaska
Book review: Quirky characters, wildlife encounters, a friendly park ranger — it’s all here in “Thin Ice." But Paige Shelton generally avoids the worst clichés about Alaska and Alaskans.