‘Serial’ returns to a saturated industry
The podcast that brought the medium into the mainstream spent a year inside a Cleveland courthouse.
Arts and Entertainment
‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Mrs. Maisel’ triumph at Emmys
Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” became the first streaming series to win top Emmy comedy honors and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” recaptured the best drama series award Monday at a ceremony that largely slighted its most ethnically diverse field of nominees ever.
‘Disappointment River’ traces misdirected journey by canoe, 227 years later
Book review: Brian Castner tells the story of 18th century Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie and his own adventure following Mackenzie's path up river.
What’s coming up at Anchorage Design Week this weekend
The weeklong series of events celebrates new ways of making objects and solving problems.
Coming up: Pirate pub crawl, ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and Puddles the sad, singing clown
Don yrr pirate gear for the ninth annual Pirate Pub Crawl this Saturday.
‘I am Inuit’ brings readers face-to-face with traditional culture in a changing Arctic
Book review: Inupiaq photographer Brian Adams' book “I am Inuit” shows how Alaska Natives maintain their identity even as outside pressures and the impacts of climate change challenge them on a daily basis.
Alaska-raised DJ Astronomar returns with wunderkind Wax Motif
Born and raised in Juneau and of Tlingit heritage, DJ Astronomar (Marlon Lumba) has traveled the globe playing music. He'll play Anchorage on Saturday.
Coming up: Trick or Treat in the ‘heat,’ Design Week and Fish Creek Festival
As fall approaches, enjoy the remaining festivals and warm weather while getting a taste of candidates for November elections.
Anchorage’s Town Square Park to host free outdoor screening of ‘The Lion King’
If there's a strong turnout, “Movie In the Park” could become a regular event in Town Square Park in summer 2019.
Irene Bedard will lead Perseverance Theatre season opener, ‘Our Town’
Bedard, who rose to fame as the voice of Pocahontas in Disney's 1995 animated film, will play the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's classic Pulitzer Prize winning play.
VIDEO: ‘Racin’ bacon’ at the Alaska State Fair
Ten-week-old Duroc pigs sprinted around a track during the Kenai Peninsula Racing Pigs event at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Sunday.
Aretha’s lack of a will could make things rocky for heirs
As her four sons and other family members move on from Friday’s funeral in Detroit, they’re left with the potentially tall task of finding out how many millions she was worth, and divvying it up, a process that could take years and is likely to play out in public.
In “It Happened Like This,” a young woman finds adulthood by way of Alaska’s wild places
Book review: Adrienne Lindholm's memoir describes her discoveries and epiphanies as she grew from a newly hired backcountry ranger in Denali National Park into an Alaska adulthood.
Watch: Bluegrass jam hits the streets of Midtown Anchorage
Weekly lunchtime gathering brings musicians together.
‘No better place to leave my appendix’: Comedian Jim Gaffigan says he had emergency abdominal surgery in Anchorage hospital
“If you have plans to get emergency abdominal surgery I highly recommend Alaska," Gaffigan posted on Instagram.
Coming up: Labor Day festival, last weekend of the Alaska State Fair
There's also a magazine issue launch party and a celebration of all things disco.
Even with Netflix, movie theaters have best summer in decades
Movie theaters are having their best summer in two decades, reversing the losses from 2017′s disappointing season and showing resiliency in the Netflix era.
Fans mourn Aretha Franklin at gospel-infused public viewing
Mourners began pouring into Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History on Tuesday to pay their final respects to Aretha Franklin.
Gentle humor was the lifeblood of playwright Neil Simon
Simon, who died Sunday at 91, was a meticulous joke-smith, peppering his plays, especially the early ones, with one-liners and humorous situations that critics said sometimes came at the expense of character and believability.
New book explores how sea otters bounced back (cuteness is part of it)
Book review: Few animals have enjoyed the sort of resurgence that sea otters have. Veteran science writer Todd McLeish sets about explaining why in his new book, “Return of the Sea Otter."