Book review: John Bockstoce’s “White Fox and Icy Seas in the Western Arctic” examines the crucial period when the North American Arctic was fully swept into the modern world.
Test your knowledge of “Friends” trivia, watch a comedy show about death or party it up on the west end.
Series star Emilia Clarke’s decision to seek a best actress nomination after a series of supporting actress bids paid off.
The agency’s funding was cut off by a budget veto by Gov. Mike Dunleavy earlier this month. The loss leaves Alaska as the only state without an arts agency.
Book review: In this first novel by Chia Chia Lin, an immigrant Taiwanese family living near Anchorage in the 1980s confronts isolation and possibility.
Also, Blackwater Railroad and Gasoline Lollipops are heading up a showcase of local music in Kenai.
Jerrod Niemann is a platinum-selling country artist with No. 1 hits “Lover, Lover” and “Drink to That All Night” among a slew of other top 40 songs.
Native Americans voice the indigenous characters in the PBS Kids series, in collaboration with Alaska Native advisers and script writers.
How streaming could soon get a whole lot messier
These books are a great way to introduce children in Alaska and beyond to our state and its many cultures and wonders.
Here are some of the best and most interesting new releases of the year, as well as some of the shows for Alaska music fans to consider this summer.
You can also see a musical performance about a gold mining family, celebrate the Alaska flag, or compete in a barbecue throwdown.
Here are events celebrating new and continuing art exhibits the first friday of the month.
Among the immediate impacts of the veto: The Alaska State Council on the Arts would close, laying off four full-time staff members by July 15.
Complete, ancient versions of the Alutiiq hoop rattle, which uses puffin beaks, weren’t known to exist in Alaska. One artist has revived the practice of making them.
Book review: Marin Sardy’s “The Edge of Every Day” should open a wide window into the reality of people coping with mental illness.
As usual, the ensemble ran a tightly-paced, vaudeville-style mix of song, dance, slide shows (with just three bare backsides this time) and what Whitekeys calls “snotty political humor.”
Also: support young entrepreneurs, spend an evening watching improv.
The allure of summertime Alaska -- specifically, world-class fishing -- plays a big role in the success of the annual country music event, according to promoter Brad Erickson and singer-songwriter Kendell Marvel.
Artists, passersby and children sketched designs with chalk on G Street Saturday in celebration of summer solstice.
