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If you’re a fan of electroluminescent puppetry then this is your week (plus 10 other fun things happening around Anchorage)
“Moon Mouse,” Judy Collins, “Little Shop of Horrors" and Irish bluegrass band JigJam are also performing soon.
‘More than just entertainment’: Whistling Swan celebrates 25 years of bringing folk music to Alaska
Husband and wife duo Mike McCormick and Katy Spangler have booked over 300 artists to perform about 500 shows across Southcentral Alaska.
Known for viral music videos, OK Go promises Alaska shows will defy ‘conventional categorization’
They became famous dancing on treadmills and making a music video in zero gravity. Now, the adventurous band is headed to Fairbanks and Anchorage.
Hayes tenure as Alaska State Writer Laureate closes
Encouraging unlikely storytellers, including the incarcerated, to find their voice is one of Hayes’ passions.
Peggy Shumaker’s ‘Cairn’ unpacks a life lived in poetry
The subtitle, “New and Selected Poems and Prose,” only hints at what is contained within these pages: a career retrospective tracing her pathway to now, and work moving in new directions.
Coming soon: St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, One-Minute Play Festival and midnight brunch
Also, jam band Leftover Salmon and Perseverance’s new play “Whale Song.”
Dunleavy administration considers selling historic Alaska museum to save money
The Sheldon Jackson Museum and adjacent Stratton Library building in Sitka are under consideration for sale or transfer.
A ‘hope-free’ journalist brings his mountain love to our disrupted climate
A reader seeking a single book about the current state of our warming world should find “The End of Ice” an ideal summary.
Coming soon: Boot-scootin’ Texas Tenors, Rare Beer Fest, Empty Bowl Project
There’s also a St. Patrick’s Day special with Sweet Cheeks Cabaret, “one-man jam band” Keller Williams, and the second weekend of the Greek comedy “Lysistrata.”
7 Harry Potter novels in 70 minutes: ‘Potted Potter’ comes to Anchorage
The entire Harry Potter series amounts to over 4,000 pages of material. “Potted Potter” will distill it into about an hour of entertainment.
In ‘Whale Song,’ a young Alaska Native woman must decide the fate of the world’s bowhead whales
In order to save the whales, Ani must marry and become one in this play by Cathy Tagnak Rexford,
Actor Luke Perry dies at 52 after stroke
Perry gained instant heartthrob status in 1990 as wealthy rebel Dylan McKay on “Beverly Hills, 90210.”
A devastating and credible ‘Leaving Neverland’ will turn you off Michael Jackson for good
In HBO’s two-part film, Wade Robson and James Safechuck come forward with details they’ve bottled up for decades.
In new novel, teens fight for survival in a dystopian future Alaska
In keeping with his first book, Paul Greci’s “Wild Lands” is at heart the story of a young man coming into adulthood through the process of survival.
Coming soon: Pulse Dance Company’s ‘carnival,’ blues artist Chris Smither and a ‘miscast’ night at Myrna’s
Celebrate Mardi Gras and support animal adoption, laugh along to the Greek comedy “Lysistrata," get down to some funk-rock at Sitzmark and enjoy some Irish culture
Showing for First Friday: An exhibit about how Alaskans eat, Youth Art Month and ‘Aurora Hunter’ Todd Salat
There’s also a 46-foot long print by Joe Carr, Alaska Native artist Tammy Holland’s urban landscapes, beer-centric splatter paintings and much more
Fur Rondy: Running of the Reindeer and other events coming up this weekend
The annual Anchorage winter festival provides plenty of excuses to get out of the house for some quirky fun.
Anchorage Symphony Orchestra presents showcase of music ‘Made in America’
The night will include Joan Tower’s “Made in America,” Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2 and Van Cliburn medalist Daniel Hsu’s performance of Rachmaninoff’s third piano concerto
Oscars 2019: 15 things to know, from the divisive ‘Green Book’ win to that terrible acceptance speech
There were a few shocking moments, including a surprise best picture winner, a best actress upset and a truly terrible acceptance speech.