Kristin Spack
Alaska Radio Reader Rambler: We're in weekend
Anchorage's celebration of 50 years of Alaska Statehood kicks off Friday. Event coordinators, Tennys Owens and Darl Schaaff discuss planning the celebration, including the "Operation Gratitude" concert with Wynnona Judd, ther Arctic Thunder Air...
Community Forum: Gardening with Jeff Lowenfels
Summers are short in Alaska, so gardeners must be resourceful. On Community Forum, host Nellie Moore grills gardening aficionado, Jeff Lowenfels.
Jeff Lowenfels: Grab a hoe and free the garden of liverwort
Jeff Lowenfels: Don't...
CIRI Corporation pursing Anchorage retailing centers and renewable energy investments
Wind energy and commercial development are just two new ventures that Cook Inlet Region Incorporated has embarked on in the Anchorage and South Central Alaska. Today one of CIRI's leaders described some of...
Line One: Savant Syndrome
While there is as yet no over-arching theory to explain all instances of Savant Syndrome, more progress has been made in better understanding this condition in the past 15 years, than in the prior...
Algo Nuevo: June 22, 2008
Here's the music playlist from the June 22, 2008 edition of Algo Nuevo -- Something New.If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send e-mail to algonuevo@kska.org or post your...
Something Different: June 22, 2008
Here's the music playlist from the June 22, 2008 edition of Something Different with Betsy.
All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Song Title
Album Title
Artist Name
Lord Lay My Body Down
The Arrival
Neville K.
My Body...
The Twilight Show: June 21, 2008
Here's the music playlist from the June 21, 2008 edition of The Twilight Show with Todd Glazer.
All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Artist Name
Song Title
Album Title
Label
Teresa James
All Time Low
The Bottom Line
New...
School District student construction training achieves success
In recent years the Anchorage School District has expanded courses leading to jobs in construction. This summer the effort is producing results--in the form of employment.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Off Mic: Stage talkers in Valdez
Stage Talk hosts Mark Muro and Jean Paal along with pretty much all of their potential guests from the Anchorage theatre scene are in Valdez this week for the Last Frontier Theatre Conference. Mark's...
Off Mic: Encounters continues
Although Richard Nelson concluded today's program by saying farewell "until next fall," the sea lion roars, bird calls and flapping fish will continue to be heard on KSKA through this summer. Encounters airs on...
Community Forum: Why stop Pebble Mine?
You've seen the bumper stickers and the countless television ads, but why is it that so many Alaskans want to "Stop Pebble Mine?" Today on Community Forum, Dr. Bruce Switzer of the Renewable Resources...
Foot patrols reduce downtown pandhandling
Music for Little Ones in Peratrovich Park, photo courtesy of Chris Schutte
Three Anchorage groups have combined forces this summer to reduce the seasonal tension between the street people and the tourists. So far,...
APOC fines Jackson campaign $1,810
Friday morning the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) found last April's Anchorage Assembly candidate Sherri Jackson violated three State statutes during her campaign. The finding was not a surprise. More unexpected was...
Algo Nuevo: June 15, 2008
Here's the music playlist from the June 15, 2008 edition of Algo Nuevo -- Something New.If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send e-mail to algonuevo@kska.org or post your...
Traveling Music: June 15, 2008
Here's the music playlist from the June 15, 2008 edition of Traveling Music with Shonti Elder.
All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Song Title
Artist Name
Album Title
CD Label
Links
Old and in the Way
Garcia,...
Soul to Soul: June 14, 2008
Here's the music playlist from the June 14, 2008 edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson.
All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Artist Name
Song Title
Album Title
Ben Tankard
Head to the...
The Twilight Show: June 14, 2008
Here's the music playlist from the June 14, 2008 edition of The Twilight Show with Todd Glazer.
All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Artist Name
Song Title
Album Title
Label
Trombone Shorty
Gettin' Ready For the...
Stage Talk: Cyrano at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference
Returning to Alaska for the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, director Mark Lutwak visits from Hawaii. Next week Lutwak will redirect Cyrano (previously performed at Cyrano’s Off-Center Playhouse in December 2007) in Valdez on...
Diversity Dialogue: What will we do as individuals and with others, to make a difference in our community?
Panelists Jose DelReal of East High School and Lamin Jobarteh, President, Islamic Community Center of Anchorage
The conversation concludes on a positive note. After examining experiences from the past, the panel suggests what we as...