Programs

Senator Bill Wielechowski and thread -- Alaska's statewide Child Care Resource and Referral agency are launching their 6th annual children’s book drive. Starting in Mid-June, collection bins for children’s books will be located near the customer service areas or front doors of all four Anchorage Fred Meyer locations. Learn more.

Tora Thynes was born in Norway and emigrated to the U.S. as a young girl, sponsored by her aunt. In this interview, she tells Heidi Lee about life in Norway during the German Occupation of WW II, and watching warships from both sides of the conflict come into the fjord near her village. She also tells about fishing in Petersburg with her husband Pete on the sailboat/troller he named after her and about her many trips to Norway with her family.

Tele Aadsen recounts the recent Walk for Life in Sitka, an effort to bring awareness to the high rates of suicides in urban areas and Arctic villages. Read more.

For the first time ever, we have an in depth explanation of how all American objectives in this campaign were achieved, even though the operation in it's entirety failed, and the British 1st Airborne at Arnhem were cut to shreds. KAKM: Thursday, 5/24 at 8:00pm

The Mountain View Boys & Girls Club is packed with kids after school. One reason they show up is the music. There's a room filled with instruments and a digital production studio. Now an Anchorage DJ who grew up in the neighborhood is adding to the mix by sharing his craft.

Marvel at the artistry of four string virtuosos: renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, bluegrass fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin wizard Chris Thile. KAKM: Friday, 5/25 at 9:30pm

What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home — injured physically and psychologically — and build a life anew? In “Hell and Back Again,” two overlapping narratives are intercut — the life of a Marine at war on the front and the life of the same Marine in recovery at home — creating both a dreamlike quality and a strikingly realistic depiction of how Marines experience this war. KAKM: Monday, 5/28 at 9:00opm

Korean food, and Kimchi, is one of the world’s best-kept secrets. Alaska doesn’t really have a a thriving Korean food scene yet, but it’s my hope that one day soon it will be a common option when going out for dinner, as well as cooking at home. Read more.

In the early fifties, Alaska Natives made up less than a third of Anchorage’s population. In the forties, a court order had officially put a dent in racial segregation, making it illegal for businesses to post signs forbidding entrance to Natives, but it was another ten or fifteen years before the shock to the white population wore off and proprietors greeted my Athabascan relatives with a smile. Read more.

She had nothing but a backpack and a one-way ticket to Alaska when she left home. When she got to Alaska, Sheila had no idea what she wanted to do with her life, but after discovering her passion for art while working in the ceramics lab at UAA she can’t imagine ever doing anything else. KAKM: Sunday, 5/27 at 6:30pm and Wednesday, 5/30 at 10:00pm KSKA: Thursday, May 31 at 1:00pm