VPA goes Fruitcakes!
Valley Performing Arts is presenting Julian Wiles' heart-warming comedy Fruitcakes and Dave Nufer ("Mack Morgan") from the show drops by Stage Talk this week to talk about how it's going. Fruitcakes runs Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 and Sundays at 2:00 through December 20th.
KSKA: Friday, December 4 at 2:45pm
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Organ Donation- A recipient’s story
Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
On December 11th, at 3:17 PM, 30 year old Anchorage resident, Jonathan Gilbert was pronounced Brain Dead after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. Jonathan’s death, and his families loss meant that Bill and his family would be given the ultimate gift, the gift of life. Please join Host Prentiss Pemberton and his special guest, Heart recipient, Bill Atkinson as they discuss Bill’s difficult journey to finding a new heart and new hope.
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Night Music: September 10, 2011
Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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I’ve Found...
Talk of Alaska: Library Closings
All over the country cash-strapped local governments are closing libraries or reducing library services.
Does the Internet really replace a library?
In rural Alaska a public...
Alaska News Nightly: November 4, 2008
Alaskans flock to the polls setting records at some voting places. Plus, a new European report says arctic sea ice continues to recede. And...
Algo Nuevo: July 13, 2008
Here’s the music playlist from the July 13, 2008 edition of Algo Nuevo — Something New.If you have questions, comments or music requests for...
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Friends of the defendant testify in a cold-case murder trial. And young swimmers in Sitka meet and compete with Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby.
Alaska Edition April 11, 2014
Revenue forecast for North Slope oil provokes controversy. Rio Tinto leaves the Pebble Partnership. Minimum wage bill gathering steam in House of Representatives. The Anchorage Dispatch purchases the Anchorage Daily News. No-sell booze bill gets committee OK. Gov. Parnell offers tax relief to refineries. Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation steps into battle over clean up of North Pole refinery. Anchorage police officers writing fewer traffic tickets.
KSKA: Friday, April 11, at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 12, at 6:00 p.m.
KAKM: Friday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 12, at 4:30 p.m.
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AK: Eyes On The Sky
For most Americans, local weather information comes from a variety of high-tech instruments. There's Doppler radar, digital thermometers and barometers, satellite images, weather buoys and more. But in Port Alexander, a small Southeast community, the daily weather report depends on two human beings.
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AK: From tree to cream; how birch syrup makes its way to dessert bowls
The chartreuse leaves of the birch tree are one of the first signs of spring in Southcentral Alaska. But for a few weeks before the leaves unfurl the trees offer a sweet treat –a watery liquid that when tapped and boiled down turns into a rich, nutty syrup. Birch syrup is becoming a favorite flavor in the state's budding local food scene. Listen now
Anchorage rabbi: Political polarization threatens to ‘rip us to shreds’
Rabbi Michael Oblath of Congregation Beth Sholom said he asked police to send a patrol car to sit outside Saturday services for his congregation, which is the largest and oldest Jewish congregation in the state. In a phone interview with Alaska Public Media's Casey Grove on Monday, Oblath recounted how he heard the news, and what the congregation was talking about in its wake. Listen now
LISTEN: Is it safe to send kids back to school?
As coronavirus cases spike in the U.S., states are in a mad scramble to figure out what to do about kids returning to school in the fall. Is the virus really “low risk” for kids and how easily do they catch and spread it?
Dog parks & an update from Pachamama
KSKA: Thursday, Jan. 25, at 2:00p.m. We’re talking about dogs on the next Outdoor Explorer. Anchorage has a network of dog parks for different kinds of breeds that have different needs. Now there’s a group that wants to build a dog park with play equipment. We also have a guest to talk about dogs and the law. Later in the show, we catch up with our friend Dario Schwoerer, and his family. They've endured some tragedy, since we last spoke to them about their TOPtoTOP program, when a storm in Iceland seriously damaged the ship they live on. It's a harrowing tale to be sure.
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Saturday Gathering Seeks to Connect the Community With Its Youth
Graduation rates in Anchorage are rising and recent surveys show teenage drinking has declined, but a school district survey shows many teenagers feel the...
Traveling Music 11-5-17
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
11-5-17
Upcoming Concerts:
Tom Paxton with the Don Juans,
Saturday, Nov. 11, 7:30 PM PAC
Sunday, Nov. 12, 6 PM, Vagabond Blues, Palmer
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State of Art: Anchorage Festival of Music celebrates the diverse work of Dave Brubeck
The Dave Brubeck Centennial Celebration Concert takes place on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Discovery Theater.
Iditapod: Wrapping up from Nome
Alaska Public Media's reporter on the Iditarod Trail, Zachariah Hughes, talks from Nome about the scene there as race finishers mush into town, and KNOM interviews with third-place finisher Mitch Seavey shed some light on his race, including a tough trail along the Bering Sea coast and becoming better friends with Joar Leifseth Ulsom (the new champ!) and runner-up Nicolas Petit. Plus, we go rapid-fire with questions about how fast the dogs run, trail mail and the Burled Arch.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Trawler bycatch of killer whales in the Bering Sea prompts an investigation from federal officials. Plus, the face of federal salmon fishing restrictions on the Yukon River talks about the struggles for subsistence users. And, one Kachemak Bay fisherman's catch of blue rockfish goes viral.
Algo Nuevo: March 22, 2009
Here’s the music playlist from the March 22, 2009 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you...
Traveling Music 9-6-15
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
9-6-15
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Promoted: April Verch Band, Monday, Sept. 14, 7:00 PM, Vagabond blues
Over Country
Betsy Scott / Besty Scott, Keith...