Reflections from the Trapline
The woods after the first snowfall have a distinctive sound. The world becomes quieter, and any remaining sound is muffled, as though filtered through cotton.
It’s in this new silence that I find myself snowshoeing through the trees.
Read more. Traveling Music 4-13-14
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
4-13-14
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Angel from Montgomery
Bonnie Raitt / John Prine
Road Tested
Capitol
5:16
Hear Me Lord
Bonnie Raitt / Oliver Mtukudzi
Silver Lining
Capitol
5:09
I Don't Want...
Community Food Security: Angoon Garden Assistance Program
The only permanent settlement on Admiralty Island, 55 miles Southwest of Juneau and 41 miles North of Sitka, Angoon is a small community of about 570 residents.
Because of the community’s remote location, produce available in town is very expensive and has often traveled hundreds if not thousands of miles before reaching the consumer. 
The Armory Show: Art Fair Meets Avant-garde
After my romp through the 2014 Whitney Biennial this past March, I took a crosstown bus from Fifth Avenue to the Armory Show on display on the remodeled Hudson River Piers 92 & 94 .
With two hundred and five exhibitors, the Armory Show is the largest art fair in New York and really Disneyland for art lovers.
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“Cat” comes to town
Tennessee Williams' story of family, greed and sexuality, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is coming to town as Perseverance Theatre of Juneau brings the play to the Sydney Laurence Theatre. Join Enrique Bravo (Brick) and Kevin T. Bennett (Dr. Baugh) as they visit Stage Talk to tell us all about this classic offering of American theatre opening April 11th and running through the 27th.
KSKA: Friday, April 11, at 2:45 p.m.
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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: Puppet Town
Haines seems like a quintessential Southeast Alaska town. There are eagles, bears, salmon, big mountains and rough water. It’s a picture-book no stoplight, no movie theater, low crime type of community. But there’s a seedier and eclectic side of Haines that emerged late this winter: the underground puppet scene.
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Night Music: April 12, 2014
Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Title
Artist / Composer (if blank Artist...
Night Music: April 26, 2014
Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Title
Artist / Composer (if blank Artist...
Algo Nuevo: April 13, 2014
Here’s the Sunday, April 13, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...
A Trip to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
When driving along Turnagain Arm, you might miss the modest sign for the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center near Portage Creek.
But if you do manage to find your way into the wildlife center, you’ll find some interesting animals with equally fascinating stories.
Confessions of a Book Addict & Moose The Movie
Popular “Tundra” cartoonist Chad Carpenter is going to be at the Loussac Library to talk about cartooning and about his latest project: “Moose,” a creepy and funny, family film.
And, oh yeah, it’s important to know this film is NOT animated – it is live action.
Read more. Soul to Soul: April 5-6, 2014
Here’s the music playlist from the April 5-6, 2014, edition of Soul to Soul with Marvel and Sherry Johnson. All tracks played are listed...
Reaching My Family After the 1964 Earthquake
It was very hard to stay calm and collected when I was calling home to Anchorage at 5:00 pm on Good Friday 1964, only to hear the chronic phone message, “Unable to complete your call due to transmission interruption in southeastern Alaska,” or something on that order.
I had never heard anything like that before, but then I didn’t make too many calls home from Oregon while I was in college.
Read more. Alaska Edition: April 18, 2014
Patrick Flynn takes over as chair of the Anchorage Assembly. The Alaska Legislature is still addressing major capital projects in the final days of the session. The Loussac Library bond failed by 14 votes. Why? Legislation to raise the minimum wage becomes deeply controversial. Wasilla does a turnaround on regulating the drug spice. The cost of Gov. Parnell's North Slope initiative is ballooning. Two inmates die in Alaska prisons in a week.
KSKA: Friday, April 18, at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 19, at 6:00 p.m.
KAKM: Friday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 19, at 4:30 p.m.
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“Ready for my close-up Ms. Crystal!”
What is every "Any-town USA" actor's dream? Why to have a famous actress come by to audition you for her repertory company. But there may be more than meets the eye in Dick Reichman's new play, The Audition opening at Cyrano's Theatre Company April 24th and running through May 18th. Join Dick and Julia Cossman who plays Simone Crystal this week on Stage Talk as they talk about this exiting new offering from one of Anchorage's hometown playwrights.
KSKA: Friday, April 18, at 2:45 p.m.
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AK: Hazing Birds
At most major airports someone is paid to chase birds off the runway, but at Sitka’s airport that job is especially challenging. That’s because three-fourths of Sitka’s runway is surrounded by water. Fish spawn along its banks, attracting hungry birds. That problem was highlighted four years ago when two Alaska Airlines jets collided with eagles on takeoff. KCAW’s Emily Forman spoke with the expert who came in afterward to make sure the runway is safe.
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Traveling Music 4-20-14
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
4-20-14
Concerts mentioned: Bela Fleck (banjo) and Chick Corea, Sunday, 7:00 PM, April 27, PAC and David Bromberg, Saturday, May 3, 8 PM,...
Brace Yourselves, Bird Season is Coming
Today we’re gearing up for the birding season. Townsquare 49 contributor and bird enthusiast Zac Clark says Anchorage will see a big flux of birds in the next two to six weeks.
He calls this time of year the glory days, but it wasn’t long ago when Clark couldn’t have cared less about birds.
Algo Nuevo: April 20, 2014
Here’s the Sunday, April 20, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...