Capital City Weekly

Juneau singer/songwriter Annie Bartholomew rehearses with the Juneau Symphony on Thursday, May 29, 2025, in the Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé auditorium. Two folk songs by Bartholomew about women during Klondike Gold Rush will be featured in rearrangements for orchestra during performances Saturday and Sunday. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Juneau Symphony’s last mainstage concert of season features some notable firsts

First music by Indigenous composer, local folk singer’s songs rescored for orchestra among weekend’s works

 

An employee stocks the shelves in the cereal aisle of a store in Fayetteville, Ark., on Oct. 12, 2016. (Melissa Lukenbaugh/The New York Times)

Gimme A Smile: Post-pandemic, pre-tariff grocery shopping

We survived the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we survived the Terrible Toilet Paper Troubles. Nothing like a shortage of toilet paper to make us all take… Continue reading

 

Barbecued baby back ribs finishing up on the grill. (Photo by Patty Schied)

Cooking For Pleasure: Barbecued baby back ribs

This time of year, my barbecue grill starts calling to me. So despite the temperatures in the mid-40s with drizzling rain, I decided I was… Continue reading

 

The front page of the Juneau Empire on May 26, 1995. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on May 26, 1995. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on May 21, 1985. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on May 21, 1985. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Leslie Ishii, Perseverance Theatre’s artistic director, is the winner of the 2025 Paul Robeson Award as well as this year’s Zelda Fichandler Award for directing. (Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation photo)

Leslie Ishii recognized with national awards for arts, advocacy

Artistic director at Perseverance Theatre receives two honors this spring.

Leslie Ishii, Perseverance Theatre’s artistic director, is the winner of the 2025 Paul Robeson Award as well as this year’s Zelda Fichandler Award for directing. (Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation photo)
Fishing and other vessels docked in Haines. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

New mystery showcases characters, scenes of 1980s salmon troll fishery

Southeast Alaska’s picturesque peaks and larger-than-life characters have made their way into stories for centuries. Don Stuart’s latest novel “Secret Places” is one of the… Continue reading

Fishing and other vessels docked in Haines. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on May 17, 1995. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on May 17, 1995. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
A reflection of a cold-water dip in Sitka Sound. (Photo by Bethany Goodrich)

Woven Peoples and Place: We are coming out of the water

For the second year, the Sustainable Southeast Partnership is releasing “Woven” as a printed and digital collection of stories. The second edition “��̲andleeandlee sdu t’aláng… Continue reading

A reflection of a cold-water dip in Sitka Sound. (Photo by Bethany Goodrich)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on May 12, 1995. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on May 12, 1995. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
Rich chocolate cream pie. (Photo by Patty Schied)

Cooking For Pleasure: Rich chocolate cream pie

About once a year I indulge myself with chocolate cream pie, using someone’s potluck as an excuse to make one. This is a very rich… Continue reading

Rich chocolate cream pie. (Photo by Patty Schied)
Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center as seen on March 14, 2025. (Photo by Laurie Craig)

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center: Preserving the past, greeting the future

Generations of architects and naturalists have navigated through mass evolution of visitors and ice.

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center as seen on March 14, 2025. (Photo by Laurie Craig)
A path leading from the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in 1962. (U.S. Forest Service photo)

The original road to the glacier

Despite the flurry of activity and development proposals in the 1960s, the first road to the glacier was not constructed for scenic access. It was… Continue reading

A path leading from the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in 1962. (U.S. Forest Service photo)
The JACK Quartet, a modern experimental string ensemble, is scheduled to perform the world premier of a composition by John Luther Adams on May 14 at the National Shrine of St. Thérèse as part of Juneau Jazz and Classics’ 38th annual Spring Festival. (Photo courtesy of the JACK Quartet)

Pulitzer and Grammy winners put spring into Juneau Jazz and Classics starting Saturday

Husband-wife folk team arrives straight from Carnegie; experimental quartet to perform world premiere.

The JACK Quartet, a modern experimental string ensemble, is scheduled to perform the world premier of a composition by John Luther Adams on May 14 at the National Shrine of St. Thérèse as part of Juneau Jazz and Classics’ 38th annual Spring Festival. (Photo courtesy of the JACK Quartet)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on May 1, 1995. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on May 1, 1995. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on Tuesday, April 18, 1995. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on Tuesday, April 18, 1995. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
Tortilla “dry soup” ready to consume. (Photo by Patty Schied)

Cooking For Pleasure: Tortilla ‘dry soup’ (sopa seca de tortillas)

This recipe is based upon one in an old Mexican cookbook I’ve had for ages. Over the years I changed it to make it a… Continue reading

Tortilla “dry soup” ready to consume. (Photo by Patty Schied)
Decluttering starts with making room on a desk for a list. (Winnie Au/The New York Times)

Gimme A Smile: Declutter like a boss

I’m trying to declutter. I pronounce those words in the same abashed tone I might use to say, “I’m trying to lose weight.” In either… Continue reading

Decluttering starts with making room on a desk for a list. (Winnie Au/The New York Times)
Participants of the 2024 Sustainable Southeast Partnership annual retreat in Sheet’ká (Sitka). This week more than 150 people are gathering for the 12th annual retreat to strengthen relationships, accelerate ideas and energize work already happening across the region. (Photo by Bethany Goodrich)

Woven Peoples and Place: Celebrating values in action

Mentorship and storytelling with Shaelene Grace Moler.

Participants of the 2024 Sustainable Southeast Partnership annual retreat in Sheet’ká (Sitka). This week more than 150 people are gathering for the 12th annual retreat to strengthen relationships, accelerate ideas and energize work already happening across the region. (Photo by Bethany Goodrich)
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Writers’ Weir: A poem by Monique Crisafi

Southeast Alaska-inspired poems by Monique Crisafi.

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