Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:35:48 +0100
Haines is not a postcard, but it's home
HAINES -- I think it was John McPhee who said Anchorage looks like it blew in on the wind, like a spore, from Trenton.
Irresponsible bark harvesting can kill trees
One of my colleagues showed me this photo taken last summer of birch trees with large pieces of bark stripped from them. The trees were near Goose Lake. Most of the area around Goose Lake is either a municipal park or owned by UAA or APU, which means that whoever harvested the bark probably did so illegally.
We live in a global community
As working parents, we all seem to get locked into our routines. It is often hard to look outside of ourselves and realize we are part of a global community.
Local events for gardeners
Miniature Birch baskets, make a basket or an ornament for the Christmas tree, 2 p.m. Sunday, Eagle Rive Nature Center, end of Eagle River Loop Road. $10, plus $5 parking for non-members. Ages 16 and older. (694-2108, ernc.org)
Try some really exotic sprout projects
It never fails. Write about growing sprouts and the following week, readers want to know how to grow other things found at the stores where they bought their sprout seeds.
Holiday bazaars this weekend (11/21-11/23)
ANCHORAGE AREA
Artists put their visions of Palmer on display
PALMER -- Ask an artist to submit a piece of artwork that represents Palmer, and you might be surprised at what you get.
Performance art unleashes gamut of emotions in audience
If you want details, I can give you a list: Feather headdresses, loincloths, tools of death, a blond wig, shimmering skin, saturation, a wheelchair, drums, an exercise bike, wine in a paper bag, a lectern, executioners, vodka and Pepto-Bismol in a martini glass, savages and roulette.
Botti concert featured smooth jazz, a dash of humor
A capacity crowd filled Atwood Concert Hall on Saturday night to hear a fine concert that balanced music, showmanship and even a dose of education delivered as smoothly as the jazz that flowed from Chris Botti's trumpet.
In brief: Hot licks
Cooking classes
If a knitter is on your Christmas list, you are in luck
You might have noticed that stores have already got the holiday decorations up and "Jingle Bells" playing over the PA system. Maybe you have your holiday gifts made, the baked cookies in the freezer and all your cards ready to mail. More likely you are probably pretty average and you are just getting your gift list together.
Fireweed 7 slashes price of movie tickets to $3
Normally, Lisa Bridge and her 13-year-old daughter, Marie, wouldn't go see a movie on a school night.
In brief: Health updates (11/18/08)
First Aid/CPR Course, 5:30 p.m. today, Dimond Center, 800 E. Dimond Blvd., Suite 3-394. American Heart Association First Aid/CPR courses offered Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Call to pre-register. $75. (317-5554)
Entrepreneur fills niche as bug, rodent rancher
In mid-Spenard, in a tiny house the color of salmon roe, sit racks of trays and 30-gallon barrels crawling with crickets, mealworms and mice.
Curious connection between 'Snub-nose,' William the Conqueror
Anchorage artist Charles Oakley was looking at one of the pieces in the "Giinaquq" Alutiiq mask exhibit on display at the Anchorage Museum and something looked familiar to him.
Forced serendipity
If a picture speaks a thousand words, how many sentences does it take to paint a picture? Indeed, how do images become story and story image. And what happens when both appear side by side?
PDF: Countdown to statehood
Geographical References: Alaska
The year 1958 was a monumental year for Alaska. Nov. 25 that year for the first time ever, Alaskans participated in a national election -- some weeks after the rest of the country had gone to the polls. Sen. John Kennedy came to town to boost Democratic candidates. The secretary of interior warned that if the new state stumbled, it would kill Hawaii's chances to join the union. The fledgling state prepared for its first jetliners, Safeway and nuclear missiles while struggling with union violence, poverty, pollution and juvenile delinquents.
Satellites track swan migrations
Geographical References: Alaska
A couple of weeks ago, at a time I assumed most migrating birds were long gone, a flock of swans flew overhead in a formation that resembled a check-mark headed out of Alaska. As the birds silently wafted out of sight, I wondered where they might be headed.
Changes on tap for holiday travel
Getting ready to travel over Thanksgiving or Christmas? Get ready for some big changes.
You be the critic
Glorious evening of organ music
Reading the North
Fifty Miles From Tomorrow
Special Thanks to Google for their wonderful mapping api.