Art exhibit in Alaska connects bird research to backyards
Art and science may seem like very different disciplines. But they converge in a new exhibit in Anchorage, southcentral Alaska
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Culture
Blog – Pursuing polar studies from below the Arctic Circle
Last Friday marked the first week of spring, which means that it was also Polar Week! It was also the
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Set of Indigenous Yup’ik masks reunited in Alaska after more than a century
It’s a reunion that’s been more than a century in the making — a set of century-old Yup’ik masks have
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Alaskan Inuit dialect added to Facebook’s Translate app
Facebook added Inupiaq, an Alaskan Inuit dialect, as a language option thanks to a grassroots project started by an Alaskan
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Alaska museum’s latest exhibit gives unique look at pingoes
When Seattle-base sculptor John Grade first headed to the Arctic, he was searching for the northernmost tree he could find.
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National recognition for 2 Alaska artists
Alaska was well-represented among recipients of the 2017 Joan Mitchell Foundation’s grant awards for painters and sculptors. There are only
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Indian Agent, the Alaska band reclaiming Indigenous voices
In the 1800s, the U.S. government hired non-indigenous people known as Indian agents to interact with and work to assimilate
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After high-level Arctic talks, the party moves to Anchorage, Alaska
While the Arctic Council convenes in Fairbanks, the after-party is happening in Anchorage. As delegates, dignitaries and stakeholders wind down
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Lights in the sky and mysterious gravesites: Seeking the supernatural in Western Alaska
Unexplained lights in the night sky. Killer whales that transform into human beings. Bigfoot sightings. These are just a few
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‘I Am Inuit’ goes from Instagram to museum in Anchorage, Alaska
Who lives in the Arctic? And what are their stories? Those are questions posed by a new photography exhibit more
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Alaska folk schools offer lessons in countering ‘convenience culture’
Raising urban chickens, making a leather belt or building a traditional kayak aren’t among the offerings you’ll usually find at
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Art of an avant-garde Arctic in downtown Anchorage
When people imagine Alaska’s Arctic, experimental art isn’t typically first thing that comes to mind. But a new exhibit at
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Southcentral cheer team vies for top spot at Worlds competition
On Saturday, Alaska’s Black Ice team will compete in the 2016 Cheerleading Worlds competition in Orlando, Florida, where they’ll go head to head
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Despite back injury, Hendrickson returns to Iditarod
WILLOW — After about an hour of sitting on the couch in her log home north of Willow in late January,
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Alaska cultural tourism comes with challenges
Several times a week, Cecelia George dresses in the regalia of her Tlingit ancestors to play the coveted role of Raven
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