Amid calls to cancel Shakespeare, Alaska theater continues 30-year mission to honor ‘The Bard’
For 30 years the Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre has provided high quality Shakespearean productions in an effort to deepen appreciation of, and expand the audience for, Shakespearean theater in Interior Alaska. Since launching its first performance in 1992
Alaska Native toddler goes viral with traditional dance at Anchorage airport
Three-year old Urijah Zach Aries Washington of Stebbins, Alaska, burst into traditional Native dancing while waiting for an Alaska Airlines flight in Anchorage earlier this month. His dance, captured on video by a waiting passenger, struck a chord with many
Merriam-Webster changes the definition of ‘female’
America’s most revered dictionary – Merriam Webster – has decided to change the definition of “female” to include anyone “having a gender identity that is the opposite of male.” The 2022 update to the old 2019 definition comes at a time when
Air Force acrobatics to thunder across Alaska skies for July 30-31 event
The biennial display of Air Force strength and skill takes to the skies July 30-31 when Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hosts its popular Arctic Thunder open house for all Alaskans. “We open our doors every other year and share our unique life and culture
OPINION: Violation of Grand Jury rights poses constitutional crisis for Alaska
Article 1, Section 8 of the Alaska Constitution states: “The power of grand juries to investigate and make recommendations concerning the public welfare or safety shall never be suspended.” Most Alaskans would never believe that our judicial
Bear Paw Fest underway in Chugiak-Eagle River
The annual five-day Chugiak-Eagle River Bear Paw Festival is underway and picking up steam heading into the weekend. The robust celebration of local community features its main parade on Saturday, July 16, at 11 a.m. with scores of additional activities
By segregating races, Alaska Humanities Forum rejects Rev. King’s ‘Dream’
By excluding white people from day one of its upcoming forum on racial relations next month, the Alaska Humanities Forum has signaled its allegiance to the poisonous and divisive theories that underpin critical race theory. The idea that we must segregate the
Mayor blasts Anchorage Assembly’s ‘partisan’ vote to assume impeachment powers over him
Amid a contentious six-hour meeting, the leftist supermajority of the Anchorage Assembly voted 9-3 to give itself the power to remove any current or future mayor and replace them with a person of their choosing. The July 12 vote to approve the new measure
Whites excluded from first day of Alaska Humanities Forum event on ‘race and land’
The Alaska Humanities Forum, a federally supported non-profit established to advance and preserve cultural traditions in the Last Frontier, is hosting a weekend-long conversation next month about the relationship between race and land in Alaska. In order to
Trump train thunders into Alaska for a record-breaking rally
When former President Donald Trump pulls into town, he attracts a long and colorful train in his coattails. On July 9, the ongoing national Trump tour thundered through Anchorage’s Alaska Airline Center arena with a building-record of nearly 6,000 people in
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