On Saturday afternoon dozens of Juneau residents and tourists gathered under a sunny sky outside of the Alaska State, Library, Archives and Museum downtown to participate in a bear gut processing workshop.
For the around three-hour event, participants were invited to carefully scrape away bits of membrane and waste from a Kodiak brown bear’s small intestine, estimated to be around 70 feet long, under the guidance of Sven Haakanson Jr., a Sugpiaq anthropologist, curator and artist of the Old Harbor Alutiiq Tribe from Kodiak Island.
Museum of the North will use Bus 142 to tell Broader Story of Alaskan Lands
The Museum of the North in Fairbanks has received $500,000 to preserve the bus made famous in the book Into the Wild. The funding comes from the National Park Service and the Institute of Museum and Library Services and will help prepare the bus for public exhibit.
Angela Lin, senior collections manager at the museum, acknowledges that the bus can be polarizing in Alaska and says that the exhibit will address more than Into the Wild.
Wind chimes made out of sea glass, a chess set made out of table legs, and tiny knitted birds in Viking hats — these are just some of the art pieces now displayed at Petersburg’s Clausen Memorial Museum for the Little Norway Festival Art Show, which showcases artwork from community members.
The back room of the Clausen Memorial Museum was packed with paintings and lovingly-crafted objects to be shown to the hundreds of Little Norway festival-goers set to pack the streets of Petersburg. Cindi Lagoudakis, the museum’s director, painstakingly logged all of the pieces local artists handed over.
The Delta Community Library will launch its Block Party and Basket Auction on Saturday, May 20, 2023. The event will be held at the Library and Community Center Complex from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The public is invited to bid on merchant baskets, take part in the raffle, plus enjoy a hot dog lunch and music provided by local talent. Returning this year is an adult Corn Hole Tournament. Teams must register at the library no later than May 18.
The Delta Community Library provides many services to the community in addition to loaning books. Our ever popular story hours, 1000 books before kindergarten, Library Lions, Summer Readers, movie nights, board game nights, STEAMY events, educational seminars, inter-library loans, and free 24 hour Wi-Fi. Check out the Facebook page to get caught up on all the activities provided.
The Wasilla Museum and Visitor Center is hosting its annual block party event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 20.
This is a free community event that's open to the public. There will be a variety of vendor booths, food trucks, and activities for the whole family. Other notable guests include "Tundra" cartoonist Chad Carpenter and members of the Mat-Su Central Fire Department.
Jacob Mann, May 8, 2023. Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.
Community members gathered April 26 around the Loved and Lost Memorial Bench in front of the Homer Public Library to celebrate the installation of the etched glass and copper lotus lamp envisioned by Brad Hughes and created by Art Koeninger.
The ceremony, which honored the memory of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane who went missing on Oct. 17, 2019, as well as other missing and murdered people, began with the reading of a poem, “Holding the Light” by Stuart Kestenbaum, then continued with words shared by Murnane’s parents, friends and the artists, and ended with a blessing.
May 4, 2023. Homer News.
Gustavus Public Library hosts Dog Vaccine Clinic and new dog library
Gustavus Public Library announced it was hosting a Saturday dog vaccine clinic. The vet clinic was held in a tent outside the library. Pet care and training books were available for check out. It was also the opening of a new "Dog Library" with donated balls and sticks. The Dog Library will remain open in the front of the library through fall.
This year's conference is October 24-26 in Oklahoma City. Early Bird registration is open until August 1.
This year's conference features:
tours to Oklahoma attractions of significance to Native peoples, including opportunities not available to the general public.
Seven full-day and 12 half-day workshops taught by the nation’s leading experts in their respective fields
Two full conference days featuring more than 200 concurrent sessions, hands-on labs, forums, listening sessions, posters, and Round Table discussions
11 FREE certificate-based Professional Development Certificate opportunities in Archives Development and Management, Building Organizational Capacity, Collections Care, Exhibits, Historic Preservation/Repatriation, Library Services and Programs, Marketing and Community Outreach, Native Arts and Culture Bearers, Oral History, Partnerships and Collaborations, and Technology.
Art Rush and Welcoming Reception
One Place, Many Nations: An Evening at the First Americans Museum
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) takes taxpayer appeals. If a taxpayer's dispute with the IRS qualifies for an appeal, the office will review the issues with a fresh, objective perspective and schedule a conference.
But many people, especially here in Alaska, don’t live near an appeals office. So the IRS Appeals Office is taking comments until July 10, 2023 on how it can further improve conference options for taxpayers and representatives who are not located near an Appeals office. Email comments to ap.taxpayer.experience@irs.gov.
Interested in learning about characteristics that affect the disabled community’s living experience in your area? This webinar provides an overview of various Census Bureau data sources and disability data trends through hands-on exercises using data.census.gov.
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