Tongass Voices

Smith has performed at festivals with blues legends like B.B. King, James Brown, Son Seals and Taj Mahal, but he says he loves playing and producing for Alaskans more than anything.

The couple has picked up an interesting hobby in their retirement: researching true crime stories in Southeast Alaska’s history.

Father and son Jonas and Chris Nordwall came to Juneau from Portland to take a look at the inner workings of the only publicly available theater organ in the state.

Frank Henry Kaash Katasse is an Indigenous actor and playwright who incorporates Lingít language into plays performed on Juneau’s stages and airwaves.

A team of researchers in Alaska have banded together to investigate a famous Alaska shipwreck. The Star of Bengal sank off the coast of Prince of Wales Island in 1908, taking more than 100 lives with it.

Wilson’s upcoming show, “Slinkies and the Window Frame,” opens Friday at the Alaska State Museum.

The summit is one of three regional gatherings around the state and a chance for anyone who is a part of making music to come together and swap ideas. 

Rich Mattson researches history for Gastineau Channel Historical Society and publishes daily “This Day in Juneau History” posts on juneauhistory.org.

You may have noticed the eye-catching display of bits and bobbins: stuffed animals, beads and soccer balls at the Douglas Library. And that’s what it’s for — to be looked at.

Roblin Gray Davis is a professional actor, and he’s bringing one of his favorite ways to hone his skills to Juneau in a five week-long clowning course.