Fighting master Aaron Elmore, with Juneau's Theater in the Rough, teaches a swordfighting clinic to over two dozen Sitkans on Saturday (1-21-12). Students started out with pencils, but quickly worked their way up to real rapiers and foils. Two upcoming Sitka productions, "Moon Over Buffalo" and "Cyrano", both feature extensive swordplay (and daggers!).
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https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/interview_012312.mp3 Click here for iFriendly audio. Jeff Budd, with the Greater Sitka Arts Council (and the Sitka Rotary), says over one-hundred pieces of art will go on sale this...
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https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/news_012312.mp3 Click here for iFriendly audio. KCAW awaiting official confirmation of a report that Sitka Magistrate Bruce Horton died last Friday in a fall at his home. Sitka...
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Mountain Rescue Capt. Don Kluting says the advisory comes from extreme cold in the last few days coupled with high winds in the forecast for the weekend. He says slopes facing southwest and northwest are of particular concern.
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Life is slowly returning to normal in the community of Cordova after more than 18 feet of snowfall brought the town to a standstill earlier this month. The Alaska National Guard was activated to help the town dig out. One of its members, 24-year-old Pfc. Charles Rusk, is from Sitka.
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https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/interview_012012.mp3 Click here for iFriendly audio. Norm Campbell, with the Greater Sitka Arts Council, discusses the next “Arts Conversation” with musician Ted Howard...
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https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/news_012012.mp3 Click here for iFriendly audio. Sitka guardsman assists effort in Cordova to dig out from under 18-feet of snow. Tribal Council makes interim GM hire permanent....
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Ted Wright served as general manager of the Sitka Tribe from 1992 to 1995 and was on the tribal council from 1982 to 1985. Since September, he’s been serving as interim general manager, and he was clear back then that he would seek the position full-time.
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Listen to the interview and songs here. Hall of Fame Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and cellist...
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Bill Foster won't worry about coming up with an "ice-breaker" at his next party. The former Sitka biology teacher visited Nome this month to witness the Coast Guard Cutter Healy as it escorted the fuel tanker Renda through the pack ice. Foster, who taught in Nome from 1969-1971, says "seeing an ice-breaker at work was on my bucket list."
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