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Listen: Where no sax has gone before

Inspired by legendary jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin, Derek Brown transforms the saxophone into a multi-voiced percussive instrument. He'll play 7 p.m. this Friday, May 17, in the Odess Theater.

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The CorvidEYE: Maple turnover

Almost two years after leaving Sitka on an historic 8,000-mile voyage through the Northwest Passage, the USCG Cutter Maple returned to duty with a splash this spring at its new homeport in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. The ship assisted NASA in an open-ocean test of its Orion spacecraft.

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Columbia back in service, but repairs are temporary

The state ferry Columbia will be back in action this weekend, after undergoing repairs in Juneau earlier this week. According to a press release from the Alaska Department of Transportation, the Columbia will resume its regular schedule on Sunday May 12, departing from Ketchikan at 9 a.m. heading northbound.

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KCAW News ‘goes to eleven’ at Alaska Press Club awards

The KCAW News Department won a record 11 awards at the 2019 meeting of the Alaska Press Club in April. Our colleagues at the Daily Sitka Sentinel brought home 3, cementing the fact that -- for a town of its size (or any size, really!) -- Sitka values exceptional journalism.

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‘Mother Jones’ captures a powerful life in song

Juneau actor Patricia Hull and pianist Jon Hays will perform the one-woman musical Mother Jones in Heaven at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, May 3, in the Mean Queen. Hull says a pub is the ideal venue for the show, which celebrates Mother Jones's life advocating for workers' rights -- and her love of the pint!

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