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New program highlight: Bulevar Latino!

Maite Lorente is a new programmer on Raven Radio, and she is bringing us an exciting new show...

“Better than regular frisbee,” Ultimate tournament this Sunday

Taylor White and David Kreiss-Tomkins, coordinators for Sitka Ultimate, were joined by Fairbanks player Brad Bishop, to talk about the 10th Annual Ultimate Frisbee Hat Tournament this Sunday (07-26-15) at Krueger Soccer Field. The three players talk about what makes Ultimate Frisbee unique, which includes self-policing by the players (there are no referees), the physics behind Frisbee throwing, and epic layouts to catch these flying plastic discs.

Southeast cities ask for fewer ferry cuts

Southeast Alaska community leaders hope to restore some ferry sailings cut due to state budget reductions.

Coast Guard cadets find adventure, inspiration in summer internships

Andrea Saldana, Aimee Valencia, and Karisa Maurer are rising seniors in the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut and are interning in Sitka for the summer. The cadet discuss their internship assignments and career plans in the Coast Guard. Downloadable audio.

Sitkans ‘can-do’ in community kitch

Preserving food is an important activity for many Alaskans, but you’ve got to have the space and...

Thielke: “I think the easiest way to humanize big ideas is to put it in narrative”

D.J. Thielke is a fiction writer and one of six Sitka Fellows in residency at the Island Institute this summer. Much of her fiction has focused on the role of technology on identity in modern life. She is currently finishing and editing a collection of stories that focuses on this theme. In Sitka, her project is to do further research on a new story about the oil business and the way it shapes local economies associated with the rig. Downloadable audio.

“Be our guest” at the SFAC production of Beauty and the Beast

The Sitka Fine Arts Camp's (SFAC) is staging a full-scale production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, with an all-student cast who put the entire show together in two weeks. WT McRae, musical director, said this is the Musical Theater Camp's most ambitious production yet. Two students from the production, Olivia Rivera and Victoria Ingram, play Mrs. Potts and the Wardrobe (aka Madame de la Grande Bouche). SFAC's Beauty and the Beast debuts on Friday, July 24 at 7 p.m. at the Sitka Performing Arts Center. Additional performances are at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 25. Downloadable audio.