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Alutiiq Museum Holds Date Night With Danger

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum will hold a date night with danger Friday. The annual event preps people to survive a hypothetical apocalypse using Alutiiq skills and objects. One activity calls on couples to exercise their hand-eye coordination. Events specialist Christina Thompson says participants will learn to use a spear thrower called an atlatl. “If you can imagine, you know …

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Alutiiq Museum Amps Up Social Media Presence

Christina Thompson. Kayla Desroches / KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository’s new events specialist is in charge of putting the museum on the social media radar. Kodiak-born Christina Thompson says the organization already has a presence on Facebook, and she’s focused on image-based sites like Instagram. “Everybody’s on social media. Twelve-year-olds have cell phones right now, so …

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