Arts

Listen as eight storytellers share stories around the theme “Road Less Traveled” in a live performance recorded on December 13, 2019 at the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center. The show first aired on KMXT 100.1 FM on Sunday, January 5, 2020.  

With more than 200 people involved in its production, “The Nutcracker” is one of the year’s largest productions performed at the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium. Mary Beth Loewen directs as little mice and snowflakes take the stage along with seasoned performers in this weekend’s opening performances of the festive Christmas ballet.   She spoke with KMXT’s Maggie Wall. Click arrow …

  Listen as eight storytellers share stories around the theme “Mama Said” in a live performance recorded on November 8, 2019 at the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center. The show first aired on KMXT 100.1 FM on Sunday, November 17, 2019.

Some see the AAUW Bazaar as the start of the holiday shopping season. With nearly 100 vendors filling nooks and crannies big and small at the high school, this year’s event promises something for everyone on your shopping list. “It includes the auditorium foyer, the gym, and the foyer around the entrance to the high school. It’s enough space for …

  The Salem Witch Hunts hold a unique place in American history. It’s a tale of fear, suspicion and extremism that is hard to comprehend today. Kodiak theater goers will have an opportunity to get a better grasp on what that period was like this weekend as the Kodiak Arts Council presents Arthur Miller’s 1953 play “The Crucible.” Director Jared …

Marlise Lee photographs Baby Raven, a mask by Alutiiq artist Jerry Laktonen. (Photo courtesy the Alutiiq Museum) The Alutiiq Museum is launching a new Arts Advocacy Project to support Native artists in Kodiak. The project comes from a nearly $19,000 grant from the Alaska Community Foundation’s Alaska Native Social Justice Fund. The idea, says Gallery Coordinator Marlise Lee, is to …

Kodiak Public Library acquired a new art installation for the children’s room last week. The colorful carved wood panel featuring a collection of rockfish hanging at the circulation desk was funded by a donation from former Kodiak resident Madelyn Poland Gale in honor of her mother, Estella Layton. Jim Pryor sits with his new rockfish carving at the Kodiak Public …

  Our guest is Toby Sullivan, Executive Director of the Maritime Museum. He talks about the joint conference of Museums Alaska and the Alaska Historical Society this week in Kodiak. He also talks about Alaska history, national museums and changes in the way museums share a community’s history.    

A special Thursday Edition of Talk of the Rock highlights this Labor Day weekend’s Rodeo and State Fair.   Kodiak Rodeo and State Fair board members Julie Kavanaugh, left, and Sadie McCusker. Photo KMXT/Maggie Wall.   Kodiak Rodeo and State Fair signs near ‘the pipe’ out by the fairgrounds. Photo KMXT/Maggie Wall.

Pam Houston is an author and writing teacher from southwestern Colorado. She says her 120-acre ranch informs her writing and made her into the woman and author that she is today. Her sixth book is named Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country, which she spoke about at a book signing Monday. Tuesday, Houston will teach a writer’s workshop …