On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches chats with the organizers of an upcoming Scandinavian culture festival. Joining are Katie Baxter from the Kodiak Public Library, filmmaker Stefan Quinth, and Kodiak community members Mike Rostad and Jim Dillard.
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The seiner Jaime Marie sails past other fishing vessels at City Pier 2 on Thursday, June 6, 2013. (Photo by James Brooks / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Most of the 2017 salmon fisheries have ended for the season. Pinks and kings have drawn extra speculation in some regions due to the poor 2016 pink runs and some less than stellar king …
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Baranov Museum’s Michael Bach stands in room where the murder took place in 1886. (Photo by Kayla Desroches/KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT If any historical site on Kodiak can claim to be haunted, it’s probably the Baranov Museum. The Russian-American magazin, a former warehouse, is the oldest building in Alaska. The Russian-American Company built it between 1805 and 1808 and the Erskine …
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Tom Kjera. (Photo by Pam Foreman/KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak high school facilities technician is retiring. “I’m a lighting guy, an audio guy and a stage rigger.” Tom Kjera says he’s been the auditorium technical director for roughly 24 years and originally moved to Kodiak for the job. “When they built the auditorium, they really required a person such as …
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Patrick Saltonstall holds Alutiiq knife. (Photo courtesy of Alutiiq Museum & Archeological Repository) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum is at the beginning of a project to record and describe all of its roughly 300 kinds of artifacts. The museum just received an almost $50,000 grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services via Koniag, which owns many of the …
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(left to right) Director Jared Griffin and actors Halaia Barnett and Elizabeth Bendix-Harper. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The community play “It happens Every Summer” debuts next week. Director Jared Griffin says the Kodiak Arts Council production is about a group of young women interning in New York City. “So, it’s them leaving their homes, coming to …
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Lauren McCausland. (Photo by Kayla Desroches/KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum just promoted its temporary gallery assistant to the more permanent position of project specialist. In the future, Lauren McCausland sees herself transitioning away from the museum world. She says she imagines herself teaching Kodiak children. Right now, she’s taking classes through the University of Alaska Anchorage to earn her …
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Coming up this week, some of the summer king runs were especially successful this year, others not so much. A group of experts get together to talk about some of the reasons behind the lower numbers scattered across the state. Also, prices for halibut quota shares are high, and staying there. We had help from KUAC’s Dan Bross in Fairbanks, …
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Diving board. (Photo byJørgen Schyberg / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT This weekend, local high school divers will compete in a regional competition in order to qualify for state championships. Diving coach David Horne says there are four regions in the state: Cook Inlet, Fairbanks, Southeast Alaska, and Northern Lights, which includes Kodiak and 11 other places. Horne says Kodiak has a …
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Roy Madsen. (Photo courtesy of Roy Madsen,Joint Archives of the Alaska Court System and the Alaska Bar Association) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alaska Federation of Natives recognized Judge Roy Madsen at its convention in Anchorage last week. On Friday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acknowledged three different elders as conservation heroes: Trimble Gilbert, James Charles, and Judge Roy Madsen. Regional …
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