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On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with Mike Wall, Anthony White, and Mary Ann Kondro about the FairWind Players upcoming production of Boo 3.Performance dates are Friday, Oct 25 and Saturday, Oct 26 at 7pm, and Sunday, Oct. 27 at 3pm. Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium Drama Pod. Tickets are available here and at the door. -
Brian Venua/KMXTThe theme this year was Enchanted Forest, as servicemembers and spouses bid on prizes like plane tickets and art. The money goes towards Santa in the Villages, a program that brings presents to kids in rural places around the archipelago.
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Staff are soliciting submissions for a time capsule to mark the museum's platinum anniversary until Sept. 16. Entries so far include drawings, stickers, photos, and magazines. The capsule will be sealed for at least 30 years and stored in the museum's floorboards. -
The Alutiiq Museum held its annual meeting Aug. 30, despite being closed for major renovations since July of last year. They displayed new acquisitions like headdresses and masks next to various pamphlets about the museum. -
On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with the Kodiak History Museum's new Executive Director, Kristin O'Lear, about the museum and their 70th anniversary. -
The Alutiiq Museum has been closed for over a year and is about halfway through its expansion project. Museum staff share updates on how construction is going as they plan the grand reopening next year. -
Kodiak celebrated Pride Month with a week of events recognizing the LGBTQ+ community – including three drag shows. It’s the third year in a row Kodiak has hosted them as part of its Pride Month celebrations. Several of this year’s performers were flown in from Anchorage and the Lower 48. -
When many folks think of Filipino culture, the country’s food, traditional clothing, or Spanish colonization come to mind. But when it comes to sports in the island nation, basketball is king. -
The Alutiiq/Sugpiaq people have been using Karluk Lake for more than 6,000 years. Archaeologists recently completed a dig at one site in the area and plan to excavate another later this summer. -
Jazmine White Amodo technically graduated in December as one of two local seniors in the class of 2024. Since she finished school she has been helping to teach the other 11 students at the local school as a teacher’s aide. -
The Kodiak History Museum hired a new executive director after months of searching. Kristin O’Lear, the new executive director, is bringing over a decade of experience in museums to the job. She arrives on the island in May. “I am so excited to be in this new role and to move to Kodiak and just … -
The Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak named its volunteer of the year on Feb. 14, celebrating two people in 2024 – Jim and Bonnie Dillard. Both the Dillards are long-time educators on the island. The couple live in Kodiak and were commended, in part, for hand-crafting new traditional drums for an elementary school music class. According …
