 August 15, 2007
Ketchikan Public Library's New Building Slogan Contest: Entries are due August 15th, winners will be announced August 20th. The winner will receive a prize basket donated by The Friends of the Library and ALL entries will be included in a drawing for $50 A&P Gift Certificate! Pick up a contest form at the Ketchikan Public Library or the Arts Council. Call the library for more information at 225-0370 or www.firstcitylibraries.org Last Week of Summer Library
at Fawn Mountain School: Library
services, materials and summer reading club will be offered at
Fawn Mountain School this summer from June 12- August 16. The
library will be open each Tuesday and Thursday from 10-2 with
story hour and craft activities. Call Diana Maioriello at the
school for more information, 228-2200. Bigfoot Pottery Studio is in the old Physical Graffiti building, downstairs. Classes and the studios are again available at various times. Call Erik at 617-2378 for more information and to register for classes. Beading, Knitting, and other fabric art sessions are ongoing throughout the year at The Bead and Yarn Shoppe located in Salmon Landing Market. Call The Shoppe at 225-2858 for more information. Sewing, Quilting and other fabric art sessions are available through Rainforest Crafts. For more info and to register call Rainforest Crafts at 247-2738. Quilting classes: The Silver Thimble Quilt Shop is hosting a variety of quilting classes from the beginner to more experienced quilters, available at varying times. Please call the Quilt Shop for more information and registration at 225-5422. On Sale Now! 2007-2008 Torch Nights Performing
Arts Series Season
Tickets on Sale Now!! Subscribe to the full season and you can
save up to 35% (Arts Council Members save the most!). This year's
events include: Huun Huur Tu (throat singers from Tuva), Bearfoot
(Anchorage-based bluegrass and acoustic music), Opposites Attract:
22nd Annual Wearable Art Show, Turtle Island String Quartet (string
jazz quartet), John Gorka & Susan Werner (contemporary American
folk), Marionetas de la Esquina (Mexican puppet company), and
The 11th Annual Gigglefeet Dance Festival. Brochures are now
available at the Arts Council, 713 Totem Way. The 2007-2008 Torch
Nights schedule will be available on the web soon at www.ketchikanarts.org
Mark your calendars for the 2nd Annual Juneau DanceFest!!! This event will take place over Labor Day Weekend (August 31st through September 3rd). The festival includes four days of dance classes, dance performances, and live music. The guest dance band, Havana NRG, is an 8-piece Cuban band based out of Texas. Guest instructors from Miami, Portland, Anchorage and Fairbanks will teach a variety of cultural dances. Learn to swing, salsa, waltz, cha cha, tango, samba, belly dance and MORE! Check out www.juneaudancefest.org <http://www.juneaudancefest.org/> for more information and to register, or email salsa@juneaumusic.com . Inside Passages, Ketchikan's literary magazine, is
entering its eighteenth year of publication. Editors are looking
for poems (100 lines, maximum), short stories and essays (up
to 2500 words), and artwork suitable for grayscale reproduction.
Please submit your work in the body of an email message (to info@ketchikanarts.org
<mailto:info@ketchikanarts.org> ) or on a digital CD. Hard
copies mailed in will be accepted as well. Publication will be
in November. Those selected for publication will receive one
copy of Inside Passages. Additional volumes may be purchased
at a discount. Inside Passages is published annually by the Writers
Forum, which is a program of the Arts Council. Submission
requirements: Please fill out the Inside Passages 2007-2008
Registration form with your name, address, phone number, title(s)
of your work and a 4-line biography. Registration forms are available
at www.ketchikanarts.org <http://www.ketchikanarts.org/>
and at the Arts Council office. Please include a self-addressed
envelope with sufficient postage for the return of your materials
if desired. Submissions must be received by September 14th
by 5pm, to the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council,
in the body of an email to info@ketchikanarts.org <mailto:info@ketchikanarts.org>
re: Inside Passages, or mail hard copies and CDs to 716 Totem
Way, Ketchikan, AK 99901, Attn: Inside Passages. Call (907)225-2211
for more information. 1st Ever Art to Wear Fashion Show: From Tip to Toe. Curators Jean Bartos and Jackie Keizer invite designers creating art to wear in any media to submit an application for participation. Art to wear entries may include garments, jewelry and accessories such as hats, scarves, shoes, belts, handbags, or other imaginative accents. Completed entry forms must be received at the Mainstay Gallery Friday March 14, 2008 by 5pm. The Fashion Show will take place at the Plaza Mall from 6-8pm, Saturday, April 26, 2008. Works from the Fashion Show will also be displayed at the Mainstay Gallery for the May exhibit. An opening reception will be held at the gallery from 5-8pm, Friday, May 2, 2008. More information to be posted soon at www.ketchikanarts.org <http://www.ketchikanarts.org/> . Venue for musicians at St. John's Episcopal Church: Members of St. John's are offering the use of the sanctuary for rehearsal and performance space during non-service times. Please contact the church office for availability at 225-3680. Calling all writers: interested in getting together to write and talk about your writing with others? Call Elizabeth Flom to get something started or get involved, 247-1313.
Last Week of Summer Library
at Fawn Mountain School: Library
services, materials and summer reading club will be offered at
Fawn Mountain School this summer from June 12- August 16. The
library will be open each Tuesday and Thursday from 10-2 with
story hour and craft activities. Call Diana Maioriello at the
school for more information, 228-2200. Xaadas Tak'anlang Haida Descendant Dancers: Dances will be held on the second Friday of each month during the summer at the Totem Bight Clan House. Dancing will go from 6:30-7:30 on the following dates: August 10 and September 14. Co-sponsored by Alaska State Parks and Alaska Natural History Association. For more info call 247-8574. Art Potpourri at the Anchorage Museum. Celebrating Alaska artists demonstrating and selling their artwork in the Atrium at the Anchorage Museum June 15 August 15, 2007. Open 10am-6pm. Featuring contemporary and traditional visual and literary arts. Visit www.anchoragemuseum.org or call 907-343-6163 for more information. Jam to Gospel/ Bluegrass music with Shannon Spring every Thursday night at 7pm at the stARTled Salmon Ketchikan Arts Hatchery in the Salmon Landing Market. Sponsored by Squares and Contras, call 225-2211 for more info. Jazz Jammin' at the Salmon, hosted by Austin Hays, come jam the night away at the stARTled salmon Ketchikan Arts Hatchery, starting at 7pm every Friday night. Call the Arts Council for more info, 225-2211. Story time at the Library
continues regularly
throughout the year on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10:30am.
After some playtime, the librarian reads stories, sings songs,
does finger plays and shows a short film beginning around 10:40
am. This program is appropriate for infants through pre-school
age children. The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council Board of Directors meets the third Tuesday of every month at 6pm at the Mainstay Gallery, 716 Totem Way. Rainy Day Quilters meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month, at 6:45pm, at Holy Name. First City Toastmasters meet Thursdays at noon at 111 Stedman Suite 101. Ketchikan Community Chorus meets every Tuesday starting January 9th from 7-9pm at the Presbyterian Church. Call 247-2356 for more information. Ketchikan Community Concert Band meets every Monday starting in September from 7-9pm at McPherson Music. Call 225-3650 to reserve your space or for more information. Book Talk on KRBD Ketchikan each Thursday evening from 6:30-7pm at 105.3. Listen to news about the library, books, and book reviews.
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