Annie Bartholomew, KTOO

Kirkwood released his five-track EP “All Lovers, Animals” earlier this year. It invites the listener in with bright guitars and alt-country hooks.

Your source for Folk Fest happenings, all in one place and updated daily. Including nightly schedules for The Alaskan, Downtown McGivney’s, Red Dog Saloon, The Rendezvous and Rockwell.

The 42nd Alaska Folk Festival is underway in Juneau this week. The lineup has always been diverse, but this year, one band’s lead singer says she doesn’t even know what folk music is.

Her pottery features a technique called Mishima that allows her to etch fine dark lines onto the surface of her porcelain pieces, marrying her background in drawing and illustration with organic three-dimensional forms.

While David Bowie remembrances poured in, a group of folks from Juneau and Seattle had already made a fan tribute in May reimagining one of the late singer’s top singles.

Alaska Robotics will showcase some of Juneau’s youngest artists Friday at its 4th Annual Student Show of the Comic Arts. The gallery invites K-12 students to submit original comic art for display at their Front Street location.