Ariel Estrada wrote a one-man play that’s coming to Juneau this week. In fact, it’s the world premiere of Full Contact, a play that stretches from his father’s immigration to Southeast Alaska, to teaching LGBTQ+ self-defense at a martial arts dojo in New York City. The show’s run in Juneau kicks off Wednesday with a pay-as–you-can preview.
Arts & Culture
Lingít Word of the Week: Dís — Moon or month
This week’s word is dís, which means moon or month.
Tongass Voices: Moria Johnson-Sidney on the stabilizing force of carving a yaakw
Moria Johnson-Sidney shares how carving has added stability to her life during a tumultuous time.
In Kwethluk, the relics of the first-ever Yup’ik saint are unearthed
Russian Orthodox believers and clergy visited Kwethluk to exhume Olinka “Arrsamquq” Michael’s body for her canonization.
Lingít Word of the Week: Tawéi — Mountain sheep
This week’s word is tawéi, which means mountain sheep.
Tongass Voices: Skaydu.û Jules on bringing Lingít into other traditional practices
Originally from Teslin, Skaydu.û Jules now lives in Juneau, where she’s training to become a Lingít language teacher and hopes to one day help carve a canoe solely speaking Lingít.