The Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities is an annual event that honors a select few citizens and organizations exemplifying great art and devotion to the humanities. A collaboration between the Alaska Humanities Forum and the Alaska State Council on the Arts, this year’s awards took place at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. In addition to the awards presentations, watch performances from a variety of artists including the main act Pamyua.
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Political Satire by Alaska Robotics
Juneau-based Alaska Robotics recently raised several thousand dollars on Kickstarter to create six web video episodes of satirical political news over the course of the 2014 Alaska legislative session. We talk to the three funnymen behind the Alaska Robotics label, Pat Race, Aaron Suring and Lou Logan.
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Wild Coast Trekkers
Wild Coast Trekkers, the first episode in the Forum@360 series, is about the adventurers who were highlighted in the film Journey on the Wild Coast, making films in the far reaches of Alaska, and their future projects — both film and in print.
Holidays 2013
This Writers’ Showcase is holiday themed. Watch Alaskan actors and celebrities read Alaskan writers’ work about new holiday traditions in the 49th state. A laugh-out-loud version of an Alaskan Hanukkah, Christmas on a remote island, a view of the Bronx from Juneau, mouth-watering tamales, family, surprise, love, and a smoke-breathing Christmas Dragon. Writers and actors include: Christina Apathy, Heather Lende, Joan Pardes, Shona Strauser, Clint Farr, Geoff Kirsch, Rockwell Kent, Ryan Conarro, Susi Gregg Fowler, Katie Bausler, Paul Auster, and Enrique Bravo.