Janet Collins, author of On the Arctic Frontier: Ernest Leffingwell’s Polar Explorations and Legacy, discusses her research on the early polar explorer and his work exploring, studying and mapping the landscape in what is now the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge between 1906 and 1914. In consultation with the Inupiat of the area, Leffingwell took scientific measurements, created maps, and surveyed the geography and geology, including groundbreaking research on permafrost.
Stories & Poetry
Poetry Out Loud 2017
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation have partnered with U.S. state arts agencies to support Poetry Out Loud, a contest that encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage.
After successful pilot programs in Washington, DC, and Chicago, Poetry Out Loud was launched in high schools nationwide in the spring of 2006 and has grown to involve millions of students across the country. Since 2006, the Alaska State Council on the Arts and its partners, including the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council, have provided a statewide Poetry Out Loud Competition.
Arts@360: Writers’ Showcase: Impermanence #404
On this Writers’ Showcase, our writers and actors take us from a bar stool at Darwin’s in Anchorage, to a wolf hunt near the village of Selawick, and we hear a meditation on the sometimes transient nature of our state’s inhabitants.
Recorded Thursday, December 15, 2016.
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Arts@360: Red Carpet Celebration 2016 Sessions #403
During Celebration 2016, KTOO Public Media, Trickster Company, and Kindred Post collaborated to produce the Red Carpet Concert: Celebration Sessions. We hauled a bunch of gear and our red carpet into studio shared by Christy NaMee Eriksen and Rico Worl and recorded 8 Alaska Native performances in one day. Here is a compilation of sessions for Arts@360.
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Only in Alaska
Episode of Writers’ Showcase, featuring professional actors presenting writing by Alaskans with five pieces that take us all over the state.
We go fishing with Ernestine Hayes as child on the docks of downtown Juneau, and sit by a fire with Dave Hunsaker on the Homer Spit. Each piece, in one way or another, is grounded in the experience of being in Alaska.
John Muir: University of the Wilderness
A narrative concert featuring the writings of John Muir and the music of “Chance Ensemble”. More information is at www.chanceworld.com.