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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEES TALENT hen you Google “Anchorage, Alaska,” baseball is not going to be a thing that pops up on the first page. It won't be the first thing that pops up on the second, fifth, or twentieth page either. Admittedly, Anchorage has a lot of other notable and defining attributes. But it is a little weird considering our summer league, which has given venue to legendary names like Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, and Randy Johnson, alongside current phenoms like Aaron Judge, Paul Goldschmidt, and Josh Donaldson. It's also a little weird given the mighty East High Thunderbirds varsity softball team, who rank first in the state and 376 nationally. The latter ranking seems rather lackluster right up until the point you realize there are 12,882 softball programs in the United States. Then it seems like something to pay attention to. The talent was apparent when I showed up to Albrecht Fields on a crisp Saturday morning to watch the Thunderbirds handily sit down the Chugiak Mustangs, 9-3. It was never close and was a fitting end to East's final home game of the season – at barely 50 degrees. Chugiak players donned uniform hoodies for the occasion while East wore long sleeve shirts under their jerseys. I perched behind the fence on the first base line and watched two teams not care about the weather. Softball in Alaska is a lot different than the Lower 48, but it remains dominant in East Anchorage. Richard Knowles, in his seventh season coaching – and second season as head coach – told me his team was 26-0. That's a big deal. And Major League Baseball noticed. Since 2008, The MLB and USA Baseball have hosted an annual Breakthrough Series, which features a softball tournament showcasing 60 of the best high school ballplayers in the nation. This year, two varsity players from East Anchorage will travel to Compton, California to put on a show with the world watching: sophomores Chloe White and Lexi Davis, at the catcher and first base positions, respectively. “We've never had this opportunity before, so we're just really excited and we're ready to go show what we got,” White told me after routing Chugiak. “Represent East High School and Alaska.” White looks like a ballplayer. She throws like a ballplayer, hits like a ballplayer, has the composition of a ballplayer. In the sixth inning, I watched her round third and slide
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into home like a boss. In between innings, I watched her cannon a throw to second with laser-like precision. “Funny thing about Chloe is, last year she came up and we had no catcher,” Knowles said with a chuckle after the game. “First thing I did was line the kids up and asked 'Who's gonna catch?' Everyone looked around and nobody raised their hand. And she raised her hand. You know, what she's done last year catching, as a freshman – never caught before, couldn't throw the ball over to second base. And we've been working hard on her arm; getting strength in her arm and strength in drills. Now she can fire it down there.” Yes, she can. And Davis can play too, fielding numerous throws and having an instrumental bunt for a base hit. It was a lot of fun to watch. Now, they're headed for a much bigger stage and, possibly, an expanded future. And it'll be against players who get to play year-round. “We can play with them,” Davis said when I asked her about the difference between playing ball in Alaska versus everywhere else. “When we get down there, they've been practicing outside. We've been practicing in a gym. But, it's a nice challenge.” “We get, like, a few months. So, they're kind of at a higher level. But we can play with them. We can absolutely play with them,” White added with a grin. White is a Phillies and Mariners fan and Davis said she loves watching the MLB. And that begged an obvious question, for me, that was sparked when I saw Mo'ne Davis pitch a shut out in the 2014 Little League World Series. She was just the 18th female ballplayer to ever play in the series. She was the sixth to get a hit. She was the first African American girl ever to get the nod. She was the first time I saw my wife happy-cry about baseball. I joined in, and hoped that one day I'd see her in The Show. When I asked White and Davis about the prospect of shooting for-pro ball, they looked confused. “Like, meeting someone?” White asked. I said, “No. Like, playing.” Davis said she
PORTLAND, Ore. (May 22) — Powered by titles in women’s cross country and women’s basketball, the University of Alaska Anchorage has captured the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s All-Sports Trophy for the second year in a row, the league announced Tuesday. After running away with the honor last
hoped to one day play on an Olympic team. White kind of looked away for a couple of seconds before musing, “That sounds sick! It's a good dream.” I asked the skipper what stood out to him about the duo. He said it was their devotion to the game. “They put in the extra time it takes to get better. They want to get better. They're not just going through the motions. I mean, when you walk on the field with them at practice time, you can tell right away. They're always in every drill. They're always diving. They're always doing the big things, you know? They're doing the things it takes to be successful at this level – or at any level.” MLB was receptive. “Major League Baseball is committed to giving girls' softball players the development and mentorship opportunities they deserve,” said Tony Reagins, Executive Vice President of Baseball and Softball Development for the MLB. “The girls representing the U.S. and Puerto Rico will have the chance to put their skills and abilities on display in front of some of most notable softball players and coaches from around the country. MLB, along with USA Softball, is excited to provide this enriching experience and help develop these participants, as we encourage these talented girls to play softball at the next level.” Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz is paying attention to. “It says a lot that when the best want to play ball, MLB taps the great talent we have in Anchorage,” he told me Monday morning. “I just want to get better at the position and learn what I can work on and come back here and I can work on it to get better,” White concluded. I really want to see the glass ceiling in professional baseball shattered. Not just broken, but crushed and then danced on. Turns out Anchorage has some pretty good candidates for the job. Two of them are going to be on an airplane to California when this article publishes, and I am so excited for them. season, UAA finished 2017-18 with 7.92 points in the scoring system to narrowly edge Western Washington with 7.51 and Central Washington with 7.47. UAA also won the women’s all-sports championship with 8.05 points, barely
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time period, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Anchorage worked a total of ten human trafficking cases – seven were sex related and three were forced labor. During the same time period within the Municipality of Anchorage, there were 89 referred cases of prostitution. Of those, 86 were charged and 34 resulted in conviction. The 2013 state task force report revealed a significant lack of awareness regarding human trafficking. It was discovered that more than 70 percent of law enforcement members had not received specific training to identify the signs of human trafficking.
Adams, who has worked for more than two decades in women’s ministry at one of Anchorage’s largest faith communities, ChangePoint, was a member of the state task force. She said her task force travel across the state learning more about human trafficking and being exposed to its ugly, but often hidden, effects on a community has changed her life. “This crime is second in Alaska only to the opioid epidemic,” she said. “We can change this.” Reach Amy Armstrong via email at: asocialbutterfly@gci.net.
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group of 450 people took off their shoes in the Anchorage Town Square Park on Sat., May 19 and walked barefoot for a one-mile loop in an effort to raise awareness of human trafficking – forced physical labor and forced sexual activity – in Alaska. “We walk with survivors of this crime today to help them find a new life,” Gwen Adams, director and founder of Priceless Alaska, told the gathered group before the walk began. “This is an evil that we absolutely can put an end to.” In the past three years, Priceless Alaska has assisted 85 sex trafficking victims leave the industry and start Learn more about Joy new lives via a women’s menInternational online at toring team that connects them nous crime ever perpetrated www.joy.org. with counseling, education Learn more about against a child since the dawn completion, emergency and Priceless Alaska online at of creation,” Brodsky said. long-term housing, food pantry www.pricelessalaska.org. That brings empathy, but connections, job training and the real work in rescuing chilrelocation services. dren requires funding. Last Saturday, with financial Yet Brodsky never thought and logistics support from Davis his going barefoot would become a national Constructors and Engineers, Priceless Alaska joined forces with Joy International, a worldwide movement, but it did. Later in 2010, a youth group in Ohio held the group founded by Dr. Jeff Brodsky dedicated first “Barefoot Mile” to raise funds to help Joy to the “rescue, restoration, and reintegration of International rescue children. children, teens and young women affected by Since then, events have been held across the trafficking and the Prevention of child traffickUnited States including this year’s second event ing worldwide,” according to its website. Brodsky was on hand Saturday to address the in Anchorage and for a third year in Wasilla. The events in Alaska have raised more than group gathered in the downtown park. He spoke of his experience in Cambodia in $200,000 for Joy International with a little more July 2010 that prompted him to forgo socks and than $3,000 being raised in a text campaign held in the downtown square just before the walk shoes. “I was at a garbage dump in Phnom Penh, began this year. On hand for Saturday’s events were a few notaCambodia with my friend, Rev. Jim Meyers feeding children who lived in and around the dump,” ble dignitaries: Anchorage Assemblyman Fred Brodsky said. “Of course, we were also looking Dyson (former state senator), Sean Parnell, forfor children at high risk of being taken by preda- mer state governor, and Sandy Parnell, former tors and sold in to brothels. I noticed almost all of Alaska first lady and Angelina Klapperich, current Miss Alaska who was recently named Miss the children were barefoot.” Brodsky could not forget what he saw that day Congeniality and placed in the top 15 at the most and pledged to go barefoot for a year in solidarity recent Miss America pageant with her platform with the children. It was tough, he admits, and he focused on compassion. In 2012, the former governor was instrumental had to be careful in the winter in his home state in creating the Task Force for Crimes of Human of Colorado, but he was able to compete that Trafficking in Alaska through which state govpledge. In July 2011, the year was up, but Brodsky ernment was able to first officially document the extent of this crime in the 49th state. wasn’t finished being barefoot. He and Sandy remain active supporters of “I’ve been barefoot ever since,” he said. efforts to end human trafficking in Alaska. Brodsky established Joy International in 1976 The couple were barefoot on the main stage as and founded children’s homes in Bangladesh, China, Fiji, India, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Rus- Sean spoke to the crowd outlining the now sixsia, Uganda and Venezuela. He is the author of year-old effort to free “enslaved Alaskans” from the book, “The Least of These,” documenting human sex trafficking. The task force’s 2013 final report concluded efforts worldwide to help impoverished children. Despite all of his previous work, it was his that 15 to 17 year old girls in Alaska are the most experience in the dump that intensified his desire vulnerable to human trafficking. Between Jan. 1, to help children and women caught up in sex 2007 and June 30, 2012, statewide there were 32 cases referred for review, 27 of those were charged trafficking. “This is without question the most evil, hei- and 19 resulted in convictions. During the same
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ince 1949, the Claims Settlement Act from National Civic NATIVE the start. So did the AnchorLeague has recogage Chamber of Commerce. NATION nized and celebrated the best in The word on the street was that American civic innovation with Chamber members said Native the prestigious All-America City people would “drink it all up.” Award. The Award, bestowed Today, Alaska Native coryearly on 10 communities (more porations and companies are than 500 in all) recognizes the among the top employers work of communities in using in the state with more than inclusive civic engagement to 30,000 workers worldwide, address critical issues and cremany, if not most, are nonate stronger connections among Native and non-shareholders. residents, businesses and nonNot all has been sweetness profit and government leaders. and light for Native people The All-America City Award here. There are, at last count, shines a spotlight on the incred- BY JOHNNY some 20-30 unsolved homiTETPON ible work taking place in comcides of Native women in munities across the country. By Anchorage alone. That fact is celebrating the best in local innovation, civic common knowledge among those who care, engagement and cross-sector collaboration, but easily ignored by those who don’t. the All-America City Awards remind us of the Then there’s that paintball incident a few potential within every community to tackle years ago when four young white men cruised community-wide challenges and create real downtown streets looking for Native people to change.”” From the National Civic League shoot. This was in the dead of winter and the which selects yearly winners of the prestigious paintballs were frozen and hard as marbles. All America City Award. This incident was well covered by local news Anchorage has been selected four times as organizations and one young man out of the an All America City, in 1956, 1965, 1985, and four took his punishment like a man. He did 2002. For me all this comes as a surprise. I must some community service work for a couple of have been missing in action when Anchorage Native organizations. won these awards. Then several years ago, a young white couI’ve here since 1957, a time when Anchor- ple picked out an elderly Native man on the age’s total population stood at roughly 60,000 park strip and severely beat him for no reason souls. A few years later, and when Alaska except that he was old and defenseless. They Natives began fighting for their lands across were charged and convicted in federal court. the state, Anchorage civic leaders, led by Bob Then in 1979, a drunken young man who Atwood, publisher of the Anchorage Times, was just 18, cruised Fourth Avenue with a opposed the passage of the Alaska Native friend, and a little before 6 a.m., drove up
on Mike Hiratsuka near Fourth Avenue and Gambell Street. Hiratsuka comes from a Native family in Dillingham. Apparently angry at some slight earlier that night, Rick Van Cleve picked Hiratsuka to take out his rage. Reports said he parked in an alley, left his friend behind, and viciously beat Hiratsuka's head with a hockey stick. Hiratsuka died the next day. Van Cleve was sentenced to 20 years, served 12 and was released. Then there’s Kenneth Hunter who was a suspect in a double murder in a small fishing village near Bristol Bay. I was a crime reporter for the old Anchorage Daily News at the time. Hunter had been lodged in jail on another charge just to get him off the streets of Anchorage. I went to see him. I had to ask if he was the killer. Hunter confessed. I asked him how the murders went down. “I shot them with my rifle,” he said. I also asked him what he did
with the bodies. “I wrapped in the lead line of my net and dropped them to the bottom of the river,” he said. Hunter was later convicted and sentenced to 203 years in prison. As far as Anchorage being selected as an All American City, not just once but four times, I have to say I am disappointed. Anchorage has to be better, and it can do better. It is no longer good enough to shove things under a rug and leave them there for years and years. Perhaps one day there will be a leader, a mayor, an assembly woman, an assembly man, who will take on the issue of the long list of unsolved homicides of Native women in Anchorage, and say: “Let’s get to the bottom of our shameful past.” I will not forget. The victims of yesteryear, some found dead in downtown dumpsters were people, human beings just like you and me. No, Anchorage is not an All America City.
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n social media, I try to facili- Male superiority complex. Apparently, tate conversations. Rules help his position as a correspondent at the me moderate my page. It also prestigious Southern Poverty Law helps with public education. Well, it Center (SPLC) grants him access the to helps sometimes. crunch reported evidence. It is well documented SOLUTIONS, Kelley thinks the InCethat someone’s online perls don’t care about sex. sonality may be totally at ANCHORAGE That’s smoke and mirrors odds with their in-person ideology, so they are able personality. Online, rash, to talk on the Internet. profanity-laced diatribes InCels are abusers of the are made against anyone power and control wheel. foolish enough to engage They get off on fear and in sincere disagreement dominance, not romance and pursuit of the truth. and sensual gratification. In-person, the exact same “It's not ‘just’ about sex, person chooses to present as opposed to not about themselves as if they are BY KOKAYI sex. SPLC covers hate the equivalent of the Gold- NOSAKHERE incidents motivated by en Age Clark Kent. misogyny, and this year On rare occasions, the included 'men's rights online persona and in-peradvocate' groups or MRAs son personality are one and the same. (I in its hate group listing for the first time. like to put myself in that category, which What little I know is only because we is why I stay in trouble.) cover these people, although I myself Over the weekend of May 18 - 20, have not,” Kelley said. 2018 the American public learned the Anchorage-based sex worker advo17 year old Texan, who will be tried as cate Tara Burns agrees. “I can't claim an adult, with no death penalty on the a deep understanding of the incels but table, was influenced by the pain of they seem, like the patriarchy, to be romantic rejection. He doesn't fit the concerned with guaranteeing men's current profile of an InCel, or “involun- free access to sex from women on men's tary celibate”. terms. In sex work the worker sets the The InCels (my spelling), a legitimate terms (the price and what they will or internet slang term, are a bubbling sour- won't do and with who). Incels don't dough bread starter for misogynistic want to pay for sex with women who set young men. For them, the 1950s car- the terms, they want free sex where they toonish viewpoint of women as semen set the terms,” she said. receptor sites rules. Just like rape (culture) isn’t about sex? Former Alaska journalist Brendan It is an act of violence motivated by the Joel Kelley categorizes InCels under rush of performing a violent act. Or,
being able to assert one’s personality and force the submergence of another personality. Yes, this concept, and the reinforcement of this concept, is cultural. All of this is confusing if the paradigm used by InCels is seen as perverted. If you view it from their perspective, though, it is . . . cultural. Young men, like Dimitrios Pagourtzis, were sold a myth called the American Dream. Think the movie ‘Rocky’. Like, really, think Rocky for this concept. The idea is that anyone — including someone who doesn't know how to box — has the (unearned) opportunity in America to fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. When that myth proves to be a movie script, it sends young men into a deep depression. Yes, I said: young men. I did not specify which race of young men. On the national stage, the profile appears to be young white men. Locally, in Anchorage, Polynesian and Native men appear to be the faces of sexual assault. Entitlement is a word used so much right now, thanks to the social justice movement, it is losing its emotional impact. Yes, these young men feel entitled. And, I want to add, it appears, they are brainwashed, not by the InCel culture, but by the greater American culture. Tara Burns reminded me when we met for coffee recently that sex workers weren’t always stigmatized in Alaska. A certain respect for the craft greeted women when they visited Fairbanks. Etiquette has greatly declined with the fall from grace in the popular mind.
The American imagination fell also. Some, predictably blame the internet. After all, porn sites receive the most traffic, despite what the official answers on surveys detailing personal Internet usage say. Either way, until a recent act of Congress, sex workers and the public used the Internet to introduce themselves. This concept is dripping with irony. In service to romantic encounters, the online persona presented has to be very close to the in-person personality, or a, let’s say, customer, gets blacklisted. No working person will respond to their advertisements. The Internet, acting as a communications tool, provides community protection and lessened the need for physical protection, i.e. abusive pimps. “Customers pretty much only get blacklisted for violence or stalking or creepy boundary pushing, not for their personality,” Burns said. Now, with the loss of Backpage and similar sites, sex workers are dying. Of course, Burns and others choose to remain gracious and not say, “I told you so! What did you honestly expect?” With the fallout of the #MeToo movement showing powerful men, like Matt Lauer, with squeaky-clean images, fall from grace, young men are grasping at straws. American society no longer works the way Conservative America says it does. For once, I am glad. In this new space of enforced respect, may the elusive creature called a mature American please come forth. Some assembly is required.
May 24 - May 30, 2018
CONGRATULATIONS ALVIN AMASON AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANCHORAGE MUSEUM
SLEUTHING ART
BY JEAN BUNDY
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May 24 - May 30, 2018
Amason Triptych, Anchorage Museum (1916-2009) wood working class. Maloof was famous for making JFK a rocking chair. He also participated in the World War II Aleutian Islands campaign. That Snowmass summer, I happened to badly sand my right index finger. As I waited to be taken to the hospital, Maloof assured me I had earned my art-studio-stripes. Back in Mountain View, I’m sipping coffee and shooting the art breezes with Amason and Eaton. Amason shows me how he attaches birds or just beaks onto canvas, or how he agonizes whether to add more values to a composition, I was again told I’d earned my writing stripes–a great honor for me. Amason takes it in stride that his works are the first thing spectators see when entering the Anchorage Museum’s new wing. His three pieces loom like a classic church triptych, infused with reverence for Native Alaskan culture. Look closely, Amason scribbles phrases about his Kodiak past onto works. Renaissance portraiture, especially Spanish works, often became a visual family Bible, in that relatives would inscribe messages: births and deaths, for future generations to read. The 2017 Amason triptych: “Grandma Said the Eyes are Good Medicine” (left section); shows salmon swimming furiously, while an eagle waits to pounce onto fish, and an owl surveys the scene. “Everything I love is Here” (Center); depicts a bear confidently sitting in a forest. “Papa Said Seals are One Bump, Otters are Two. There goes Steve Harvey” (right section); reveals a marine mammal swimming beneath an airplane, emphasizing the importance of flight for supplying Kodiak, which Amason still calls home. Above it all is a flying bird who could be Amason or a museum-goer contemplating the meaning of this triptych. And by the way -- who is pilot Steve Harvey? I’m sure Amason has imparted his own meaning into these adjoining pieces, but we’re victims of Post-modernism, so viewers get a voice. Like David Hockney, Amason is a colorist and makes viewers visually happy. Digging deeper, there’s an appreciation for aboriginal cultures that depended on land/sea for sustenance. Here an ecosystem exists, as man and beast subsist with veneration. While Amason’s marks may look like he used markers, look again. Brush strokes flow with waves, fish scales and bear fur. The bear is hiding between branches and the owl sits in a tree, as viewers question whether the vegetation created is real. But, it’s Amason’s rendering of eyes that contain just enough glint to make viewers do a double take; they are the soul of his pieces! Like Jasper Johns, Amason is not content to portray ‘objectivity’ just relying on twodimensional flatwork. As for ‘materiality’, He wants messages to jump out while images tease to be touched—but don’t. Spectators
must metaphorically bob in those waves, soar with the bird, fly in that plane or encounter the bear. Amason has created the ‘Sublime’ not by standing over a precipice, but by gently allowing the essence of Native Alaskan cultures to envelope the naïve. Mini Sleuth: Happy 50th birthday Anchorage Museum! On May 18, 2018, cakes trolleyed in, as visitors got a sugar high on sixties rock ‘n’ roll, while the original Thomas Crown Affair played on the atrium’s drop-screen. Twentyfive years ago, I made the museum’s anniversary confection, except it was food-art and not to be eaten. In my garage for two weeks, I manipulated sheet cakes, coating them with Crisco/ sugar, and food-coloring doors and windows. In spite of being told only to look, a busload of
tourists lined up and ate my cake. Nearby, famed Mt. McKinley explorers/photographers Bradford and Barbara Washburn were doing a book signing. Enough reminiscing, check-out the museum gift shop’s new fiftieth anniversary t-shirts and tote bags. Keep on sleuthing for art: real or emotionally edible. Jean Bundy aica-usa is a painter/writer living in Anchorage. Email: 38144@alaska.net
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am sitting drinking coffee in Alvin Amason’s Mountain View studio which he shares with artist Perry Eaton. Amason just won a Rasmuson ‘Distinguished Artist’ award. It’s hard to write about Amason without mentioning Eaton. As Amason says, “Eaton is good with tools and I’m the colorist.” They are a song and dance team or maybe the ‘Odd Couple’ of Alaskan art. Both experiment and really play with different materials. Now, this may seem trivial, but to artists who experience disappointment, and occasional meltdown/ mental blockage, the ability to try and fail is not only essential, it’s gutsy. Stay tuned; I will be returning to the dynamic duo’s studio to critique Eaton’s work. Both artists are so confident in what they do, they’ve packed conceit away into one of the containers of art supplies stacked around. That afternoon, if I had died and gone to the big art studio in the sky, it couldn’t have been as nicely organized or loving as the Amason/Eaton creative energy palace. Sonotubes, fishing buoys and oars rest in the building’s trusses, as much holds memories of Amason’s Kodiak childhood. Wood clamps and gouges are racked and stand at attention, while rows of small drawers hold nails and screws. Strewn throughout are electric tools: a band saw, drill press, and a large vacuum resembling an octopus, as its dryer-like hoses snake around ready to consume dust. Buckets of clean brushes are arranged like cut flowers while tubes are stacked similar to freshly caught fish waiting to be filleted or in paint language, squeezed. Amason has the best art-parking space at the Anchorage Museum. Looming next to Sydney Laurence’s Mt. McKinley masterpiece, his primaries brighten Laurence’s Victorian browns. Over the past forty-six years living in Anchorage, I have seen Amason’s splashy-ness everywhere: homes and offices alike. While Amason is also a carver, he’s known for rendering Alaskan flora and fauna on canvas. Like Jasper Johns or Robert Rauschenberg, his animals are not always painted exactly on flatworks--they dangle from chains or are screwed through the cotton into stretchers. Although Amason likes Content, if it’s just Form, even frivolity or beauty, its’s all good. Amason and Eaton run their shop like a business. They start at 9am and end at 6pm. Buyers fly in from all over while particular galleries sell their work. Collectors purchase because their art appreciates and Amason/ Eaton are plain good. They do commission work provided the karma is right. Like Eaton, Amason is an Alaska Native artist who finds inspiration in his culture, but also in other artists on the aesthetic timeline. Both have risen to master craftsman, full stop. Sugpiaq/Alutiiq Amason was born in Kodiak and raised by his grandfather, a bear guide. Although his immediate family lives in Anchorage, satellite members still live on the island – soon to celebrate his mom’s 90th birthday. After graduating with a BFA from Central Washington and an MFA from Arizona State, Amason taught in Western colleges before his long career with the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. He presently teaches Native Arts at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. His work has appeared in numerous invitational shows and resides in major collections. In the US you can find him at: Alaska State Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Phoenix’s The Heard. I’m descended from generations of New York artists; my great-grandmother was a Hudson River School painter, and now my daughter Maddy performs and designed scenery for the Off-Broadway play Puffs, so interacting with the creative orbit is normal. One of my fondest memories is summer 1982, Snowmass, Colorado, when I took Sam Maloof’s
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THE CHOSIN FEW
PALMER MARINE, PRESIDENT OF MOST EXCLUSIVE CLUB, SHARES HORRORS, HONORS OF FAMOUS BATTLE
BY MATT HICKMAN
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n America, we have any number of holidays that lend themselves to military appreciation. Memorial Day is probably the most emotionally intense of these, but it comes none links a particular battle with a nation’s very survival like each Oct. 18 in South Korea. Palmer veteran John Beasley found that out first hand last year, when he was one of two Americans invited to speak to a huge crowd in Seoul. It was his first trip back to the peninsula since the Korean Conflict, when he and tens of thousands engaged in one of the most brutal and famous fights in the history of the Marines — the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. “It was amazing. Seoul was flattened when we went through. There were horrible, horrible civilian casual, little kids with no parents — all of Korea was that way,” Beasley recalled from his shed at his home in Palmer where he has equipment that helps him track meteors that pass into Alaska airspace. “I went back and it’s New York City. I’m looking at high-rises and condominiums — it’s a clean, spotless city.” Koreans, especially on Oct. 18, 1950 the offi-
cial start day of the Chosin ordeal, when Chinese forces piled into North Korea to force an inevitable bloodbath that killed more than 30,000 U.S. Marines, make no bones about the importance of the sacrifices of U.S. forces and allies. In each Oct. 18 ceremony they thank the fallen and the survivors directly for their very existence and status as the first country to go from a foreign aid recipient to an aid donor. “We’re an international group and we started out with 3,500 survivors, but I tell you, the Good Lord is taking us. We’re down to about 1,500 paying members now,” said Beasley, the president of the Chosin Few the last three years. At the ceremony, Beasley spoke to the crowd about the particular rigors of the two-week nonstop combat in a record-cold November and December in those parts 66 years earlier and how those factors made Chosin perhaps the worst battle ever fought by Marines. “It was a bitter, record-breaking cold that came in from Manchuria… several times it got to 40 below zero,” Beasley told the crowd. “I don’t remember a day above zero, though to us it felt good at minus 10. Our combat problems were two-fold. For one, we’d never heard of hypothermia, and we didn’t have clothes fit to handle it.
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The other was the CCA, the (Chinese) Communist Army launched coordinated attacks on the night of Nov. 28. Flares went up and all we could see were masses of people charging… wave after wave, waving a wheat field of human beings.” A wireman and radio operator with his battalion, Beasley survived day after day of combat in the foxholes with no end in sight and death an almost certainty for all. Beasley recalled going outside the foxhole and finding bodies frozen in the ground like ‘ice chips in your freezer.’ “We had to fight frostbite, plus the enemy,” Beasley said. “A Marine in a foxhole not far from me was hit two times straight through the chest, and he said, ‘Doc, please don’t let me die,’ and those were his last words. He died. The first attack was over and still they sniped at us, even in daylight. It went on and on… sniping in the daytime and firefights and night. I should have died but I made it here today.” Beasley said his closest brush with death at Chosin came when an enemy soldier broke into the foxhole and began strangling him as he slept. Beasley struggled to reach for his knife and when he did he stabbed his assailant in the abdomen. A fellow Marine finished him off with a rifle. Beasley credited the training he and his fellow Marines received with being to able to withstand the mental challenge of staring down almost certain imminent death. “In the Marine Corps, there’s Paris Island — it’s a Marine Corps factory and it’s a horrible place. Brutality is the name of the game for 13 weeks — heavy brutality with swagger sticks across the back,” Beasley said. “You come out of that place, you’re dedicated. The day you leave Paris Island, you’re able to use the term, ‘Semper Fi’… It stays with you all your life… The first part of combat that gets you is in the stomach, but after that, the hell with it — go for it; it’s that kind of attitude.” The only time Beasley cracked, he regrets even to this day. An injured Marine was set to be transported out of the foxhole and with the rescue came a runner who could deliver mail. Beasley took the opportunity to write a letter telling his mother and father what to do with the $10,000 in insurance money they’d receive from their son’s death. The day it arrived at the Beasley home in southeast Virginia, the newspapers read, ‘in big, bold headlines: ‘We’ve lost the Marines’,” Beasley recalled. “My preacher told me years later that was the saddest day of his life meeting with my parents,” he said. “Imagine doing something that dumb, but I was only 18, 19 at the time.” Beasley grew up a farmer in rural Virginia. As he approached 18, his father gave him an acre of land, the profits from which he could keep. “The last year, the potatoes didn’t sell — that was it,” Beasley said. “I didn’t get any money.” So Beasley enlisted, having no idea he’d survive one of the most famous battles in the history of war. After the war, Beasley went on to work in information technology in Paramus, N.J., until one day in 1968, they told him he was being transferred to work on the contract his company had won for the White Alice Communications System in Alaska. “I got off the plane, an Alaska Airlines flight, their first 737, in an East Coast business suit and I go by Bob Reeve, a famous bush pilot, and
Editor’s Note: Last week, our state and our nation lost a hero as Palmer resident John Beasley passed away at the age of 86. Beasley was one of the few to survive the bloody and brutal Battle of the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean Conflict. Not only that, Beasley was president of the Chosin Few, and at the time we spoke at his home just before Memorial Day last year for the story below, he was planning to put on the group’s bi-annual meeting at Norfolk, Va. in August of 2018. Sadly, that reunion will have to go on without him.
he’s got this sweater with burn holes in it and he looked at me and said, ‘god damn, where in the hell did you come from?’ That was my first experience with Alaska.” Alaska, which Beasley considers to do right by veterans better than most any in the union, has remained the home for John and his wife Peggy ever since. Today, Beasley keeps a shed behind their house between Wasilla and Palmer full of computers — many of which he built himself — where he charts meteorites coming into the atmosphere in and around Alaska. Many of them, Beasley says, carry valuable information, called ‘media bursts.’ “This is when a tiny meteor leaves a tiny ionized tale behind it. It’s there long enough for you to bounce a radio signal off it and get some data… you don’t get a whole lot of date, but you store it forward,” he said. “There’s thousands a day from a nanometer in size all the way up to the size of a knuckle.” When he’s not tracking meteorites, Beasley is organizing the bi-annual meetings of the Chosin Few. He said he tried to resign as the group’s president, but the board of directors refused to accept it, and what was he going to do, quit? Recently he was in Norfolk, Va. making preparations for the next Chosin Few meeting there in August, 2018. He had business to tend to, as military requirements seemed to indicate all the members would need passports to board a ship for the reunion. As he pulled onto the U.S Naval Air Station to begin arrangements, he was stopped at the gate by MP’s and Marines personnel. “You were at Chosin? Pull over here,” Beasley recalled them saying. “They like to talk me to death, tell us stories. I guess I talked with them like a couple of hours, which, you know, I had things to do. But they were so interested in the Chosin. It’s really amazing, it really is. Those guys when I went into the base to get a pass, they looked like kids.”
May 24 - May 30, 2018
SNOW CHILD MUSICAL CANCELLED IN ALASKA BY JACOB MANN
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owyn Ivey’s debut novel and Pulitzer prize nominated story, the “Snow Child” has amassed a lot of positive attention and international recognition since 2013, prompting a series of musical adaptations outside of Alaska. Alaskans, however will have to wait longer for the Snow Child musical since the Anchorage and Juneau shows were cancelled. “Today we made the tough decision to cancel the Alaska dates for the world premiere of Snow Child,” said Art Rotch, Executive and Artistic Director of the Perseverance Theatre in a recent press release. Performances in Anchorage were scheduled to begin next week, starting on May 25. Four performances at the theater’s home base in Juneau were also booked between June 9 and 10. Due to “logistical” and “financial” restrictions, the theater opted out, according to Joshua Lowman, Anchorage General Manager for the Perseverance Theatre. Lowman did not want to comment further and referred further comments to Rotch. Rotch provided some insight in an interview. He affirmed that logistical needs did play a role in the theater’s decision. “We’re a small team growing into the work we’re doing,” Rotch said. Essentially, the staffing and resources were too small and the theater took on more than they could handle at this time. Rotch said that he is a huge fan of Ivey, who lives in the Mat-Su Valley, near Chickaloon. “What a brilliant writer… A lot of people’s hero,” Rotch said. Rotch said he wanted to do the story its due justice with a quality production. “It’s such a beautiful work, something that the fans should see in the state,” he said. The theater was founded in Juneau and its 40th anniversary is next year. In light of this overexertion, the theater is brainstorming how to add more staff and resources to better prepare for the future. They currently have 12 people on their staff and Rotch said they are looking to add at least 3 or 4 more. “I can’t say enough about Arena Stage, our partner,” Rotch said. Rotch said that it’s unlikely they will be able to start Snow Child production next year but, “anything is possible after that.” The theater is currently contacting anyone who reserved tickets to issue refunds. “We regret we couldn’t successfully bring Snow Child to Alaska this season and will look for other ways to share this adaptation of Eowyn Ivey’s novel with Alaskans in the future,” Rotch stated in the release. Ivey said she did not want to make any public comments at this time. The author did however, take to Facebook in light of the news of the cancellation breaking. “I am sorry to have to share this disappointing news -- Snow Child the musical will not be coming to Alaska. All shows in Anchorage and Juneau are cancelled. My understanding is that Arena Stage and Perseverance Theatre concluded that it was not economically feasible to bring the show north…” The Snow Child musical is currently running in Washington D.C. May 24 - May 30, 2018
HB 312 STRIPS AWAY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BY ANDRÉE MCLEOD
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awmakers have again willfully and intentionally stripped away constitutionally protected rights of due process. House Bill 312 is, in part, an Act relating to arrest without a warrant for assault in the fourth degree at a health care facility. It impacts everyone, especially people who live with brain illness and cognitive impairments, such as autism, PostTraumatic Stress Disorder, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, and mental illness, among other brain illness. In an attempt to deal with an increased crime rate, lawmakers found the courage to strip away the rights of individuals who are at their most vulnerable, when they’re brought to medical facilities experiencing confusion and severe bouts of psychosis, mania, disorientation, and other symptoms of brain and cognitive impairments unrelated to substance abuse. The sponsors of HB 312, Reps Matt Claman and Chuck Kopp, drafted and defended their egregious bill with talking points that showed they lacked an understanding of the nature of brain illness. This could have easily been remedied by first getting input from experts at state and nationally-based organizations who serve and advocate for folks who live with brain illness and cognitive impairments in order to give them a clearer understanding. They further failed to present substantiated data that showed who commits these assaults (co-workers, patients, family members, others?) and failed to explain the root causes of these assaults. The fact that groups who serve folks with brain illness were not contacted before the bill was introduced, and the lack of substantiated data, makes one
wonder what special interest groups these representatives serve. In the last days of session, HB 312 morphed into an omnibus-like, behemoth of a bill when legislators decided to cobble together language from three other languishing bills. This was all designed to make them look like crime-busting McGruffs. In spite of the fact that the Alaska National Alliance of Mental Illness recently provided language that could help guide how to protect people who live with brain illness and cognitive impairments from the detrimental and damaging consequences of undue arrest without a warrant, legislators decided to forego protections for a vulnerable population of our community. They voted for the modified bill and sent it on to the governor where it awaits his signature. Buried within HB 312, and missing from the media clamor, is the stripping away of constitutionally protected rights of due process of individuals that relate to arrests. By law, warrants have to be obtained before an arrest is made. HB 312 unilaterally removes that requirement for police officers to obtain warrants before making arrests when medical employees allege claims of fourth degree assaults at medical facilities, which includes subjective behavior like threats. With HB 312, a vulnerable population have lost their right to obtain treatment in a medical environment without the fear of arrest. It criminalizes serious brain and mental illness and subjects folks to disparate treatment because they’re perceived criminally when they exhibit symptoms related to their brain illness, instead of clinically, like other people who present themselves with a medical crisis unrelated to the brain. We are all one accident away from a brain illness; HB 312 impacts every
one of us. If you were to taken to an emergency room after a ski fall or sport injury, or trekking, or bike accident, or if you’re a family member who’s accompanying someone who’s had a heart attack or other emergency, and you raise your voice or become agitated In the midst of all the confusion, disorientation, fear and chaos, you can now get arrested without the protections and rights of due process. With the passage of HB 312, these kinds of behaviors which fit the definition of fourth degree assault might just ‘randomly’ get you arrested without a warrant. Imagine, one trip to the hospital and you could end up a criminal with a criminal record. The irony should not be lost that May is Mental Health Awareness Month. At a time when we should discuss and support improvements to Alaska’s mental health system of care, legislators decided to remove certain fundamental rights as they criminalize symptoms of brain illness. In their rush to seem tough on crime for election season, lawmakers decided to make criminals out of innocent people who experience severe symptoms of their brain illness or are in the midst of a medical crisis. Warrants protects the rights of due process for everyone, including medical professionals and police officers. But, not in Alaska. If you end up in a medical facility, it could very well land you in jail because lawmakers have decided to strip away those rights and eliminate those safeguards written into our constitutions that protect us from unlawful arrests. Call Governor Walker and let him know this is wrong. Andrée McLeod moved to Alaska 40 years ago. She fights for good-government and believes in the power of the citizen to keep public officials in line.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 outdistancing Seattle Pacific (7.94), while the Seawolf men placed third in the 11-team league with 7.23 points, trailing only Western Oregon (7.89) and WWU (7.57). "We are extraordinarily proud to repeat as GNAC All-Sports champions,” said UAA interim athletic director Tim McDiffett. “This honor belongs not just to our student-athletes, but to our coaches and athletic department support staff who lay the foundation for their success in the competitive arena. Additionally, UAA studentathletes and staff should be commended for setting records in the classroom and with
GREEN TARA AIMEE ALTMAN rundown of what was going on. I was excited to check out the edibles competition, impressed with some of the offerings, especially the chocolate covered strawberries, cherries and peanut butter balls, offered my Mary’s Cherries. Pistachio macaroons? Yes please! With candies named Giggle Bursts being offered by a man in a purple suit and Hightalian Sodas flowing, it was like being inside WIlli Wonkas Candy Factory, stoner style. The vibe was nice, the mood mellow in the way that only a Cannabis crowd can be. Smiling, chill, relaxed. The music was good, and while I appreciated the band, it seemed like more of a bar sound, loud and intense. Considering we were all community service, producing a combined GPA of 3.33 in calendar year 2017 and contributing nearly 2,700 volunteer hours.” Along with the two conference crowns, UAA’s other seven GNAC teams produced finishes of second in men’s cross country and men’s indoor track & field, third in volleyball, fourth in men’s basketball and women’s indoor track & field, fifth in women’s outdoor track & field, and seventh in men’s outdoor track & field. For the second time, the GNAC AllSports champion was determined using the Dormeyer System, which gives each school an average score based on its finish in each conference sport and the number of GNAC sports sponsored by each school. The
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here to gather and commune, it felt like a chill, ambient DJ would have been more appropriate. Again, this is no diss on the band. They were great! It’s more about knowing your audience. The band would have been fantastic at a bar, with a beer in hand. This wasn’t a bar though, this was Cannabis Classic and the majority of attendees were stoned. After the music ended there was an announcement informing us that it would be about 15 minutes before the awards ceremony began. That’s cool. I took a bathroom break. And then another. And then another, because over 45 minutes went by without anything happening. No explanation, no, “Hey, we’re having technical difficulties over here. We’ll be getting started shortly.” Just silence from the organizers. When they did finally take the stage, it was unorganized. There appeared to be a disagreement as to who was in charge of the program, which led to a few awkward comments between the two gentlemen on stage. The lighting was terrible. I couldn’t see anybody’s faces as they accepted their awards and spoke. All of this could have been overlooked. I could have seen the glory of an industry event and simply left it at that, but there’s something that happened that I can’t let go of. Maybe it’s my old school thinking; I can be a bit traditional at times and I’m aware of this. But I come from the school of thought that if one sponsors an event then they’re not eligible to compete in the event. I’m not referring to simple sponsorship, I’m referring to putting on the event. If I’m the major sponsor of an industry writing
averages are based on regular-season finishes in football, volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball and conference-meet finishes in men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s indoor track & field, men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, and men’s and women’s golf. In past years, the all-sports championship was based on points awarded in two-point increments based on a team’s regular season or conference meet finish. Prior to UAA’s two straight titles, WWU had won the last eight.
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event and I’m promoting it with my name all over it, I’m not going to compete in it. Otherwise, if I win, it seems almost hallow, because I’m the one who threw the party and of course all of my friends are going to celebrate me, but that makes it more of a popularity contest than an industry awards event. For sure, some of the industry’s best and brightest were recognized and honored. Steve Voth from House of Green certainly deserves recognition, as well as Evan Schlossberg of The Frost Frontier and Leah Levinton of Enlighten. In fact, everyone who won that night deserved recognition. It just seemed weird to have Pakololo win a major award. Not because they don’t deserve it, but because it didn’t feel authentic; again, it felt like a popularity contest. What also struck me was who wasn’t there. Many of us who were nominated for awards were in attendance, but many were not. I saw a lot of talented cultivators, store owners, industry professionals, and manufacturers, generously representing themselves and sharing thier goods with all who attended. It was beautiful, a reminder that it’s the individuals who make up this community that make it the amazing network that it is. We don’t need an industry awards event to validate that we’re great. We’re great because we keep showing up, day after day, supporting each other and honoring our work and contributions. I’m glad I attended and got a chance to experience the event and the community. Next year though...I may decide to hit up Mermaid Festival instead.
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nywhere you go, springtime is high time for festivals, pagan or otherwise. Each culture has its own defining one, and in modern day Alaska, there may be none bigger than the first run of salmon. Every year since he opened Copper River Seafoods in 1996, Scott Blake has put on an event celebrating the first run, and this year he did something different, opening it to the public for an event at 49th State Brewing Company. Four of the top chefs in Alaska set up in the banquet room, each of them eager to ply their take on the fattiest and oiliest kings they’ll see all summer. “It’s gotten to be (a religious event). It’s an exciting time; it marks the spring time, the season when we all go out and make our living,” Blake said. “It’s a pretty important part of our culture.” For the 23rd straight year, Margy Johnson, better known as the ‘Mermaid of Cordova’, and more officially on her resumé, a former mayor of Cordova, was on hand, decked out in a colorful dress with tiara and scepter to boot. “I’ve been here since it started in 1996, and before that I’d go up and down the west coast with a fish in my hand promoting salmon,” Johnson said, before politely agreeing to have her photo taken next to the 35-pound king salmon, valued at $1,000 that was the grand door prize at Saturday’s event. “What I’ve noticed most is that the recipes here have changed so much. There’s salmon sushi that’s absolutely fabulous and salmon tacos.”
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Both of those dishes were the handiwork of 49th State chefs Thomas Chapman and Daniel Shier. Posted up next to them was the table of Chef Jeremy Fike from Glacier Brewhouse, who drew plenty of attention applying his blowtorch to panfuls of his Cremé Brulee Copper River Sockeye Salmon. “It’s really the first day of true salmon that’s fresh,” Fike said. “It’s the opener; the Holy Grail is the first day.” Technically, Fike’s dish was made with king salmon, which always runs a few days ahead of the sockeye. “This king salmon has all the Omega 3 fatty acids — it’s so big and oily and yummy,” Fike said. “It’s easy to undercook it or overcook it, so you’ve got to get it right in the middle.” Westmark head chef Steven Davis and his ‘right-hand man’ chef Tim Stevens, present-
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the tourists are running right behind them,” Davis said. “For us, (tourist season) started about three or four days ago.” Though the winter was relatively mild, the spring has been delayed in its coming, which, Blake said, contributed to the kings running ahead of the sockeye even more than usual. “We’re just a little on the front side of the run and the kings come a little earlier,” Blake said. “Normally, the warmer the water, the fish come a little sooner. It’s all about the temperature of the water and the depth of the river. The later the spring, the later the fish.”
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ed one of their most popular menu items, ‘Pecan and Maple Crusted Copper River Sockeye with Mushroom Potato Hash’. They, too, had to substitute king for sockeye, which Davis said was somewhat surprising. “It’s the content of the fat in the fish,’ Davis said. “When they’re coming in when the waters are cold you get that really good, high content of fat. The lower down the estuary, the fresher they will be.” Of course, the running of the salmon precedes the even more lucrative running that follows. “The kings are running the first week and
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ou could consider her your new best foodie friend. If you don’t know how to cook, she can teach you. If you already are pretty handy in the kitchen, she has tips and tricks to help you up your cooking game even more. If you want to learn how to effectively use some of the niftiest kitchen gadgets on the market today, you might want to book an in-home cooking and product show with Eagle River’s Aimee Woodley. “I did not cook at all when I first started,” confides Woodley, who started her career with direct sales giant Pampered Chef a decade ago. She could do just a bit more than boil water. Barely. “I knew how to make Uncle Ben’s microwave rice packets and Stove Top stuffing. That’s it.” Ten years later, she glides through the kitchen with chicken cooking on the stove in one of PC’s best-selling grilling pans while demonstrating the use of the latest and greatest set of knives and a revolutionary-styled cheese grater boasting the ability to keep your fingers away from the action unlike your grandmoth-
er’s traditional pyramid-style grater. She’s prepping fajitas. She’s going through the motions of a 30-minute or less prep time for a well-rounded dinner – one that includes plenty of veggies and fits easily in to the busy week day routine of most families. Her poise rivals that of Martha Stewart but her encouraging invitation for guests of the cooking show to join her in the kitchen and try the products out for themselves dispels the intimidation factor many folks feel when embarking on a new culinary venture.
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Gone are the days when the cooking show consisted of the demonstrator standing up in front of a row of properly seated guests. “That was just the worst,” Woodley said with a reflective chuckle. Today, the guests are in the kitchen right alongside her. And household life just continues to happen amidst the show. Sometimes the kids of the guests and host are cruising in and out of the kitchen snagging a piece of fruit or celery stick. Woodley gives them a wink as they whiz around the gathered parents who are multi-tasking between paying attention
to the demo and guiding the children back to a kiddo activity. There are wine glasses in their hands. The grandmothers in attendance are fawning over the advancements in the cooking tools and smiling at the little kids knowing they don’t have to worry about them spilling juice on the carpet. Husbands grab a beer. Woodley often does grill shows that turn in to date nights for couples. The idea is to have the cooking show meet folks right where their food needs exist. “It is more like a casual cooking class where everyone just gather around the kitchen counter to make a recipe together, talk about products and some kitchen tips that can help the cooking process go faster and more fun,” Woodley said. “I love the hands-on approach because it empowers the guests.”
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The sisters have done the face time show twice and Woodley said they will do it again. “The guests in Virginia just loved it,” she said, adding that PC’s encouragement of technology helps keep the company relevant in today’s culture.
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The preparation ease factored in to PC’s long list of recipes was a big part of what drew her to Pampered Chef. “I tell folks, ‘you are not going to need to watch a YouTube video first to be able to use these products and prepare these recipes,’” Woodley said. “But if you need extra help, we have them.” Pampered Chef encourages families to eat at least one meal per week together. For Woodley’s family, that happens nearly every day – including days on which she has a cooking show scheduled. “We just have our meal earlier before the show,” Woodley said. Her husband, David, a UAA history professor, still prepares most of the family’s meals, she said. PC’s 30-minute meals are easy for her to promote because they are regularly featured at the Woodley dining table. “I want to teach something that makes life easier for the everyday person who has a busy work life and whose children have a busy activity schedule and don’t want to just put something or a TV dinner in the microwave or grab take-out,” Woodley said. “Not only is it possible to prepare healthy meals for your family, it doesn’t have to take hours.” Reach Aimee Woodley online at www.pamperedchef.com/pws/aimeewoodley.
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e only started serving lunch recently,” one of Club Paris’ waitresses told me, “like sometime in the mid-80s.” Club Paris is such an institution in Anchorage that “recently” is measured in decades, or pre and post-Statehood. But that’s not the point of this anecdote; the waitress continued: “Before we served lunch, sled dogs got the cuts left over from dinner’s filet mignons.” Club Paris has, by far, the best burgers in Anchorage. No wonder: They’re ground from the 40% or so of the meat that’s left over after the filet mignons are cut the night before. When you only use the best cuts for the filet mignon, you’ve got a lot of prime beef left to go into burgers. And Club Paris’ lunch prices are outrageously affordable, $12-$15 for filet mignon burgers or french dips, and the daily special comes with soup and a salad. Often, the soup is halibut or clam chowder, and would cost nearly as much as the whole lunch anywhere else. Of course, $12-$15 is significantly more than the sled dogs paid for lunch for about half of Club Paris’ tenure in Anchorage. The restaurant opened in 1957, before statehood. At the time, its phone number was Blue-23. One of Club Paris’ original owners, Tommy Strachan, met his wife in France in World War II, so the current owners say the restaurant itself is a love story of sorts. That’s an improvement over the building’s original incarnation: In the 20’s and 30’s it was a funeral home. One of the current co-owners, Stan Selman (the other co-owner is his brother), said he found bones one time when renovating the walk-in freezer. Stan, who you’ll generally find tending bar, has done a lot of work on the building over the years. He started out replacing the flooring in the early 80’s, just a few years after his dad bought it. Over the years, he’s replaced just about everything else--the paneling, wainscoting, even a framed print he recovered that has been posted in the restaurant when it opened 60 years ago. Stan is tied so closely to the restaurant that they celebrated their 60th birthdays on the same night. The wait and cook staff have changed little more than the owners. Two of the cooks have 50 years of experience between them in the
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Club Paris co-owner Stan Selman restaurant, and it isn’t unusual for waitresses to stay for 15 or 20 years. Club Paris is the only restaurant I’ve been in Anchorage where waitresses will remember--without exception--what I order even if I haven’t been by in months. They’re union members, and get paid more than employees of lesser establishments. It shows every day in the quality of the food and the service. If you haven’t been to Club Paris before and don’t want to commit to a somewhat expensive dinner (entrees average about $35, with very reasonably priced drinks), go for a lunch. It is the best in Anchorage, and among the most affordable. The filet mignon burgers or the Paris Special (burgers on french bread with au jus) are always great choices, but often you’ll have a divinely-inspired special, like a prime rib steak sandwich or the city’s best chicken fried steak. For dinner, normal people should try the
petite filet mignon ($33), while those who are particularly hungry can go for the “regular” filet ($42). It is the best steak you’ll eat in Alaska, and perhaps in your entire life. While you’re trying to eat it as slowly as you possibly
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mean, you don't want someone where they're just selling like four seats,” he said. “Even though the thing’s tempting for people, we might want to split you with somebody else. We're still working that out.” Live at Surreal Studios has had four shows so far, each of them resulting in a successful recording. Father/son duo Matt and Michael Faubion, Hurricane Dave and Jason Ott were the first three musicians in the house. The next artist set to record is the incomparable virtuoso guitarist Rick Brooks. Last Thursday night, though, it was time for singer, songwriter, circus performer and 7th grade teacher Fiona Rose to wow us all. A receptive, participatory audience of 25 people or so, including Rose’s friends, family, voice teacher, and this reporter rocked and rolled to her whimsical, personal, and honest songs. Rose was backed by guitarist and trumpeter Betsy Ure and bassist Lars Lindbergh for two long sets of original tunes. Rose herself sings, plays ukulele, kazoo, and — astonishingly — plays a full set of melodic bells with her feet. Oh, and a foot-operated tambourine, too. All at once. We all fell in love with Fiona Rose during her two hour CONTINUED ON PAGE 22
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hat do you do if you’re a singer/songwriter with some tunes but not a huge following or bank account? If you want to record your music, you might want to talk to Kurt Riemann at Surreal Studios, the venerable local recording studio off of Arctic and Potter. Reimann has come up with the idea to help fund his studio time for solo, duo, and trio artists that want to get their current sound down on “tape” via a live, in-studio audience. Interested artists simply sign up with Reimann, who creates a GoFundMe project. The studio can fit 20-30 people in to watch a performance, and “tickets” cost $25 each. That way, a musician can fund their recording time at Surreal Studios by putting on a show. At the end of the process, the artist will get a professionally-recorded live album that Riemann will master and make available. The audience gets a show and a downloadable copy of the recording for their $25. How did the whole idea come about, though? “It had been mentioned to me over the years that we should do like house concerts,” Riemann told me. “And any time I'd go to like a house concert, it's an intimate little thing, kind of informal, and you know, really packed in to somebody's house, right?” Reimann wasn’t really interested in packing a bunch of randos into his professional studio, though, but had a recent eureka moment last December. “We had a music recital in [the studio],” he said. “My wife teaches and there's all these parents, very orderly getting in and out and people know where to walk around in a studio, you know, just I think we both looked at the little stage and said and said, ‘You know, we could do this.’” That’s how Live at Surreal Studios was born. Reimann makes sure that when artists sign up, they’ll be able to sell enough seats to the show to make it happen. “I
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then I didn’t often answer my cell phone; it was more of a work-inducted irritant than a convenience for me, but when it kept ringing repeatedly, I answered. Ms. Fermento’s tone was immediately wrong and what she told me was something I never want to hear again. In 2007, the then Snow Goose Restaurant and Sleeping Lady Brewing Company brewed Spartan Warrior Imperial Stout in honor of Jeffery; I wanted to share this with Short. I’ve recovered. My daughter’s recovered. Our families have recovered, but Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day, the Fourth of July and other days that remind us of the cost of our freedom have become important days in our lives, and this upcoming event at 49th State will help us all remember with pain and pride. “I’ve always struggled as I didn’t really feel like I was doing enough to pay tribute to William’s ultimate sacrifice. The Fallen Comrade Project finally gave me the opportunity to do something special to solidify Williams’ memory. It’s much bigger than one story though,” says Short. “I was thinking how do I even participate? How do I remember a guy? When the project came along, it was a solid ‘yes, this is it.’” Alaska’s got a huge military contingent and deep military history. If you’ve been watching the news, KTUU’ completed a six-part series on Alaska’s Forgotten War. May marks the 75th Anniversary of the only land battle fought on American soil. It all happened as part of the Aleutian Campaign and the Battle of Attu was particularly noteworthy. Today, Alaska hosts military member from all branches of the service and with so many of them at nearby JBER, 49th State’s Anchorage brewpub gets a lot of military traffic and Short and the establishment’s owners recognize and celebrate our service member’s contributions. “David McCarthy, one of the owners, whose father and grandfather both served in the military is extremely supportive of our military members and is very grateful that they are guests in our brewpubs,” says
Short. “With our proximity to JBER here in Anchorage and up north, Clear, Eielson and Ft. Wainwright, military members visit our Healy location too. We see a lot of these dedicated people and appreciate what they do.” “These military members are completely entwined in the fabric of who we are at 49th State and we feel fortunate that we get to provide a small service to those that serve us and to those we’ve lost,” says Short. “David, I and the rest of the 49th State Brewing team want to dedicate this beer to all military members from Alaska or who are serving in Alaska, especially those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country.” Within Inglin’s Fallen Comrade Project, he asks participating breweries to do three things. “All we ask is (1) you brew the ‘Fallen Comrade Red Ale,’ (2) set up a Fallen Comrade Table in your tap room with signage explaining the symbolism of the table, and (3), contribute a portion of the proceeds to the Memory Box Project,” reads the letter Short received. “This came together late,” says Short. “I didn’t find out about it until about five weeks before the Memorial Day weekend and I really had to work at it to get the brew into our busy summer brewing schedule this year.” Still, he made it work and was honored to be a part of the project. “Our dry hopped ale is red to symbolize the blood shed on the battlefield. It contains lemon peel to signify the bitter fate of the fallen, and salt to reflect the tears shed by loved ones left behind,” says Short. “I especially want to dedicate this brew to the memory of my brother’s comrade Emmert.” The beer’s composition and ingredients mirror the intent of the special Fallen Comrade Table that will be set up at 49th State as part of the project. According to protocol, the table is a way to acknowledge fallen soldiers that were killed in action, became prisoners of war or are still missing in action. The table represents service members CONTINUED ON PAGE 24
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he Chris Robinson Brotherhood is a free spirit. Their music is loose with many layers, it grooves, it’s psychedelic and it’s coming to the Alaska State Fairgrounds this Memorial Day weekend (May 26 & 27, 2018) headlining a diverse collection of local and national music acts. Led by former singer for The Black Crowes, Chris Robinson, the CRB knows how to be productive doing what they love — simply making music and have fun doing it. It’s a lifestyle for them and their brand of music is the perfect dose of integrated sounds and imaginative poetry that it works as the perfect temporary remedy for the heavy weight of the world today and the anxiety that comes with it. Since the debut of the band in 2011, CRB has released six studio albums starting from 2012’s ‘Big Moon Ritual’ through ‘Barefoot In The Head’ released mid-2017. The band has also released three live recordings dubbed ‘Betty’s Blends’ Volumes 1-3, that captures the essence of the CRB’s celebrated and more improvised live sound. We had a chance to speak with Robinson at his home in the woods beyond the outskirts of San Francisco to talk music and his newfound enthusiasm for Alaska. Robert Foran: Hello Chris, thanks for taking time to talk to us. How are you today? Chris Robinson: I’m good man. It’s not snowing or anything up there is it? I mean, gimme a break! [Laughs] So you’re kind of out there in the woods I hear? I read that you live within a rainforest? Yeah, it’s an ancient rainforest in Marin County. We’re like an hour and a half from the city. It’s fairly remote; a lot of ranchers, hippies and weirdos, and fisherman and stuff. It’s rad, I really like being out here. You were here recently on the weekend of March 22nd-24th performing with ‘California Kind' at the Sitzmark at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood. How did you get involved with those gigs and was that your first time performing in Alaska? It was my first time in the state. It was fantastic, my good friend Barry Sless asked me to be a part of that. Barry and I have another band here in Marin called ‘The Green Leaf Rustlers,’ — our country band. I started playing with Barry in ‘Phil Lesh and Friends’ back in 2004, so we’ve been friends a long time. Yeah, turned out that I had the time available and they asked me if I’d come do it. I ended up just having a marvelous time. I had no idea I’d be having so much fun. Everyone says you have to see Alaska, and I only saw one slice of the cake, you know? But fantastic, what a beautiful time. I’ve told everyone
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ever since about Alaska and we’re just excited to come up with CRB to see another spot and meet new people — it’s really cool. Was your first impression of Alaska anything like what you’d imagined it would be? Flying into Anchorage I’ll say, I love Colorado and I’ve been around the world and have been lucky to have seen the fjords and fly over the Andes and other weird shit in my life, but I was like, ‘Oh my God, you could fit the whole state of Colorado, and crush it in your hands and blow it like dust over this place and you would never see it again.’ [Laughs] The scale — I was unprepared for the scale. Incredibly beautiful too. I had the opportunity to hit the glaciers and I have always been terrified of helicopters, but I said ‘fuck it.’ I had the opportunity to do something I’ve never done and I might not ever get the chance again. Mindboggling stuff, but still I was there for 72 hours and I never saw a moose! My whole life I’ve never seen a moose — someone hook me up! [Laughs] Is the band excited to be coming to Alaska? Yeah, I’ve been talking it up. That’s one good thing about our crew, everyone is up for an adventure. It’s not a chore, you can see how being on the road for many decades can have its good and its bad, but overall we’re a group of people that love the music that we play and I don’t think it’s lost on us those opportunities that are available. You just ended your first tour with your new group ‘As the Crow Flies’ playing music from The Black Crowes catalog — is the ‘Great Alaska Music Fest’ the way you’ll be embarking a set of summer tour dates with the Brotherhood? Yeah, but we’re always on tour with the CRB. We don’t really start until July but we do 120 shows a year, so CRB is constantly touring. I’ve heard you do a version of ‘Hard To Handle’ with CRB, but has the band ever done any other Black Crowes tunes? ‘Hard To Handle’ — I’ve sung that song and that song's being sung somewhere, somehow, but no, it’s the CRB. We made six albums, we have seven years of touring and it’s its own
world. I didn't think it was necessary to combine the two because they’re two very different things. It’s different people, different material, different everything. It’s a different philosophical place, you know? Due to the aspect of being in a band now under no pressure to sound a certain way with no set agenda, do you feel that’s the best way to express yourself creatively or does writing under pressure have its benefits and results in coming up with some of your most notable songs? To me the pressure would come from outside people who want to make money off of what you’re dreaming about or what you’re living through. I mean the real pressure is always from people who don’t live their lives as artists because they see it as a commodity where money is the base. You’re not dealing with that now are you? I tried my hardest not to deal with it my whole career, it’s just when you’re the one person in a swarm of people who are greedy and egocentric, you eventually turn out to be the bad guy ‘cause you’re not playing the game, you know? But to remove myself from that game altogether, it was a lot healthier, and I think if you’re in a good place your creative potential is, you know… you can just recognize that this is what I want to be doing, this is what I want to be saying with this music. How much of your music is arranged right then and there during the recording sessions? A lot. We’re going into the studio in a couple weeks so we’re starting to pull all the loose ends together and see what the compositions look like. Once I’m sitting on twelve or thirteen rough pieces, it’s time to record. We play so much and everyone’s an idealist and intuitive, so we’re in touch with what we’re trying to do. There’s no person from a record company saying ‘I don’t like that chorus’, so we have that freedom to use as many words, as many colors and as many textures as we want. Then hopefully it’s still just, you know, people can dance in their kitchen when having friends over or whatever. [Laughs] Talk about the interesting cover art for ‘Bare-
foot In The Head.’ — Who’s the artist and why did you choose that for the cover? Yeah, that’s “Little Wings” Kyle [Field]. One of the reasons I wanted to do shows, be in a band and write songs, opposed to other ways I could’ve expressed myself was the graphic art part of it, even though I’m not a graphic artist, it’s been one of my interests. I always had these strong, conceptual ideas about the way my shit should look, I mean the CRB gave me another opportunity to build another world where everything is more psychedelic and in a way more abstract and surreal. To me, it’s just another fun, enjoyable part of creating a band and a culture, and it’s why I’m interested. It’s got to fit the music, and in a sense I think we do a good job of that at the old Silver Arrow Records. Listing to ‘Barefoot In The Head’ sometimes you hear some cosmic, sci-fi sounds coming out of Adam MacDougall’s keyboard that you didn’t really hear during his days with the Black Crowes — were you looking for those sounds or do you just let Adam do his thing and have fun with the music? A little of both, you know? I mean the keyboards weren’t a featured thing in the Black Crowes like they are in the CRB. We love synthesizers and we love those colors and stuff. Not in any concrete way, but whatever we couldn’t do in the Black Crowes we were allowed to do in this band. One of his main influences is the great Bernie Worrell from Parliament-Funkadelic so, he’s one of my main influences too since I was 13 years old — yeah, let it all go, let it all flow together. Are you a social media guy? Are you the one managing your Facebook and Instagram accounts? No, I can’t. I have no interest and/or capacity for stuff like that. It’s a necessity in this day and age, true, but we have other folks doing that. I mean we try to keep it in the language of our band and our culture, but I don’t really know what’s going on. Who are some other artists that you would like to collaborate with? D’Angelo. What words do you have for the Alaska crowd getting ready to let loose and enjoy an outdoor concert with the CRB at the Great Alaska Music Festival? It might get chilly so I suggest dancing. Yeah, boogie down, it’ll be boogie down nights. For more info on Chris Robinson Brotherhood please visit chrisrobinsonbrotherhood. com For details about the Great Alaska Music Festival please visit greatalaskamusicfestival.com Robert’s work can be followed through Foran Brand Journalism on Facebook & foranbrandjournalism.com May 24 - May 30, 2018
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Create a one-of-a-kind hypertufa (pronounced hyper-toofa) planter that your plants will love! These hand-made planters look like rock and can be cast into almost any shape you want. These planters, made from environmentally friendly material, are perfect for harsh Alaskan Winters, are light weight, and will be the talk of your garden! Participants will make 1 medium sized pot; registration includes all materials. But feel free to bring in a container of your choice if there is a certain shape you know you want. Pre-registration is required. $10 cancellation fee applies. No refunds for requests made less than 48 hours from the date of the class, please consider your payment a donation to the Garden. Call the Garden at 907-770-3692 with questions or to register over the phone and avoid processing fees. The class begins at 6pm. (Alaska Botanical Garden, 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road)
gestural, speaking to human nature and the natural world. Phelps and Murphy combined to create a multidiscipline exhibition of photographs and sculptural works. The presentation begins at 6:30pm. (IGCA, 427 D Street)
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HARRY POTTER 2000S VIDEO DANCE PARTY FINAL BATTLE TO WARPED TOUR Join your friends at Anchorage Community Works for the 12th and final Anger Management Battle To Warped Tour. The All Ages prelim round will be held on Fri, May 25th at Anchorage Community Works with one band moving on to compete in the finals at Koot's on May 26th. The competing bands are: Brothers In Arms, Carnage SS, Bulletproof Jay, SunDog, Wyte Vinyl and Atlas. Doors open at 7pm and there is a $10 cover charge. (Anchorage Community Works, 349 E Ship Creek Avenue)
CLEAN COMEDY CLUB Twice a month on the open-mic comedy stage, in the beautiful Whale’s Tail venue, you’ll see comedians from everywhere perform killer tried and true jokes plus doing completely new material for the first time! Have you ever wanted to try standup? Here's your chance! Come try out some jokes on your friends, or just come and be entertained by local headliners, eat dinner and have some wine. The standup begins at 7:30pm. (Whale's Tail, 939 W 5th Avenue)
PECHAKUCHA NIGHT VOL.3 PechaKucha 20x20 is a lively, rapid-fire presentation format with multiple presenters from within the local design community: architects, artists, industrial designers, photographers, creative thought leaders, and more. Each presenter shows 20 images, each image for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically while the presenters talk along. This event is brought to you by the Alaska Design Forum with support from PechaKucha Global HQ in Tokyo. The event kicks off at 6:30pm and is free to attend. (Church of Love, 3502 Spenard Road)
ALCOHOL INK Class includes alcohol inks, supplies and instruction. Stencil option will be provided. Alcohol inks are alcohol-based non-toxic inks. During this class you learn basic technique and application of the paints along and how you can learn how to do this on your very own. A very fun, forgiving and vibrant art form for all levels! The class is $55 to participate and preregistration is required. Call (907) 770-9200 for more information. Painting begins at 6pm. (South Restaurant + Coffeehouse, 11124 Old Seward Highway)
MAY ARTIST TALK IGCA will be hosting an artist talk featuring all three may artists: Susan Joy Share, Tami Phelps, and Richard J. Murphy. Susan Joy Share’s sculptural books, pop-ups and paperwork combine bookbinding, stitching, painting, collage and sculpture. While structured and formatted, the work is intuitive and
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LED ZEPPELIN COSMIC LIGHT SHOW Be transported by mood-altering art and 3-D graphics choreographed to Led Zeppelin’s biggest hits, including Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant Song and Ramble On. This immersive experience plays out on the museum's full-dome planetarium screen in concert with a state-of-the-art sound system. The screening is at 7:30pm and tickets are $10 at AnchorageMuseum.org. (Anchorage Museum, 625 C Street)
NEWCOMERS GROUP & CHAMPAGNE DANCE PARTY Have you ever wished you and your special someone knew how to cut a rug? Now's your chance to learn! The Fred Astaire Dance Studio is offering Introductory Group Lessons where you will learn how to Foxtrot, Waltz, Rumba and Swing. Then stick around for their dance party to practice your new skills! The lessons begin at 8pm but be sure to call (907) 522-4590 to learn more and to reserve your spot. (Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 1300 # 68th Avenue, Suite 202)
POW! MMA (Mostly Melanin Arts), Anchorage's newest (and most melanated) improv troupe, performs improv live onstage at the Alaska Experience Theatre--based on audience suggestions, for your entertainment! It's a great night of laughter, creativity and surprises. Don't miss out on seeing the improv group that makes you "Tap out with laughter!" The comedy starts at 8pm and tickets are $10 at BrownPaperTickets.com. (Alaska Experience Theatre, 333 W 4th Avenue, Suite 207)
Williwaw is celebrating a night of spells and magic with bangers and hits from the 2000s, a giant video screen, and premium concert sound. Get ready to have the Tarantallegra spell cast on you because you’re not gonna want to stop dancing and join in group singa-longs! Costumes, wands and spells are strongly encouraged – no Avada Kedavra please! Admission is free at the party kicks off at 9:30pm. (Williwaw, 609 F Street)
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Expect to stretch, climb, review some basics, and learn something new! Participation requires a once yearly $40 membership which can b be purchased at CirqueBorreal.com. The drop-in lesson begins at 12:30pm. (Anchorage Community Works, 349 E Ship Creek Avenue)
THE SLOWGRASS REVIVAL The Slowgrass Revival brings old timeysingalong style music to Sunday brunch every week at The Writer's Block. Brunch lasts from 11am - 3pm, with music by the Alaskan Songwriters' Association from noon to 2:30pm. (The Writer's Block, 3956 Spenard Road)
GREAT ALASKA MUSIC FESTIVAL This first annual music festival will feature national and Alaskan bands performing from morning through night on May 26 and 27. The Great Alaska Music Festival will have Special VIP seating with a Back-Stage area, complete with catered food, wine, liquor and craft beer for the Artists, Special Guests & VIPs. The festival starts at 10am and tickets are $70 - $243 at GreatAlaskaMusicFestival.com. (Alaska State Fairgrounds, 2075 Glen Highway)
AUDITIONS FOR CYRANO'S 2018 FALL SHOWS Calling all actors! Cyrano's will be hosting two days of auditions for their fall productions “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Doll's House, Part Two”. Auditions begin at 10am and are by appointment only. Email production@cyranos.org for appointments and audition information. (Cyrano's Theatre Company, 3800 Debarr Road)
VEHICLE AUCTION Prestige Auction House in conjunction with Vulcan Towing will be hosting Recovery's vehicle auction. This auction is open to the public and registration is free – this means that you don't need a special license to bid on these vehicles. The preview is Friday, May 25, 1-3 pm and the live auction is Saturday, May 26, at 10 am with Gates at 9:30am. For more information and a complete list of vehicles visit:www.prestigeauctions907.com. (Vulcan Towing and Recovery, 10726 Olive Lane)
BATTLE TO WARPED TOUR FINAL ROUND It's the final battle to warped tour – ever. Join the winning bands as they duke it out to take home the ultimate prize of playing two dates on the warped tour. Admission is $5 at the door and all proceeds go towards defraying travel costs for the winning band. The battle begins at 8:30pm. (Koot's, 2435 Spenard Road)
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ACW DROP-IN CLASS Whether you are brand new to aerial or you have been practicing for years - come join the Cirque Borreal group for their drop-in class.
GAMING AT THE ZOO Warehouse 49, Anchorage's premiere gaming bar and E-Sports center, will be taking over the Anchorage Zoo for an epic day of gaming. This will be an all ages, 90 seat event (with plenty of standing room) with a $10 entry fee if you just want to attend the LAN event. Pay $15 and get access to the Zoo and the LAN. The entry fee goes directly to support the Zoo. The tournament begins at 12pm. To learn more or purchase a VIP package, visit https:// www.patreon.com/WH49. (Alaska Zoo, 4731 O'Malley Road) For a full list of events, visit us online at AnchoragePress.com/Calendar.
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A ROSE IN CANDLE: PLACE AND MEMORY BY INDRA ARRIAGA
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vive and thrive because Alaska is a magical place, it always has been, it always will be. A Rose in Candled was screened at the Alaska Jewish Campus in Anchorage on May 15, 2018. The Screening was very well attended, with over 50 people—and on a sunny day. The documentary screens next at the museum in Nome on July 14, 2018.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 performance. “Yeah, well, she's from another planet,” said Reimann, echoing my own thoughts. “You know [she’s] so engaging. You think that you're the only person in the audience she's looking at.” Songs included the first song Rose ever wrote, “Apocalypse Alone,” about working out our feelings with other human beings. “There’s nowhere to put these feelings, except for him,” she sang. “Sex is a Liar,” about the fundamental difficulty with intimacy both physical and emotional, sounds like a New Orleans voodoo groove, while “I Disown My Body” showed off a bell solo, a trumpet solo from Ure, and a kazoo solo. Each song invites the listener in a little deeper. Rose truly is singing each song to you and for herself at the same time. It’s like therapy through music, a melodic confessional for us all. Rose thinks Live at Surreal Studios is a fantastic thing. “I think this series is geared toward singer/song writers, maybe, who don't have a lot of samples of their music,” Rose told me over a chai tea at The Writer’s Block a couple of days after her recording. “And haven't performed as much in the community
magine, Sweden, 1958, the World Cup… this was the World Cup match that changed Brazil forever. After the painful defeat of Brazil by Uruguay in their home turf in 1950, the country went into a collective depression and deeply rooted fear that went beyond the sport. In 1958 the team reached the finals of the World Cup again, and this time with more trepidation than before. The championship match in 1958 was against the Swedes in their home land, making the Brazilian team not just unwelcomed, but ridiculed and belittled. The 1958 match was of importance on many levels, it was not just about fútbol (soccer); it was symbolic of the power dynamic between colonial players, between the conquerors and the conquered, north and south, Black and White. The 1958 Brazilian team had a young player, the youngest to this day to ever score in a winning championship match, the 17-year-old Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who would be known to the world then and forever as Pelé. Pelé: Birth of a Legend is a nicely made film that tells the story of the greatest soccer player that has ever lived. The film is written and directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist and among the list of Executive Producers is Pelé himself. Pelé even delivers an unexpected cameo as a treat to fans everywhere. With the 2018 World Cup approaching and with soccer gaining popularity and momentum across the United States, Pelé: Birth of a Legend is a great introduction into the spirit of the game and the history that surrounds the South American giant. The film tells the story of Pelé’s humble beginnings and his family. The film has a beautiful cast. Pelé is played by Kevin de Paula who does an ok job, but the younger Pelé is played by Leonardo Lima Carvalho who does an outstanding job. Pelé’s father, Dondinho, is played by none other than Seu Jorge, who’s screen presence is unforgettable. Seu Jorge is also one of Brazil’s most talented musicians, something that is wasted in this production. In the film, Pelé is surrounded by compelling depictions of friends, family, and
to get their songs recorded, so that they have more footing, and to give them that recording experience. I haven't done a lot of recording, but frankly, the idea of studio recording does not appeal to me.” Rose, of course, has a classical background, with flute as her first, most accomplished instrument and piano soon after that. She began learning Ukulele six years ago. “‘I wanted to be able to sing while playing, and then within a year and a half of learning ukulele, I started being able to write my own songs,” she said. Rose loves the ephemeral nature of live performance — recording it that way was a no brainer. “As a songwriter, it's a really cool opportunity to get to record that,” she said. “And I think also, working together with my band mates, both of whom I'd performed with before, on something concrete with a deadline, I think really made us work some things up.” The experience itself was positive, as well. “There is a whole space to warm up, MJ [Reimann’s wife and an accomplished musician and teacher herself] was keeping me calm, talking me up,” Rose said. “Kurt was making sure all the mics were in the right place. I didn't even
community. Viewers who love Do usual love fútbol will love this movie because it highlights the Beauty of the sport. Viewers who don’t love or know the sport, just may after seeing the dance that is Brazilian fútbol. For Brazilians and other Latin American countries, fútbol is not just about winning, it’s about winning in the most beautiful way possible. Some say that Brazilian fútbol is about the “ginga”, the magical quality that carries with it joy and a spirit of resistance from generations. Fútbol is not just about getting the ball to the goal, it’s about how beautifully one can samba and dribble the ball to the goal. It is the beauty with which Brazil plays that fills the hearts of millions every four years. Pelé: Birth of a Legend condenses hundreds of years of history of oppression and resistance as the backstory. The film is beautiful and entertaining even though it has some limitations, particularly in the oversimplification of the economic and racial dynamics surrounding places and events. If it weren’t for the fact that it’s about Pelé, that he is involved in the production, and that his story is compelling, the film could easily be dismissed as a predictable triumphant story with a compelling underdog. The story covers a lot of ground, and perhaps this is what makes the biopic deliver an overly prescribed and very controlled narrative. The soundtrack is surprisingly disappointing, because although it fills the frames, it misses and opportunity to combine Brazil’s two greatest passions, fútbol and music. To have Seu Jorge on screen and not his music is tragic. Nevertheless, the film is worth watching because to get a glimpse of the magic of Pelé will make you want to samba.
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feel like there were any microphones there, the way he set it up. It really was an acoustic show. In fact, I worried maybe I sang too loud.” She did not sing too loud. The audience is what fuel’s Rose’s playing, anyway. “It was a higher proportion of people I'm madly in love with,” she said. “So these were people who paid to be there. There were a few faces, yours among them, who were people I actually didn't know very well.” The show itself was the first of the series to sell out, according to Reimann. Rose said that the GoFundMe made $800 of its $750 goal, which had her feeling satisfied. “It feels good to have Kurt offering his expertise to someone like me,” said Rose, “who really does not have the means or ability to record. Michael and Matt Fabian, they have a recording studio in their basement. I'm never going to have a recording studio in my basement.” Having recordings of her music makes Fiona Rose a little more viable, too, because when people want to hear what she sounds like, she now has something to point them toward. “‘Because usually when people have heard me,
they want me to perform, but I don't actually have a CD of what I do,” she said. “And I'm not very techy, I think you can see that. I'm an acoustic girl, so I'm really happy when I plug in my amp myself and put a microphone in. We did that on Wednesday 'cause my voice wasn't working and I was like, ‘How do I set this up?’ I could learn it, but I don't really want to. Kind of like I could learn how to fix my bicycle, but I already have the things I'm good at.” Kurt Reimann is good at recording music and championing the regional music scene. Live at Surreal Studios, he said, doesn’t have to be a huge official big show announced to the public every time, either. “Some of [the] people I think are going to [have a] smaller [audience] might do well not to be advertised in such a crazy-ass way, you know? Some of the lesser known singer songwriters might be happy to just have been advertised amongst family and friends.” If you want to learn more about the series, head on over to the Live at Surreal Artists Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ groups/409167239545460/permalink/410424142753103/. May 24 - May 30, 2018
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I like watersports, and I heard about a guy in a rural area who holds piss parties in his backyard. I found a mailing list for those interested in piss play, and it wasn’t long before he posted about one of these parties. People on the list talk a big game, but no one else has stepped up to host something, including me. (I would, but four neighbors look into my backyard.) The host has very simple rules for who can attend: You have to identify as a guy and wear masculine attire. I get to the party, and there were about four guys and the host. I had a good time. The host had plenty of drinks out, towels, chairs, canopies, and candles to ward off the mosquitos. I’ve been back a couple times. Everyone is friendly enough and there’s the
sounds like a gracious host. I mean, drinks, towels, and canapés* at a piss party? Swank.) But your host’s behavior sounds genuinely annoying. Hosting a sex party doesn’t give someone the right to insert himself into someone else’s scene, and stupid jokes have the power to kill the mood and murder the boners. So what do you do? Well, you could send your host an e-mail or give him a call. Thank him for the invite, let him know you appreciate the effort he goes to (such delicious canapés!), and then tell him why some people say they’re coming and don’t show: You’re too loud, your music is awful, you have a bad habit of horning in on the action, and you need to learn some new jokes to tell when you’re pissing on someone (or, better yet, not tell any jokes at all). But I don’t think ticking off a list of his shortcomings is going to get you anywhere other than crossed off the invite list to future parties. So why not make your own piss party? You don’t need a big backyard—I mean, presumably your place has a tub. Supplement your tub with a couple of kiddie pools on top of some plastic tarp laid down on the living room or basement floor. Ask your guests to keep it in the tub, pool, or on the tarp. You get to choose the guys, you get to select the music, and, as host, you can lay down the law about making jokes and horning in
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): A critic described Leonardo da Vinci's painting the Mona Lisa as "the most visited, most written about, most sung about, most parodied work of art in the world." Today it's kept in the world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris, where it's viewed by millions of art-lovers. But for years after its creator's death, it enjoyed little fanfare while hanging in the bathroom of the French King Francois. I'd love to see a similar evolution in your own efforts, Aries: a rise from humble placement and modest appreciation to a more interesting fate and greater approval. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): These days, many films use CGI, computer generated imagery. The technology is sophisticated and efficient. But in the early days of its use, producing such realistic fantasies was painstaking and time-intensive. For example, Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Jurassic Park featured four minutes of CGI that required a year to create. I hope that in the coming weeks, you will summon equivalent levels of old-school tenacity and persistence and attention to detail as you devote yourself to a valuable task that you love. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On February 17, 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev had an appointment with a local cheesemaking company to provide his expert consultation. But he never made it. A blast of inspiration overtook him soon after he awoke, and he
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stayed home to tend to the blessed intrusion. He spent that day as well as the next two perfecting his vision of the periodic table of the elements, which he had researched and thought about for a long time. Science was forever transformed by Mendeleyev's breakthrough. I doubt your epiphanies in the coming weeks will have a similar power to remake the whole world, Gemini. But they could very well remake your world. When they arrive, honor them. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ninetyfive percent of your fears have little or no objective validity. Some are delusions generated by the neurotic parts of your imagination. Others are delusions you've absorbed from the neurotic spew of other people's imaginations. On the one hand, it's a damn shame you feel so much irrational and unfounded anxiety. On the other hand, hearing my assertion that so much of it is irrational and unfounded might mobilize you to free yourself from its grip. June can and should be Fighting for Your Freedom from Fear Month. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): During the next four weeks, I'll celebrate if you search for and locate experiences that will heal the part of your heart that's still a bit broken. I'll literally jump for joy if you hunt down new teachings that will ultimately ensure you start making a daring dream come true in 2019. And my soul will soar if you gravitate toward the mind-expanding kind of hedonism
on the action: Both are forbidden, and joke-telling hornerinners will be asked to pull up their pants and leave. One last thought: If you have it in you to invest some time in getting to know this guy—if you treat him like a human being—you might be able to draw him out on something that clearly frustrates him: guys who say they’re coming to the party but don’t show. If he seems genuinely baffled, PEE, that’s your opening to ask if he’d like some constructive feedback. If he says yes, you can very gently run through your list of ways to improve his parties: no jokes, better music, and a “no horning in” rule for all (not just for him). * Yes, I know: There were canopies at the party, not canapés—tents, not hors d’oeuvres. But I read it as canapés at first, and the mental image of piss players daintily eating canapés between scenes was so much more entertaining than the mental image of piss players huddling under canopies that I stuck with my original reading. I had a MMF threesome with my husband and a man we met on Instagram (of all places)! Everyone had a good time, and there was no awkwardness afterward. I think things went so well because after years of reading Savage Love, we knew to “use our words” and treat our “very special guest star” with respect! Thanks, Dan! My Ultimate Fantasy Ful-
rather than the mind-shrinking variety. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Everyone has a unique fate that's interesting enough to write a book about. Each of us has at least one epic story to tell that would make people cry and laugh and adjust their thoughts about the meaning of life. What would your saga be like? Think about what's unfolding right now, because I bet that would be a ripe place to start your meditations. Want to get started? Compose the first two sentences of your memoir. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Dear Oracle: I find myself in the weird position of trying to decide between doing the good thing and doing the right thing. If I opt to emphasize sympathy and kindness, I may look like an eager-to-please wimp with shaky principles. But if I push hard for justice and truth, I may seem rude and insensitive. Why is it so challenging to have integrity? - Vexed Libra." Dear Libra: My advice is to avoid the all-ornothing approach. Be willing to be halfgood and half-right. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You have waited long enough to retaliate against your adversaries. It's high time to stop simmering with frustration and resentment. I suggest you arrange to have a box of elephant poop shipped to their addresses. You can order it here: tinyurl.com/ElephantManure. JUST KIDDING! I misled you. It would in fact be a mistake for you to express such vulgar revenge. Here's the truth: Now is an excellent time to seek retribution against those who have opposed you, but the best ways to do that would be by proving them wrong, surpassing their accomplishments, and totally forgiving them. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Marketing experts say that motivating
filled You’re welcome, MUFF! I’m a cis woman and recently came out as a lesbian after identifying as bisexual for three years. After having sexual encounters with men and women, I finally admitted to myself that I am gay. Now that I’m finally out, I don’t want to do anything that would make me feel like denying it again. My question is, am I a bad lesbian if I sleep with a guy? I’m currently working 50 hours a week and going to school. I don’t have time for a relationship, and finding casual hookups with women is difficult. A male friend I know and trust recently propositioned me. At first I said no, but now I’m rethinking it. Sex with men doesn’t compare at all to sex with women for me. On a scale of 1 to 10, it’s definitely in the below 5 range. But my mind says, “It’s still sex!” and I would enjoy it to a point. But I worry that doing this would call my sexuality into question. I feel like I’d definitely have to hide this from my friends. And if I feel guilty enough to hide it, maybe I shouldn’t do it? Finally identifying as a lesbian was like breathing out for me. I feel way more like myself and am way happier now. But I worry that even being willing to consider this makes me seem bi. I guess I’m looking for permission and absolution. Would this make me a “bad” lesbian? Or would it mean I should identify as bi? Girl Asking You
a person to say yes to a big question is more likely if you first build momentum by asking them smaller questions to which it's easy to say yes. I encourage you to adopt this slant for your own purposes in the coming weeks. It's prime time to extend invitations and make requests that you've been waiting for the right moment to risk. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I bet you'll be offered at least one valuable gift, and possibly more. But I'm concerned that you may not recognize them for their true nature. Ruminate on the following concepts: 1. a pain that can heal; 2. a shadow that illuminates; 3. an unknown or anonymous ally; 4. a secret that nurtures intimacy; 5. a power akin to underground lightning; 6. an invigorating boost disguised as tough love. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When I was a kid attending elementary schools in the Midwest, recess was a core part of my educational experience. But in recent years, schools in the U.S. have shrunk the time allotted for recess. Many have eliminated it. Don't they understand this is harmful to the social, emotional, and physical health of their students? In any case, Aquarius, I hope you move in the opposite direction. You need more than your usual quota of time away from the grind. More recess! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For many years, actor Mel Blanc provided the voice for Bugs Bunny, a cartoon character who regularly chowed down on raw carrots. But Blanc himself did not like raw carrots. What about you, Pisces? Is your public image in alignment with your true self? If there are discrepancies, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to make corrections.
I’ve often been accused of having a pro-dick-sitting bias, GAY, so I decided to recuse myself and pass your question on to a couple of lesbians. “She is way too concerned with labels,” said Lesbian #1. “I used to slip on a dick once every few years—before I quit drinking tequila—and that didn’t make me any less of a raging, homo-romantic dyke. And if her friends give that much of a fuck about who she bones, she needs friends with more interesting hobbies.” “I don’t think there is anything wrong with her or any lesbian wanting to sleep with a guy,” said Lesbian #2. “I wouldn’t sleep with a guy, but I do agree that women trying to casually hook up with other women is much more difficult than men with men or even men with women. Women instantly want to be your long-term partner after one hookup—the U-Haul jokes are fucking real. But if identifying as something is important to her, I think identifying as queer might be a better option for now rather than struggling to figure out if she is only bi or only lesbian and only those forever.” On the Lovecast, porn by women, for women? Yes, please: savagelovecast.com.
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right amount of perversion. So what’s the problem? The host. He’s loud and annoying. He insists on putting classical music on (it doesn’t set the mood very well). He tells the same lame jokes every time he’s pissing on someone. He will complain that people say they’re coming and don’t show. If you are having a moment with someone, he will invariably horn in on the action. Without being rude, I’ve tried to make it clear that we are not looking for company, but he doesn’t take the hint. It’s his party, and props to him for hosting it—but it takes the fun out of it when the host doesn’t know when to back off. I’ve gotten to the point where it’s not worth the effort to go. Do I just get over it, or say something privately? Person Exasperates Enthusiast The advice I gave a different reader about dealing with a guest horning in on the action at an orgy applies in your case: “Even kind and decent people can be terrible about taking hints—especially when doing so means getting cut out of a drunken fuckfest. So don’t hint, tell. There’s no rule of etiquette that can paper over the discomfort and awkwardness of that moment, so you’ll just have to power through it.” Swap out “drunken fuckfest” for “drenchin’ piss scene,” and the advice works—up to a point, PEE, because the person in your case who needs telling, not hinting, isn’t one of the guests, he’s the host. (And he
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hat separates man from beast? What defines a family? What are the animals trying to tell us? These are just some of the questions that my friend and I found ourselves discussing at length after viewing Nick Jones' Trevor, directed by Charlie Cardwell, presented by Cyrano's Theatre Company, which opened last weekend. This subversive comedy is inspired by true events, and tells a story about fame, success, and the lies we tell ourselves. Trevor is a chimpanzee who performed with the likes of Morgan Fairchild and would never hurt a fly, at least not on purpose, He is just trying to let his handler Sandy know how much he misses “the business”, but it seems like every visitor that stops by the house has their own opinion on what should happen to him. A moving exploration of family, flawed communication, and humanity, this almost two hour production takes the audience on an emotional journey. Playwright Jones, a born and raised Alaskan, is best known for his work as a writer for the Netflix programs Orange Is The New Black and Glow. Trevor the chimp, played by R. Scott Cantrell, addresses the audience directly as much as he does the other characters on stage. Cantrell's imposing frame moves effortlessly through the set, full of manic energy and childlike charm. Having never experienced this script before, at first I was curious about why this monkey looked and dressed like a man. Within a few minutes it became obvious that much of this show would be Trevor's interpretation of himself and the world around him. Cantrell was fantastic in the role. He fully committed to each moment of happiness,
anger, and excitement and he commanded the stage throughout. There were just enough of his movements that were fully monkey-like to remind the audience that he was an animal, balanced with motions that reminded us that this chimp considered himself as much a person as everyone else. Jill Sowerwine played the role of Sandra, or Sandy, who shares her house, and her life with the once famous primate. Sowerwine took on an incredibly challenging role in this production and more than succeeded. This character is an entirely new take on what it is like to be
someone surrounded by chaos and just trying to maintain some semblance of sanity, or at least stay calm so as not to upset those around her. Sowerwine played it with a truth that was gripping. Her chemistry with Cantrell made for some of the most tender and heartbreaking moments on stage. Louisa Martin as Ashley was another favorite. Martin has not been seen on community theatre stages in Anchorage as much as her fellow actors in this production, but as the new neighbor who is not quite prepared to share her block with a chimpanzee I found myself
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empathizing with her as much as disliking her in moments. She has a particularly hilarious moment towards the end of the show, even though the scenario was tense and angry. I also enjoyed the character of Oliver, as played by Jenson Seifert. The only other monkey in the cast was a great choice for Seifert who, like Cantrell, has an elasticity to his facial expressions that is perfect for parts such as these. Director Charlie Caldwell has done something great with this newer script. While Caldwell is not new to theatre, he is new to directing, and if this is evidence of what he can pull off, he should continue down this path. There are no set changes in the almost two hour show, just a lot of cleaning as Trevor makes more and more of a mess. The increased disorganization of the set matched well with the riotous emotions and it was interesting to experience how all of the turbulance that was happening made the audience ill at ease. This show is being billed as a hilarious and heartwrenching comedy. It is both of those things, and more. It is a think piece that will have you wanting to discuss it with others that have attended. My friend and I were both were captivated by each exploration of what it means to really communicate. That went far beyond just a chimp trying to communicate with humans, but also into how humans communicate with each other. I also could not find a clear villain at any point in the story, and I enjoyed being able to see each characters point of view, and agree with some of each. This show contains very strong language and would not be appropriate for children. Trevor plays through June 9th at Cyrano's Theatre Company. Tickets are available at centertix.com.
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