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oy, I love how this CBD weed hits,” said no pothead ever. Instead I find myself trying to light the blunt while being lectured about the problems of our day; immigration, our president, inequality, stuff like that.

Weed brings the subconscious to a flow that makes dialogue much more substantial. It allows people to loosen up, without the blood boiling effects of alcohol. I can chill and open up on topics as sensitive as Colin Kaepernick and as ignorant as the rapper “6ix9ine.” Without this plant, I would find myself tensed up, living in a world tight wound without liberty.

Sometimes you can loosen up too much and miss a beat. I spent my entire thanksgiving morning looking for my debit card because I was high as fuck and left it in the card machine at the local holiday.

Sometimes, you have conversations with yourself while getting high. You might just burn one in your living room while watching Star Trek, ,listening to goodie mob. The words float around my head like the swirling smoke looking for a way out of my boxed in apartment.

As I slide around East Anchorage, eyes lazy and red, on my way to get another swisher, I imagine It's been little over two the another person in thea passenger seat weeks talkingsince to me midterm elections and a lot has changed, as we listen to AM sports talk radio. Thank you for very little impact to the to actual being heredespite imaginary person, listening me comtalk position oflife; themy legislature by a about my everyday struggleaccompanied with who I am return to historic normalcy in a Republican and who I want to be. But either way, smoky dialect Before Gov.persona Bill Walker (I-Alasand slushyexecutive. snow create a frozen of imaginaka)warm has even tion that will yourpacked heart. his desk, Alaska's lone experiment in electing anAindependent gov“I am gorilla in the fucking zoo!” chief keef song ernor already feels like a relic in the rearview streams from my phone as I take on the task of rolling mirror.bat-sized So is theblunt notion local elections another baseball — aof pure slugger. actually, well, local. have What is itbeing about this sequence thatRecent makes years me come seen aIsstate generally as smoking a bargain back for more? it theregarded magic abilities that when ityou comes spending has this plant makes feel? to Or campaign think.. Maybe, it’s just seen funding increase exponentially, as any the fact for a good 5-minute period, a session, I can bloated mailbox in to 2014 can attest.

That finally think about what I want think about, simple thanks in large part to bare-knuckas that. Myyear, dreams, take me away tothe a place where ledrestrictions, brawl for half of our representation in the there are no pure freedom.

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More of FollowTheMoney(dot)org, a national, nonthose lovely Alaskan flavors we are known for. Weed partisan, accountability group, conversation goes a nonprofit long way and we got it here in shows spending dipped to just under $24 Anchorage. million, encompassing our sole U.S. House between incumbent victor, Rep. Send allcontest your pot conversation to and allenginnett@ Don Young (R-Alaska), and challenger gmail.com www.hotboxhero.com Alyse Galvin (I-Alaska); our three-wayturned-two-way-turned-win-for-Governor-elect Mike Dunleavy (R-Alaska); ten

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ark your calendars friends, because Wednesday December 19th is an incredibly important day for the future of the Alaskan cannabis industry. The Marijuana Control Board will meet at 1 p.m. that day, at which time the public may offer comments.

The board will then meet the next day to potentially decide on the matter.

What would onsite consumption look like in our state? And why is it necessary?

The way the rules are written now, adults over the age of 21 are allowed to possess and consume cannabis, but only in the privacy of their own homes, or out of view from their neighbors, on their own property. This means one of Alaska’s most profitable industries — tourism — isn’t allowed to profit much from legal cannabis. Unless a tourist has booked a stay at one of the few openly cannabis friendly GREEN TARA AIMEE ALTMAN establishments, they can’t legally consume their purchase anywhere. They’re also not legally allowed to take their purchase back home with for what price. Unlike alcohol users who tend them out of state, so many tourists don’t bother to get loud and boisterous after enjoying a few exploring the stores. rounds, cannabis users often get quieter, more Then we have the rogue rebels who choose introverted and self reflective. The worst thing to light up while walking the streets of down- they’re likely to do is annoy their friends with town Anchorage in the middle of the day laughter and perhaps an overwhelming desire because ‘weed is legal, man,’ and they know to eat cake. that it’s highly unlikely anyone will stop them.

While some may fear the increase of people They know they can’t light up in their hotel driving after consuming, we need to consider state senate fee, seats; 55-45 how in 2006, Kawasaki has room without risking a smoking so they we approach this in averaged regards tojust the alcohol and in 40public state house enough – a tick over 53 points in alcohol – to keep may decide to consume spaces such industry. Do we not allow in bars or seats. gettingrestaurants sent backbecause to Juneau.

Hechoose ran unopas parks, or along the coastal trail. This leaves people to drink and the poseddrive? in 2016. people susceptible to Ironically, breathing in unwanted No. We deal with the irresponsible folks Narrowly holding the that Fairbanks second hand smoke. highest recipient separately, but weonto recognize the majority of of direct gives (read:cannaHouseresponsible seat – whichadults comprises just of the Allowing onsite consumption are able tohalf honor their own Senateboundaries District leased Kelly – was a tough bis users a safe placenon-indepento consume. Besides that, and by limits, and choose to consume dentof community. expenditureWe’re enough climb over the years.folks Picking it promotes the creation with caution.

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BY JOHN Walker, whowhen a“Wejobs, needservice, some change down in Juneau,” foster this creation. for And what happens and value to our communities. It ARONNO brought in a cool Kawasaki told me over the phone Friday signifbunch of cannabis users get together?

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How? “Take out the president of for the worst thing I’ve seenmillion happen dollars is two grown icantly and will provide gathering spaces bowed out before election day.

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Pete Kelly needs to flourish. go.” passionately debate who's a better author; community to grow and But that’s not met Tolkien, the sevenor figure mark, and Dunleavy fell Kawasaki hadconsumption seen his hopes dwindle on George R.R Martin.

Nerdjacking, all onsite could do for us. just that’s a few what thousand shy. But one of the big- election States night.that When the lights finally shut we get. have legalized medical marijuana, gest stories – which well intohaving over- inteloff and tipsy politicos were shuffled We get peopleextended sitting around notthe to mention recreational, had 25 percent timelectual – was conversations the Battle for Fairbanks's Senate teroutside of the Egan Center in Anchorage, about cannabinoids, fewer opioid related deaths.

Studies have shown District The contest pitted longtime archKelly was holding onto a narrow lead. But peneA.profiles, nug structure, genetics, growing conservative and current as absentee and questioned ballots trickled techniques, and who’s Senate got the President best fire where, CONTINUED ON PAGE 24 Pete Kelly (R-Fairbanks) against Demo- in over the coming days, the tide reversed. cratic challenger and State House fixture Kawasaki would emerge with a 173-vote Scott Kawasaki. The former has been serv- surplus securing him election. ing in the legislature on and off since 1995, “[Kelly] was in a leadership position to dethroned Sen. Joe Paskvan (D-Fairbanks) lead. And he should have led this state that to join the senate in 2012 by nine points, and helped the people of Alaska,” Kawasaki then easily secured reelection two years later reflected. “He didn't help.” with over 60 percent of the vote. The latter “He was constantly the guy who was constantly clutched victory from the jaws of against government,” Kawasaki continT C Since overdefeat inAU a conservative AU TH HE EN NT Tdistrict.

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of a minority underand this year we stands in their heart have had three of why it is important these events at the to see people in Loussac Library media and politics in Anchorage. who reflect those The first was well aspects of themreceived, but at selves. As a queer the second there person, I have often BY RJ was an unwelfound it necessary to JOHNSON come visitor. explain why things Street preacher like flags, parades, David Grisham, Pride celebrations, previously best and even the Prism known for travelPress section of this newspa- ing to the Santa Claus House per are important. and telling children that When you are a child or their parents were lying to young adult, and the real- them, decided to break into ity that you are a gender or the event at the library and sexual minority starts to start spouting more of his become apparent, you will hate speech. The interrupmost likely not have many tion was captured on video people to look to, let alone be and quickly went viral, creable to ask questions of. Com- ating national attention. The ing out at an early age is ter- last event went off without a rifying, and for many young hitch, and the library plans to

Mary Jo Torgeson, Director of the Loussac Library, and members of the Anchorage Assembly. In this email he included a link to the article that I wrote about the very first event. While I am flattered that my writing is being read in other states, Schaper completely missed the point, and spent the rest of the email warning that his organization had other members in Alaska that would be contacting them in regards the “subversive introduction of an agenda which promotes homosexuality, transgenderism, transvestism, and other paraphilias.”

A few days later, our own local hate-monger Jim Minnery of the Alaska Family Action group sent in an email of his own. Apparently Schaper and Minnery are not

friends, yet, or Schaper has people doing better research for him. Alaska Family Action was not aware that this was already a regular occurrence.

Minnery’s email stated: “I have heard from a local source that the Anchorage Public Libraries are considering hosting Drag Queen Story Hour. Before I send an alert

out to our co uents, I wan it is in fact ha for your atten ter.”

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DUNLEAVY'S CONSTITUTIONAL ADVISER HAS LO ATTACKED ALASKA CONSTITUTION AS 'AWFUL'

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overnor-elect Mike Dunleavy ous effort to try to rewrite the rules of dividend formula would fit into state subsurface rights wo has named Fairbanks State Alaska government. finances overall. parties.

FarmTURNS insurance agent It is48 always difficult get consti-DIRECTOR Randolph,WITH 82, was first to the TIES He will argue that DUNLEAVY TO THEDick LOWER FOR GOP to BUDGET NOelected ALASKA Randolph as a “special tutional amendments state House from Fairbanks in 1970 as kans would be the bi onna Arduin, named she has cut budgets in vari- Arnold went into the budget, it was all about adviser on constitutional through the Legisla- a Republican. He became a Libertar- his approach. The wo

by Gov-elect Mike ous states, but the advantage in spending programs on autopilot." amendments.” ture. And the small ian in 1978 and led an initiative drive ance salesman could Dunleavy to oversee Alaska is that it is a young state Responding to the Duke magazine profile, Based on his long hismajority in the House that prompted legislators to get rid of of that. the state budget, has worked and it is easier to change things a fellow graduate said he would have more tory in state politics, Randoes not set the stage the state income tax in 1980.

The oil companies in multiple states—often here. That’s the kind of thing an respect for Arduin’s approach if she stayed in dolph would like nothing for automatically getHe has long claimed that much of tunes on the North S for short periods of time— uninformed person says. any one state long enough to see the impact better than to see radical ting the two-thirds what is wrong in Alaska stems from done much better ha under Republican governors The responsibility for pro- of the budget cuts. changes in the Alaska vote needed in both defects in the Alaska Constitution. the oil boom with a C who needed a high-profile posed budget cuts—in the “Instead, after marching through the state Constitution so that state the House and the "I always thought the state Constitu- ten to Dick Randolph ax handler to talk about cutend—will rest with the gov- budgets for several different states, like Sherresources are transferred Senate to advance any tion is awful," he said in a 2014 interIn 2006, while alm ting social service programs, ernor, not with a Lower 48 man marching to the sea, it seems she has left to private companies, all proposal to a general view with the Fairbanks Daily News- celebrated the 50th retirement benefits and other appointee unencumbered by government to form a private firm. From a brief in the interests of fighting election.

Miner. "We have the only socialist the Alaska Constitu big-ticket items. knowledge of Alaska. look at the website of Arduin, Laffer & Moore, it socialism.

Any amendment economic system that is constitution- mourned. He went a Arduin may not be in AlasIn other states, Arduin has looks like her firm intends to profit quite handRandolph served as dealing with the Per- ally mandated. All subsurface wealth Wally Hickel, stoppi ka long if her track record is REPORTING not been shy about specifics somely from a government that governs a lot a co-chairman of Dunmanent Fund Divi- is mandated to be owned by the state, calling him a Commi any guide. She’s been a GOP FROM ALASKA when she sharpens the knife. more than less,” wrote Matthew Schott. leavy’s campaign and dend, one of Dun- so we can't have a private economy."

He drew a straigh budget lightning rod in Mich- BY DERMOT COLE Writing in Crain’s Chicago “While I have no problem with her doing his appointment as a leavy’s interests, will Randolph lost as both a Libertar- Marx to the “owner igan, New York, Florida, CaliBusiness, columnist Greg well for herself, I do have a problem with transition adviser could face serious opposi- ian and as a Republican when he ran that Hickel promoted fornia and Illinois.

Hinz said that Gov. Bruce people cloaking themselves in virtuous cloth represent anything from tion because there for governor in the 1980s. He talks As to her philosophy, "I Rauner became a one-term of their own making,” he said.

CONTINUED O a polite gesture of thanks to a seri- are many points of view about how a about systemic changes under which have no sympathy for people who want governor in part because he hired people like She left as Schwarzenegger’s budget chief handouts from the government," she told the Arduin in 2015. She collected $165,000 for after 11 months with many of her plans to Duke University alumni magazine for a 2006 eight months, according to various published shrink government unapproved, such as a profile. accounts. proposal to cut funds for the developmenIn early 2017, Dunleavy said he wanted “Instead of stocking his administration tally disabled. to cut the state budget by $1.1 billion a year, with experts in Illinois politics, people who “She has a complete tin ear with respect to but he was never able to identify items to cut. know us in their bones, he often hired out- the political ramifications of particular cuts, During his campaign he sometimes said he side bomb-throwers, like rent-an-ax consul- ” University of California-Berkeley politiwanted to cut a few hundred million, but he tant Donna Arduin, who worked (and often cal scientist Bruce Cain told the Los Angeles refused to be specific. failed) for GOP governors from Florida and Times in 2004.

It appears that Dunleavy has decided that Kansas to California,” Hinz said.

The Times said, “She was perceived as a the best way to cut the budget is to get someArduin, who completed bachelor’s degrees committed conservative and outsider who one else to lead the charge, an Outsider with in economics and public policy from Duke in faced criticism for an aloof style and comparno connections to Alaska.

1985, told that university’s alumni magazine ative unfamiliarity with California's complex Arduin doesn’t know the challenges cre- that “I joined government to shrink it.” budget process.” ated by Alaska’s size, the lack of roads, the In California, hired by then-Gov. Arnold large number of small communities or the Schwarzenegger, she proposed big cuts in MedJournalist Dermot Cole, who has covered expectations of residents. icaid and other programs, taking aim at the "enti- Alaska politics since the 1970s, lives in FairShe told the Anchorage Daily News that tlement nature of a lot of those programs. When banks.

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AIFF 2018: FILMS AS WE ALASKANS SEE THEM.

BY INDRA ARRIAGA

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ilm festivals are a hit and miss and that’s what makes them great, their programming is not canned or dictated by focus groups and big money. Some films that run on the festival circuit can be small jewels that change viewers’ lives one frame at a time, other films on the circuit are one-offs that come and go, and others are just bad. Film festivals provide a platform for films that may never see a distribution contract or get enough reviews to even be listed on Rotten Tomatoes, and film festivals give filmmakers a chance. This year, the Anchorage International Film Festival (AIFF) once again continues to deliver on the spirit of adventure, independence, and opportunity.

AIFF turns 18 this year and its following, almost two decades in the making, has grown into a community of Alaskans that loves films, supports the festival, and demands options, options, options.

This year the AIFF opens with a “Soiree of Shorts!” at its opening night at the Bear Tooth Theatre on November 30th. What the short films have in common is that they are either by or about women, as one staffer at AIFF called it “Girl Shorts”. For the most part the collection is solid even though it has a couple of pretty but weak selections.

Among its highlights however, are: Wild Woman - Animation / Made in Alaska Directed by Vanessa Sweet Wild Woman is an Alaskan film that is fucking fantastic! The animated scenes are poetic. The short film is beautifully made and pretty flawless. Its content is relevant to the experiences the world is currently facing and is delivered in harmonious cycles that transform before your eyes.

Inga - Documentary Short Directed by Uffe Mulvad Country of Origin – Denmark It’s the beautiful reflections of a young soul. Inga shares three short chapters of her journal in which she narrates her experiences and thoughts on love, aging, and just living in gratitude one day at a time.

A Field Guide to Being A 12-Year-Old Girl - Documentary Short Directed by Tilda Cobham-Hervey Country of Origin - Australia Everyone should see this festive manifesto about 12-year-old girls, made by 12-year-old girls, for 12-year-old girls, or anyone that has been a 12-year-old girl, or will be a 12-yearold girl, or wishes they were a 12-year-old girl. Girls are cool.

Juck (Thrust or hump) - Documentary Short Directed by Olivia Kastebring Country of Origin - Sweden What does it mean to own your body if you are a young woman? The all-female dance group JUCK pushes the boundaries of women’s right to own and use their bodies as they please, because they can.

JUCK rejects judgment and puritanical constructs. If they pose the question, “what is femininity?” the answer it, “whatever they want it to be, bitches!”

Film festival goers should not miss the “Global Village Shorts”, this collection of shorts is one of the best curated collections ever. Every single one of the films that play in this segment is brilliant. The mix of genres and narratives is perfectly balanced. Kuddos to AIFF! While every film is great, the following are exceptional: Fauve (Canada) Directed by: Jeremy Comte

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The emotional delivery of this film is sublime. Two teenage boys running amok along railroad tracks and a surface mine, what could possibly go wrong?

Comte builds a narrative with three main characters, these are the two boys and the environment/nature. The short film holds a sustained level of tension throughout and delivers beautiful symbolism and deep sorrow.

Welcome Home (Norway) Directed by: Armita Keyani Maybe culture clashes can be useful sometimes, or at least hilarious. A young Iranian couple seeking a new life and opportunity land in the North of Norway.

They seek to be welcomed and also welcome others. When two Jehovah's Witnesses knock on their door a unique exchange ensues.

About The Birds and the Bees (Finland) Directed by: J.J. Vanhanen In small towns where everyone knows everyone, sometimes things happen that can be delightfully entertaining. When a condom slips off, the young and responsible man goes on quest for Plan B, tractor and all.

Feature films that are also playing during the first part of the AIFF include:

The Mountain Life Director Grant Baldwin Country of Origin Canada The documentary The Mountain Life has a well-developed and beautiful structure.

The film is an homage to the northern wilderness and to those who embrace every challenge they encounter in that environment. The documentary follows a mother and daughter team on their walkabout from Vancouver, BC to Skagway Alaska over months. The journey takes them through winter in the mountains and rivers.

Their journey is filled with challenges, lifethreatening conditions, and sheer beauty.

Complementing the main story are the stories of like-spirited people who live in and have relationships with the same the wilderness, it’s as if their shared mantra came from Thoreau, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” The Mountain Life feels a tad too long but all the stories are compelling and the cinematography is gorgeous.

Funny Story Director Michael Gallagher - In Attendance Country of Origin USA The title of the film, Funny Story, is slightly incongruous with the narrative, it’s not funny-ha-ha, it’s more like “oh shit” funny.

The film is solid and the story turns on its head, which is refreshing. The film is about love and relationships, but not only in the romantic sense, but rather about how these things shape a person in his or her or their entirety and affect their decisions and drive their impulses. The story stretches beyond any one character’s contained self into their relationships with their parents and their lovers. The film stars Emily Bett Rickards whose presence is always compelling, from the small screen (she plays Felicity Smoak in “Arrow”) to her work on the big screen in this and other independent films.

And Now We Rise Director Mary Katzke Q&A or Presentation w/ Film Yes Country of Origin USA / Made in Alaska Katzke tells a pressing and important story, she tells the world about Samuel Johns, his work, and his love for his community. It’s an important film to watch because it helps further understanding of the impacts of historical trauma, and the colonial residue of injustice that is ensconced in systems and institutions. Mr. Johns’ work is important on so many levels because it has the power to transform.

November 29 - December 5, 2018

FIVE DAYS TO GLORY AIFF FILM ROYAL GIVES A VENUE AND AN ALL IMPORTANT DEADLINE FOR LOCAL FILMMAKERS

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he nine-day Anchorage International Film Festival kicks off Friday and a vast majority of the films to be screened come from outside Alaska.

There is one notable exception to that however — the 5 Day Film Royal — which has already sold out Beartooth Theatrepub Saturday night. It features nothing but locals who put their films together in five frantic days.

Only 25 teams are eligible to compete — it pretty much fills up on the first day of registration — and of those, 22 made the deadline to be eligible for awards.

The deadline was last Monday at 6 p.m. at the Inlet Towers, the same finish line as the start line five days earlier when the filmmakers were given their three prompts that have to be used in their 5-minute films.

Matt Jardin, Charlie Sears and Jeremy Blake, who run the 5-Day Film Royal, as well as April’s 24-Hour Film Royal, said the prompts are designed to ensure everyone’s films are made within the 5-day window and not prior, as well as to add a creative challenge.

“The three prompts keep them honest… and they’re also supposed to keep everyone equal,” Jardin said. “Some teams are high schoolers doing it on their phones and others are professional filmmakers working with reality TV with $1,000 equipment. Some are one person and some are 20 members, so it keeps everyone on a level playing field and they have to use it as creatively as possible.”

This year’s prompts are one line of dialogue that says, “What are we even doing here?” a horn-honking gesture, and what is called in the film world an ‘L-shot’, where, as Blake describes, “It’s when you have an audio element from a current scene extended into the next cut. So if you and I are having a conversation, it cuts to you to get your reaction.”

Over the four years of the event, filmmakers have appreciated many of the prompts, and groaned loudly

about others, especially the time one prompt was the complete exclusion of cell phones.

The trio said they sit around Village Inn each year to spitball and then vote on just what that year’s prompts will be.

“Timed film competitions with

prompts have been around forever,” Jardin said. “They have existed and for good reason — they’re community builders that allow people who never could or would make a film, make a film.”

Part of the reason the Film Royals are so popular is that deadlines are

an inherent part of them. Filmmakers are known for spending forever and a day finishing a product, which is not an option under this model.

“Ideally, the Film Royal is an incubator, practially just to get people to keep making movies,” Jardin said.

“Everyone talks but without an

actual deadline, no one ever makes a movie. For a lot of filmmakers, these are the only two films they make every year.”

The hope is that they’ll come out of these events more motivated.

“It gives them inspiration to work on their bigger projects,” Blake said. “They just made something that makes them feel good about themselves and now they can get back to their main projects. It gives them inspiration to finish those projects.”

Twenty-two films are eligible for the a pair of prizes — the audience award where the crowd votes instantly from their phones, and the grand prize — the judges prize, which includes all of the money from the entries.

In weighing the films, judges are asked to consider heavily the creative use of the prompts.

“There were a few films in this competition that I’m surprised were made in five days — some are just outstanding,” Blake said. “It’s really surprising what people can do in 5 days, and in 24 hours — I’m blown away. I think the metric has changed.

It used to be the 24-hour films were better, but the 5-Day films are better now.”

At the end of the string of films, expected to last just over two hours, Jardin, Blake and Sears will show the short film they made, following around some of the filmmakers as they worked.

“We’re all filmmakers, too and we don’t want to just administrate all the time,” Blake said. “So we show up and do 5 or 10 minutes of film work when they’re in production for a behind the scenes that’s 2 to 4 minutes long and we show it to them at the end. It’s just our way of saying, ‘thank you.’

“It encapsulates the whole idea of a competitive community building event,” Jardin said. “Everyone is working on their movie. It’s a really inspirational thing at the end; it shows the community of which they’re a part.”

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NOVEMBER 30 • FRIDAY

6:30pm – 9:30pm Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) The Anchorage International Film E Festival Opening Night - Soiree of Shorts!

Back by Popular Demand AIFF 2018 opens with a series of short films (narrative, animation and documentary), including Juck [Thrust], Untitled Groping Revenge Fairytale and Wild Woman!

Capture your night with Photo Emporium Alaska and walk the red carpet at the BearTooth Theatrepub while DJ Remax Music & Lighting gets the night started. $20 General Admission, Included with AIFF Pass.

AIFF Opening Night After-party at Matanuska Brewing Company, Anchorage w/ live music by the B-49s! Come dance the night away after our screening!

Blue - Made in Alaska Directed by Aly Nicklas Blue is a fantastical journey into a young girl’s imagination. Our character is a fouryear-old growing up in Valdez, Alaska.

Fresh off training wheels, she begins to push her boundaries and explore what’s possible on her bike, her eyes naturally drifting to the mountains. We dive into the world of her fantasy and explore the mountains, glaciers and rivers of Valdez by fat bike with a crew of boundary-pushing female athletes hailing from Alaska and beyond.

Inga - Documentary Short Directed

by Uffe Mulvad Country of Origin Denmark "Through her memoirs, Inga reflects about love, old age and death. We are invited into her home, as she doing her morning rituals and baths in the cold lake. The short portrait shows in artistic and intimate pictures, a day in a life, how it's like being old and what it means for Inga."

Wild Woman - Animation / Made in Alaska Directed by Vanessa Sweet Wild Woman is an animated poem to mankind which invokes current world issues such as drone-strikes and religious persecution in a plea for empathy. Scenes transform and melt as the animator also explores her personal struggle of becoming a mother and identifying as such in our current social and political climate.

Mini Miss - Documentary Short Directed

by Rachel Daisy Ellis Country of Origin - Brazil Filmed entirely from the perspective of a 4 year old, five young girls compete to be crowned Mini Miss Baby Brasil. The film provides a unique insight into early childhood experiences and children’s innate capacity for resistance in a world dominated by adult norms & desires.

A Field Guide to Being A 12-Year-Old Girl - Documentary Short Directed by Tilda Cobham-Hervey Country of Origin - Australia This is a film about 12-year-old girls, made by 12-year-old girls, for 12-year-old girls, or anyone that has been a 12- year-old girl, or will be a 12-year-old girl, or wishes they were a 12-year-old girl.

Enough | The Story of the Empowered Women of Korogocho - Documentary Short Directed by Brent Foster Country of Origin - Canada Beatrice Nyariara lives in Korogocho. It's widely considered to be Nairobi's most dangerous slum. More than 150,000 people are packed into the shanty town which is less than two square kilometers.

Crime is high. Gangs are active. Addiction is rampant.

A while back, men in her community started to attack the 'grandmothers' of Korogocho at night. Most of the women attacked are sexually assaulted, and some have been killed. The men believe that the elder women were less likely to be HIV positive. They also saw them as vulnerable.

A few years ago, Beatrice decided enough was enough. It was time to fight back. It was time to develop a community. The result of that decision empowered the group, and taught their community to respect them, value them, and to know

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Together, they are taking back Korogocho.

Juck [Thrust] - Documentary Short Directed by Olivia Kastebring Country of Origin - Sweden Juck is a 17-minute film which is a hybrid between documentary, dance and fiction. The film depicts the all female dance group JUCK who made a name for themselves in 2013 with a video that became a viral hit all over the world. The word “juck” is Swedish for “hump” and their groundbreaking appearance pushed the boundaries for how we are used to seeing the female body. JUCK questions the positions of object and subject. They provoke, inspire and break norms. The film poses the question: what is femininity?

Under Mom's Skirt - Narrative Short Directed by Sarah de Chabaneix Country of Origin - France A young woman goes with her mother for a routine medical check-up, but this appointment will provide way too much information for her to handle… Some things should remain private, right?

Streakers - Narrative Short Directed by Brielle Brilliant Country of Origin - USA A little girl decides to become a Streaker to distract from her sister's violent behavior. **These films are in no particular order Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: Opening Night!

9:30pm – 12:00am Matanuska Brewing Company E - Anchorage (3910, 2830 C St, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) Opening Night After Party w/ The B-49s Opening Night continues with live music

by Alaskas own B-49s!

DECEMBER 1 • SATURDAY

11:00am – 1:00pm Dipper Donuts (1209 W 36th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) E Filmmaker Meet and Greet E Dipper Donuts is our official sponsor for the 2018 Filmmaker Meet and Greet. Stop by, meet our visiting filmmakers, grab a cup of coffee and an amazing donut! Hang out, make plans for the week to come, and share your stories!

Official Website: https://www. dipperdonuts.com Buy Tickets: Dipper Donuts 3:00pm – 5:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) S Global Village Shorts S Fauve (Canada) Directed by: Jeremy Comte Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.

Welcome Home (Norway) Directed by: Armita Keyani Set in the North of Norway, an Iranian refugee couple invite two Jehovah's Witnesses in when they knock on their door.

Winter Waltz (Canada) Directed by: Gab Germano After a minor fight, Dan and Elise decide to spend the weekend on their chalet in the countryside. Once there, not only they find a cold and icy place, but they also realize the unexpected presence of their friends, Jean-François and Françoise. The evening to come will be a waltz of emotions.

Paco (Mexico) Directed by: Javier Blanco Paco in his dark innocence and simplicity questions us and makes us ask ourselves questions which are both necessary and pointless. What gives your life meaning? Could it be that the meaning we are looking for is not found with the approaches we are using? When I give it all, is there still something that terrifies me? Am I still running away? If I had all the answers to these questions, would they be meaningful or would they just be somebody else’s answers and thus they have no meaning for me? Perhaps -and it’s just another useless hypothesis- the meaning we are looking for, the love and dedication as well as the path itself are not different or separate things and can only

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be found when there is nowhere else to run to, when there is nothing left of whom we were. This is Paco’s story.

Beyond Money (Spain) Directed by: Kike Maíllo In a near future where people can sell and buy experiences stored in their memory, we met Lucía, a young and rich woman who, apparently, has the life we all want to have.

About The Birds and the Bees (Finland) Directed by: J.J. Vanhanen A quiet farmer father and his son set out on a trip to the pharmacy after the teen has a little accident with his girlfriend.

5:30pm – 7:30pm Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) Mountain Life D This The awe that mountainous landscapes evoke is universal, yet few of us ever venture into true wilderness.

Living amongst us is a special breed of people. They are undefined by age, gender, profession or background, but for them, the draw of the mountains is so strong that their lives must revolve around it Martina and her 60 year-old mother Tania embark on a 6 month, 2300km journey to Alaska through a relentless mountain wilderness; a group of nuns inhabiting a mountain retreat to be closer to God; a photographer is buried in an avalanche; an impassioned alpinist; a focused snow artist; a couple who has been living off grid in the mountains for nearly 50 years.

What is it that leads these adventurous people to sacrifice everything – comfort, family, personal safety – for a life in the mountains? Shot in cinematic detail, This Mountain Life is a riveting portrait of human passion set high in the peaks of the Coast Range.

Official Website: http://www. mountainlifefilm.com Director: Grant Baldwin Country of Origin: Canada 8:00pm – 9:45pm Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) We Up - World Premiere D Forty years after hip-hop was born in the South Bronx, it's being re-imagined in fresh ways by young Indigenous artists of the North— from Athabascan villages in Alaska, to the capital city of Greenland, to reindeerherding towns of northern Finland. WE UP profiles the rising stars of Circumpolar Indigenous hip-hop, exploring shared themes in their work, like decolonization, language revitalization, community, and spiritual connections to homeland.

The film also documents the Circumpolar Hip-Hop Collab, a groundbreaking mainstage performance at the 2018 Riddu, Riđđu Indigenous peoples' festival in Olmmáivággi, Norway.

Director: David Holthouse Buy Tickets: Anchorage Museum Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: Q&A w/ Director and talent Country of Origin: USA 10:00pm – 12:00am Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) 5 Day Film Royal A Participants are given 5 days to completely produce a film - writing, shooting, editing - everything! Films must also incorporate three prompts that are announced at the start of the competition.

Prompts may consist of lines, actions, props, themes, etc.

This event sells out EVERY YEAR! Do not miss this event. It is a night full of laughs, blank stares and awe!

Official Website: http://5dayfilmroyal.com Buy Tickets: AK Filmmakers Country of Origin: USA 10:00pm – 2:00am Carousel Cocktail Lounge (3206 Spenard Rd, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) Saturday Night Shenanigans E If you were slacking and didnt get your tickets to the AK Filmmakers 5-Day Film Royal, head down to the new Carousel Lounge, and party the night away with Ukulele Russ! The new Carousel Lounge is an old Alaskan favorite with a new face. Hang out with our visiting filmmakers, and show them a warm welcome!

DECEMBER 2 • SUNDAY

3:00pm – 5:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Cleaners D The When you post something on the web, can you be sure it stays there?

Enter a hidden shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn‘t like. Who is controlling what we see… and what we think?

Official Website: http://www.gebruederbeetz.de/produktionen/the-cleaners Director: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck Country of Origin: Germany 5:30pm – 7:30pm Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) Anote's Ark and Kings of the F Yukon Kings of The Yukon Directed by Chip Warren Country of Origin: USA While other species of salmon thrive, the Alaskan King salmon has been in decline.

Because it is the largest and most fuel-rich species on the planet, removing it from the food chain and economic equation is having a devastating impact among Native Alaskans and throughout the state. At the center of the crisis is the Yup'ik People, whose way of life has centered on King salmon for millennia. Not only has the decline caused an economic and social crises, their culture is shifting in ways that may be irreversible. Many suspect this is a canary-in-the-coal mine issue as the evidence of climate change is rippling across the Arctic and Alaska. The film will be balanced in four parts defined by the seasons that reflect their subsistence lifestyle.

Anote's Ark Directed by Matthieu Rytz Country of Origin: Canada Kiribati faces the unstoppable rise of the sea, which will engulf the nation before long. The people of Kiribati will soon be the world’s first “climate change refugees.”

Can these people survive as their country disappears?

Official Website: http://www.anotesark. com/ 8:00pm – 10:00pm Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) Funny Story N After years of being a neglectful father, a womanizing TV star decides to crash his estranged daughter’s vacation in Big Sur. FUNNY STORY is a tragicomedy you never saw coming. Filled with memorable characters and top-notch performances, FUNNY STORY teaches us about the destructive power of narcissism, the healing power of forgiveness, and our willingness to do karaoke after drinking enough tequila.

Official Website: https://www. funnystorymovie.com Director: Michael Gallagher - In Attendance Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: Yes Country of Origin: USA

DECEMBER 3 • MONDAY

3:00pm – 5:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Winter N Eternal Christmas 1944. Soviet soldiers invade Hungary and drag every young ethnic German woman away from a small village and transport them to a Soviet labour camp where they are forced to work in the coal mines under inhuman conditions. This is where Irén meets fellow prisoner Rajmund, who decides to teach her how to survive. While she is determined to return home to her little daughter and family, history and fate have a different plan: Irén and Rajmund fall in love. Based on a true story.

'Eternal Winter' is the very first feature film about the 700,000 Hungarian victims of the Soviet labour camps whose stories remained untold for over 70 years.

Official Website: https://www.facebook. com/OrokTel Director: Attila Szász Country of Origin: Hungary

5:30pm – 7:30pm Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) N Datsche Valentine Hermann, an out-of-work New York actor has travelled to Berlin to the summer to discover his German roots and stay at the 'datsche' or summer cottage that his dead grandfather has left to him. Only the datsche isn’t actually in Berlin, it’s out in in former East Germany on a garden allotment colony that's full of old people who seem to think the Berlin Wall never fell, and where not everybody is foreigner-friendly. Especially not Gregor, a neighbour with passions for hedgetrimming and nationalism. Which is a problem for Valentine, since he happens to have a refugee hiding in his datsche attic.

Adam blames the bad timing of his arrival in Germany as the reason why his application for asylum has been denied.

But now he faces deportation - that is if he is found. Valentine allows Adam to stay at the datsche and promises not to tell anyone about him. But it’s not long before Valentine tires of the quiet allotment life and accidentally invites some random people from the internet to join him in his garden. Cue Maria, a beautiful and mysterious Greek woman; Zorro, a charming Argentinian drug dealer, and Stefan, a bumbling blond Bavarian who travels with his own tent and gun.

Adam is not happy about the new arrivals, and nor is Gregor….

Official Website: https://www.datschefilm. com Director: Lara Hewitt Country of Origin: United Kingdom 8:00pm – 10:00pm Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) Road N Thunder Officer Arnaud loved his Mom. Director: Jim Cummings Country of Origin: USA

DECEMBER 4 • TUESDAY

3:00pm – 5:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) N Fishbowl In a small town filled with secrets, three sisters are forced to cling to each other as they cope with loss and a father who's growing increasingly obsessed with the rapture he thinks is coming.

Official Website: http://www.pctrshw.com Director: Stephen & Alexa Kinigopoulos Country of Origin: USA 5:30pm – 7:30pm Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) Now We Rise - Alaskan M And Premiere And Now We Rise is a portrait of an exceptional young activist, Samuel Johns, motivated to help his Alaska Native community to lead sober, productive lives. Abandoned by his parents as a child and raised by numerous relatives, Samuel matured into a man who seeks to understand the roots of what happened within the larger context of historical trauma and loss of culture. He is an “everyman” who heals and grows by stepping up to help others, and becomes revered by the community. He is able to use his skills and talents for public speaking, writing hip hop music, and creating the Facebook Group, Forget Me Not, which connects those experiencing homelessness with far flung family members. This group has now grown to almost 25,000 members and as his success grows, Sam becomes emotionally drained, overwhelmed with facing so many heartaches and requests for help. Seeing the national movement for Standing Rock, Sam travels to North Dakota to participate and learn from other activists, which revitalizes him. Over the course of the three years this documentary follows him, he is eventually able to return to his home village revisiting the source of so much childhood pain, and to speak to youth at his former high school where he is embraced as a hero.

Official Website: http://affinityfilms.org Director: Mary Katzke Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: Yes Country of Origin: USA / Made in Alaska

November 29 - December 5, 2018

8:00pm – 10:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Bad Winter N Bad After the passing of her grandmother, a businessman’s daughter goes back to her birthplace. After a little while, she receives the visit of her former classmates but their reunion take an unexpected turn.

Director: Olga Korotko Country of Origin: France

DECEMBER 5 • WEDNESDAY

3:00pm – 5:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Exit Music D Exit Music is a documentary film that travels the intimate and complex path of terminal illness. Ethan Rice was born with Cystic Fibrosis, an incurable genetic illness that eventually leads to respiratory failure. At their home in a small upstate New York community, Ethan and his family live in constant uncertainty as the disease takes more and more away from them. While medical interventions continue to keep him alive well beyond his prognosis, 28-year-old Ethan questions day-by-day how long he is willing to fight and what his absence will mean to those he leaves behind.

With stunning access, the film closely follows Ethan’s final months, weeks, days and hours and is witness to death’s transformative influence on a family. Home video footage trace the bond between Ethan and his father Ed, a Vietnam veteran with PTSD who withdrew from the world to become a stay-at-home dad. Ed immersed Ethan in a world of art, creativity, and imagination and documented it all on camera, a hobby that provided relief from the fear of his son’s ominous prognosis and his own painful past. These archives show the progression of Ethan’s illness over time and reveal Ed’s obsession with preserving his son’s memory. Even during his final days with Ethan, Ed had a camera in hand.

Interweaving home movies with Ethan’s original music and animation, his story is an unflinching meditation on loss and invites the viewer to experience Ethan’s transition from reality to memory. In a culture that often looks away from death, Exit Music demystifies the dying process a universal cornerstone of the human experience.

Official Website: http://www.exitmusicfilm. com Director: Cameron Mullenneaux Country of Origin: USA 5:30pm – 7:30pm Anchorage Museum at Rasmusen Center (1110 W 8th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Five Seasons - The Gardens of Piet D Oudolf with Pre Screening Mixer at Muse Tickets at the Door : 5$ Suggested Donation 5:30 - 6:30 Pre-Screening Mixer (Cash Bar and Appetizers by Muse) 6:45 - 8:00 Film Screening 8:00 - 8:30 Post-Screening Mixer Piet Oudolf, responsible for New York's High Line and other iconic urban spaces, is the most influential and celebrated landscape designer of the last 50 years, in overwhelming demand for his visionary ideas of what gardens, and particularly public space, can be, and do. But most fundamentally, as with all great visual artists, he completely upends the way we see the world. Five Seasons is a mesmerizing immersion into the life and work of this Dutch master that will change the way we think about, and ultimately see, beauty itself.

Official Website: http://fiveseasonsmovie. com Director: Thomas Piper Buy Tickets: Alaska Design Forum Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: Yes Country of Origin: USA 5:30pm – 7:30pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Interpreters D The ‘The Interpreters’ follows the lives of Iraqi and Afghan military interpreters who worked with US forces on the ground. In many cases, interpreters face danger in their countries because of their affiliation with the US war effort.

This is the story of how they are rebuilding their lives, told through the personal experiences of three individuals: a chainsmoking Iraqi codenamed "Phillip Morris" who was able to make it to the US with the help of an American soldier he befriended during his deployment, an Afghan called Malik who is still working as an active interpreter at the US base in Kabul despite threats to his life, and another Afghan named Mujtaba who fled with his family as refugees to Turkey in search of passage to

November 29 - December 5, 2018

a better life in Europe.

Official Website: http://www. interpreterdoc.com Director: Sofian Khan Buy Tickets: Alaska World Affairs Council Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: Margaret Stock Country of Origin: USA 8:00pm – 10:00pm Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) Cycles D Afghan Afghan Cycles is a feature documentary about a generation of Afghan women who are pedaling their own revolution, aggressively challenging gender and cultural barriers using the bicycle as a vehicle for freedom, empowerment and social change.

Official Website: https://www. afghancycles.com Director: Sarah Menzies - In Attendance Buy Tickets: Bike Anchorage and the TREK Store Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: TBD Country of Origin: USA

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DECEMBER 6 • THURSDAY

"How to Festival: Useful Notes W From the Film Festival Circuit" Description: Ida and John have seen the film festival universe from just about every angle. And you don't run, work at, screen at, program for, and attend over 40 festivals without picking up a few useful nuggets along the way. Have you ever had any of these questions: How do I pick which festivals to submit to? How do I prepare for a festival?

When should I show up and what do I bring? How do I promote my film and get press? What are the festivals looking for, and how do they pick the films? In this workshop, we will try to answer this for you, and all your other burning questions we can fit into 90 (or 120) minutes.

Ida bio: Ida Theresa Myklebost is a Norwegian-American film director and journalist based in New York City.

Ida's started out as a reporter and host for the alternative and rebellious radio station RadiOrakel (the world's very first feminist radio station), and ended up at Norway's largest TV-stations, NRK and TV2, where she covered international news and politics.

Though a journalist at heart, Ida eventually wanted to go beyond state news, statistics and numbers, and explore the human stories in more depth. She wanted to hear their stories. In 2017 she debuted as a filmmaker with "Unwelcome". The awardwinning short documentary has now been to over 30 film festivals around the world, and Ida has spent the last year and a half on the road with John traveling to as many of these as possible.

Ida is also a programmer for Anchorage International Film Festival and Portland Film Festival.

John bio: John Gamache is a filmmaker and the Associate Director of the Woods Hole Film Festival in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Prior to that he served as the Facility Coordinator at a local community TV station on Cape Cod, and before that as the Civic Theatre Coordinator of the Knutzen Family Theatre in Federal Way, WA. The Woods Hole Film Festival is a 28-yearold film festival located in the seaside village of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest festival in New England and consistently ranked as one of the top film festivals in North America by MovieMaker Magazine as well as being named one of the Top 10 Summer Events in Massachusetts by Yankee Magazine for the past two years.

John is also an independent filmmaker and video producer on Cape Cod, working predominantly for several non-profit organizations. He was also included in Cape Cod Magazines’s list of 10 People to Watch in 2018.

2:30pm – 4:30pm Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) Martini Matinee F It is Thursday afternoon, and you are looking forward to the weekend!

Join AIFF for this amazing screening of quirky, short films. Ask your boss to join you on this wild cinematic ride, grab a martini, sit back and enjoy.

Rocket Directed by: Tyson Paris-Hanson Country of Origin: USA / Alaska Trying to launch a rocket.

My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes Directed by: Charlie Tyrell Country of Origin: Canada Filmmaker Charlie Tyrell seeks to better understand his emotionally distant late-

father through the personal belongings he left behind... including a stack of VHS dirty movies. Narrated by David Wain.

Little Donnie Directed by: Chel White Country of Origin: USA Description not available Untitled Groping Revenge Fairytale Directed by: Catherine Bisley Country of Origin: New Zealand A woman pitches a tent on the edge of a forest and starts to collect men.

Punch Me Directed by: Jeanne Jo Country of Origin: USA A relationship is challenged when three hired goons interrupt dinner.

Emergency Directed by: Carey Williams Country of Origin: USA Faced with an emergency situation, a group of young Black and Latino friends carefully weigh the pros and cons of calling the police.

Fire in Cardboard City Directed by: Phil Brough Country of Origin: New Zealand When a city made from cardboard catches fire it is up to the local fire chief and his brave deputies to save Cardboard City from total destruction.

Wellaway Directed by: James Kendall Country of Origin: USA / Alaska Gideon is forced to confront his darkest impulses when an enigmatic psychiatrist makes and unannounced visit to his apartment.

Deighties Directed by: Mason Fleming Country of Origin: Australia Having lost his wife 18 months earlier, octogenarian Phil decides that he no longer wishes to be alone anymore and to embark on a quest to find new love. Times have changed though, and Phil needs to navigate the complexities of the modern tools at his disposal for finding a mate, such as online match-making services and mobile applications. Heart- warming and nostalgic, Deighties explores the ever changing world of courting, the difficulties of growing old single, and highlights the simple undeniable truth that in one way or another, everyone is searching for companionship.

Alaska DGAF - Documentary Short Directed by: David Freid Country of Origin: USA / Alaska Who has time for doomsday anyway?

On July 4th, 2017, North Korea tested a long range missile that, for the first time, would be powerful enough to reach the United States—specifically, the great state of Alaska. And instead of the doomsday preparations you might expect from a place threatened by nuclear annihilation, Alaskans collectively…shrugged.

5:30pm – 7:30pm Bear Tooth Theatrepub (1230 W 27th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) The Miseducation of Cameron N Post From writer/director Desiree Akhavan and based on the celebrated novel by Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post follows Cameron (Chloë Grace Moretz) as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night. Run by the strict and severe Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother, Reverend Rick (John Gallagher Jr.)—himself an example of how those in the program can be “cured”—the center is built upon repenting for “same sex attraction.” In the face of intolerance and denial, Cameron meets a group of fellow sinners including the amputee stoner Jane (Sasha Lane), and her friend, the Lakota Two-Spirit, Adam (Forrest Goodluck). Together, this group of teenagers form an unlikely family as they fight to survive.

Official Website: http://filmrise.com/film/ the-miseducation-of-cameron-post Director: Desiree Akhavan Country of Origin: USA 8:00pm – 10:00pm E Street Theater (315 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Animation Program 1 T TAge of Sail (USA) Directed by: John Kahrs When Avery reluctantly rescues Lara, who has mysteriously fallen overboard from a steamship, he finds redemption and hope in his darkest hours.

Belly Flop (South Africa) Directed by: Jeremy Collins and Kelly Dillon

Persistence pays off when an unashamed young girl leaning to dive is unperturbed by a talented diver who steals the spotlight.

Wild Woman (USA) Directed by: Vanessa Sweet Wild Woman is an animated poem to mankind which invokes current world issues such as drone-strikes and religious persecution in a plea for empathy. Scenes transform and melt as the animator also explores her personal struggle of becoming a mother and identifying as such in our current social and political climate.

Sonder (USA) Directed by: Neth Nom For years, Finn and Natalie walked the same path. But when their time together comes to an end, Finn finds himself lost in a mysterious land. Paralyzed by the fear of moving on, he is at risk of losing himself.

Through self-discovery, Finn must gather the strength to forge a new path.

Buddy Joe (France) Directed by: Julien David Not Available The Train (USA) Directed by: Aaron Dunbar An animated tale of love, solitude, and artistic obsession.

Where does Space Begin? (United Kingdom) Directed by: Katie Steed Have you ever wondered how far away space is; how far are the different things you see above your head? Join the Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers as they ascend up through the different layers of the Earth’s atmosphere to reveal what we would see at different heights.

Carlotta's Face (Germany) Directed by: Valentin Riedl As a child, Carlotta didn’t expect the people around here to have faces. She even doesn’t recognize her own face. Years later, she learns about a rare, untreatable deficit of her brain. It was art, after all, that offered her a way to finally recognize herself.

EACH AND EVERY SHADE (Kuwait) Directed by: Sarah Ibrahim What constitutes someone too dark, or not dark enough, or just light enough to pass? The color brown is one that comes with many iterations, connotations, and implications. It is a force that exists in all it's forms in this family—along with each shade's beauty and repercussions.

Emunah (USA) Directed by: Sang Hyoun Han "DOMECAKE" Artificial intelligence uses religion to dominate humanity.

For a Better Life (USA) Directed by: Yasmin Mistry Sold for $100 at the age of 5, Fekri suffers through years of abuse before his plight is discovered. After almost a year of hospitalization and therapy Fekri moves into a group home where he finds support, mentorship, and eventual forgiveness towards the family which sold him.

Inseyed (USA) Directed by: Jessica Hudak A girl hears a mysterious noise and investigates, but the source isn’t an easy answer.

Pour 585 (USA) Directed by: Patrick Smith In a dystopian world populated by animated wine glasses, a timid character tries to escape an important rite of passage. When he disrupts the standard pouring ritual, he discovers that individuality comes with a price. Pour 585 is a cautionary tale about the dangers of conformity that uses metaphor to illustrate the process of indoctrination Short but sweet (Kort maar krachtig) (Netherlands) Directed by: Junaid Chundrigar Not Available Fire in Cardboard City (New Zealand) Directed by: Phil Brough When a city made from cardboard catches fire it is up to the local fire chief and his brave deputies to save Cardboard City from total destruction. war for lizards (Iran) Directed by: Hosein Mansouri Lizards are everywhere! Some of them are behind the war. Some of them are the purpose for the war.

6:1 (Russian Federation) Directed by: Sergei Ryabov Inseparable Girl and Cat are playing checkers. The cat loses over and over…

8:00pm – 10:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) N Kupal “Kupal” is the story of a hunter and a taxidermist, called “Dr. Ahmad Kupal”. On the last day of the year, moments before the turn of the year, he faces an unexpected challenge.

Official Website: http://www.kupalmovie. com Director: Kazem Mollaie Country of Origin: Iran

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3:00pm – 5:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Not Your Typical Short Docs C Desert Coffee Directed by: Mikael Lypinksi Country of Origin: Poland Run Time: 53 Min In California's poorest desert region, a colorful group of regulars and their dogs gather at Rob's internet cafe for free coffee and wifi in "the last free place in America".

My Paintbrush Bites Directed by: Joel Pincosy Country of Origin: USA Run Time: 16 Min 03 Seconds A retired racehorse with a big personality is riddled with health problems and close to dying when he gets adopted by an introverted reclusive. The man and the horse help each other out in unexpected ways when the horse is taught to paint.

41X Directed By: Brian Carlson Country of Origin: USA Run Time: 5 Min 48 Seconds Mike Graves races. He always has because it's in his blood. The funny thing is he races lawn mowers. The Avon Park Mower-Plex in Avon Park, FL was founded in 2002 as the first track solely built for lawn mower racing in the nation.

Mike has been a regular for years. For him racing is about the thrill and he certainly won't let his cerebral palsy slow him down.

As his father would say, "Win, lose or draw, if you bring your mower home in one piece it's a good night of racing." Adrenaline isn't the only thing fueling his love of the sport. Racing is a family affair for Mike and the memory of his father drives him to be the best.

TaoBao Directed by: Noah Sheldon Country of Origin: USA Run Time: 4 Min 14 Seconds Pin'er is a model on China's largest online shopping site, Taobao. With a neverending pile of clothes to shoot, Pin'er has developed a unique way of getting through her workload.

4:00pm – 6:00pm Anchorage Museum at Rasmusen Center (1110 W 8th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Voice of America: Lowell Thomas D and the Rise of Broadcast News If you watch a newscast today, listen to the radio or a podcast then you arebenefiting from the work of Lowell Thomas.

Lowell Thomas was more famous than any American journalist has ever been. As the swashbuckling adventurer -- he took American audiences with him on the radio and in newsreels, establishing personality driven journalism and reporting from around the world. During the First World War, Thomas traveled to the Middle East and discovered T.E. Lawrence, making him the celebrity, 'Lawrence of Arabia'.

Thomas was the role model for intrepid foreign correspondents today. His stories shaped American knowledge of the world and influenced foreign policy. His legacy came in the 1930s as he set the standard for reliable, non-partisan broadcast news.

Later he managed to slip into Tibet, where he interviewed the Dalai Lama just before the Chinese invaded. His enterprising zeal led him to found Capital Cities, which eventually bought ABC before being sold itself to Disney for 17 Billion dollars .

Lowell Thomas’ journalism is the journalism today described– sometimes bitterly, sometimes reverently – as “mainstream journalism.” He was the original deep voiced omnipotent journalistic narrator: the first “voice of god.” But his journalism was not always traditional. This documentary will tell the story of its creation. Today as main stream news is brand an “enemy of the people” it is important understand how it evolved and appreciate how it underpins democratic society.

Official Website: https://www. lowellthomasvoiceofamerica.com Director: Richard Moulton Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: Yes Country of Origin: USA

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5:00pm – 7:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Julia Blue N Julia is a photojournalism student living in Kyiv, immediately after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. She is pursuing her studies in photojournalism with a goal of moving abroad to Germany. She continues her volunteerism at the Kyiv military hospital, though it begins to weigh on her.

Official Website: http://www. juliabluethemovie.com Director: Roxy Toporowych Country of Origin: Ukraine, USA 5:00pm – 7:00pm E Street Theater (315 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Rich Kids N A group of troubled teens from a low-income community break into “Los Ricos”, the local mansion with a border fence, and spend the day pretending to be rich in order to forget their difficult lives.

Official Website: https://www. richkidsthemovie.com Director: Laura Somers Country of Origin: USA 6:00pm – 9:00pm Anchorage Museum at Rasmusen Center (1110 W 8th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Magnetic North Series - Alaska F Humanities Forum In conjunction with the Alaska Humanities Forum and Rasmuson Foundation, the Anchorage International Film Festival invites you to explore the personality and character of three Alaskans whose actions and ideas have shaped the history, spirit, and values of our state.

Collectively, they challenge preconceived notions of the Last Frontier, promote a richer understanding of its unique identity, and speak to our shared experience of life in contemporary Alaska.

Director: Marla Williams Buy Tickets: Alaska Humanities Forum Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: Yes Country of Origin: USA / Made in Alaska 7:00pm – 9:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Don't Be Nice D A team of young New York City Slam Poets finds its voice as it competes for the National Championship during the summer of 2016.

Mentored by a demanding coach who encourages them to push past their personal boundaries and write from a place of vulnerability, pain and honesty, the poets break down, break through and compose their best work ever. Timely and difficult, their spoken word slays—but will these soul-searching pieces about police violence and the whitewashing of Black culture be able to compete against choreographed crowd- pleasers for the title? Will opting to make a statement instead of a show spell their defeat? An emotional and inspiring film that gives insightful commentary on race, gender, identity and sexual politics in America today, Don't Be Nice is both an absorbing competition doc and a vital writer's workshop that proves once and for all that winning hearts and minds is the ultimate prize.

Official Website: https://www. bowerypoetrystudios.com/dont-be-nice Director: Max Powers Country of Origin: USA 7:00pm – 9:00pm E Street Theater (315 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Life Coach - Short Docs C Bjarn Hates The Camera Directed By: Weronika Nitsch Country of Origin: Norway “Bjarne Hates the Camera” is the story of a foreign filmmaker who invades the life of her neighbour Bjarne. Who is he?

She asks him about life and death, hopes and dreams. He asks if she’s going to stop anytime soon. But when the woman behind the camera refuses to stop, a relationship rarely caught on film is born - full of absurdities, warmth and humour.

And mostly just a bunch of unanswered questions.

The Weight of Success Directed By: M. Douglas Silverstein Country of Origin: USA The brutal truth about one controversial woman who built a self-help book empire while trying to prove to her family, and the world, that life coaches aren't a scam.

9:00pm – 11:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) of Unusual Size D Rodents The residents of Louisiana never know what will attack them next: floods,

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hurricanes, even monstrous swamp rats.

Gigantic orange-toothed nutria are eating up the coastal wetlands, destroying the landscape, and threatening the very existence of the human population.

This invasive South American species breeds faster than the roving squads of hunters and trappers can control them.

But the people who have lived here for generations are not the type of folks who let their land—and their livelihoods— recede into the Gulf without a fight. Meet fisherman turned bounty hunter Thomas Gonzales and a pack of colorful diehards as they defend their land, culture, and way of life against the unforgiving forces of nature. It is man vs. rodent. May the best mammal win.

Official Website: http://www. rodentsofunusualsize.tv Director: Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer, Quinn Costello Country of Origin: USA 9:00pm – 11:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Be My Cat: A Film for Anne N An aspiring Romanian filmmaker obsessed with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway goes to shocking extremes to convince Anne to star in his upcoming film.

Official Website: https:// bemycatafilmforanne.com Director: Adrian Ţofei Country of Origin: Romania

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11:00am – 1:00pm Z.J. Loussac Public Library (3600 Denali St, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) Family Animation T The Cosmospenguin in Sushiland (Austria) Directed By: Luca Potskhishvili The adventures of the Cosmospenguin (which is just on diet) lead him from his home planet Jupiter up to the light years distant, praised Sushiland. In search of a treasure he meets the frog (which suffers at iron deficiency). His trip to San Francisco ends in the chaos. In his visit in Vienna he saves together with the frog the squirrel (which can shout very loudly).

On his odyssey in the desert he hits on the camel Simon (who needs no gasoline). For what is looking the Cosmospinguin on the Sushiland, seems at first unclear. Only after he has travelled around half a planet, finally, the sense of his trip becomes by him conscious …

Emmy & Goo Roo (China) Directed By: Xin Yu Emmy is our brave little hero. She is a 5-year-old girl and the only human little girl in the whole forest, which makes her extra special! Emmy loves exploring the fantastical world she lives in. GooRoo, a big, furry and huggable creature, takes care of her whenthey go out to play. They live together in a cute little house at the edge of the Magic Forest.

Their world is full of fabulous creatures, such as animals and plants that can talk, dance...and even cook! Every day brings a brand new adventure and exiting challenges for Emmy and GooRoo to seek out and overcome in this inviting world.

Yuanfen (USA) Directed By: Amanda Sparso A heartwarming tale of adoption as seen through a child’s eyes.

Magic Play (USA) Directed By: Natasha Cánepa A shy boy wizard-in-training is forced into a play date with a witch girl who is unpredictable with her magic.

Playtime (United Kingdom) Directed By: Toby Leung A green grumpy monster is determined to keep his collection of toys neat on a shelf whilst an oblivious baby monster persistently attempts to play with them.

The two are equally passionate about toys yet in polar-opposite ways, and they learn to cope with each other through a series of comedic interactions.

A Journey in Ink (India) Directed By: Suyog Khadikar Half socks (Argentina) Directed By: Mariana Klyver 7-year-old Mathew has to find out why his socks dissapear. Suspecting his eldery neighbour Olga is involved in this mistery, he decides to sneak into her house.

Tobias Tatu (Brazil) Directed By: Júnia Consani Tobias Tatu is a short stop motion animation produced in patchwork, illustrating the joyful walk of Tobias, a beautiful and happy armadillo that just wants to play and roll.

Monster Bites (USA) Directed By: Mackenzie Lancaster A monster terrorizes a little girl in her room late at night, and she must find the courage to defeat it! But things are not as they seem...

Red & The Kingdom Of Sound (United Kingdom) Directed By: Phil Gomm Red & The Kingdom Of Sound is an animated adaptation of Benjamin Britten's 1945 composition, The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra.

Big Booom (Russian Federation) Directed By: Marat Narimanov The history of humanity and of our planet in four minutes. An eco-friendly statement developed in a single shot that has it all: humor, action and tragedy.

Dear Alice (USA) Directed By: Matt Cerini An unconfident artist must inspire a wideeyed young girl to see the beauty in her sketch before the bus reaches his stop.

The One Way Journey (India) Directed By: Suyog Khadikar Mankind's leap to Mars! The future is here and people are leaving to explore the untouched - the last frontier!

Simultaneously, a ten-year-old deals with an emotional turmoil of realizing that his father is also set on a 'One Way Journey'.

Too Much Rain (USA) Directed By: Loraine Cernak Into every life a little rain must fall, and can even be enjoyed but when the excess of nature comes flooding in, a little girl, her pet, and her world are swept away.

Jumbled Up (USA) Directed By: Isabella Spadone Sometimes no matter how hard you try, your words just come out a bit jumbled up.

Dogbin (Iran) Directed By: Atoosa Ghaffari This is a story about a hotdog loving recycle bin.

Children of the Weather (Argentina) Directed By: Grisel Docirziw A couple of kids who express their emotions through weather.

Gone Through Water (Argentina) Directed By: Nicolas Quintar Riboli A cricket is surprised by an unexpected rain.

Tend (United Kingdom) Directed By: Tom Judd Tend tells the story of a man and his daughter living peacefully in the forest, until one day their familiar routine begins to fall apart. As the father struggles to keep the fire burning, he loses sight of what’s truly important – and spirals into an obsession with the flames.

Slick Stan (USA) Directed By: Sam Roth In this brief, animated commercial parody, Slick Stan the Summer of Love Salesman pitches his new product to the flower power crowd.

The Big Oak Tree (USA) Directed By: Jamison M. LoCascio After losing his home due to construction a small bird must make a big journey to find a new home.

Climate Change (USA) Directed By: James Gregg An animated video on climate change.

1:00pm – 1:45pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Course Screenwriting W Crash Workshop Speakers: Douglass Bourne 1:00pm – 3:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) The Cleaners D Enter a hidden third world shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn‘t like. Here we meet five “digital scavengers”, among thousands of people outsourced from Silicon Valley, whose job is to delete “inappropriate” content of the net. In a parallel struggle, we meet people around the globe whose lives are dramatically affected by online censorship. A typical “cleaner” must observe and rate thousands of often deeply disturbing images and videos every day, leading to lasting psychological impacts.

Yet underneath their work lie profound questions around what makes an image art or propaganda and what defines journalism. Where exactly is the point of balance for social media to be neither an unlegislated space nor a forum rife with censorship? THE CLEANERS struggles to come to terms with this new and

disconcerting paradigm. Evolving from a shared social vision of a global village to a web of fake news and radicalization, the film charts the rise and fall of social media’s utopian ideology.

Official Website: http://www.gebruederbeetz.de/produktionen/the-cleaners Director: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck Country of Origin: Germany 1:00pm – 3:00pm E Street Theater (315 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Made in Alaska - Short Films M Termination Dust: White Walls Directed by: Ryan Syvertson Music video for Alaskas own "Termination Dust" and their song " White Walls" Bodies of Water Directed by: Maya Salganek “Bodies of Water” is an exploration into loss, grief, guilt, and the confrontation of fear. The story follows Leona, a young woman who fails to prevent a tragedy.

After running away from home, she becomes involved with a vaudevillian performance troupe, through which she confronts her darkest fears.

Last Request Directed by: Hannah Pratt Last Request follows Eli and Maya, lifelong friends who spend the weekend at Eli’s family cabin and accidentally awaken the soul of Eli’s great uncle Sam. Surrounded by the Alaskan wilderness, they must free Sam’s soul or Maya will drown in the icy waters of the Kenai.

Rocket Directed by: Tyson Paris-Hansen Trying to launch a rocket Dear Satan Directed by: Mika McCrary Satan, Santa: how much difference does one letter make?

Wild Ice - Back Country Skating Alaska Directed by: Paxson Woelber "Backcountry skating" is the practice of hunting for wild ice, whether on on a river, lake, glacial lagoon, or inside an ice cave.

Filmed in southcentral and southeast Alaska over the course of two winters, "Wild Ice" features members of Alaska's backcountry skating community including nordic bladers, hockey players, and figure skaters. Shot locations include Kenai Lake, the Portage Lagoons, Turnagain Arm, Wasilla Lake, Sheridan Glacier, Byron Glacier, and Portage Glacier A Herring Opera Directed by: Tessa Schmidt In the small coastal town of Sitka, Alaska, the most dramatic signal of spring is the arrival of the herring. Massive fishing boats arrive from out of town to vie for the 'million dollar set,' local Alaska natives prepare to harvest herring eggs in the traditional way, and thousands of whales, seals and eagles crowd the ocean to eat the herring. This short nonfiction film presents all the bustle of springtime in Sitka in an operatic form, using classic opera pieces as a score of this modern but timeless struggle between nature, tradition, and technology.

2:00pm – 3:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Screenwriting Panel / Pitch Fest E Following the crash course in screenwriting, three screenwriters will discuss screenwriting craft, finding production, and help members of the audience refine ideas or projects into a pitch.

2:00pm – 4:00pm Anchorage Museum at Rasmusen Center (1110 W 8th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) After School Special - Weekend E Edition As part of the Anchorage International Film Festival, Alaska Teen Media Institute is hosting its annual Youth Film Festival “After School Special.” We’ll screen films directed and produced by Alaska youth (ages 21 and under) on a big screen at a local venue.

This is an incredible opportunity for youth filmmakers to have their work shown on a big screen in front of a live audience, and be a part of an international film festival!

Official Website: https://alaskateenmedia. org/2018/10/19/calling-all-youthfilmmakers/ Buy Tickets: Alaska Teen Media 2:00pm – 4:00pm Z.J. Loussac Public Library (3600 Denali St, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA) Climate Change in Alaska M Climate Change Alaska: Documentary Directed by: Tom Burke

Country of Origin: USA / Alaska The story of the people of Newtok, some three hundred and seventy five Americans citizens whose homes are disappearing. As winter storms grow more fierce each year and steal more of the coastline, summer meltwaters surge down the Ninglick river and erode the edges of the town. Rising temperatures are melting the permafrost on which the town is built. Our film follows their efforts to build a new town on safer ground before the inevitable flood washes their homes away.

Children of The Dig Directed by: Joshua Branstetter Country of Origin: USA / Alaska In 2009, a 500-year-old artifact was discovered on the beach outside of Quinhagak, Alaska, opening the door to the most productive archaeological dig in Arctic history with 60,000 artifacts recovered so far. In 2009, the site was 50 feet from the ocean. Today it is ten.

3:00pm – 5:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) American Relapse D AMERICAN RELAPSE is a feature documentary about the rippedfrom-the-headlines heroin epidemic and the corrupt underground rehab industry that has sprung up around it in Southern Florida. This, on-the-ground documentary follows the day-to-day struggle of recovering addicts Allie and Frankie attempting to place addicts in treatment, but can they stay clean themselves?

Official Website: https://www. americanrelapse.com Director: Pat McGee and Adam Linkenhelt Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: Yes 3:00pm – 5:00pm E Street Theater (315 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Left Behind - Short Docs C Things Manilla High - Life in Company of Death Directed by: Anders Palm Olesen Country of Origin: Denmark The short documentary, Manila High - Life in Company With Death, portrays four gravediggers from Pasay City Cemetery and their work constructing “Duterte Compound”, a new government-funded grave-complex for the victims of Tokhang.

The gravediggers, who live on and in the cemetery’s graves, are breathing the same smog of fear creeping throughout the slums: These graves they are building could end up being their own. They’ve all lost close friends in the past year of Duterte’s ‘War on Drugs’... in the slums, everyone is a suspected drug addict.

LIFEBOAT Directed by: Skye Fitzgerald Country of Origin: USA LIFEBOAT showcases the crisis of refugees desperate enough to risk their lives in rubber boats leaving Libya in the middle of the night and pushing off into the unknown, despite a high probability of drowning.

True Love, True Crime, and an American Bus Directed by: Nicholas Coles Country of Origin: USA True crime and true love collide on a rundown tour bus in this film about an eccentric couple and their quest to preserve Los Angeles history one crime scene at a time.

My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes Directed by: Charlie Tyrell Country of Origin: Canada Filmmaker Charlie Tyrell seeks to better understand his emotionally distant latefather through the personal belongings he left behind... including a stack of VHS dirty movies. Narrated by David Wain.

A Garbage Story Directed by: Oliver Bernier Country of Origin: USA Meet Nick DiMola, a bonafide trash connoisseur. He loves his job and he loves garbage. Over 30 years in the garbage business, he has collected a museum’s worth of old and rare items, most of it from the estates of dead people. With every piece of trash that he saves from the landfill, a piece of history lives on.

War and Cheese Directed by: Ben Garfield Country of Origin: United Kingdom “I heard destiny calling… I was going to be a cheesemaker.” When Oleg Sirota discovered his native Russia was banning all Western cheese imports, he quit his IT job in Moscow, sold his house and cars, took out a $100k loan and set about building a cheese factory in the snowy wilderness. “Russian Parmesan” was born.

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3:00pm – 5:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Year of the Woman - Shorts S Sirene Directed By: Zara Dwinger Country of Origin: Netherlands SIRENE is a film about confusion, friendship and becoming who you are. The 15-year old Kay lives a boy's life in between roaring motorcross bikes.When the enchanting Melody sails into his life on a big boat, their flourishing friendship lures him towards this dormant feeling. When it turns out they both had a different idea about their friendship, Kay doesn't know what to feel and to do anymore. He decides to drastically go against his feelings and Kay gets even more tangled up in his own confusion... #barewithme Directed By: Ulla Heikkilä Country of Origin: Finland MADDE, 30, is out shopping with her best friends AURA and JULIA, when she suddenly sees a dark figure from the past: her ex-bff ELSI. Traumatized and panicked, Madde tries to hide. However, her friends won't let her, and she is forced to make peace with her past. It's Elsi's turn to listen.

Amaajii Directed By: Samara Lerman Country of Origin: USA Amaajii, a Mongolian medical student on her way to study in Australia witnesses a vision from the past that threatens everything she thought she knew.

The Animal Directed By: Sebastian Kass Country of Origin: France Siri, 15, receives a call from child protection services who have heard that she might be facing problems in her family. A visit is planned at her house on Saturday. Siri has two days to regain control over her life and give the illusion of a healthy and happy family environment. She receives the help of her friend Arne whom she is in love with.

But when the rumor that she sells canabis starts to circulate, everything races and Siri’s world collapses. Alone and flanked by an unmanageable big brother, Siri, guided by a stubborn love, rebels against the community, the child protection services and the animal lurking deep inside her.

5:00pm – 7:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) D hillbilly In "hillbilly" directors Sally Rubin and Ashley York show the evolution of the uneducated, promiscuous `hillbilly' stereotype in film and television, linking it with corporate exploitation of Appalachia’s natural resources and the outcome of the recent presidential election. The film seeks to illuminate the experience of white rural voters and to expand cultural understanding of the region, showcasing the African-American Affrilachian Poets workshop and the Appalachian Media Institute at Appalshop, where queer young adults find community and refuge. “hillbilly” aims to challenge viewers perception of Appalachia and to offer folks within the region a cinematic portrayal of which they can be proud, ultimately creating dialogue between urban and rural America.

Official Website: http://hillbillymovie.com Director: Sally Rubin, Ashley York Country of Origin: USA 5:00pm – 7:00pm E Street Theater (315 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Slim Rides Again M Sudsy "Sudsy Slim Rides Again" is the tale of a small Alaskan town by the name of Scratcher Pass. Unfortunately, Scratcher Pass’ boom days as the world’s largest asbestos mining operation have long since faded.

The only thing keeping this little community alive is its feeble tourist industry. The main attraction? Scratcher Pass’ most famous resident, the 100-year-

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old corpse of conman Sudsy Slim.

However, when two escaped prisoners stumble into town, Sudsy mysteriously ends up missing and the townsfolk panic.

That’s when Agent Sherman of the Alaska Bureau of Criminal Detection is reluctantly dragged in to investigate.

Official Website: https://www.sudsyslim. com Director: G. Logan Dellinger Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: Yes Country of Origin: USA 7:00pm – 9:00pm E Street Theater (315 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Animation Program 2 T Blue Tomorrow (Mavi Yarin) (Turkey) Directed by: Numan Ayaz A man who lives alone on his island goes on an unknown journey caused by rising ocean. After witnessing a catastrophe on the way, he finds hope again with other people.But when the ocean rises again this time he makes an unexpected decision to an another unknown.

God's Plan (USA) Directed by: SunHee Jung One after the other, they try to trump each other’s sadistic fantasies, and even a stranger’s suggestion to let the creature loose, turns out to be a sick manipulation.

But as the macabre game unfolds and spirals out of control, both victim and tormentor suffer the same fate.

Meeting MacGuffin (USA) Directed by: Catya Plate In a post-apocalyptic future where humanity has fallen apart, a group of scientists and an animated sign complete the construction of a new human race and meet a groundhog climatologist who prepares them for their mission to restore balance to the decimated Earth.

Pharaoh (USA) Directed by: Derrick Forkel In a legacy of tradition, a newly ordained Pharaoh must learn and decide what kind of ruler she wants to be for her people.

The Dreamcatcher (USA) Directed by: Angeline Rivera, Hee Hye Moon, and Meiying Zhou Not Available Ready for a Baby (Australia) Directed by: Anastasia Dyakova A young woman in her thirties feels very happy and excited – she has a partner, everything in her life is under control, so now is the perfect time to have a baby. It should be easy and natural, with love and fun and everything else … right?

Beware of the Sad Man (Australia) Directed by: Benny Goldman A man battling depression, is faced with a happy-go-lucky, whose attempts at cheering him up don't seem to be making any difference.

Nouvelle Cuisine (Spain) Directed by: Manuel Reyes Halaby A chef that loves his job and enjoys the delicacies he cooks, is preparing a very different menu for a peculiar group of clients.

Sarah (USA) Directed by: Shenny Chen This is a story of a mysterious little girl, who collects glass bottles from the ocean.

With each bottle she collects she hangs them under a gazebo at the end of a dock.

However, on this particular day another bottle falls from the sky into the ocean, with a glowing note inside.

always wanted to go back to the past.

Mutti (France) Directed by: Hugues Brière Not Available Naranja (Columbia) Directed by: Hanna Isua Barrantes Sánchez Naranja is a woman that endures daily street harassment and catcalling; the constant sexualization and objectification of her body is reflected on the spots that these violent acts leave over it. Naranja will have to react before the stains consume her.

Red Omen - Ed Roman (United Kingdom) Directed by: Phil Gomm Red & The Kingdom Of Sound is an animated adaptation of Benjamin Britten's 1945 composition, The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra.

9:00pm – 11:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Late Night Animation - AET Small T Journeys through Space and Time Directed by: Ankita Panda Country of Origin: USA ‘Journeys through Space and Time’ looks at the literal and figurative association of a journey with change. It explores change in direction, perspective and repeating patterns in nature by placing the viewer in the center of a virtual 3D kaleidoscope.

Wildebeest Directed by: Nicholas Keppens Country of Origin: Belgium Going on a safari is a dream for many. For middle-aged couple Linda and Troyer, it turns into a horribly real adventure when they get left behind in the wilderness.

Voicing CSA: The Mouse Directed by: Katie Steed Country of Origin: United Kingdom A short film to raise awareness for Voicing CSA and The Truth Project, a charity that works to help adult survivors of child sexual abuse find their voice.

Beware of the Sad Man Directed by: Benny Goldman Country of Origin: Australia A man battling depression, is faced with a happy-go-lucky, whose attempts at cheering him up don't seem to be making any difference.

Everything Changes Directed by: Geoff Marslett Country of Origin: USA The film is a stream of 1089 individual connected consciousnesses. This doodle spans 15 years and includes more than 33,000 individual drawings of ink on paper.

FALL APART Directed by: Mark Crane Country of Origin: United Kingdom Music video for the band 'Nervus' Em Foster, Paul Etienne, Karl Woods and Jack Kenny.

Hi-Five the Cactus Directed by: Christopher Allan Thomas Country of Origin: USA A small desert town suffers a devastatingly-disastrous-drought. Their only hope is an old-cactus, for whom this story is about. His selfless-sacrifice could keep the dusty-town alive.

Let me introduce you to a cactus named Hi-Five!

Vehicle Emotions Test Directed by: Paul Scott Country of Origin: Canada In a post-apocalyptic world a car has a bad day.

Wonderland (USA) Directed by: Jing Huang and Zhaowen Peng Luke is a 7-year-old boy. He wanders through a wonderland.

Dolor Directed by: Ana Akana Country of Origin: USA A girl chases death through the 7 stages of grief to try and save her lost sibling.

The Story of a Motorbike (China) Directed by: JunQing DuanMu This is a story about a motorbike which is

Modellastry Directed by: Risto Kutt Country of Origin: Estonia

A film about a young woman with a wooden hand who desperately is trying to become a model. Cause' of her own standards and fashion designers weirdness she doesn't want to take the work. Until one day her perfect dream comes true by signing a contract she doesn't read through carefully.

Chicken Work Directed by: Patrick Neary Country of Origin: USA A Government program to retrain unemployed chickens falls short of its goals.

Conversation Directed by: Star Bazancir Country of Origin: Sweden A peculiar conversation in space between man and God. What does it mean to possess and lose, to grow up, to age and die? After a series of flashbacks the conversation gets an unexpected turn and there is nothing left to grasp - there has never been anything to grasp. This is a story based on a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Fuse Directed by: Shadi Adib Country of Origin: Germany A mousetrap snaps shut, a market place awakens. A group of men heatedly discuss how to kill the animal in the little box.

One after the other, they try to trump each other’s sadistic fantasies, and even a stranger’s suggestion to let the creature loose, turns out to be a sick manipulation.

But as the macabre game unfolds and spirals out of control, both victim and tormentor suffer the same fate.

Black Dog Directed by: Joshua Tuthill Country of Origin: USA Utilizing archival footage and stop-motion animation, Black Dog is set during the US and USSR space race of the 1960's amidst a time of heated social and political tension.

Two brothers must deal with the sudden loss of their parents. As one falls into the darkness of a troubled marriage, the other must find an escape from the evil that is devouring his family.

Poached Directed by: Isabel Waller Country of Origin: USA A bird encounters a hand grenade in the forest which she thinks is an egg and tries to hatch it.

Little Olive Best Buds Directed by: Paul Scott Country of Origin: Canada An Adventure with friends.

9:00pm – 11:00pm E Street Theater (315 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) The Last Fiction T Based on classic Persian literature, The Shahnameh by Ferdowsi (The Book of Kings) the film follows upstart ruler Zahak’s treacherous rise to the thrown in Jamkard (ancient Persia) and naïve Afaridoun, the young hero who will save the kingdom and people from the darkness. Zahak, who made a Faustian pack to control the thrown is now haunted by his evil deeds. His recent nightmares and now a told prophecy of how a young man he wronged in the past will rise up against him has him worried and unstable, jeopardising everything. However, Afaridoun must first conquer his own inner demons before he can battle Zahak’s dark forces to be the hero of Jamkard and restore peace to the kingdom and fulfil the prophecy. Ancient Persian mythology that unveils human nature.

Official Website: http://www.thelastfiction. com Director: Ashkan Rahgozar Country of Origin: Iran

an all-night adventure with four unlikely friends she meets while volunteering at a women's shelter.

Official Website: http://www. missarizonamovie.com Director: Autumn McAlpin Country of Origin: USA

DECEMBER 9 • SUNDAY

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2:30pm – 4:30pm E Street Theater (315 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) On the Tip of the Tongue - World M Premiere On The Tip of The Tongue (Sur Le Bout De La Langue) Directed by: Vincent Bonnay Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) "AwA'ahdah", "iishuh", "ilah qe'xleh" ... Words from the end of the world, forgotten, that have almost lost any meaning, even to their people. In Alaska, the Eyak language "died" in 2008 when the last speaker, Chef Marie Smith Jones, passed away.

But is there life after death? The Eyak people believe so.

Chef Marie had a dream before she died.

She said someone will come from far away to help them. Two years later, Guillaume Leduey, a 21-year-old Frenchman, set foot in Alaska, on the lands of the people whose language he had learned by himself, alone, in France.

Director: Vincent Bonnay Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: Yes 4:30pm – 6:30pm Audience Choice Award Winner

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4:30pm – 6:30pm E Street Theater (315 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) 1945 - AET Large N Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) On a summer day in 1945, an Orthodox man and his grown son return to a village in Hungary while the villagers prepare for the wedding of the town clerk's son. The townspeople – suspicious, remorseful, fearful, and cunning – expect the worst and behave accordingly. The town clerk fears the men may be heirs of the village's deported Jews and expects them to demand their illegally acquired property back.

Director Ferenc Török paints a complex picture of a society trying to come to terms with the recent horrors they’ve experienced, perpetrated, or just tolerated for personal gain. A superb ensemble cast, lustrous black and white cinematography, and historically detailed art direction contribute to an eloquent drama that reiterates Thomas Wolfe’s famed sentiment: you can’t go home again.

Official Website: https://www. menemshafilms.com/1945 Director: Ferenc Török Buy Tickets: Alaska Jewish Heritage Museum Q&A or Presentation w/ Film: TBD Country of Origin: Hungary 6:30pm – 8:30pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Feature Award Winner

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9:00pm – 11:00pm Alaska Experience Theatre (333 W 4th Ave #207, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA) Arizona N Miss A former pageant queen embarks on

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BY RJ JOHNSON

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or many actors and theatre people, the first taste of the spotlight comes from an annual church Christmas Pageant. In Anchorage, many younger actors have taken their first turn on stage at Anchorage Community Theatre. It seems only fitting that these two concepts collide in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson, directed

by Stephanie Leigh, which opened at ACT over the Thanksgiving weekend.

This year Mrs. Armstrong is not going to be able to direct the Christmas Pageant, due to a broken leg. The ladies of the town decided that Grace Bradley should take on the job in her stead, and while she has no experience, she is sure she can make it work and her husband and kids will help her, no matter how much they protest. Everything is going along fine until the worst kids in town, the Herdmans, hear that they can get free refreshments for attending church events, and decide that all six of them need parts in the play. The hilarious chaos affects everyone as Mrs. Bradley does her best to get the pageant together in time for the Christmas Eve performance.

Rachael Androski has done a wonderful job with set design The Best Christmas Pageant for this show. The one-hour Ever plays at Anchorage play is performed between the Community Theatre from November 23 to December Bradley family dining room narrator as well as 16, 2018. Shows are Thursday, and the stage at church, and a character in the Friday and Saturdays at in a small space with 34 actors story. Moore was a 7:00 and Sundays at 3:00. she found the right balance to December 9’s performance great choice to take allow space and still give the will be ASL-interpreted. on this lead role. She audience the sense of where Tickets are $17 for Adults, $15 has a strong presence they were. Familiar holiday for Seniors/Military/Students, on stage and is able decorations and lights helped $13 for Children. Visit www. transfer seamlessly get the sold-out audience into actalaska.org or call (907) between address344-4713 for tickets and more the spirit of the season. ing the audience information.

This play is adapted from and interacting with Barbara Robinson’s children’s other characters in book of the same name, and the the show. She has a play is told from a child’s point natural rapport with Faith England who plays of view. Each of the children in the play did an excellent job in their roles. From the adorable the role of the unlikeable and bratty Alice baby angels, to the older children of the com- Wendleken with skill. Hunter K. Menck as munity who are thoroughly shaken when they Charlie Bradley and Bronwyn Brune as Maxrealize that this pageant is going to be different ine are also fun to watch, and each had their own moments to shine. that any in years before.

The six actors playing the roles of the HerdSavannah Moore as Beth Bradley is the

mans seemed to have the most fun on stage, playing pranks and terrifying all the other children. One of my favorite moments in the show happened when firefighters were trying to get everyone out of the church to safety and the four boys attacked them. The slow-motion battle between the firefighters and the children had the entire audience laughing, adults and children alike. Imogene and Gladys Herdman, played by Nayeli Crista Gonzalez and Neve Congdon, respectively, were perfectly cast in their roles. Congdon is adorably aggressive when she decides to reinvent the role of the angel in the pageant. Gonzalez is sassy and strong as you would expect the mean girl to be, but her truth when performing the tender moments of the show is heartwarming.

Louisa Martin as Grace Bradley has the most time on stage, trying to stay calm while convincing her husband Bob, played by Ste-

fan Morin, and children to help her while she battles with busybody church ladies and wild kids. Kendra Gladwill as Mrs. McCarthy and Jane Henriksen Baird as Mrs. Armstrong are also worthy of a mention, as they bring much of the more adult humor to the performance.

This show is Stephanie Leigh’s debut as a director. For many of the actors on stage, some as young as 3 years old, it is their debut as well. Leigh has done a wonderful job of telling this story that speaks not only to what the holidays should really be about, but also capturing the very essence of what ACT and community theatre should stand for. Everyone should get a chance, and sometimes a second chance. Bob Pond loved this show and directed it 30 years ago. It is a wonderful tribute to the man who gave so much to many young actors. The story itself is a great reminder to all of what the holidays really can be.

This show is appropriate for all ages.

of their favorite foods at the same time.

While they love salmon, bears seem to want the other food even more. When it made an early debut, they left the salmon streams — where they typically kill 25 to 75 percent of the salmon — and moved onto nearby hillsides for elderberries.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looked at why bears abandoned their salmon hunts on Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago in the summer of 2014. That July and August, the islands' freshwater streams filled up as usual with the yearly salmon run. This bonanza is normally raided by bears, but as Ed Yong explains in the Atlantic, that didn't happen in 2014.

Data from tracking collars showed the bears were on nearby hills instead of fishing in streams. Hills with red elderberry seemed most popular, and a survey of local bear droppings revealed lots of elderberry skins and little sign of salmon.

Kodiak bears are already big elderberry fans, but the berries usually ripen in late August and early September — the end of salmon season.

The bears are used to eating these foods in order, switching to elderberries after the salmon are gone. But using historical temperature data, the study's authors found that rising temperatures have been helping Kodiak elderber-

ries move up their schedule.

In years with especially warm spring weather, like 2014, red elderberry "fruited several weeks earlier," the researchers write, "and became available during the period when salmon spawned in tributary streams." As coauthor William Deacy tells Phil McKenna of InsideClimate News, this forced the bears to make a decision.

"It's essentially like if breakfast and lunch were served at same time, and then there is nothing to eat until dinner," says Deacy, a biologist at OSU. "You have to choose between breakfast and lunch because you can only eat so much at a time."

The bears chose berries, a seemingly bad decision since salmon offers twice the energy density. But research has shown that elderberries have a better nutrient profile for helping brown bears gain mass quickly — a key part of their preparations for winter. Their berries contain 13 to 14 percent protein, close to the 17 percent identified as optimal for brown bears in a 2014 study. Spawning salmon are about 85 percent protein, McKenna notes, and require more energy to break down.

Biologists at Oregon State University, University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station, and Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge conducted the research.

"An earlier berry crop shut down one of the most iconic predator-prey scenes in nature," said Jonny Armstrong, an ecologist at OSU and member of the research team. "As climate change reschedules ecosystems, species that were once separated in time are now getting a chance to interact -- in this case the berries, bears and salmon. This is going to have large impacts that are hard to predict."

Kodiak police say killing a bear in a residential area is not an easy task.

The wildlife department does not usually decide to kill a bear without first conferring with appropriate local, state or federal agencies, said Nate Svoboda, a department wildlife biologist.

“Making the decision to dispatch a bear is not something ADF&G often endorses, as this does little to curb the fundamental problem of bears getting into easily accessible and unprotected trash,” Svoboda said.

“This can be very difficult, time-consuming, resource intense and expensive, and typically does little to solve the core problem,” Svoboda said. “In addition, relocating bears to other regions can disrupt the natural system in the area the bear gets relocated. ”

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According to Larry Van Daele, Kodiak Area Wildlife Biologist, Kodiak bears are a unique subspecies of the brown or grizzly bear and live exclusively on the islands in the Kodiak Archipelago and have been isolated from other bears for about 12,000 years.

There are about 3,500 Kodiak bears on the island and are the largest bears in the world. A large male can stand over 10' tall when on his hind legs, and 5' when on all four legs. They weigh up to 1,500 pounds. Females are smaller and lighter than males. Only one person has been killed by a bear on Kodiak in the past 75 years. About once every other year a bear injures a person, Van Daele said in a report.

According to a recent report, climate change can be tough on specialist animals, whose focus on specific foods may backfire as seasons shift. Some migratory birds, for example, now show up too late or too early for their normal springtime feasts.

Alaska's Kodiak bears, also known as grizzlies, have recently given up their famous salmon hunts due to climate change, according to a new study, but not because salmon are scarce.

Warmer weather led a different food source to overlap with the annual salmon run, presenting the bears with an unusual choice between two

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November 29 - December 5, 2018

CLOWNING AROUND IN THE AIR AIR PLAY COMES TO THE ATWOOD CONCERT HALL, COURTESY OF ALASKA JUNIOR THEATER

BY RJ JOHNSON

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e are supposed be clowns!”

Christina Gelsone exclaimed, laughing. Gelsone is one half of the Acrobuffos, a company based in New York, that has been making it’s mark around the entire world. Seth Bloom makes up the other half of the pair. Since they became clown partners in 2006 the pair have headlined the Big Apple Circus, created five shows, competed in international circus festivals, performed on 6 continents and over 20 countries, and have been featured in the New York Times. This week they are in here in Alaska, and will mark the 200th performance of their current show, Air Play.

The Acrobuffos have a long history with the circus and the art of clowning, but this show is nothing that you would expect. Our conversation recently in the Atwood Concert Hall turned quickly to the science and weather that can impact each show, creating a unique experience for every audience. “We have to do a lot of testing before. Each theatre has its own weather system, a hidden weather system. If there is 400 people it’s very different than if there is 1600

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people. Body heat is creating a new current of air.” Gelsone explained. The weather outside of the theater has an impact as well Bloom told me. “There is a lot more science in this than we expected, when we first started. We had been performing at an arts festival in Mexico, and the elevation was at 6000 feet, and the amount of air inside our balloons changed, and how they fit inside our suitcases. The way the fabric flew in the air changed, because the air was less dense. So we are actually keeping track of it, all the details, barometric pressure, weather, temperature, onstage and in the house. We are curious.” Gelsone agreed and says that now she will now “pay attention to clouds and weather in a way that I never did before.”

Air Play takes place throughout the entire space inside the concert hall. With the use of fabric, balloons, mylar confetti, kites, and even umbrellas, the show will be taking place above the heads of the audience as much as in front of them. On stage, fans will create a vortex of air that allows the props to float and fly and help tell the story. This is the story of siblings on an adventure, but it is loosely told, and that is done with intention. The performers want the audience to experience the show and be able to create their own narrative, and connect with the art in their

own way. “When you have a man and a woman on stage, the immediate assumption is that it is going to be a love story.” Gelsone told me. “There are too many other assumptions that go with that for us to create a show that goes all around the world. If we told a love story the way it is told in our culture, it’s not going to read as well in other parts of the world.” She continued. “So childhood. Everyone has to grow up.” The universal theme still connects with audiences in different ways whenever it is performed. “What has been great about it being a loose narrative is that people can bring their own spirit they meet us it halfway.” Bloom told me, explaining that based upon people’s experiences and cultures they will see something different.

Another aspect of the show that allows people to apply their own feelings is that there is no text.

It is simply a story told through physical movement, music, emoting, and of course what is flying through the air. This is also one of the reasons that the performance can be done in so many countries and communities. The experience for the Acrobuffos has been that when performing the school shows for a younger crowd, the audience will tap into the comedic side of the performances. When they perform at night for more adults, those viewing describe the experience as

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poetic, a term that Bloom and Gelsone also use when speaking of Air Play.

There is another artist in this show that will not be onstage, but his work is apparent for all viewing is Daniel Wurtzel, the sculptor who worked with the Acrobuffos for five years creating the air sculptures that are used. This collaboration is common in the New York art circles, with a combination of “high art” and “popular art” being presented to audiences in an effort to be able to reach people at their own entry point. Wurtzel is probably best known for his viral airflow piece “Magic Carpet” which reached over 2 million online views.

Air Play will have something for everyone who attends as it combines kinetic sculpture, music from around the world, and performance art. It will be a visual experience unlike any most have seen. Beyond the science, the highbrow meanings, and the complicated lighting, it will be fun.

Fun is so often missed when we are looking at art, and it may be the last thing you are looking for when you attend a show this unique, but what else would you expect from a couple of clowns?

Public show tickets are $14 to $35 and available through 263-ARTS or www.CenterTix.com. For more information on Air Play, or Alaska Junior Theater, call 272-7546 or visit www.AKJT.org.

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HOMELESS IN ANCHORAGE

SPA DAY AT BROTHER FRANCIS

Footwashing, probably the most Christian act of humility has become a luxurious hit at Anchorage’s main homeless shelter

PHOTOS BY O'HARA SHIPE

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ine years ago, devoted Catholic Judy Everard was pushing herself to achieve a higher sense of humility. One day, her priest offered his congregation the challenge to perform a simple, and very literal Biblical act — wash someone else’s feet.

“Father Scott, the Parish Priest at St. Pat’s said he would do footwashing, who would also?’”

Everard recalled. “I was praying for humility at the time and after Mass, I went up to him and said, ‘I’ll do it.’”

On what more fitting people should one perform this act of humility than the homeless?

And though Everard had never been involved much with the work at Brother Francis Homeless Shelter on 3rd and Karluk, she and another woman began the practice that has become so popular at Anchorage’s only facility of its kind, it’s now known as ‘Spa Day.’ “I came down — me and a Jesuit volunteer.

I washed (a client’s) feet and she said it was the first time she felt like a human being,” Everard said. “The health impact has less of an impact than the spiritual. Our focus is being personal with the cient and just praying on the love of Jesus. We have a saying, we want to leave them with happy feet and Jesus in your heart.”

As sacrifice and humility would have it, ‘Spa Day’ every second Wednesday and fourth Tuesday each month except December, became so popular, medical professionals and other volunteers came forward forcing Everard into a management role, somewhat to her chagrin.

“The humble part is, I don’t get to wash feet (anymore),” Everard said. “Evidently (management) is what Jesus wants me to do.”

About 35 to 40 people each ‘Spa Day’ take advantage of the free service, which includes a foot bath in epsom salt, a nail trimming, pedicure and sensitivity test that can identify possible high blood pressure, diabetes or frostbite. “(Shelter clients) get the most wear and tear and they’re exposed to the most germs and bacteria. If you only have one pair of shoes, you’re open to a lot of infections. We want to prevent

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blisters, ingrown toenails and all the nicks and cuts,” said Anne Morrison, a surgeon at Providence Medical Center. “As a surgeon, I amputate limbs and toes… a lot of that can be prevented with proper foot care and proper shoes and socks. At winter time there’s a high rate of frostbite without proper care, but we can prevent needless suffering.”

Morrison arrived in Anchorage in April and wasted no time Googling for clinics she could volunteer at. By May she was a regular volunteer at Brother Francis Spa Day, and will be until her six-month stint here ends and she heads to South Sudan, working with the Red Cross.

“Any major city has a huge problem with homelessness, but the weather elements here are more severe,” Morrison said. “I’m used to South Carolina, Houston, Tanzania and East Africa, so the environemental challenges you face here are much worse.”

David Rittenberg moved from Boston in 2010 and has been working at Brother Francis ever since — apart from two years at the adjacent food pantry — and now serves as Program Director. “(The footwashing) flips the power dynamic.

Most of what their experiences are is from the top-down, so having a provider at your feet really humanizes them,” Rittenberg said. “So from a psychological aspect it’s a service for both parties. Little things like that make the difference.”

In his eight years intimately involved with the Anchorage homelessness scene, he’s seen the problem grow in recent years.

“We’re definitely seeing more people. It used to be in the summertime we would hit 160 or 180, now we’re hitting capacity in the summertime, so that’s pretty new,” Rittenberg said of the facility which accommodates 240 sleepers. “A lot of it is the opioid epidemic, mental health service cuts and housing has always been at a premium in Alaska. Our economy is reliant heavily on seasonal work and that brings in a lot of unskilled labor. You hear stories of people who come up here and are promisd a job, but the boat’s only half-full, so they’re just stuck here. It’s never just one thing; there’s a lot of things that have happened. Everyone who

comes has a unique story, whether it’s medical issues of a lost house. Some have experienced unspeakable trauama and they only way they know to deal with it is substance abuse.”

One of those taking advantage of ‘Spa Day’ for the first time was John, one of those who’d come up from the Lower 48 waiting for work.

“Guys were telling me about it; get work on your feet,” John said as Morrison pumiced the callouses on his feet. “I came up from Vegas and waiting on my CDL license, then I can go work on the (North) Slope. Just waiting on them to call me.”

George is a Spa Day regular. He got his first Brother Francis pedicure three years ago, back when he was part of the shelter’s in-house program, on and off, for a year-and-a-half, where he did handiwork around the facility to earn his keep.

Undoubtedly a Brother Francis success story, George now drives his own truck and has his own apartment, but he still doesn’t miss Spa Day at his old stomping grounds.

“Seeing all these people is the best part… except for that one… and that one,” George said, pointing playfully at Morrison and Everard. “Brother Francis is all about staying out

of trouble.”

Each night around sundown lines begin to swell at Brother Francis. The shelter used to have a sobriety-only policy, but that has since changed.

“It’s substance-free, but damp. (Entry) isn’t based on level of intoxication, but on behavior — they can stay as long as they behave,” Rittenberg said, adding that another 50-plus can be accomodated at the Anchorage Sleep-Off Center, which apportions a certain number of slots for Title 47 cases, aka inebriates.

Once in the doors of Brother Francis, staff begins to encourage clients to join the in-house program, or at least work with a case manager.

Both are incentives for limited bunk bed spaces.

Everyone else sleeps on mats in the main dining/living area.

“We are, slowly but surely, developing a homelessness services network. In most cities, if I don’t like to go to one place, you can go to another. But in Anchorage, we’re kind of it,” Rittenberg said. “There’s Anchorage Gospel Rescue, but that is gospel-based, so for the poeple they reach, that’s awesome, but there’s also some who aren’t so receptive.”

Rittenberg said recent counts say there are approximately 1,200 homeless in Anchorage, but that number doesn’t include those who are couch-surfing or are sleeping in their cars, which would push the number closer to 1,600, he estimates.

So if there’s 240 on any given winter night at Brother Francis, and about as many others at smaller facilities, where are the rest?

“They’re in our parks, on the trails… They’re extremely resilient and creative — people figure it out,” Rittenberg said. “If an individual chooses to sleep on Chester Creek Trail in February rather than come to the shelter, what are we doing wrong? Is the way we look at it.”

Rittenberg said about 40 percent of the shelter’s clients are Alaska Natives and the fastest growing demographic is those over the age of 55.

“Our over-55 population has grown by (more than 200 percent) in the last five years so we’re seeing a lot of that silver tsunami. We’re seeing a lot of people having difficulty providing their own self-care. There’s also issues with agerelated disorders and some aren’t as connected to reality as you and I are,” he said. “We don’t provide med beds in the dorm, so the requirements for daily living include the ability to get up and down on the mats themselves. We struggle finding more appropriate alternatives, but we’re serving them the best we can. One concrete solution we found was putting grab bars in the back wall. It’s much easier to grab bars than a wall… I’m very proud of what we do here CONTINUED ON PAGE 15

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 and I think we do a good job, but no one wants to spend their retirement in a homeless shelter.”

The facility has two unarmed security guards provided by Phoenix Protective, who patrol from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. each day. It also features a clinic, paid for by the SouthCentral Foundation that sees about 14 patients a day, as well as a respite care wing, also run by SCF that’s been in operation for nearly two years and recently welcomed its 100th guest. Rittenberg said about 40 percent of those clients are recovering from surgery performed at a local hospital.

Rittenberg said the biggest misconception is that all the homeless in Anchorage are all aimless drunks. It’s a misconception cleared up pretty clearly after even a cursory look of a night there.

“There was a study that found like 127 public inebriates in Anchorage, but they’re the idea of what homelessness looks like,” he said. “When you see someone and they’re panhandling, you register them as homeless; you look at them and think, ‘that’s what a homeless person looks like.’

But some dude with a backpack? That’s just a

regular guy. We see 2,600 a year and with the overflow, that’s 3,500 a year. The inebriates are around 120, so that’s a very small population.”

Rittenberg said the governing principle at Brother Francis is that of trauma-informed care.

“It’s a philosophy that shifts the conversation from working with you to what happened to you?” he said, adding that the shelter used to have a 30-day on, 30-day off policy on the in-house priority. “We want to make sure our services are not re-traumatizing. When we were doing 30-in, 30-out, all it was doing was retraumatizing, and it was like, wait a minute, all we’re doing is creating arguments, saying no because of ‘reasons’ when it’s freezing rain outside.”

Everard said the footwashing ritual is key to informing that more sympathetic attitude.

“It’s really small miracles that happen here — you feel a lot of love in that room,” she said.

“There was one night where there was a client who was rambunctious, boisterous and a volunteer, it was her first night here dealing with her.

She started talking to her and they connected and it was just a miracle — nothing happens accidentally.”

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HOMELESS IN ANCHORAGE

The neverending project

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hen his relationship with his girlfriend/business partner ended last year, downtown apparel retailer Mikey Huff began asking himself life’s important questions.

His business, which had occupied his time and talent for 12 hours each day, was now a thing of the past, and apart from the obvious disappointment came the despair of wondering why he worked so hard at pursuits so fleeting and so vain.

“I made a list of all my skill sets to figure out where I wanted to lead my life at this point,” Huff said. “The list I came up with was photography, storytelling and community building. In the moment I saw those as seeds to try to plan a new future for me in some way. It sounds lofty, but I had to find something to change the direction I was going.”

Serendipitously, Huff came across a story on Facebook that drew a big, red target around where he was meant to aim. It was a story sponsored by Bombas socks talking about the demand for sock donations in the winter months.

Huff picked up his camera, worked out an arrangement to be escorted around downtown by the Anchorage Downtown Partnership’s ‘ambassadors’ and began his work on what he called the ‘Wool Sock Project’, wherein he would take portraits of homeless people in Anchorage — and later in the Lower 48 — and give them socks, food, water and a sympathetic ear to hear their stories.

Last week, Huff shared some of those stories in a presentation of his photos at the Anchorage Museum.

“I realized in that moment that my prior life had been very selfish. Being very financially successful I could retain some kind of social status, but I realized when it all exploded on itself, it didn’t mean anything in the end,” Huff said. “I wanted to do a short-term project, but when I dove in, there was more to it than I originally thought. My skill sets of being able to approach people and make connections in ways others might not — I just went full-bore with it. I started out with a backpack full of socks, but it evolved into what it is now, with public speaking and connecting with humans on a different level.”

Breaking the ice with his new subjects wasn’t so easy.

“Something that shook the project foun-

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dationally was the realization that we use the term ‘homeless’ and when we give people that label, it lumps them in with a lot of negative connotations — drunkards, alcohol, drug addicts, people who don’t want jobs.

But I realized that when I went out and spoke to a plethora of people in that position, they all were there for a different reason — all unique stories,” Huff said. “It made me think that we’re just a community and there’s a

subsect in this community that’s referred to as ‘homeless’, but what was important to me was that the only thing these people had in common was that they don’t have somewhere to sleep.”

Perhaps the tightest bond Huff forged with a homeless person in Anchorage was his relationship to a man named Sam. “I was sticking to the script and nothing was going right. With Sam I realized this

Photographer Mikey Huff finds perspective and purpose in helping the homeless of Anchorage and telling their stories whole list of questions thing is entirely the wrong way to go about it,” said Huff, who would meet Sam at Dark Horse coffee on 7th and G, one of the few businesses downtown that does welcome the homeless and even has a pay-it-forward program to provide them with cofee. “He was willing to open up with me. Board games at Dark Horse in the morning became this thing that we did.

As we went through that process, it really relaxed you… It was all within my skillsets anyway to talk to people. It was there at the beginning, but it took someone like Sam to get the ball rolling.”

Those on hand to see Huff’s slideshow last week learned that along the way, Sam had essentially adopted a Native youth who had no family, and sadly, in the end, after winding up in public housing, wound up back on the streets. An emotional Huff said he hasn’t seen him since.

“The conversation just flowed naturally with him. I had a list of questions I would ask people, like how old are you or where did you come from, but one of them was, ‘if I could give you anything what would that one thing include?’” Huff said. “The answer, more than anything else was more job opportunities and lower housing costs.”

Huff uses those survey results to combat the hardline complaint that homeless people are just too lazy or too unwilling to work.

“One thing I’ve heard time and again is along the lines of ‘either I’m invisible, or I’m an eyesore,’ and that is heartbreaking,” Huff said. “When you have that stance, that mindset gets laid into your being that when people see you in the streets, they’re angry that they did. When you have that in your being, your self-worth goes to zero.”

In that state, how is one expected to get a job when they can’t get clean clothes or a shower, or a mailing address, or, like most of Anchorage’s homeless, who’ve been mugged and robbed of their wallets — how do they get an ID? Huff teamed up with barber/homeless rights activist Joshua Coombes, from Eng-

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HOMELESS IN ANCHORAGE land, to try to set up a makeshift barber shop tohelp the homeless of Anchorage feel more dignity and have a better chance at landing a job.

“When someone sits down for a haircut, they’re there for a while and their guard comes down so you have the opportunitiy for a conversation,” Huff said. “Most people are really excited. They’re over the moon to get a haircut… When the mirror turns on them it’s like they’re seeing themselves again. I’ve seen a guy, who when the mirror turns his first words are, ‘I’m going to get a job tomorrow.’ He wept and that was beautiful to see.”

Huff and Coombes took their show on the road to Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles, and then to visit the homeless community in Venice Beach, where, Huff admits, the community has it considerably easier than in his hometown and not just because of the obvious difference in climate.

“They had showers available and water was available — because they’re on the beach — but they had restrooms available. There’s not restrooms available for them in Anchorage,” Huff said. “One thing I noticed in L.A. was that 70-plus percent were African American.... Here, a large part of the homeless population is indigenous, which, from what I’ve heard is a lot of guys getting sent down for mental health or (physical) health at Anchorage hospitals, who don’t have anywhere to stay and stay on the streets…

Another difference is here you have a lot of young kids… You see a lot of 18 year old kids sleeping on the streets and when you dive a little deeper you see the elders take these casts of kids underneath their wings and actually lose sleep at night trying to find resources for these kids.”

Huff prefers to view the situation from a humanitarian position, and not a political one. But, he says, there are a number of

policy positions he’s found that are simply counterproductive.

“Anyone that sets out with the intention of ‘solving a homeless issue’ already starts in the wrong place,” Huff said. “I don’t want to degrade the work they do; it comes from a good place in their heart, hopefully… But I take the human-first approach; individual needs rather than mass issues.... The same policies to help one person wiill screw over another person entirely, so I need to keep focus on ‘how do I help this individual?’”

At the end of the day, ‘The Wool Sock Project’ is fundamentally an art show, with the work hanging on the walls and in the storefront of Akela Studios, founded by Huff and three fellow photographers on 6th Ave. and C Street. From that perspective, Huff is most pleased.

“I think it’s the strongest body of work I’ve ever produced because of the meaning behind it,” said Huff, who added that when he spoke to fellow photographers about the project, some worried it might be exploitive.

“It’s a very taboo subject… That’s why I was using focal length on lens — not shooting someone across the street, not doing anything anonymously. Usually, I was speaking to someone for an hour before the camera comes out.”

‘The Wool Sock Project’ is far from complete, though Huff isn’t shooting as much as he’d like these days.

“Most days I go out I don’t even bring the camera anymore; I just talk to people.

I realize that’s a disservice because people are invested in the project,” Huff said. “It’s important to me, but for whatever reason,

it’s gone by the wayside. I do view the winter months as the more important months for the project, getting resources for the winter, getting socks and food in your stomach and hand-warmers. I expect the next few months it will be picking back up.”

As for the existential crisis that drew him into the project in the first place, Huff doesn’t say he’s cured of it, but he does now approach life from another perspective.

“I don’t think it’s satisfied; it’s just shifted the way that I view the purpose of my life at this point,” Huff said. “I realized before this my life was selling clothes — now I’m giving away clothes. It’s kind of funny how it’s come full circle. I realized there’s a lot more enjoyment and fulfillment for me than monetarily benefiting. I’m not viewing the end of the project or where it stops.”

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For Melde, Semel’s work transcends nationality, “I wanted to take this to communities, particularly rural Alaska, because in my travels to villages for the planning work that I do, I believe the message this play brings is one of love, compassion, honesty, and hope. I've also met itinerant special education teachers and students, some differently abled, while being lodged at the village schools. In the play, there's a story of the mother, while visiting her grandmother as a young girl, sees a boy with Down syndrome being bullied into giving away bread for chewing gum. When she tells her grandmother about the incident, the grandmother asks her, "And, what did you do?" Later as a mother, she sees her own daughter stand up to boys who bully her little brother.”

Sarracino arrived at the play in search of something personal, it sounds like it was serendipity at work, she stated, “Theatre for me is a spiritual calling. I had finished the last play I was in and was hungry for something new and so had been praying quite intensely for what I was meant to do next. Through an interesting series of events which led me to look for the meaning of my name “Nava” I was led to “Nava Semel’s” website. As soon as I read about her play “ Child” [The Child Behind the Eyes] I felt that I had found what I had been praying for.”

For Veraat, Semel’s work offered an opportunity to explore geographies. She states, “As a composer, my sound palette has always been nourished by geographical places and not only the ones familiar to me. If you name me a place, even if I have never been there before, my ears wander off – only to settle when discovering an overall emotion. In my correspondence with Nava Semel I wrote: ‘A

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ava Semel died on December 2, 2017 at the age of 63. Semel was an Israeli author, playwright, and screenwriter whose work amplified the human experience to every corner of the world, including Alaska. Her work has been translated into multiple languages, including Arabic, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Rumanian, and Spanish. Anchorage theatre goers know at least one of Semel’s plays, The Child Behind the Eyes, which played at Out North as an RKP Production in the summer of 2016. The play was also performed in Seward, Victoria, BC that same year. According to Vivian Melde, “Our actress, Nava Sarracino found the play (initially because they shared the same name) and contacted me to see whether I was interested in directing it. Once I read the play, I was drawn to the story of this mother and her child. Although it was written in the mid-1980s, by an Israeli playwright, the fears and experiences shared in this onewoman show I believe are universal.”

Melde had invited Nava Semel to come to Alaska, with a promise of wild Alaska salmon. “She was really interested in visiting Alaska and she was intrigued to learn that Anchorage had a Jewish Museum with a permanent exhibit about Alaskan pilots and flight attendants who, in 1947, flew from Alaska and helped transport Jewish refugees to assist with early establishment of the State of Israel,” said Melde.

This year, the world will honor Semel’s life and work through a memorial symposium that will be held November 28 in Amsterdam and on December 2 in The Hague, and Alaska will be well represented. Actress Nava Sarracino, director Vivian Melde, and composer Christel Veraart will travel to Amsterdam at the end of November to participate in a series of events, shows and talks on Israeli culture honoring Semel. Veraat, the 2017 recipient of the Connie Boochever Fellowship and 2014 Individual Artist Award from the Rasmuson Foundation for music composition, originally scored a lullaby and recorded it in Yiddish. When she sent the lullaby to Semel, the playwright encouraged Veraart to change the lyrics to Hebrew, the national language of Israel. The lullaby is available in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish at https://christelveraart.com/discography/lullaby/.

The work between the four women was transformative for local audiences but also for the three Alaskan (or Alaskan-based) artists. Semel’s work impacted each of them personally but also created a collaborative spirit between the women, the work, and the communities

couple of months ago, while escaping the Alaskan winter, I read your play in Mexico. At a perfect, remote and quiet place, it was the poetry and atmosphere of your writing that drew me in at once. The mother’s love for her son Yotam spoke to me first, and it was her unconditional love that urged me to compose the lullaby Viglid.’”

The collaborative aspect of The Child Behind the Eyes, created a bond between the Alaskan artists. According to Veraat, “For many months, the three of us worked intensely together. As a composer, it was extremely helpful to tap into Vivian’s vast theatre experience, both as an actress and as a director, and it was wonderful to witness Nava Sarracino grow into a role that ultimately lead to stirring performances that never left the audience untouched.” Sarracino said, “I learned the power of unity and of vision.

When I decided I wanted to do the play and take it to the Victoria Fringe Festival I really had no idea what I was getting into. Vivian through her experience, intensity, passion and dedication was able to help my vision become a reality. I am forever indebted to her. Vivian then brought Cristel into the production and it was complete as Christel’s talent and conscientious love of the play brought music that carried our production to another level. Not to mention her marketing skills. I was constantly amazed by how each of us were so important to the project and each brought a crucial element. Collaboration makes me fall in love with the mystery of life as I see how each part brings something so important to the whole and the whole is so much greater than the individual parts. RKP productions, our stage manager…. so many pieces.”

As Melde, Sarracino, and Veraat travel to Amsterdam to honor Semel, they are also saying goodbye to her in this life but will carry Semel and her work with them probably for as long as they live, “I feel she has been part of my destiny on planet earth and I am forever changed because of her. She was a beautiful woman who I wish I had met in real life and I feel very honored to be part of remembering her through this event in Holland,” says Sarracino. The memorial will likely be different things for different people, but it is likely they will all share in Semel’s echoing love for humanity, no matter how flawed we are and hope for the future.

Perhaps Sarracino’s sentiments will also reach beyond borders and cultures, “I feel my soul will be fed and nourished.

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8:30p-12:30a Kenai Central High School – The Ballad of Four Corners Lounge (Palmer) Party – Kenw/ Peltier Band 10p-2a 907 Alehouse & Koot’s Grill – Open Mic Night 9p-2a SkennyMane 9p-2a Koots – DJ JoJo 10p-2:15a Kenai 7p-9p Highland Mountain CorrectionalHighland Center (Eagle River)Correctional – – Arctic Mountain CenterJungle Band Silvertip Grill – Open Mic Mondays 8p-11p Mykel’s (Kenai) – Eric Doucet Acoustic 6p-9p Koots – Restaurant DJ JoJo 10p-2:15a Women’s String Orchestra Holiday Concert 7p-10p (Eagle River)1:30p-2:45p – Lullaby Concert 1p-2:30p Brightwater Van’s Dive Bar – Comedy Open Mic w/ Sherrod Elementary School (Palmer) – Band & Choir Concert Koots – Lowroc. 10p-1a Humpy’s Alaska Blues Core 9:30p-1:30a Humpy’s – Lil'Mathew Burgoon 8p-10p Humpy’s – Nothin' But Trouble 9:30p-1:30a Koots – Marc Brown & The–Blues Crew 2:45p-3:30p, 6p-7p Organic Oasis – Snow Drifters 6p-8p Koots – The Stack 10p-2:45a Trouble Last Frontier Bar – Banda Norteno 9p-2a8:30p-12:30a 10p-2:30a St. Mary’s Steakhouse Episcopal Church Anchorage Sullivan’s – Blaze– & Eric 6p-9pBowl Chamber Koots –DJ Covy 10:30p-2:30a Kenai Central High School – The Ballad Kootsof – Comedy Open Mic 7:30p-10p The Muse – Piano Nights w/ Tom Bargelski Orchestra’s Winter Concert 7:30p-9p Schwabenhof (Wasilla) – Blue Grass Jam NOVEMBER 20 La Potato – Rogues & WenchesKenai 8p-11p 2p-4p , 7p-9p Koots – Open TUESDAY Decks 10p-1:30a 6p-9p Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill (Wasilla) – AK Acoustic Projekt 6p-8p Legion Post 28 – Open Mic Night Last Frontier Bar –907 Finn Gruva 9p-12a Koots – Secondhand Feels 10p-2:45a Loussac Library American – Anchorage International Folk Dancers Mug–Shot Saloon (Wasilla) Area 7p-9p Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill (Wasilla) – AK 6:30p-9:30p Koots –DJ Covy Matanuska Brewing Co., Anchorage – Nothin' But10:30p-2:30a Trouble 6p-8p 10p-2a The Writer’s Block – Spenard Jazz Festival- Jazz: A FourAcoustic Projekt 7p-9p KootsCo., – Eternal Cowboys 10p-2a Moosquito’s (Sterling) – TheMikaDayShow 9p-11p Matanuska Brewing Anchorage – Blaze & Eric 7p-10p O’Malley’s on the Green – Nothin' But Lettered Word 7p-9p Trailside Elementary School –Projekt Choir 9p-12a Palmer Church of God – Karrie 8p-12a Pavish Anderson 7p-8:30p The Mug Shot Saloon (Wasilla) – AK Acoustic Trouble 6:30p-9:30p Performance 6:30p-7:30p Mug–Shot Saloon (Wasilla) Area 907 UAA Fine Arts Building – Fair Weather Flutes 4p-5p Sullivan’s Steakhouse – KillBill Sax 6p-9p The Place Motel Bar & Grill (Kenai) – FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1630TH Uncle Joe’s PizzeriaMusic – Becky Kotter FRIDAY NOVEMBER Coffeehouse Confessions UAA Fine Arts Building – Chamber Class Recital TheMikaDayShow Uncle 8p-12aLeroy’s Coffee – Queen’s10p-2a 49th State – The Shook Twins w/ Super 6p-8:30p Schwabenhof (Wasilla) – Diana Z 8p-11p 6p-8p 7:30p-9p Schwabenhof (Wasilla) – Billy Strain Alaska Center the Performing Arts – The New Standards Saturated Sugar for Strings 8p-12a Vans Dive Bar- Grateful Jams 7:30p-12a J Roadhouse – Unhinged The Whale’s Tail – Megan Hayes &Triple the Gamma Rays (Houston) 7p-9p 7:30p-11p Holiday Show w/–The Super Saturated 907 Alehouse Silhouette 8p-12a Sugar Strings 8p-12a The Whale’s Tail –DJ 3rd George 9p-2a Snow City Café Stevi Morton Album 7:30p-9:30p American Legion Post 15 – No Wake Band Van’s Dive Bar – Meagan Hayes & the Williwaw – Greats w/ DJ Gre 10p-2a Release 6p-9p American Legion Post 15 – No Wake Band 6p-9p 6p-9p WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 21 Gamma Rays w/ The SpeNerds 9p-1a SubZero – DJ House Sessions 9p-1a Aunties Corner Café (Palmer) – Open Mic Night 7p-10p Anchorage Alehouse (Matanuska Brewing 49th State Brewing Co. – Dave Roland The Whale’s Tail –DJ 3rd George 9p-2a Fine Arts SUNDAY Building – American DECEMBER 2ND Four Corners Lounge 10p-2a Co.) – Ken Peltier 9p-12a(Palmer) – Ken Peltier Band UAA 6:30p-9:30p The Whale’s Tail – The Nuther Brothers Garcia’s (Eagle River) – Danger & Diva 8p-12a Songbook 7:30p-9p Anchorage Moose Lodge – Arctic Jungle 907 Alehouse & Grill – Arctic Jungle Band Alaska Center for the Performing Arts – Bruce Cockburn 7p-9p UAA Professional Studies Building – KRUA Hard Rock Café – Nothin' But Trouble 7p-10p 8p-12a 7p-10p 4p-6p Williwaw – Greats w/ DJ Gre 10p-2a 5p-6p Humpy’s – Conway Seavey Band 9:30p-1:30a Volunteer MeetingAmerican The Carousel Lounge – Orion Donicht The Carousel Lounge – Open Mic Night Legion 29 – DJ Ray 6p-10p – Snakehips w/ Queen Solomon Williwaw Veronica’s Café (Kenai) - Open MicPost Night Koots – The Stack 10p-2:45a 10p-2a 8p-2a Humpy’s Open Mic 8p-11p 9p-2a 6p-8p Koots – DJCafé Joe (Soldotna) Brady 10:30p-2:30a Duck Inn – Duck Dance Humpy’s – Lil' Trouble 8:30p-12:30a Open Mic Comedy 7:30p-10p The Writer’s Block –Becky Kotter & Co. and The Whales Tail –Koots KillBill– Sax 7p-9p Lastw/ Frontier Bar – Roar N’ Represent 10p-3a Party SkennyMane 9p-2a Koots – Comedy Open Mic 7:30p-10p Van’s Dive Bar – Open Mic w/ Jay Straw 9p-1a Sophia Street 7p-10p Whale’s Tail –DJ 3rd George 9p-2a Main Street GrillRiver) (Kenai) – JD Cox & The HarmonicaThe Guy Garcia’s (Eagle – Will Johnson 9p-12a Koots – Open Decks 10p-1:30a West High School – Anchorage Concert Chorus: 72nd Williwaw – DJ Gre presents Rock vs Pop 8p-12a Humpy’s – The Stack 9:30p-1:30a Loussac Library – Anchorage International Community Messiah 2p-4p Dance Party 9:30p-1:30a Kenai Central High School – The Ballad of Matanuska Brewing Co., Anchorage – B-49’s 9:30p-12a Folk Dancers 6p-8p SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18 The Writer’s Block – Michael Kirkpatrick 7:30p-9:30p Kenai 7p-9p– Piano Nights w/ Tom Bargelski 6p-9pWilliwaw – DJ Spencer Lee 10p-2a The Muse The Mug Shot Saloon (Wasilla) – AK American Legion Post 29 – DJ Ray 6p-10p Koots – Boogie Shoes –10p-2:45a Shwabenhof (Wasilla) Chris Grabowski 7:30p-10:30p Acoustic Projekt 9p-12a MONDAY DECEMBERHumpy’s 3RD - 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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 HOLIDAY LIGHTS IN THE GARDEN Explore the amazing light displays in the Alaska Botanical Garden this Winter.

Starting November 29th, every Thursday through Saturday through December the Garden's trails will be lit up with beautiful lights and whimsical displays. Activities include guided star gazing, bonfire with hot drinks and marshmallows, and fun family crafts. Tickets are $5 - $7 and free for children under 4. The garden will be open from 5 – 8pm. (Alaska Botanical Garden, 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road) ANSWERS TO SUDOKU

NOT MY LIFE DOCUMENTARY & HUMAN TRAFFICKING PANEL DISCUSSION Filmed on five continents, in a dozen countries, Not My Life takes viewers into a world where millions of children are exploited, every day, through an astonishing array of practices including forced labor, domestic servitude, begging, sex tourism, sexual violence, and child soldiering.

“Human traffickers are earning billions of dollars on the backs and in the beds of our children,” says the film’s director, Academy Award nominee, Robert Bilheimer, “and yet no one knows this is happening. We have a huge responsibility, right now, to learn the truth and act on it.”

Challenging though it may be, Not My Life’s message is ultimately one of hope.

Victims of slavery can be set free and go on to live happy and productive lives.

Those who advocate for slavery victims are growing in numbers and are increasingly effective. At this crossroads for the defining human rights issue of our time, Not My Life tells us, as the late Jonathan Mann said, “We can no longer flee, no longer hide, no longer separate ourselves.” Join Alaska World Affairs Council for a screening of Not My Life, a documentary highlighting victim of modern-day slavery and human trafficking. The film will last 60 minutes

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FAMILY DINNER & HOME ALONE

'Tis the season for holiday movies and family! Williwaw Social and Midnight Sun Brewing Company are excited to present a weekly series of classic holiday movies that adults and kids alike adore -- guaranteed to help get you, your family, and our community into the Christmas spirit! Thursday, November 30th Williwaw is excited to show Home Alone on the HD big screen in the Social Hall.

Featuring Midnight Sun Brewing Company handcrafted food and craft beer!

Reserve your seating on Eventbrite.com

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PRESSING EVENTS

- seating is limited - first come, first serve.

Seating begins at 5:15pm. (Williwaw, 609 F Street)

with a 30-minute human trafficking panel discussion immediately following. The screening begins at 6pm and tickets are $15 at AlaskaWorldAffairs.org. (49th State Brewing Company, 717 W 3rd Avenue)

MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY “PAY WHAT YOU CAN PREVIEW” Jane Austen and Christmas romance!

In this winning and witty sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the bookish middle child of the Bennet family finally has her day. Constantly overshadowed by her four sisters, Mary Bennet finds hope for a new life beyond her family from an unexpected holiday romance. Austen fans and first-timers alike will find much to love in this alluring comedic tale. The production runs through December 23 with performances at 7pm Thursday – Sunday.

Tickets are available at CenterTix.com.

(Cyrano’s Theatre Company, 3800 Debarr Road)

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Steven Spielberg's science fiction classic turned 45 years old this year, and it holds up amazingly well. We are excited to screen this '70s classic at La Potato, along with free popcorn and special menu items available just for the movie. $5 tickets can be purchased at the door or paid for over the phone by calling (907) 929-3311. The film

begins at 8pm. (La Potato, 3300 Spenard Road)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 MOVEMBER (NO SHAVE NOVEMBER) FINALE WING COOKOFF Wing sauce tastes great on a wellgroomed mustache. Come out and see who makes the best wings. It's been a great month of mustache growing and raising money for Men's Health. Come join the Alaska Movember Team in sending Movember 2019 off in style. We will have three contestants cooking chicken wings head-to-head for your consumption and enjoyment. Eat all you can, donate generously, and celebrate Men's Health with us. Recommended donation is $25, or whatever you can spare. This cookoff is hosted by the Alaska Oilfield Movember Team. Check them out and donate generously at https://moteam.co/alaskaoilfield-movember-team. The fun starts at 3pm. (Double Shovel Cider Company, 502 W 58th Avenue, Unit C)

UAA THEATRE PRESENTS: NEW KID Nick, a young boy from a country called “Homeland” moves to Alaska with his

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The swanky holiday party you NEED to attend Anchorage Concert Association presents The New Standards

BY O’HARA SHIPE

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f you are one of those people who loathe the constant barrage of holiday music that blasts over the airwaves of every station this time year, then the Anchorage Concert Association may have an antidote for you— The New Standards Holiday Show. Sure, it has “holiday show” in its title but this isn’t your typical holiday music.

It’s kind of like a musical ‘festivus for the rest of us.’

“The New Standards was a group that we brought up the first time in 2011 but it was before we'd really started committing to artists who have a different sensibility than your typical performing arts show which a lot of times can be something like jazz or classical music,” said Anchorage Concert Association Executive Director Jason Hodges, who first saw the band perform in 2005.

“They had this one song called ‘Snow Days’ and I just thought it was so fun!”

Comprised of three core members based in Minneapolis—Chan Poling, Steve Roehm and John Munson—The New Standards are equal parts punk, jazz and pop. Sprinkle in a dash of retooled Christmas music and you start to get a sense

for their Holiday Show.

"Audiences consider our show a more contemporary, relaxed and 'intelligent' tonic to the season, as opposed to the usual sugary stuff. You will not hear a straight version of 'Jingle Bells,'" said Poling who spends his downtime performing with punk-rock outfit The Suburbs. Not for nothing, but The Suburbs were voted among the top 100 most influential Minnesota musical entities of the 20th century by the Minnesota Tribune.

If you don’t recognize the name Chan Poling, then the name John Munson may sound familiar. Remember

that delightfully melancholic chart-topping hit ‘Closing Time’ by Semisonic? Munson is the band’s bassist.

How did a trio of jazz, pop, and punk musicians from Minneapolis come together to create a Holiday Show?

The answers are at the heart of what makes this a can’t miss act.

Munson, Poling and Roehm rued the lack of jazz trio repertoire that extended past the “old standards” so they decided to create a “new standard” of repertoire from post 1960’s pop music.

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Kenai Peninsula a beer destination not to be missed

BY JAMES “DR. FERMENTO” ROBERTS

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er’s Milk Irish Stout. I had to claw my way away from the table and let Zach get back to work in the brewery with Mother’s Milk being a fitting nightcap.

This last Monday afternoon after getting drymouthed with an open enrollment presentation and a 40 mile white knuckle trip across ice rink back roads to Swanson River and back, I treated myself to a visit to Kenai River Brewing Company in Soldotna as part of my excursion. Here I met with one of the owners – Doug Hogue – and his brewery production manager Joe Gilman.

The brewery’s tap list is formidable with some big booze bonkers in the mix, so I stuffed my gut with one of

this beer, it’s incredibly balanced and both Hogue and I commented how we both don’t care for the “spice in your face” versions of pumpkin beers and how this one is more pumpkin than spice forward. The booze is easily lost in the rich, complex swirling flavors of organic unsweetened chocolate, vanilla beans and over 190 lbs of pumpkin in the batch.

Hogue then gave me a shot of Spruce Tip Double IPA, a 9.2 percent ABV brewed to

support Kachemak Heritage Land Trust that has holdings along the river right behind the brewery. “The surveyor would come in here after tromping around in the woods, getting soaking wet.

He’d sit down for a beer and we’d talk. The spruce tip beer is one of our beers we produce that directly benefit non-profits in our community,” says Hogue.

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ship Island Girl Kolsch that’s infused with blackcurrants instead of the raspberries that make this beer famous on the Peninsula. This one’s smooth as silk and quaffable with the more tangy darker fruits that add a tart edge to the aroma and flavor. This beer debuted in September and is probably gone by new, but ask for it if you visit.

Zach’s Czech Pilsner that’s stylistic with German malts, fermented with a traditional Bavarian lager yeast and amply spiced with German Saaz hops. The pilsner turned out to be one of the more refreshing and quenching beers during my visit.

Of course I couldn’t resist a couple of flagships including Williwaw IPA and Moth-

the best burgers I’ve had in a while, Kenai River’s KRBC Burger and fries. I was going to order another item off the extensive menu but my server politely told me “oh, that burger’s enough; it’s pretty big and you’ll be plenty full with just that.” He wasn’t wrong.

While waiting for that, I chatted with Hoge and he walked me through some of the breweries specialty offerings. He featured Leah & Shannon’s Chocolate Imperial Pumpkin Porter, a knee-knockin’ 10.8 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) dark wonder inspired by a recipe from local homebrewers Leah Vik and Shannon Martin.

“Years ago, I said I’d never brew a pumpkin beer in this brewery,” but this homebrew recipe changed all that,” said Hogue. I can see why. Despite the fortitude of

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've been lucky enough to travel as part of my day job. Yeah, I don't just write about beer; I'd be a starving artist. If I could just retire and do the beer thing, I would. I'm not there yet. So, I'm appreciative when I get to travel around Alaska on my day job's dime.

Every year — as a human resources guy — I have to (get to) rip around the state where the companies I represent work, and I always chase beer as part of it. My company’s annual benefits open enrollment process at this time of the year has me traveling all over the state doing benefits “road shows.”

I have others in my department that handle the annual benefits open enrollment debacle too, but we share the wealth. I could chose to go to Prudhoe Bay, but I always choose to canvass the Kenai Peninsula because - well Prudhoe is a beer wasteland, and the Peninsula is ripe with some of the best beer in our state.

I hope my boss isn't reading this, but I factor in a lot of afterhours beer chasing when I'm on the Peninsula doing my job. After all these years, I know where to chase beer, find it, and manage to make the most out of what can be some pretty toilsome work.

Two weeks ago, I had great visit with Zach Henry, owner/brewer at St. Elias brewing Company in Soldotna. Because I do a full immersion and try to sample everything on the beer menu when I visit breweries, I’m only good for one brewery each evening. No, I don’t drink full pints, I methodically work through the tap line sampling the smallest amounts possible.

If I can’t drink through the entire menu, I always focus on what’s new, although the tried and true flagship beers at each brewery always bait my palate.

During that visit, I got my share of St. Elias’s Oktoberfest Marzen, an artfully brewed, stylistic classic, replete with the perfect amber-ish malt center and just the right amount of spicy Euro-hops to make this a true fall sipper. St. Elias’s The Cub is one of the best brown ales I’ve tasted in years and it turned out to be my favorite of the evening.

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By Dan Savage I’m a 30-year-old, Asian American, hetero-flexible cis woman. I’m also newly diagnosed with bipolar II. I’m on medication—the doctor is trying to figure that out—but no talk therapy for right now, as my last therapist wasn’t great and I haven’t managed to find a new one. My question for you is regarding the relationship between bipolar and kink.

One of the common symptoms of the manic stage of bipolar is “risky sex.” I equate risk with “likely to blow up one’s personal or professional life” and have always answered “no” to that question when asked by doctors.

I’ve had the occasional hookup, but otherwise I’ve consistently had sex in the context of closed, monogamous relationships, i.e.,

the opposite of risky sex. However, it recently occurred to me that I’m fairly kinky (BDSM, role-play). Nothing I’d consider a varsity-level kink, but what do I know? I have out-there fantasies that are varsity level, but I’ve never done them. Am I just bipolar and kinky? Are the two related somehow? Should I be concerned that I’ll go into a manic state and start enacting (or trying to enact) some of the varsity-level fantasies in my head?

Kinky And Bipolar P.S. I asked my doctor this via e-mail, but I haven’t heard back yet and have no idea how sexpositive he is. So I thought I’d get a second opinion.

P.P.S. I’m currently manic enough that it’s hard for me to edit, so there may be weird/confusing shit in my letter. Sorry for that!

“I’d like to congratulate KAB for seeking help and for the work she’s doing to get stable,” said Ellen Forney, author of Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life, an award-winning self-help guide to maintaining stability, and the best-selling graphic memoir Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me. “I’d also like to welcome KAB to BIPOLAR! Toot! Toot! Confetti!”

The specific manic-stage symptom you’re concerned about—engaging in super risky sex—is called “hypersexuality,” and it’s what happens when the extremely poor judgment match meets the supercharged libido gas.

“But it’s only ‘hypersexuality’ when it gets in the way of a reasonably well-functioning life,” said Forney. “Picture masturbating all day instead of going to work, or having relationship-wrecking affairs or unprotected sex with strangers.”

If your diagnosis is correct and you have bipolar II and not bipolar I, KAB, you may be less susceptible to out-of-control hypersexuality.

“Strictly speaking, a bipolar II diagnosis means she cycles between ‘hypomania’ (mild mania) and depression,” said Forney, “so her highs aren’t going to be as acute as they would be for someone diagnosed with bipolar I, where hypersexuality can really get dangerous.”

Forney warns that misdiagnoses are not uncommon where bipolar is concerned, so you might want to get your diagnosis confirmed. But your long-standing kinks all by themselves—varsity and otherwise—aren’t necessarily related to your condition, KAB, and so long as they’re safely expressed and explored, you aren’t doing anything unreasonably risky or wrong.

“Kinky sex in itself doesn’t count as symptom-worthy risky sex—no matter what her doctor e-mails back,” said Forney. “Like for anyone else, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with feeling uninhibited enough to pursue varsitylevel kinks, so long as they’re not putting her or anyone else in danger. Ultimately, KAB’s

BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): When I write a horoscope for you, I focus on one or two questions because I don't have room to cover every single aspect of your life. The theme I've chosen this time may seem a bit impractical, but if you take it to heart, I guarantee you it will have practical benefits. It comes from Italian author Umberto Eco. He wrote, "Perhaps the mission of those who love humanity is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth."

I swear to you, Aries, that if you laugh at the truth and make the truth laugh in the coming days, you will be guided to do all the right and necessary things.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You have a cosmic mandate and a poetic license to stir up far more erotic fantasies than usual. It'll be healthy for you to unleash many new thoughts about sexual experiments that would be fun to try and novel feelings you'd like to explore and people whose naked flesh you'd be interested to experience sliding and gliding against yours.

But please note that the cosmic mandate and poetic license do not necessarily extend to you acting out your fantasies. The important thing is to let your imagination run wild. That will catalyze a psychic healing you didn't even realize you needed.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In my continuing efforts to help you want what you need and need what you want, I've collected four wise quotes that address your looming opportunities. 1. "What are you willing to give up, in order to become who you really need to be?" —author Elizabeth Gilbert 2. "Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That's where the most important things November 29 - December 5, 2018

come from." —Rebecca Solnit 3. "You enter the extraordinary by way of the ordinary." ―Frederick Buechner 4. "Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." ―Nathaniel Hawthorne CANCER (June 21-July 22): I've called on author Robert Heinlein to provide your horoscope. According to my astrological analysis, his insights are exactly what you need to focus on right now. "Do not confuse 'duty' with what other people expect of you," he wrote. "They are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect. But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible."

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What does "beauty" mean to you? What sights, sounds, images, qualities, thoughts, and behavior do you regard as beautiful? Whatever your answers might be to those questions right now, I suggest you expand and deepen your definitions in the coming weeks. You're at a perfect pivot point to invite more gorgeous, lyrical grace into your life; to seek out more elegance and charm and artistry; to cultivate more alluring, delightful magic.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You know the expiration dates that appear on the labels of the prescription drugs you buy? They don't mean that the drugs lose their potency after that date.

In fact, most drugs are still quite effective for at least another ten years. Let's use this fact as a metaphor for a certain resource or influence in

goal is to be stable enough to trust her judgment. For now, she might weigh the risks while she’s feeling stable, so she can make some levelheaded decisions about what might or might not be too risky.”

Forney also recommends having a discussion with your partners and friends about what your limits are—a discussion you’ll want to have when you’re not horny or manic or both.

“That way, her partners and friends can help her recognize if she’s crossing her own lines,” said Forney. “And realizing that she’s suddenly tempted to cross her own lines could be a signal to her that she’s getting hypomanic and needs to take steps to stabilize—steps like getting better sleep, adjusting her meds, and others I explore in Rock Steady!”

P.S. If your doctor won’t answer your sex questions— or only gives you unhelpful, sex-negative, kink-shaming answers—find yourself a new doctor.

P.P.S. There are letters I have to read three times before I can figure out what the fuck is going on. Your letter was as lucid as it was charming.

P.P.P.S. Therapists across the country are recommending Rock Steady to their patients with mood disorders, and Forney won a Media Partner Award from the National Alliance for Mental Illness for her work on Rock Steady and Marbles. If you haven’t already, KAB, please pick up Forney’s books. You’ll benefit from her

insights, her advice, and her coping strategies. And thanks to Forney’s art and sense of humor, both books are a delight to read.

I am 36 and female, and I’ve been with my current boyfriend for seven years. We were friends for four years before we started dating. He is very slow at making decisions and not a risk taker, and I am somewhat opposite. I think there are times when you have to take a leap of faith, and if it turns out it was a mistake, you learn and grow from it. We lived together on his family’s property the first six years after I moved to his hometown. He’s waiting in hopes that the property gets handed down to him. I don’t live my life in hopes that something will happen that’s out of my control, so I purchased my own home. He moved in. We have not split all costs in half because he said he needs to take care of the other home. It’s been six months, and I’m growing impatient for him to commit. We’ve had several conversations, and I’ve given him until the end of the year to decide if we should go our separate ways. I said if we are going to be together, we need to be a team and support each other.

He was actually taken aback because he thought we were doing fine. One thing he said made me question it all. He said, “I feel that you’re supposed to know and have this feeling when you’re ready to move forward to be with a person forever.” I was so confused by that comment.

My friends say it can’t only be

your life that you fear is used up or defunct. I'm guessing it still has a lot to offer you, although you will have to shift your thinking in order to make its reserves fully available.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran rapper Eminem is renowned for his verbal skill. It may be best exemplified in his song "Rap God," in which he delivers 1,560 words in six minutes and four seconds, or 4.28 words per second. In one stretch, he crams in 97 words in 15 seconds, achieving a pace of 6.5 words per second. I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will also be unusually adept at using words, although your forte will be potent profundity rather than sheer speed. I encourage you to prepare by making a list of the situations where your enhanced powers of persuasion will be most useful.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In May of 1883, the newly built Brooklyn Bridge opened for traffic. Spanning the East River to link Manhattan and Brooklyn, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. But almost immediately people spread rumors that it was unstable. There was a growing fear that it might even crumble and fall. That's when charismatic showman P. T. Barnum stepped in. He arranged to march 21 elephants across the bridge. There was no collapse, and so the rumors quickly died.

I regard the coming weeks as a time when you should take inspiration from Barnum. Provide proof that will dispel gossipy doubt.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Robert Louis Stevenson published his gothic novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1886.

It was a bestseller, and quickly got turned into a theatrical production. In the ensuing 132 years, there have been well over a hundred further adaptations of the story into film and stage productions. Here's the funny thing about this influential work: Stevenson wrote it fast. It took him three feverish days to get the gist of it, and just another six weeks to revise. Some biographers say he was high on drugs during the initial burst, perhaps cocaine. I suspect you

me who wants this; he has to want it, too. Is it time for me to just move on?

Mulling Over Very Emotional Options Now Move on, MOVEON, but keep an open mind. Seeing you move on may help your boyfriend realize he does want to be with you forever—it’ll help him “know”—and if you haven’t realized in the interim that you don’t want to be with him, you can move back in (and move on) together down the road. But unless inheriting the family property is a sure thing—a sure thing you’ll both benefit from in the long run— he needs to pay his fair share.

No more freeloading.

Why should I, a feminist, be okay with drag? How is it any different than blackface?

Tough Question Drag can be sexist, TQ, but it doesn’t have to be. And when done right, it isn’t. Blackface is always racist. Drag celebrates the craft of hyperfeminine presentation. Drag demonstrates that so much of what we think of as “naturally” feminine is not just a social construct, but quite literally a construction.

Drag has the power to explode sexism, to expose it, by complicating people’s preconceptions and misconceptions about what it means to be a woman.

Blackface can only reinforce and amplify racism.

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could also produce some robust and interesting creation in the coming weeks, Sagittarius—and you won’t even need cocaine to fuel you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A blogger on Tumblr named Ffsshh composed a set of guidelines that I think will be apt and useful for you to draw on in the coming weeks. Please study these suggestions and adapt them for your healing process. "Draw stick figures. Sing off-key. Write bad poems. Sew ugly clothes. Run slowly. Flirt clumsily. Play video games on 'easy.'

OK? You do not need to be good at something to enjoy it. Sometimes talent is overrated. Do things you like doing just because you like doing them. It's OK to suck."

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian athlete Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player who ever lived. He was also the first to become a billionaire. But when he was growing up, he didn't foresee the glory that awaited him. For example, in high school he took a home economics class so as to acquire cooking abilities. Why? He imagined that as an adult he might have to prepare all of his own meals. His ears were so huge and ungainly, he reasoned, that no woman would want to be his wife.

So the bad news was that he suffered from a delusion. The good news was that because of his delusion, he learned a useful skill. I foresee a similar progression for you, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Bible does not say that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute or even a "sinner." There's no mention of her sexual proclivities at all. Delusional ideas about her arose in the Middle Ages, instigated by priests who confused her with other women in the Bible. The truth is that the Bible names her as a key ally to Christ, and the crucial witness to his resurrection. Fortunately, a number of scholars and church leaders have been working to correct her reputation. I invite you to be motivated and inspired by this transformation as you take steps to adjust and polish your own image during the coming weeks. It's time to get your public and private selves into alignment.

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family. Nick struggles with his fears of a new culture and being in a place where he is unable to communicate in the language of his fellow students. His frustration is portrayed using a clever theatrical approach: Nick and his family speak English, while all the Alaskans speak gibberish. In this play the spirit of youth prevails over differences in color and culture. Promoting the message that, in the end, kids are all the same inside. Written by Dennis Foon. New Kid is perfect for both children and parents.

The played is geared towards children aged 6-13 years old....and the young at heart. The performance starts at 6:30pm and tickets are available at ArtsUAA.com. (UAA Fine Arts Building, 3700 Alumni Drive)

2018 ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT Back by Popular Demand AIFF 2018 opens with a series of short films (narrative, animation and documentary), including Juck [Thrust], Untitled Groping Revenge Fairytale and Wild Woman! Capture your night with Photo Emporium Alaska and walk the red carpet at the Beartooth Theatrepub while DJ Remax Music & Lighting gets the night started. AIFF Opening Night After-party at Matanuska Brewing Company, Anchorage w/ live music by the B-49s! Come dance the night away after our screening! $20 General Admission Included with AIFF Pass. Tickets on sale at BeartoothTheatrePub.net and the films start at 7pm. (Beartooth Theatrepub, 1230 W 27th Avenue)

THE NEW STANDARDS HOLIDAY SHOW For more than 10 years The New Standards and friends have been dazzling audiences with their soulful, funny, and spectacular holiday show. Ring in the yule with a unique twist on traditional holiday concerts — one-part variety show, one-part homage to the season, onepart irreverent, freewheeling spectacle.

Known for their simple and illuminating concerts that dress up pop and punk classics, The New Standards – Chan Poling (The Suburbs), John Munson (Semisonic), and Steve Roehm – act as ringleaders for a merry troupe of musicians, dancers, and a stunning lineup of surprise special guests featuring local and not-so-local pals. Expect the unexpected at what will

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Mark your calendars! Saturday, December 1st is the date of the 8th Annual Twelve Days of Christmas Pub Crawl to Benefit the Pump Up the Kids Program run by 94.7 KZND. Twelve downtown bars and businesses are participating on the evening of Saturday, December 1st from 7 PM to 1 AM to provide a downtown circuit of events based on one of the Twelve Days of Christmas. You can pick up pub crawl maps at any of the 12 participating bars: 12 Drummers Drumming – Bernie’s, 11 Pipers Piping – McGinley’s, 10 Lords-aLeaping – Pioneer Bar, 9 Ladies Dancing – 49th State Brewing Company, 8 Maids-aMilking – Gaslight, 7 Swans-a-Swimming – Williwaw, 6 Geese-a-Laying – Slippery Salmon, 5 Golden Rings – Humpy’s, 4 Calling Birds – Flattop Pizza & Pool, 3 French Hens – SubZero, Microlounge, 2 Turtle Doves – Aviator Lounge and A Partridge In A Pear Tree – Avenue Bar. Maps have 12 empty stamp spots. Patrons must collect 12 stamps (1 from each venue) and turn in the filled-out map at any of the 12 locations.

Patrons that turn in completed Pub Crawl maps will be entered into a drawing to win two round-trip tickets on Alaska Airlines. Each location will be hosting silent auctions, accepting cash donations, and collecting completed Pub Crawl maps. All proceeds from the event go to benefit the Pump Up the Kids program. This event is brought to you by: Collaborative Minds, Family Tree Presents, 94.7 KZND, Alaska Integrated Media, Odom Corporation, and Anchorage Night Out. The beer flows at 7pm. (Downtown Anchorage)

Conway Seavey is an Alaskan singer, songwriter and producer. Born into a dog mushing family in Sterling, he chose to follow his passion as a musician. Inspired by the likes of Maroon 5, Michael Jackson and Bruno Mars, Conway is one of the foremost Pop/Top 40 artists in Alaska. He has shared the stage with Eric Hutchinson, Danielle Bradbery (winner of The Voice), and toured the lower 48 with his band. Conway is also a member of the pop/EDM group Queen Solomon. The performance begins at 9:30pm. (Humpy’s, 610 W 6th Avenue)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 UAA CRAFT FAIR The annual UAA Crafts Fair is held in the Student Union and hosts over 100 crafters selling their handmade, Alaskan products.

The UAA Crafts Fair has a strong reputation for presenting high quality, unique items that are handmade here in Alaska. To maintain this level of quality, all vendors are juried into the fair. Commercial, imported, or wholesale items are not allowed. The UAA Crafts Fair Committee reserves the right to remove vendors who have misrepresented merchandise, resulting in forfeiture of vendor fees and future invitations to this fair. Questions? Please contact UAA Student Life & Leadership at 907-786-1215. The fair runs from 10 – 5pm.

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HOLIDAY HIGH TEA WITH SUMMIT SPICE AND TEA Kick off your holiday season in style with a festive High Tea. Sip on teas from Summit Spice and Tea and enjoy some proper treats while you learn about this fine English tradition from their experts. Such a lovely way to spend your afternoon! Tea starts at 3pm and tickets are available at BrownPaperTickets.com. (South Restaurant + Coffeehouse, 11124 Old Seward Highway)

UNIVERSITY SINGERS The University Singers, under the direction of Grant Cochran will perform a program of choral works for voices and orchestra. Join us for an evening of soulstirring music as the University Singers fill the UAA Recital Hall with their beautiful voices. The performance is at 7pm and tickets are available at ArtsUAA.com. (UAA

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FILM PREMIERE: WE UP The documentary "We Up", produced by the Anchorage Museum, focuses on the ways that hip-hop culture, which originated in the Bronx 40 years ago, is being interpreted, embraced and performed by indigenous artists in Arctic nations. The film looks at ways in which traditional storytelling forms are re-imagined as raps, how traditional dance moves are incorporated into breakdancing routines, how traditional drum beats are being mixed into the never-ending dance music at live parties by indigenous hip-hop DJs, and how traditional imagery makes its way into graffiti art. Tickets $10, included in AIFF Festival Pass. Hosted by Bear Tooth Theatrepub, in collaboration with Anchorage International Film Festival. The film starts at 8pm and tickets are available at ticketing.us.veezie.com. (Beartooth Theatrepub, 1230 W 27th Avenue)

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Exciting Highlights: Ancient Olive Oil Press Workshop, Create Your Own Dreidel-Bot, Chocolate Gelt, & Fidget Dreidel, Meltdown and much more. Tickets are available at AlaskaJewishCampus.org and the performance begins at 5pm. (Egan Center, 555 W 5th Avenue)

MICHAEL KIRKPATRICK AT THE WRITER'S BLOCK Michael gives this venue three thumbs up for great sound, a listening vibe and awesome food! This is Michael's 11th tour of Alaska, and second appearance at The Writer's Block. He has toured the state with the bluegrass duo The Good Time Travelers, his "Folkedelic" rock band The Holler! and as a Soloist. Join us for a night with Michael, his guitar and a Mandolin. Tickets are $10.

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A ROGUE ICE SHELF COVERING THE ARCTIC OCEAN?

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ifteen miles inland from the frozen coast of the Arctic Ocean, Teshekpuk Lake is one of the largest freshwater bodies in Alaska.

On its northern shoreline are sandy bluffs that hold fossils of walrus, ringed seals and beluga.

Thousands of years ago, this shore was an ocean beach.

Digging into that beach in the middle of the tundra, a Fairbanks researcher has found evidence for what she describes as a “rogue ice sheet that isn’t on the map.”

Louise Farquharson wrote about that ice mass in a 2018 issue of the journal Geology. She describes something not currently in textbooks — a floating ice shelf that covered the Arctic Ocean and rammed into the coastline of northern Alaska about 80,000 years ago.

The first clues to the phantom ice cap emerged when Farquharson, a postdoctoral researcher at UAF’s Geophysical Institute, visited UAF’s Ben Jones at a research cabin he has restored and maintained on the northern shore of Teshekpuk Lake, about 60 miles southeast of Utqiaġvik.

While Farquharson was helping Jones in a study of northern lakes a few summers ago, he encouraged her to gather some samples from the bluff, including remains of whales and shellfish that were thousands of years old.

“These exposures were dripping with fossils,” she said.

Back in the laboratory, Farquharson used a sophisticated method to estimate when buried grains of sand in the bluff were last exposed to sunlight. That’s when she discovered something puzzling — her samples dated to a time when global sea level was so low that the ancient beach should have been a hilltop.

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UAF researchers Louise Farquharson and Dan Mann stand in Teshekpuk Lake to ponder an ancient beach rising from its northern shore.

“It was a very exciting turn,” she said.

What were all those ocean-dwelling creatures doing on a landscape that should have been high and dry, the stomping grounds of mammoths?

Something very heavy must have been pressing down on the land, forcing northern Alaska under water, Farquharson thinks.

She and her co-authors on the paper, including Jones and Mann, eliminated other explanations for the elevated beach, such as that tectonic forces lifted it up.

After much debate, they concluded that the Arctic Ocean was once covered by ice. Not by a thin layer of sea ice as it is today, but by a massive, 1,000-foot thick ice shelf, fed by an ice dome sitting over arctic Canada. The edge of the ice shelf leaned onto the Beaufort Sea coast, depressing the land enough to create the beaches exposed at Teshekpuk Lake.

Other long-gone ice bodies have left behind

more evidence. The Laurentide Ice Sheet once covered most of Canada and a wide sweep of the Lower 48. At the Laurentide’s peak 21,000 years ago, Montreal was buried under 10,000 feet of ice; Long Island was a mound of glacial debris at the toe of the ice sheet.

Floating ice shelves, such as some in Antarctica today, can be thousands of feet thick, but once they are gone they leave only subtle records of their passage — unless they touch land, which seems to have been the case in northern Alaska.

Others have hinted at the possibility of ancient ice covering the Arctic Basin. A decade ago, UAF marine geologist Bernie Coakley found glacial scour marks on the floor of the Arctic Ocean that were too deep to be caused by sea ice or icebergs.

An unknown giant ice shelf may also explain the pinkish boulders stranded on the northern tundra. Catching the eye of pilots each summer, the rocks dot the coastal plain as far as nine miles

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Louise Farquharson, a postdoctoral researcher at UAF’s Geophysical Institute, digs into an ancient beach on the north shore of Teshekpuk Lake. from the Arctic Ocean. Geologists have traced these rocks to outcroppings hundreds of miles to the northeast in Canada. The ice tongue that created the Teshekpuk Lake beaches could have been part of a conveyor belt that carried the boulders to northern Alaska.

Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell ned.rozell@alaska.edu is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.

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