Whitehorse Daily Star: Living Archive

Living Archive

Blessing In Disguise Indie was at the Blessing of the Animals Sunday
Berton House retreat provides a nice balance, says departing writer "Dawson was wonderful,” said Melanie Siebert, a few days before ending her three-month stint at Berton House. "I was so happy to be here for the snow, just getting out in the snow and the sunshine – getting that shot of energy.

Sit back for a journey to the renowned Yellowstone Park If you have never been to Yellowstone National Park, allow my wife, Lisa, and me to take you on our round-trip, 6,209-kilometre journey through the Whitehorse Star's Voice Of The Outdoors column.
The Country Queens open the Palace Grand season The Palace Grand Theatre has been struggling to find a new identity for itself ever since Holland-America cut the Gaslight Follies out of its standard tour program in Dawson.
Annual Yukon Riverside Arts Festival is set for August The Yukon Riverside Arts Festival in Dawson City will celebrate 13 years with its most eclectic schedule yet next month.
The Sounds of Summer Simon Crelli (left) and Jerome McIntyre perform at noon Monday
What Yann Martel hopes PM Stephen Harper has read ( Bookends ) It might seem a little pretentious to strike up a one-sided correspondence with the prime minister of Canada and spend a couple of years sending him a book a week,

Oriental chicken curry washed down by pale ale This week, I offer wok oriental chicken curry paired with a Hoparazzi pale ale from B.C.
Here's what you need to know for approaching harvest time The secret to enjoying garden-fresh produce at its prime is knowing when to harvest.

More tales from that Yukon in the mind of David Thompson Haines Junction By David Thompson Caitlin Press
Beavers in the Wilderness City can sharply make their point Whitehorse is known as the Wilderness City.
Brass on Stage Members of the Brass Knuckle perform at noon Wednesday at Arts in the Park
Productions planned for iconic Palace Grand Theatre The doors of Dawson City's iconic Palace Grand Theatre will be wide open this summer
Can you have a literary evening in a parking lot? Suppose you happen to be cruising along by Canadian Tire in Whitehorse on a Friday evening about 6:30 and see a small canopy perched outside Coles Bookstore.

Mentorship Award Stefanie Sidney (left) received the Performing Artist Mentorship Award last Wednesday evening at the Adaka Cultural Festival in Whitehorse.
Rustling up some of the best in steak and potatoes Today, I present potatoes and steak Lyonnaise paired with a Beaujolais wine.

Six months tied to Christopher Hitchens' memorable post ( Bookends ) As annoying, one-sided and shrill as I found Christopher Hitchens' atheist manifesto, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,
Celebrating Aboriginal Culture There were traditional, dance regalia,
There's an amazing new addition to the comforts of camping Just when I thought I had seen it all in mobile camping units, along comes the amazing Eagle Cap truck camper.

The perfect wine to complement a tuna dish Today, I am proposing a tuna pasta Sicilian-style, paired with a dry white wine from Sicily.
Sunshine Music Manfred Janssen, foreground, and Ed White perform last Saturday
The proper way to prune those welcome tomato plants It seems incredulous that a little over a month ago, I was trying to get my tomato plants producing leaves and anticipating the first fruit set.
Writer is a poet/guide to wild and stressful places Melanie Siebert has spent 10 to 15 years as a river guide working all over the North, including the Tatshenshini in British Columbia, the Nahanni in the N.W.T., and the Soper on Baffin Island.

Strong voices of conviction to ring out next week Gwaandak Theatre's fourth annual Aboriginal Summer Play Readings, in partnership with the Adäka Cultural Festival, will feature powerful plays from two of Canada's most acclaimed voices in indigenous and contemporary theatre, Marie Clements and Yvette Nolan.
Arts Fund supports community engagement in the arts Eleven arts organizations will share more than $102,000 from the Arts Fund, the Yukon government announced Tuesday.
Tartaned Talent Menna Zanger, Lucy Baxter, Sarah Fortin, Willow Staniforth and Tori Vollmer with the Carole Mullin Dancers perform
A busy day in the life of a Scotland Yard superintendent ( Bookends ) The police procedural is a pretty common format both in print and on television these days, though the current breed is more heavily influenced by the CSI model than by the older style Law and Order methods.

Exhibition Continues Sandra Grace Storey's Finding Balance
Chicken drums washed down by a South African wine Today, I recommend chicken drums in a tomato preparation paired with an armenewre from South America.

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