Whitehorse Daily Star: Living Archive

Living Archive

Classically Italian food and drink will make a fine meal The pesto pasta sauce comes from Liguria, Italy.
Longtime Yukoners Unite For Project Tippy Mah, left, and Whitehorse artist Jim Robb are seen last Saturday with Robb's painting of Mah's Point
The ice bridge is officially closed – at long last! ( Uffish Thoughts ) It never fails.

Community art projects receive government grants The Yukon Arts Fund has awarded grants to nine community projects, including familiar favourites and innovative new programs, to engage audiences and support artistic development.
Whitehorse artist featured on new Yukon phone directory A Whitehorse artist has been named as the winner of the Northwestel Directory Art Competition in British Columbia and the Yukon.

Learning about fish: colour, sight and temperature Last week's free casting lessons at the Canada Game Centre were a success. Some interesting questions came up on lure colours, fish sight, water temperatures and, of course, politics.
Young But Talented Georgia Rogers Atkinson, Ally Byers, Bailey Nolan, Maura Gallant and Mia Simons (left to right)
The Yukon Territory and the grand art of the memoir ( Bookends ) There's something about the Yukon that makes people write memoirs about their stay here after they've spent time in the territory and have moved on. I have two of them for you this week.
B.C. multi-instrumentalist to perform shows in the Yukon Shane Philip, a multi-instrumentalist and didgeridoo virtuoso based on Vancouver Island, will perform in Whitehorse and Haines Junction later this month.
Northwestel Community Television wins major international award Northwestel Community TV has won an international award from the U.S. body which oversees community television.

A stuffed pork tenderloin mated with a Bordeaux blend Today is the day for stuffed pork tenderloin with Boursin and a Bordeaux blend with Malbec.
Plant a pot of basil indoors and dream of the summer "Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.” – Mary Sarton

A guitar summit in the ballroom left the ears ringing With the Grades 9/10 shop class nearing the end of a unit on building electric guitars, shop teacher Peter Menzies thought it would be a good idea to have what he called a guitar summit.

Casting lessons event yielded prizes and great conversation At last Saturday's basic fly and spin casting lessons in Whitehorse, we made a draw for four fly rods and reels.
A retired detective seeks closure in his home town ( Bookends ) It's a little disconcerting to open up the third act of a trilogy without having seen the first two parts,
Artist finds strength in teabags in honouring late father A diaphanous dress sewn of translucent teabag fabric will hang in the Yukon Arts Centre's Community Gallery next month.
Yukoner wins prestigious national screenwriting award Yukon writer and playwright Mitch Miyagawa is the recipient of a coveted Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award for his film documentary A Sorry State.

A quickie pizza, washed down by a Barolo wine Today, we turn our attention to home-made pizza paired with a Barolo wine.
Writer enjoying a life in ‘hopeful journalism' genre It was late in March, a day before his departure, when I sat down in the kitchen at Berton House to discuss his Dawson experience with Chris Turner.

Diamond Tooth Gerties hosts evening of super-short films It's last Saturday night, and Diamond Tooth Gerties is busy. The slot machines are spinning, the cards are being shuffled and the poker table is crowded.
Come get hooked on free fly and spin casting lessons! From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Let's Go Fishing will host free fly casting and spin casting lessons at the Canada Games Centre on the wooden floor (far rink).
Imagining Sitka, Alaska as a northern Jewish homeland ( Bookends ) I picked up this book, intrigued by the fact that it was set in Sitka, a place I know about only from John Straley's mystery novels.
Learn to write with a love of words, Yukon author advises Jerome Stueart returns to the coming Young Authors Conference in Whitehorse after an absence of a year or so.

The spring's slow arrival turns our thoughts to chicken Today, I suggest chicken with apricots paired with a sweet sparkling wine from Italy.
Regional family operations are vital to the community Despite the cooler weather, local bedding plant growers have been busy planting and caring for the growing season that is soon upon us. And yes, it will come!
Arts society keeps on sailing but faces challenges DAWSON CITY – Peter Menzies waxed enthusiastic about his three years on the board of the Dawson City Arts Society (DCAS) as the annual general meeting began April 4.

Author sees himself as a contemporary storyteller Drew Hayden Taylor started a recent interview by saying that he's a writer "because of the simple fact that I can't do anything else,” but he went on to prove that there are other reasons.
Let's go fishing, and how to prepare for the tick season Let's go fishing
Major Production Showing Chicago is showing at the Guild Hall until May 4.
Loose ends are tied off as the Millennium Trilogy concludes ( Bookends ) Larsson's Millennium trilogy – so-called because much of it involves the workings of a magazine by that name – is something of a triumph of marketing in terms of the English language versions of the thriller/mysteries.
Saskatchewan author writes with an audience in mind Beverly Brenna credits her early interest in becoming a writer to growing up in a family where both writing and reading were normal everyday activities.

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