Whitehorse Daily Star: Living Archive

Living Archive

Klondikers settled in for a musical evening of madrigals May 12 was a busy musical day at St. Paul's Anglican Church, as the Whitehorse Community Choir arrived to fill the rafters with song.

Don't let the cool weather keep you from the garden In Amish folklore, as quoted by my in-laws many years ago, late spring snows were often called by various names.
Coming Right Up Lunch was on the police early last Friday afternoon
Ron James packed the Palace Grand with many a laugh ( Review ) Ron James is a very funny fellow and a very popular one, judging from the size of the audience in the Palace Grand Theatre last Friday evening.

Hunger Games: the second act is as good as the first ( Bookends ) The success of the movie based on the first volume of Collins' Hunger Games trilogy has guaranteed the production of a second, and most likely a third, film.
Anti-Ducks Unlimited remarks on CBC merit an apology Last week on CBC's The National, the subject of foreign sponsorship of organizations and businesses surfaced.
The digital revolution: four steps from the past to today DAWSON CITY – Less than two months after his Berton House residency in the winter, Dan Dowhal was back in Dawson as part of the Yukon Writers' Festival, travelling this time on behalf of the Yukon Public Libraries system.
Visitors Celebrate Special Day Students from Oyonnax, eastern France, attend the Yukon Francophonie Day celebration Tuesday at the MacBride Museum.
Yukon-based feature film project wins filmmakers' bursary Yukon-based feature film project wins filmmakers' bursary
An encounter with the Fiddleheads is a time enjoyed by all Fiddleheads were on the road last week, showcasing their latest work, Encounter: A Musical Fantasy.

Never, ever shy away from the tasty rewards of blue cheese! I present blue cheese and parma ham pie served with red wine from northern Greece.
Yukon SOVA celebrates its fifth year in Dawson The 2012 year-end celebration for the latest class of the Foundation Year Program of the Yukon School of Visual Arts (SOVA) took place in the Odd Fellows Ballroom.

Author wins Bookie Award Jacob McArthur Mooney, who spent last fall at Berton House, has won first prize in the Poetry division of the CBC's Bookie Awards.
Yukon filmmakers reel in grants for latest projects Ten Yukon film projects are in development and production thanks to the territorial Film and Sound Commission, which has awarded $46,135 through the Yukon Filmmakers Fund.

Dawson school takes $6,000 in Play Your Part art contest Dwight Redden, the general manager of Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd., was on hand at Robert Service School last Friday to hand out awards won by the students.
Come out tomorrow to learn the art of fly fishing If you or your children want to learn the true art of fly fishing, turn up at the Canada Game Centre between 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday, and the nice part of it is, it's all free.
How not to be a Titanic: risk and how to manage it There is tremendous value in risk.
Exhibit Opens Today Paul Baker and Rosemary Piper will open Landscape Gems and Bird Study at 5:00 this afternoon at the Yukon Artists @ Work gallery.
A murder trail leads from Toronto to the North's Baffin Island Arctic Blue Death is the fourth in the Meg Harris series of mysteries.

Musician Cohen sings and plays the blues for Dawson fans ( Review ) Andy Cohen wasn't in the best of voice when he arrived in Dawson to play the last in this season's quota of Home Routes' House Concerts.
Peonies have a history dating back thousands of years Shoots are tentatively emerging through the soil on my peony bush.

The Conservative majority will kill far more than the fishery There is biological, scientific fish and wildlife management and then there are Harper bio-politics.
Tactful ways for positioning yourself for promotion The StatsCan Labour Force Survey (LFS) says that the percentage of employed workers searching for other jobs is on the rise.
Play looks at B.C.'s next big one; asks: How do you survive survival? Fracture Zone is a new play under development, written by Doug Rutherford, a local actor and playwright.
Artwork evokes an invitation for a stroll amid nature The walls are ablaze with colour, movement, passion and spirit, all to carry the message of this month's featured artist at the Copper Moon Gallery; an invitation to take a walk.
Northern Talent Showcased Yukon Artist @ Work's Bud Young's first solo show
Exploring the results of today's reproductive technology ( Bookends ) Miles, Mystery & Mayhem is another omnibus volume collecting a chronological sequence of stories in Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga.

Yukon opera fans are in for a real treat from the Big Apple Via Front Row Centre Events, Cineplex and the New York Metropolitan Opera, the Yukon Arts Centre is offering the complete Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner in HD.
On Stage This Week Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance opened Tuesday evening
Two pasta dishes, washed down by some great vintages Dietitians extoll the virtues of pasta combining carbs and protein!

Yukon artists will be featured in Massachusetts museum Yukoners Eryn Foster, Charles Stankievech and Joseph Tisiga (currently studying at NSCAD) are taking part in "the largest survey of Canadian art in decades”, covering 20,000 square feet and featuring work from more than 60 contemporary Canadian artists.
Homegrown Theatre Festival will feature 17 local groups Seventeen talented Yukon theatre groups will soon take the stage.

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