Whitehorse Daily Star: Living Archive

Living Archive

Whitehorse volunteers brown bagged their demands Volunteers and students gave up their lunch break last Thursday to serve up some food for thought.

There are knives, and then there are real knives! I have hunted with a lot of people over the years, from Texas to the Far North and from east to west.
What are we thankful for? Here's an example of what ( Uffish Thoughts ) This column is doing double duty.
Codex Alera series concludes with book number five ( Bookends ) At some point, close to 2,000 years ago, a Roman legion and its camp followers fell through one of those cracks in the world that fantasy writers love and ended up in a strange place where elemental forces embodying aspects of water, earth, wood, fire, air and metal were real psychic forces.
Trivia contest gets underway tonight Putting the fun into fund-raising, Gwaandak Theatre will kick off its season with its first-ever Let's Play! trivia night this evening.
Touring Artist Fund helps Yukoners perform in Iceland The Yukon's Touring Artist Fund is providing $24,245 to four artists to grow professionally and reach new audiences through national and international touring opportunities.

Alpacas can help enrich your garden's soil A gardenless friend, who happens to have several alpacas that are like pets and whose fleece is harvested for various craft projects, tentatively offered me several bags of alpaca manure.
Choose from a handful of wines to go with this lasagna Today, I propose lasagna with goat cheese and bacon paired with five choices of wines.
Kevin Kennedy takes a long walk in the woods ( Review ) It's quiet in the theatre at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre. On stage there is simply a spotlight and a chair. Those are all the props Kevin Kennedy requires for the story he is about to tell us.

Bishop's great-grandson celebrates his family's history Todd Mayhew grew up listening to his mother telling tales of his great-grandfather, the Yukon clergyman who once dined with the Queen and is renowned in northern lore as having supped on his own footwear when he was starving out in the bush.

Plumbing the disturbing depths of the Inferno ( Bookends ) It should come as no surprise that Dan Brown's latest Robert Langdon thriller would already have a Wikipedia entry.
Exhibit Continues Arts Underground had two exhibitions open last Friday.
Cats are the leading cause of Canadian bird mortality A recent study released by the federal government looking at more than 25 human-caused sources of bird mortality has found that domestic cats, both feral and owned, are the leading lethal threats to birds across Canada.
Longtime Diamond Tooth Gertie hangs up her dress Tracy Nordick charmed the audience as Diamond Tooth Gertie for three shows on the evening of Sept. 19. Then she cleaned off the makeup, got into her regular clothing and went home.

A Philippines recipe paired with an Alberta lager Today, I'm proposing curried chicken with pineapple matched with a lager beer from Red Deer, Alta.
One-woman play to take to the stage next week ( Preview ) Bronwyn Jones sits placidly in Baked Café, a twinkle in her eye the only indication of the mad mix of characters and gold lust she'll be unleashing on Whitehorse audiences next week.

Searching For Clues As part of the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre's recent end-of-summer family-friendly activities,

Eagles are now falling prey to windmill development Golden and bald eagles are the latest birds to fall to the giant windmill industry.
Tour Time Jake Paleczny, the director of programming and education for the Yukon Wildlife Preserve, tours a full crowd last weekend through the facility's recently built rehabilitation centre as part of the Culture Days.
Arts Fund supports projects which enrich Yukon communities Nine Yukon organizations are receiving Arts Fund grants for community-based projects that provide arts education, development and appreciation opportunities for artists and audiences.
Troubled teens seek answers at a very strange school ( Bookends ) It's a fair jump from majoring in psychology and computer programming to becoming a major genre name on the occult/supernatural shelf.
Play scales the walls of our psychological defences ( Review ) "Human depravity. That's the issue. That's what we're dealing with.”

Facial Magic As a part of Cultural Days, Music, Arts and Drama students offered their skilled expertise in face painting last Saturday afternoon at The Old Fire Hall.

Wash down this chicken recipe with a Riesling from Hugel Today, I'm suggesting an Alsace chicken recipe with a 2007 Riesling from Hugel.
Opening Ceremonies Tourism and Culture Minister Mike Nixon, far right, speaks at last Friday's opening of Culture Days in the Yukon government main administration building.
Enjoy these flowers through the doldrums of winter Coaxing bulbs, especially hyacinth bulbs, to bloom in water is one of the easiest ways to enjoy fragrant flowers during the cold months of January and February.

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