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• Free Friday Concerts

  • Start
    Sat, March 01, 2025
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    12:00 PM
  • End
    Sun, June 01, 2025
  • Location
    Alaska State Office Building

  

  Kimball Theatre Organ concerts are held  on the eighth floor of the State Office Building, and continue through April  with the help of organists J Allan MacKinnon and Laurie Clough on Fridays at 12:00pm  Bring your lunch and enjoy the diversity of music these organists select.

  April 4th - Laurie Clough

  April 11th - Allen MacKinnon

  April 18th- Allan MacKinnon

  April 25th -  Laurie Clough

  Though housed in the state office building, the organ is the property of the Alaska State Museum. You can help support this amazing piece of Alaska's history. Donate today.

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• First Friday

  • Start
    Fri, April 25, 2025
  •  
    4:30 PM
  • End
    Sat, October 11, 2025
  •  
    4:30 PM
  • Location
    Alaska State Museum

  

  IN A TIME OF CHANGE:

  BOREAL FOREST STORIES

  Exhibit Opening
  Friday, May 2, 4:30–7:00 pm

  Lecture
  Friday, May 2, 7:00 pm
  APK Lecture Hall, Alaska State Museum

  The Alaska State Museum is pleased to announce the opening of In a Time of Change: Boreal Forest Stories. Forming an emerald ring around the circumpolar North, the boreal forest is the world’s largest land-based biome. Also known as taiga, it accounts for approximately one third of Earth’s total forest area and covers the majority of Interior Alaska.

  Boreal Forest Stories is a cross-disciplinary, collaborative project examining change in the boreal forest through narrative. For over a year and a half, 44 creators, including artists, writers, environmental educators, and humanities scholars, exchanged knowledge and perspectives on the boreal forest with scientists and explored narrative as it applies across the disciplines. Through their original works, participants relate stories rooted in the boreal forest, including its ecology, its inhabitants, and their interactions. In a Time of Change (ITOC) recognizes that collaborations between the arts, humanities, and sciences can foster community engagement and build capacity for cross-disciplinary collaboration, helping society to address complex environmental problems. ITOC is directed by Mary Beth Leigh. Artists Margo Klass, Ree Nancarrow, and Susan Campbell curated the visual art exhibit and artist Jennifer Moss contributed graphic and web design. ITOC: Boreal Forest Stories was made possible with funding from the National Science Foundation through the Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Program with additional support from the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology, the Rasmuson Foundation through the Harper Arts Touring Fund – administered by the Alaska State Council on the Arts, and other sponsors.            Boreal Forest Stories will be on exhibit through October 11, 2025.

  
  

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• Storytelling - Registration is required

  • When
    Sun, May 18, 2025
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    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

  
  

  FREE STORYTELLING WORKSHOP FOR GRADES K-12

  Join Dimi Macheras and Casey Silver, creators of the graphic novel Chickaloonies, in an interactive workshop where students learn to think visually and collaboratively and express their inner storyteller through the medium of the graphic novel. Their work will also be featured in the new Children's Exploration Center.

  Registration is required Students in grades 1-3 or younger will need to be accompanied by an adult.

  SIGN UP FOR THE WORKSHOP!

  Questions? Please contact the Children's Exploration Center at childrens.exploration.center@alaska.gov.

  Hosted through the new Children's Exploration Center at the APK, dedicated to promoting lifelong learning among young Alaskans, focusing on early literacy and hands-on exploration of the state's unique history, culture, and art. Work on the new space for the Children's Exploration Center will begin this summer.

  
  

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