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Push to teach AAPI history in Alaska schools clears Senate again

Arts and Culture Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Senate voted unanimously this week to add lessons covering the history and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the public school curriculum.
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Trail Blazers: Kakiko Ramos-Leon

Arts and Culture Emily Sullivan -
Though Kakiko Ramos-Leon grew up in the temperate city of Autlán, Jalisco, Mexico, he now spends most of the year on snow and ice.
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Current Cravings: So-called, ‘best falafel in the subarctic’ lives up to the hype

Arts and Culture Jenny Weis -
Fairbanks doesn’t wait for green up to begin its summer pastimes.
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Creative Currents: The end of the Ice Age David Rosenthal

Anchorage Sam Davenport -
Landscape artist David Rosenthal has been working on his most recent body of work for over four decades.
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Creative Currents: Eclectic maximalism with Honey Bee Ink

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport -
When tattoo artist Brianna Mendez was growing up, she says she wasn’t allowed to use temporary tattoos.
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From Alaska Capitol’s cafeteria, author and illustrator claims Pulitzer Prize

Arts and Culture James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
Tessa Hull’s ‘Feeding Ghosts’ was awarded the prize for memoirs and biographies.
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Trail Blazers: Janice Tower

Arts and Culture Emily Sullivan -
When endurance cyclist Janice Tower founded non profit organizations Mighty Bikes and Singletrack Advocates in the early 2000s.
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Creative Currents: ‘Laughing with art’ with PapaDahlPaintings

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport -
PapaDahlPaintings has always “dabbled in doodling,” but says it wasn’t until he participated in a sip-and-paint wine night with his wife that he felt like he found his medium.
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Creative Currents: Gabby Faurot: ‘It’s the whimsy for me’

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport -
For mixed media artist Gabby Faurot, every piece of her work has “one tiny detail” just for her that she adores.
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Trail Blazers: Dustin Newman

Arts and Culture Emily Sullivan -
To the 27-year-old boat builder, paddling a kayak serves as a means to renew a healthy relationship to the waters that have sustained his people for millennia.
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