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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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Current Cravings: Mocha Dan’s or Sunrise? One Newcomer’s Quest for Coffee Loyalty

Arts and Culture Jenny Weis -
“Oh, we’re a Mocha Dan’s family,” my husband told me as I debated aloud which coffee hut to stop at while I ran errands. 
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Creative Currents: ‘Bleeding and blooming’ with Planty Creative

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport -
When Jennifer Hunt first took an online watercolor painting class, she didn’t know at the time that she would fall in love with the process.
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