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Creative Currents: Danielle Morgan

Anchorage The Alaska Current -
After several difficult years, artist Danielle Morgan says that she finally feels able to tap back into her creative side. When the pandemic first began in 2020, Morgan had to work from home and essentially homeschool her daughter, which was...
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Creative Currents: Painted Peaks 

Anchorage Sam Davenport -
Student artist Sarah Cornils is eager to finish her degree this year and dive in headfirst into the creating world.
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Anchorage Assembly passes on pot-smoking spots

Anchorage Matt Acuña Buxton -
If you’re looking for a legal place outside your home to light up a joint in Anchorage, you’ll need to keep waiting.
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Current Cravings: Crimson brings a stylish new dining option to downtown Anchorage

Anchorage Jenny Weis -
A favorite small town-seeming quirk for a mid-sized city like Anchorage is the chatter when a new restaurant opens.
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Creative Currents: Finesstor builds queer artist collective

Anchorage Sam Davenport -
Finesstor Luminosity says that as a queer artist of color, he was inspired by Arciniega Street Productions to form his own collective in Anchorage.
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Current Cravings: A guide to Anchorage’s best dairy-free desserts

Anchorage Jenny Weis -
I am a little bothered when sorbet is offered as the only dairy-free choice at an ice cream shop.
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Anchorage Assembly votes to ban homeless camping in some areas over warnings it criminalizes poverty

Anchorage Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Anchorage Assembly voted 7-5 to criminalize homeless camping and building structures near schools, trails and busy roads on Tuesday.
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Ordinance criminalizing some homeless camping in Anchorage is the city’s latest flashpoint

Anchorage Matt Acuña Buxton -
Editor's note: This post was written ahead of Tuesday's vote, where the Anchorage Assembly approved the initiative 7-5, but slipped through the cracks with publishing. We're publishing it now to document the attitudes heading into the ordinance's passage. The...
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Ditch the crowds: Underrated hikes around Anchorage

Anchorage Jenny Weis -
Tourists love Flattop. Locals know better hikes.
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Current Cravings: Spenard Food Truck Carnival

Anchorage Jenny Weis -
The quality of the food is almost always the most crucial factor in dining out. Except, I recently realized, at a food truck fair.
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