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Kodiak community thespians ham it up in the 2010 version of Hope’s dinner theater murder mystery. (Mirror file photo)

Kodiak Arts: Hope offers ‘deeper, darker’ murder
Familiar faces will be on hand to laugh, eat and be murdered — all for a good cause. Hope Community Resources’ fourth annual Heart of Hope mystery dinner and auction begins at 6 p.m. Friday in the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center. “This year’s go...

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Kodiak arts: State’s best photos in KoC exhibition
On Friday night, Kodiak College celebrates the opening of a new photography exhibit featuring the 43 winners of the annual Alaska Rarefied Light photographic show. The show runs from Friday to March 9 in the campus center, with an opening recepti...

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KHS drummer Ben Kirchenschlager records a jam session for posterity. Vibraphonist Jason Marsalis, right, was among the professional musicians who coached Alaska youth at this year’s Sitka Jazz Festival, Feb. 2-4. (Photo courtesy of Michael Remy)

Kodiak Arts: Swinging Sitka weekend
When it’s wet outside, the 18 members of the Kodiak High School Jazz Band play inside. After the band’s performance at this month’s Sitka Jazz Festival, director Michael Remy is singin’ in the rain. “This is the best big band Kodiak has ever had...

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Stage and Screen: The real SEAL: No ordinary war flick
Before or after reading this commentary on the soon-to-be released film “Act of Valor,” you must go to www.imdb.com/title/tt1591479/ and watch the Related Videos. Hopefully, your computer has a reasonably good sound system, as the soundtrack of t...

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Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen perform Friday and Saturday night at the Golden Anchor on the Coast Guard base in Kodiak. (Frank Solivan photo)

Arts and Entertainment: The 'grandaddy' of Alaska bluegrass comes to Kodiak
Even without a plug, acoustic music can hold power, and Frank Solivan is on a mission to prove it. Solivan, with his band Dirty Kitchen, brings his brand of bluegrass-inspired music Friday and Saturday night to the Golden Anchor social hall on th...

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Goings On

Goings on: May 12
Arts and crafts • Crafts night every Thursday, upstairs at the Sun’aq Tribal Center. Call Aksana Mather, 486-4449, for more information. Performance/events • “Cinderella,” Little School of Dance recital, see story above. • Canta Dolce vocal gr...

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Goings On
Arts and crafts • Grass basket weaving at the Baranov Museum, 1 p.m. today. • Crafts night every Thursday, upstairs at the Sun’aq Tribal Center. Call Aksana Mather, 486-4449, for more information. Performance/Events • “The Princess and the Fr...

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Goings on: April 28
Films • “Rio” and “Battle L.A.” at the Orpheum Theatre. Arts and crafts • Grass basket weaving at the Baranov Museum, 1 p.m. today. • Crafts night every Thursday, upstairs at the Sun’aq Tribal Center. Call Aksana Mather, 486-4449, for more in...

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Goings on: April 14
Films • “Rio” and “Hall Pass” at the Orpheum Theatre. • “The Fabulous World of Jules Verne,” 7 p.m. today at the Kodiak Public Library. Arts and crafts • Kodiak High School art exhibit and reception, Sunday, April 17, at Harborside Fly-By Coff...

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Goings On
Films • “Top” and “Unknown” at the Orpheum Theatre. Arts and crafts • Crafts night every Thursday, upstairs at the Sun’aq Tribal Center. Call Aksana Mather, 486-4449, for more information. Meetings • Alaska State Council on the Arts community...

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