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Exhibitions & Art Events
Get inspired by the latest creations of Yukon's Painters, Sculptors, Carvers, Mixed Media Artists, Illustrators, Jewellers, Beaders, Weavers and more.
Live Music & Concerts
From pubs to concert venues, there is always great music of all styles from Yukon and visiting musicians.
Stage Performances
Theatre, dance, comedy, there is seldom a good excuse to be a Yukon couch potato.
Movies
Enjoy a movie night with an ever changing selection of films from Yukon and renowned filmmakers.
Fitness & Sports
From yoga to kick boxing, by yourself or with a team, staying fit is not a Yukon problem.
Wellness
Take good care of yourself with Yoga, Pilates, Meditation and a lot more more
Outdoors Activities
Winter or summer, there are always events to enjoy the outdoors to the fullest.
Festivals
Discover Yukon’s Festivals and Fairs. The fun experts at What’s Up Yukon can help you plan your time to hit all the best events.
Markets
Shop for Yukon made products and goods
- Business
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Dress Local
Audrey Levesque is the creator and maker of Made by Auds. She designs, cuts and sews her small garment collection from a room in a Gold rush-era hotel in Dawson City.
Chew on this
Robertson, nicknamed Nimrod, was a gentlemen gold miner and inventor, whose homemade choppers were just one of many memorable things about him.
All that glitters is not gold
The Yukon is well-known for its gold, but less known are the gemstones. What determines whether a mineral can be called a gemstone is open to interpretation.
Remembering Joe Loutchan
Loutchan played a weekly gig at the 98 Hotel for over 40 years, and the strains of his lively, heart-warming, toe-tapping music could often be heard coming through the doors as eager music-loving patrons came in and out of the bar.
The Ice pool Contest is a go for 2021
The Ice Pool Lottery, officially known these days as the Dawson IODE Ice Guessing Contest, has been around in various forms since 1896. The Dawson Chapter of the IODE officially took over running the event in 1940 and has managed to keep it going in spite of pandemics and other natural disasters.
Spring in a rush of wings
Celebration of Swans is back! Bird lovers rejoice! After an unprecedented hiatus, Celebration of...
- Visual Arts
- Music
- Stage
- Photography and Film
- Words
Life as a Yukon artist, past and present
The Friends of the Yukon Archives Society has organized a wonderful exhibit at Arts Underground on...
The show must go on
The All-City Band’s March concerts take place the evenings of March 30 and 31. They will be presented through the Yukon Arts Centre.
How to pivot the Pivot Festival
As with every year, the 2021 Pivot Festival will bring Yukoners surprising work from both national and local performers. Due to COVID-19, the national talent – a comic duo called Folk Lordz – will participate online from wherever they are in Canada.
Enjoy Dawson City films from the cozy comfort of your couch
Ever since Available Light Film Festival launched 19 years ago, it has brought to its audiences stories of different ways of life and different perspectives. This year, four films from Dawson City will be featured for online streaming across Canada.
Learning to be a good person through fishing
In 2017 Paul Rath attended the North Words Symposium in Skagway. He joined an early morning...
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- Appetizers
- Salads
- Soups
- Desserts
- Yukon Wild
- Cocktails
The Easter Moose
Why not celebrate this time round with a feast that connects you to the landscape; that reminds you of where you live.
Adaptive strategies
During this bizarre year of COVID constraints, home cooks have had to develop adaptive culinary behaviours to increase our success in the kitchen. Sometimes key ingredients for a recipe simply weren’t available, so we acquired new competencies. We became masters of substitution.
Smashed cucumber salad with ginger
Fresh, crisp cucumbers are perfect at any summer meal. They add texture and contrast when paired...
Tasty Soups and Salads
Many people are doing more cooking and baking at home right now, and as well leaning more towards...
Pineapple coconut spoon cake
Spoon cake is somewhere between a crumble and an upside down cake.
The Easter Moose
Why not celebrate this time round with a feast that connects you to the landscape; that reminds you of where you live.
Bloody good cocktails
Being that we can’t travel to a warm climate where oranges and lemons grow, it seems fitting to pay tribute to those lovely flavours now, during one of the coldest months.
- Family Life
- Health & Wellness
- Hobbies
- Active Living
- Outside
- Off the land
- The Great Outdoors
Dino-riffic!
November 1 heralds the start of DiNovember, when my daughter’s pet dinosaurs, full of mischief and hijinks, take over the house for a month.
How shall I then live?
Both my husband and I have received two shots of COVID-19 vaccine. Now what? I think that is a question that many of us are asking and I would like to believe that I might have some thoughts on how to answer it.
Sometimes less is more
Spring fever may feel overwhelming this year. Thank-you to my dear Taurus friend who helped me create the questions for this collective Tarot reading.
Know before you go
James Minifie maintains one of the Yukon region’s remote weather stations. The data provided by...
Isla de Taquile
With a population of roughly 2,000 people, Taquile is one of several islands in the Peruvian part of Lake Titicaca.
Adaptive strategies
During this bizarre year of COVID constraints, home cooks have had to develop adaptive culinary behaviours to increase our success in the kitchen. Sometimes key ingredients for a recipe simply weren’t available, so we acquired new competencies. We became masters of substitution.
My experience on the Beaver River
CPAWS Yukon has, for the second year in a row, organized a paddling trip on the Beaver River for the youth of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun.
- Yukon See It Here
- Living With Wildlife
- Dog Culture
- Pawsitive Tails
- Celebrate Local Food
Yukon See It Here – Steve Wilson
Lorne Mountain shining in the afternoon sun as seen from Annie Lake Road. Photo taken with a Nikon...
Living With Wildlife – Donald Graham
Even gulls practice social distancing, Donald Graham notes. Taken in 2010 and pictured here are...
Yukon’s Best Friend: Arrow
Yukon’s Best Friend: Arrow doesn’t let her small size stop her from showing off!
Ginny’s ‘Boys’ – the k9 ones!
Ginny and her husband, Grant, are in their mid to late sixties and have three adult sons – Danny, Kevin and Sean. Acquiring anything new, let alone two puppies requiring toilet and other training, was not something many couples in their age category were signing up for.
Celebrate Local Food – 2019 Grand Prize Winner
Our Year-End Local Food Promotion Grand Prize winner is Christine Aikens
