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  Issue: 2018-02-28, PHOTO: courtesy of Peripheral Vision

  Taking Cues

  When a band calls itself Peripheral Vision, you might be excused for thinking it’s a rock group, or possibly a folk/roots, or even bluegrass ensemble. But you’d be wrong. What the Toronto-based quartet serves up is a musical bouillabaisse with...

  Feb. 28, 2018

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  Issue: 2017-11-15, PHOTO: courtesy of Dakhká Khwáan Dancers

  Past and present fuse on new record

  Just because their album is being released on November 24 doesn’t mean it’s finished. That’s what Daniel Ashley said over the phone from Montreal earlier this month, where he and his recording partners, the Dakhká Khwáan Dancers (DKD) were touring...

  Nov. 15, 2017

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  Issue: 2017-09-27, PHOTO: Courtesy of Tamir Hendelman

  Tel Aviv to L.A.

  Tamir Hendelman’s list of players who have inspired him as a performer and composer includes unsurprising names such Evans, Davis, Corea, Hancock and Peterson. But how many other jazz musicians could also such early influences as a grandmother...

  Sep. 27, 2017

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  Issue: 2017-09-13, PHOTO: Cinema Kabuki, courtesy of the Japan Foundation, Toronto

  Very Old, Very New

  Not many art forms can trace their origins back to a single year. But according to Toshi Aoyagi, program officer for the Japan Foundation, Toronto, the popular theatre genre known as Kabuki started in exactly 1603. And it’s still going strong...

  Sep. 13, 2017

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  Issue: 2017-03-01, PHOTO: Christian Kuntz Photography

  Making her Own Trail

  If Claire Ness had her druthers, she’d be performing for children by day and providing cabaret-style adult fare once the sun goes down. But not just as a singer-songwriter. “There's something about straight music that lacks the theatrical part...

  Mar. 01, 2017

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  Issue: 2017-02-22, PHOTO: Tamara Neely

  New Colours

  An exhibit featuring paintings by 22 year old Yukoner Anna Thompson is currently on display at the Atco Electric Yukon Youth Centre Art Gallery. Thompson has a cognitive disability as a result of a brain injury as a baby which left her with...

  Feb. 22, 2017

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  Issue: 2017-01-25, PHOTO: Steve Mynett

  Youthful Exuberance

  Memphis, Tennessee has been dubbed both the "Home of the Blues" and the "Birthplace of Rock and Roll". But it's no slouch in the jazz department, either. In a four-year span from 1934 to 1938, at least half a dozen future jazz luminaries were born...

  Jan. 25, 2017

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  Issue: 2016-12-21, PHOTO: by courtesy of Sébastien Heins

  Burning Questions

  It started when Sébastien Heins was a student at the National Theatre School in Montréal, tasked with creating a 15-minute piece that addressed a burning personal question. But when Nancy Palk, of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre, put her hands on his...

  Dec. 21, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-12-21, PHOTO: courtesy of Daniel Janke

  No Orchestra? No Problem

  Trying to provide professional-calibre orchestral music in a small northern city can be ... well, problematic. Just ask Daniel Janke. "The main problem is we don't have an orchestra. We live in a community where the demographic doesn't really...

  Dec. 21, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-11-23, PHOTO: Women Make Movies

  What to do on Sunday Night

  In the 2016 film Captain Fantastic, Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen – The Lord of the Rings, A History of Violence), is a father with meticulous survivalist and socialist ideals. He lives live an isolated off-the-grid life in the forests of the Pacific...

  Nov. 23, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-10-12, PHOTO: IMDB.com

  And now for something completely cifferent …

  Straddling comedy, horror and drama genres, Anders Thomas Jensen’s 2015 film Men & Chicken is on the brink of insanity. It is certain to be any dark comedy director’s dark comedy; Jensen has crafted a unique blend of laconic humour, deadpan wit...

  Oct. 12, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-09-22, PHOTO: John Abbott

  A Matter of Taste

  Musical talent is over-rated, and taste is under-rated. At least, that's how Canadian-born sax player Grant Stewart sees things. "I know many, many, many players who can play anything they hear, and that's kind of what you're told is the ideal to...

  Sep. 22, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-09-15, PHOTO: IMDb.com

  Amazonian Mythology and Western Hallucinations

  Somewhere between Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and the writings of Colombian philosopher Santiago Castro-Gómez lies Ciro Guerra’s film Embrace of the Serpent. Shot in stunning 35mm black and white film in the Amazon, Embrace of the Serpent...

  Sep. 15, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-08-18, PHOTO: by Ryan Lawrence

  Through the Eyes of our Youth

  “I call this one ‘The Matchmaker’… because she's the one who matched my mom and dad to me.” Ryan Lawrence, 14, beams at his work on the table. He's staring at one of about eight photos he is entering into this year's art show at the ATCO Youth...

  Aug. 18, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-07-21, PHOTO: Nicole Bauberger

  The Human North

  Three photo-based shows currently on exhibit at the Yukon Arts Centre all aspire to convey something of the experience of living in the North. Of course there is no “the” when it comes to north; there are many norths. In my opinion, the exhibits...

  Jul. 21, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-06-23, PHOTO: Pierre Arsenault

  Leaving the Road

  When Oliver Jones was a mere 65 years old, he and his wife both felt it was time for him to retire after years of playing piano on concert stages throughout the world. So he did. Briefly. Now, 16 years later, the legendary jazz pianist is about to...

  Jun. 23, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-05-26, PHOTO: Andrée Lantier

  Who's Out There?

  Don't bother asking Damien Atkins whether or not he believes in UFOs. He won't tell you. What the Toronto-based playwright and actor will do instead is talk about his one-person play, We Are Not Alone, which he's bringing to Whitehorse next month...

  May 26, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-04-21, PHOTO: courtesy of the Yukon Arts Centre

  An Art Party for Kids

  Put the kids into some old T-shirts and pants that can have paint schmeared on them and head down to the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) on Sunday for some hands-on fun. The monthly Kids Kreate program has been offering free art classes once per month...

  Apr. 21, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-03-31, PHOTO: courtesy of Alex Goodman

  Crossing Borders

  Alex Goodman doesn't really cross borders so much as straddle them. Although the Toronto-raised guitarist and composer has made his home in New York City for the past three-and-a-half years, he seems to keep one foot planted in the musical soil of...

  Mar. 31, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-03-31, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Film Society

  Song of Lahore

  In 1996 American record producer Ry Cooder and Cuban musician Juan de Marcos González gathered a group of Cuban musicians to record what would be become one of the most successful world music albums of all time: The Buena Vista Social Club...

  Mar. 31, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-03-17, Photo: Courtesy of YFS.

  A Room within a Room

  The intensely charged film Room was the Winner of the Audience Choice Award for Best Canadian Feature at this year’s Available Light Film Festival. If you missed it in February, The Yukon Film Society is bringing it back to the screen March 20th.

  Mar. 17, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-03-17, PHOTO: Andree Lanthier

  Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy Of

  “The play was inspired by the shooting of a young man named Freddy Villaneuva,” Vancouver-based playwright Omari Newton tells me. “A young man that was apparently unarmed, had no previous criminal record. He got into some kind of altercation with...

  Mar. 17, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-03-03, PHOTO: Tayla Nebesky

  A Champian for Dinah

  While other girls her age were in their bedrooms pretending to be Madonna or some other pop idol, Champian Fulton was busy channelling a legendary jazz singer who died back in 1963. "You know how kids like to pretend and tell stories? My story was...

  Mar. 03, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-03-03, PHOTO: Courtesy of April Verch

  Folk VERCH-uoso

  If you’ve got a yen to hear some some good old-fashioned country fiddle playing, you won’t want to miss April Verch. Verch, along with bandmates Cody Walters (banjo and electric bass) and Alex Rubin (guitar and mandolin) will be stomping, singing...

  Mar. 03, 2016

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  Issue: 2016-02-25, PHOTO: Courtesy of Donnell Leahy

  Joyful Performance

  Donnell Leahy remembers exactly how he felt when he made his stage debut as a fiddler at the age of four. "Mom and Dad had a band when we were growing up as kids. They played locally at round dances and square dances and weddings and things," he...

  Feb. 25, 2016

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  Issue: 2015-12-24, PHOTO: Courtesy of the Yukon Film Society

  'Novelty is as Old as the Hills'

  The film Les Enfants du Paradise (Marcel Carné, 1945) has been called the greatest film ever made since its release. The film’s resurrection of the vaudevillian Paris theatre of the 1820s and 1830s is the most lavish realization of France during...

  Dec. 24, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-12-10 PHOTO: Courtesy of Sarah Lewis

  A Holiday Tradition

  This Friday and Saturday the Northern Lights School of Dance will be performing their annual run of the classic holiday ballet, The Nutcracker.. The annual show functions as the school’s annual ballet recital. This year over 50 students will be...

  Dec. 10, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-11-26 PHOTO: Michael Rudy

  A star on stage, with his heart on the ranch

  Brett Kissel, a rising star in country music, will be bringing his Airwaves tour to the Yukon Arts Centre on Monday, Nov. 30. Kissel is happy to include the Yukon during his 2015-16 tour. “I wanted to make this a truly Canadian tour, that’s why...

  Nov. 26, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-11-12 PHOTO: courtesy of the Yukon Film Society

  Still is Still Moving: Portrait of a Genius

  In the 1870s and ‘80s English photographer Eadweard Muybridge was feverishly photographing animals, people in the nude, and people with physical deformities. He is famous for successfully producing a stop-motion sequence of still photographs...

  Nov. 12, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-11-05 PHOTO: courtesy of Virginie Hamel

  Pushing Artistic Boundaries

  On Nov. 13 the Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) will present Onde de Choc at the Yukon Arts Centre. This multidisciplinary event features 18 artists and performers from the French-speaking community, followed by a catered art show featuring...

  Nov. 05, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-10-22 PHOTO: Courtesy of Denise Fujiwara

  Dancing To All The Sounds

  On Friday, October 23, the Yukon Arts Centre will be presenting a multimedia experience that weaves together dance, video, music and costume. It’s called Eunoia and is based on Canadian poet Christian Bök’s book of the same name.

  Oct. 22, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-10-22 PHOTO: courtesy of Max Fraser

  Keeping the Memory Alive

  In 1943 Operation Husky was put into motion. Canadian Soldiers travelled deep into the Sicilian countryside to fight against the Nazi presence that had been established there. More than 500 Canadian Soldiers lost their lives during the campaign in...

  Oct. 22, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-10-15 PHOTO: courtesy of The Cookers Quintet

  Cooking at the YAC

  They took their name from a Blue Note album recorded live at New York's Club La Marchal in April, 1965 that's been described as "one of the most compelling documents of a live band in full flight". That album, The Night of the Cookers ...

  Oct. 15, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-10-15 Photo: Courtesy of Yukon Film Society

  Deep Ecology

  The year was 1971. Three Dog Nights’ “Joy to the World” became RPM’s top chart hit alongside The Stampeders’ “Sweet City Woman”. Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister and James Smith was Commissioner of the Yukon. Smith was instrumental in creating...

  Oct. 15, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-10-08 PHOTO: Courtesy of Yukon Film Society

  Spitefulness is best served as satire

  Argentinean director Damián Szifron’s 2015 Best Foreign Language Academy Award Nominee Wild Tales is a completely jarring and poetic collection of old wives’ tales and urban legends about vengeance and vulnerability. Its characters plan revenge on...

  Oct. 08, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-10-08 PHOTO: courtesy of Gordie Tentrees

  Taking His Music Around the World

  Homegrown singer-songwriter Gordie Tentrees is releasing his sixth album, Less is More, with a Northern tour this month. Tentrees is playing in Skagway, Dawson City,Keno City, and two shows in Whitehorse. This Northern tour follows his recent tours..

  Oct. 08, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-10-08 PHOTO: Darrell Hookey

  YAC's sound investment

  Every seat in the Yukon Arts Centre costs the same. Yet the sound is not the same in each seat. That is why some people choose seats away from the speakers while others have figured out that there is “muddy sound” in the centre of the house.

  Oct. 08, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-09-24 PHOTO: Katie Newman

  Good Things to Eat, Good Things to Come

  Hot dogs and hamburgers flew from the grill into buns and then into mouths at this year's Yukon Art Centre Volunteer barbecue. The event, which is open to the public, is held each year to thank all the volunteers who help keep the Yukon Arts Centre..

  Sep. 24, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-09-24 PHOTO: courtesy of Louis Hayes

  Inside Rhythm

  Forget the metronome, and don't even bother trying to play like someone else, no matter how much you admire them. "When I was young, I figured that out real quick, because it was uncomfortable; it didn't work," says legendary drummer Louis Hayes.

  Sep. 24, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-09-17 PHOTO: courtesy of Ivan Coyote

  The (Tom)boy is back in town

  The term tomboy usually refers to a girl who has “male”interests, and has a preference for “male” clothing. You know, the type of girl who likes to wear sweats, plays soccer with the guys and wants be an auto mechanic. That was then.

  Sep. 17, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-09-17 PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Film Society

  Unravelling the layers of existence

  A brilliantly layered and sensitive look at the contrasting stages of life, the 2014 film The Clouds of Sils Maria stars Juliette Binoche as Maria Enders, an accomplished stage actress who becomes painfully aware of the relationships between...

  Sep. 17, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-09-10 Photo: courtesy of Yukon Film Society

  The beauty and the decay of life around the planet

  Since being presented the Palme D’Or and Best Director credits at the Cannes Film Festival for Paris, Texas (1984) and Wings of Desire (1987) respectively, German filmmaker Wim Wenders continues to be intrigued by the human condition has ceased to...

  Sep. 10, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-08-06 PHOTO: © Government of Yukon

  Touch and Tell

  A series of demonstrations and hands-on activities is helping animate the current exhibition at the Yukon Arts Centre’s public gallery, Found, Forged & Fused, a survey of handmade works from the Yukon Permanent Art Collection.

  Aug. 06, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-06-04 Photo: courtesy of Yukon Government

  Celebrating the year of the craft

  The line between fine art and craft is blurry. The original intent of something crafted is often a utilitarian one — think ceramics, woven things, tanned hides, belts, blankets, and robes. They are crafts, and art.

  Jun. 04, 2015

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  Talking in Tune

  One of Canada’s busiest and most versatile violinists will perform in Whitehorse on May 17 as part of his collaboration with local composer Daniel Janke on an upcoming CD of contemporary string music.

  May 14, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-04-16 PHOTO: courtesy of YFS

  Flowers in the Concrete

  Rich Hill, playing at the Yukon Arts Centre on Sunday, is a poignant observational snapshot of three boys on separate, but similar, journeys through the early days of youth, as spent in America’s povertystricken heartland. Poverty is crushing.

  Apr. 16, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-03-26 PHOTO: courtesy of Campbell Ryga

  Fixing to Play

  Campbell Ryga has a thing about saxophones. When he's not playing them, chances are you'll find him at a workbench repairing one, or conducting clinics to teach others to do it. "Saxophones and clarinets always kind of interested me.

  Mar. 26, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-03-26 PHOTO: Eamon MacMahon

  Playin’ For Lemons

  Eastern European roots run strong in the Lemon Bucket Orkestra. The band name is inspired by a song from Odessa —the third largest Ukrainian city — that refers to lemons as money, like “dollah dollah bills,” clarifies Mark Marczyk

  Mar. 26, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-03-05 PHOTO: courtesy of Blind Date

  Blind Date with a Clown

  Having a blind date can be very stressful — from thinking about what to wear and say, to awkward silences and thoughts of escape. Now imagine having a blind date every night.

  Mar. 05, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-03-05 Photo: courtesy of Sonja Ahlers

  One Person, Many Selves

  In 2007, visual artist and poet Sonja Ahlers, experienced two major breakups, one with her boyfriend, and one with the city of Vancouver. She left both in search of a place to wipe the slate clean and grieve — and landed in Whitehorse.

  Mar. 05, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-02-26 PHOTO: Bruce Barrett

  Classical Challenges

  Building an orchestra in a city as small as Whitehorse poses a variety of pesky challenges. How do you fill the bassoonist's chair, for instance? More dauntingly, can you corral enough qualified — and available — players to form a string ...

  Feb. 26, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-02-19 PHOTO: courtesy of the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Broken Relationships

  Overcoming Emotional Collapse Through Creation

  Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic broke up in 2003 in Zagreb, Croatia. Like most post-relationship humans, they had ordinary objects kicking around their houses that sparked emotions, relating to the relationship, or the demise of it.

  Feb. 19, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-02-19 PHOTO: Rick Massie

  The fiddle remembers

  Harold Routledge did not remember that he had built this fiddle with his own hands; but the tunes, and the skill to play it, were memories that had not yet been robbed by Alzheimer's.

  Feb. 19, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-02-12 PHOTO: courtesy of YFS

  ALFF Breakdown, Part Two

  Thursday, February 12th The day kicks off with the festival’s final installment of the Fire Hall Film Talks, a series of free lunchtime discussions between filmmakers and artists about behind-the-scene development of projects.

  Feb. 12, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-02-12 PHOTO: courtesy of Jon Mckiel

  East Coasters Come North

  When I reach Jon Mckiel he’s in the middle of a New Brunswick snowstorm. I’m in the Yukon, where the temperature has dipped below -30°C. We talk about what to expect when he arrives in Whitehorse to perform at the Available Light Film Festival

  Feb. 12, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-02-05 Photo: Rick Massie

  Film Festival Round Up: Part One

  The 2015 Available Light Film Festival is bringing a jam-packed program to Yukon Arts Centre this February. The first half of the festival, Feb 7 to Feb 11, is covered here. Itinerary from Feb 12 to Feb 16 will be in next week’s paper.

  Feb. 05, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-02-05 Photo: Tanya Tagaq

  Tanya Tagaq Reclaims Stories of her People

  For those who missed Tanya Tagaq on stage at music festivals in the Dawson and Atlin, the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) is giving Yukoners another chance to experience this acclaimed musician’s work on February 10 at the Yukon Arts Centre.

  Feb. 05, 2015

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  Issue: 2015-02-05 Photo: The Wooden Sky

  The Wooden Sky Kicks Off ALFF

  For Yukoners who miss having a music festival in February, the Yukon Film Society has stepped up. This year, the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) has expanded to include musical performances.

  Feb. 05, 2015

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  2015-02-05 Photo: Courtesy Sugar Shack/Hogg Wild Productions

  Two 4 One Breaks New Ground

  Move over Ben Affleck and Julia Roberts, the Canadian filmmaking world would like to thank you for solidifying conventions for the romantic comedy genre, so Two 4 One can break those conventions into a million pieces.

  Feb. 05, 2015

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  Whats Up Yukon January 29, 2015

  Dan Mangan is Back in Town

  Dan Mangan is almost as excited to see the Yukon again as Yukoners are to see him. In 2010, Mangan played both the Frostbite and Dawson City Music Festivals and was impressed by the local cultural scene.

  Jan. 29, 2015

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  Whats Up Yukon January 29, 2015

  Winter Folklore

  The dances are coming. On January 31, Skookum Jim's annual Folklore Show will be take place at the Yukon Arts Centre. The vibrant show will feature many First Nation dances and songs

  Jan. 29, 2015

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  Cast No Shadows is set against a backdrop of musty kitchens and slippery rock PHOTO: courtesy YFS

  Imagination and pain on display in Newfoundland yarn

  Joel Thomas Hynes’s blackly tinted, yet poignantly observant perspective, brings you his best film yet. Cast No Shadow, playing at the Yukon Arts Centre on February 10, is a beautifully filmed narrative about the most terrifying demon of all: the one

  Jan. 21, 2015

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  Dan Watson and Christina Serra in a scene from Ralph + Lina PHOTO: Lacey Creighton

  The Web of Family

  Two distinctly different takes on the theme of family are among the highlights of this year's Nakai Pivot Festival, which kicks off on Saturday, January 17. Ralph + Lina is a two-handed "acrobatic comedy" performed by the husband and wife team ...

  Jan. 15, 2015

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  CREDIT: Courtesy of Ashu

  Ignoring the Naysayers

  Whitehorse Concerts Classically Yours Series performer Ashu brings classical complexity from an instrument more typically associated with jazz.

  Jan. 15, 2015

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  Damir Yusupov

  En Pointe and On Budget

  Deep-pocketed balletomanes (ballet fans) could spend thousands of dollars flying to Russia to catch the legendary Bolshoi Ballet in action. Or, for a mere fraction of that, they could experience the splash and spectacle of one of the world's ...

  Dec. 24, 2014

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  Matt Lankes, Courtesy of IFC Films/Mongrel Media

  Film: Boyhood

  The Yukon Film Society is very excited to present a film that is currently at the top of many “Best Films of 2014” lists, as well as the award season buzz (5 Golden Globe nominations): Boyhood, by Austin-based filmmaker Richard Linklater, plays on

  Dec. 24, 2014

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  Beautiful Designs, Tools of Destruction

  Hayao Miyazaki, of Japan’s Studio Ghibli, has declared that The Wind Rises, playing at the Yukon Arts Centre on December 28, will be his last film. It is a truly beautiful piece of animation, complete with painterly landscapes and a remarkably textur

  Dec. 17, 2014

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  Bands on the Run

  Whether you attend December 15 or 16, Keith Todd promises that Music for a Winter's Eve will be "a magical, festive night of music." Todd is the musical director for the pre-Christmas presentation by the senior and junior concert bands from

  Dec. 10, 2014

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  Stuff That Means North

  If you’ve always longed to explore the inside of a glacier, Joyce Majiski’s latest exhibition, North of Myth, opening at the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) on December 11, may be just the ticket. The experiential art installation will include ...

  Dec. 03, 2014

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  Face Us

  There are currently two mammoths at the Yukon Arts Centre. But they don't interact; they are on different schedules. The one hanging out in the Public Art Gallery belongs to the Ice Age Mammals exhibit. The other mammoth — the one of current interest

  Nov. 26, 2014

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  Michele Emslie Loves Art

  Michele Emslie doesn’t even try to disguise her enthusiasm for her job as an arts administrator. “I love art. I love artists. I love what they give to the world,” she declares.

  Nov. 20, 2014

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  Do I look Enlightened to You?

  I recently heard the term “supermarket spiritualism” to describe folks walking down the proverbial aisle picking and choosing bits and pieces from every spiritual practice imaginable. And then paying for it all at the checkout.

  Sep. 18, 2014

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  We Are Golden

  As I walk into the Yukon Arts Centre early on a Tuesday morning I pass a woman holding some wild flowers in her hands. Our eyes meet in the way eyes seem to meet in the Yukon — a second longer than normal, accompanied by a smile.

  Sep. 18, 2014

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  Yukon Arts Centre CEO Al Cushing jokes that a fortune cookie clinched the decision to come North

  Al Cushing sits on a bench in historic King’s Square in Saint John, New Brunswick, reminiscing about his high school grad party on this very spot. It was a blistering day, and the hotel where the event was scheduled had no air conditioning.

  Aug. 21, 2014

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  PHOTO: Scott Price

  Mary Bradshaw sees her curator’s role as a bridge between artists and the public

  Tourism officials in Barbados market their island as “Distinctively Charming”. But when Mary Bradshaw was weighing the option of a Barbadian internship against one in Whitehorse, she opted for the distinctive charm of the Yukon.

  May 22, 2014

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  Yukon Arts Center Prepares for Kick-Off

  2014-15 will see a distinctive range of artistic events

  May 22, 2014

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  Photo by Whitehorse Community Choir

  Protest and Psychedelia

  The Sixties are making a comeback in Whitehorse this week, complete with musicians ranging from Pete Seeger to Led Zepplin.

  May 01, 2014

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  Photo: Marc Reouve

  Real Life Guitar Heroes

  Grammy-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet performs at Yukon Arts Centre April 26

  Apr. 24, 2014

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  Rhyme and Wretchedness

  Theatregoers, brace yourselves. Those who attend Mark O'Rowe's Terminus can expect to be taken for a gritty, graphic, roller coaster of a ride.

  Mar. 20, 2014

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  Capturing Something Intangible

  Jennifer Walden's exhibit features wildlife and landscape paintings from her time spent on retreat in the wilderness between the Selwyn and Mackenzie mountain ranges in the Northwest Territories. She was inspired to create the exhibition called...

  Jan. 16, 2014

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  Kim Barlow Hits the Road

  Kim Barlow's Send-Off Concert will feature Barlow playing with Helene Beaulieu, Dave Haddock, Andrea McColeman, Lonnie Powell and Micah Smith, as well as special guests Kim Beggs, Natalie Edelson Bob Hamilton and Daniel Janke.

  Sep. 26, 2013

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  Indulging the Senses: Yukon Arts Centre Fall Lineup

  The biggest stage in the territory returns with a full schedule of performances. We've highlighted some of this season's standouts with the help of Yukon Arts Centre's artistic director Eric Epstein and gallery director Mary Bradshaw

  Sep. 05, 2013

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  Through a Troubled Lens

  A well-worn ride-on park toy rusts at the forest's cut edge; another image draws the viewer into a close-up view of double smokestacks on a coal-fired electrical generating station. The imagery asks us to wonder what we do to the landscape.

  Jan. 17, 2013

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  Invitation to Inner Journeys

  The two solo shows by Louise and Janelle Hardy on display at the Yukon Arts Centre this fall invite viewers into the artists' personal, emotional worlds.Both of them move into and through grief and heartbreak. Interestingly, this makes a place for

  Sep. 27, 2012

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  Out on His Own

  Aug. 02, 2012

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  Something About Clowns

  Not many people my age know it, that's for sure. If only there were a Mump and Smoot video game ... They even had a cult following back in the 1990s. That is a feat in itself, especially while calling themselves "Horror Clowns".

  Sep. 22, 2011

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  New Option for Film Fans

  Whitehorse film-goers have a new monthly option to indulge their tastes. The Yukon Film Society (YFS) and the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) have teamed up to present the Available Light Cinema series, starting this Sunday. "This is a vision that I've had

  Sep. 08, 2011

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  Musical Friends

  Hank Karr and Company and The Canucks will get together at the Yukon Arts Centre next week to do what they've been doing for more than half a century: giving audiences music that makes them want to dance.

  Jun. 16, 2011

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  Stories Move Through Still Films

  When you go to see Still Films at the Yukon Arts Centre, bring your imagination. Better yet, bring a friend and tell each other stories there, in the gallery, spinning off the images in front of you like jazz musicians.

  Apr. 07, 2011

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  Personal Migrations

  In the Yukon Arts Centre's Public Gallery, the Open Season exhibition presents work by four artists with relationships between Yukon and Ontario: two from Ontario who live here now (Douglas Drake and Scott Price), and two Ontarians who have been tran

  Feb. 17, 2011

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  Pop With a Gypsy Touch

  Don't let the name fool you. True, the Québec-based trio, The Lost Fingers, took its name from the two fingers of legendary gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt that were rendered useless in a fire, leading him to develop a unique and unmistakable ...

  Feb. 10, 2011

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  Holding Still

  Videos are usually moving pictures with sound. But Hannah asks his models to stand in silence. Quiet ambient clicking sounds make only understated use of the medium's sound capabilities. Like Agnes Martin's minimalist canvases of pencil lines

  Dec. 09, 2010

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  Telling our Northern Tales

  Storytelling heavyweights Ivan Coyote, Pat Braden and Yukon songwriter Kim Beggs will step onstage at the Yukon Arts Centre on October 28 in a collaborative, yet individual, showcase of their unique talents.

  Nov. 11, 2010

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  Kim Barlow's pan Canadian supergroup

  Performing about 60 shows Outside each year, we should not be surprised that the Yukon's own Kim Barlow has a lot of friends in the music business. And when she asked five of them to join her in an ensemble to take on tour, it is interesting to see

  Oct. 30, 2008