The Whitehorse United Church basement is filled – amidst chatter and laughter – with the sounds of setup.Somewhere a guitar is being tuned; elsewhere the “Check one, two; check, check, check one, two” is heard as...
Read MoreI released the cold brass doorknob and walked up a half-step into an invisible wall of ammonia, iodine, freezer-burned meat and brown-sauce stench so thick and acrid that my nose burned.The floor was shiny – impeccable – the...
Read MoreLike all good ideas, this one began in a coffee shop.Michael King, co-owner and operator of Bean North Coffee Roasting Company, had been looking for a way to promote canned coffee. “That’s the most environmentally...
Read MoreAs you may know, the poetry of the blues is full of metaphors that allude to acts involving one’s naughty bits. Often lyrics will allude to acts of defiance that, as in the case of Jim Crow-era America, name the oppressor...
Read MoreIt almost happened.That one sickening moment when we Yukoners look out the window and say, “That’s it … no more.”It was the morning of Saturday, Feb. 7, when our drapes opened to reveal a wall of snow...
Read MoreIt’s been three years, but How People Got Fire is ready for its world premiere at the Available Light Film Festival.”I started calling it, ‘How People Finally Got Fire’,” says Daniel Janke with a...
Read MoreAndrew Connors is very pleased with his 32-page program for the upcoming Available Light Film Festival.”Last year, it was 24 pages,” says the festival’s director.He explains that there are only slightly more...
Read MoreWhat goes together even better than peanut butter and chocolate, Laurel and Hardy, or ice cream and dill pickles?We think it is beer and music.We have been a long-time supporter of music in the Yukon, starting with our very...
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