Comets Abound in Yukon Night Skies
Our Yukon night skies are hosting some special cosmic interlopers for the next couple of months, including Comet Garradd. This little fuzz ball of a
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Issue: 2011-11-24
Breeding and Feeding
Thanks to everyone who pointed out that the Coombs test I mentioned last month was a related test, but not the right one. The Coggins
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Artrepreneur: Vastly Entertaining
Cruelty makes good comedy. There’s something fascinating and often hilarious about watching one character tear into another. And as the Song of Songs warns us,
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The Karaoke Karate Kid
Curtis Grahauer does not take himself too seriously. An artist in residence this month at the Macaulay House in Dawson City, Grahauer blurs the lines
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A Lesson in Taking Shots
I play ping pong every Thursday evening at 6:15 p.m. The Dawson table tennis club has generated attention from the media over past year. One
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Some of the Best Wines You’ve Never Tasted
This past weekend I had a very tasty bottle of red wine that I will be going back to buy more of. It was a
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Loaded for Laughs
It’s the night of the first big snowfall, and that sound you’re hearing is the explosion of standup comedy in Whitehorse. At the Jarvis Street
Avalanche Aware
As the first fatality of the 2011-2012 snow season is reported (a snowmobiler in Prince George, B.C.), Kristie Simpson muses that the timing for the
A Shape-Shifting Artist
Leslie Leong moves like a hummingbird around Gallery 22. It is the opening night of her exhibit, SHIFT, and she is adjusting art, giving directions,
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Capturing Character in Clay
It is a well-known piece of Yukon history: when gold fever rolled through the Klondike area in the 1890s, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in leader Chief Isaac made
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The Key of Cree
By the time Ed Peekeekoot arrives in Watson Lake for a house concert on November 24, he will have given nearly 50 performances since July.