MAYO The Village of Mayo, named most astutely after a certain Alfred H. Mayo, one-time circus acrobat, is hosting, for the fifth year in a row, a back-bendingly large assortment of homegrown artistic and musical talent. Set this year on summer solstice, June 21, the Mayo Arts Festival, along the banks of the Stewart River …
With the departure of What’s Up Yukon founding editor Darrell Hookey, last week (may he live out his retirement never again checking for typos), it falls to your guest editor to hold down the fort. You may remember me from my last stint here in June, when I filled in while Darrell was away on …
By the time you read this, I will hopefully have completed my first marathon. I say “hopefully” because finishing a whole marathon still seems like an impossible dream for me. Back in February, fed up with cabin fever, I strapped on a pair of low-cut hiking shoes and headed up the Black Street stairs and …
There are many ways to enjoy the midnight sun. Fishing, hiking and gardening are all popular, but how about running a marathon? That’s right, on June 23, Mayo will host the 17th annual Mayo Midnight Marathon. The marathon began in 1996 as a 32-participant event. Now over 200 runners and walkers are attracted to the …
When the good folks at What’s Up Yukon asked me to fill in for their editor, Darrell Hookey, during his well-deserved honeymoon vacation, two things went through my mind. First, I had sworn many years ago that I’d never again work on a weekly paper. I had done it many years ago in Vancouver, and …
