Katie Zdybel is a teacher and writer whose articles have appeared in numerous print and online publications.
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Katie Zdybel
The Largesse of Yukon Art
Harreson Tanner and Serena Kovalosky have just returned from a two-week scouting mission around the territory, but there is no sign of road-weary haggardness. Read more
The Joy of Drumming
The first time Lonnie Powell noticed the drums was when he was a kid at a wedding with his mom. He watched the drummer in the wedding band and thought to himself, "I want to try that." But it wasn't necessarily the drumming that caught his attentio Read more
Embrace the Colour Wheel
The hiss and sizzle of a homemade tortilla kissing the frying pan is a fond food memory of mine. Serious lovers of Mexican cuisine, my parents always made their own tortillas, guacamole, and salsa—the latter in behemoth batches made from my dad's Read more
All That Glitters
Flecks of gold sparkle in a miniature painting; jewelry made with a gem named 'fire citrine' creates a pool of golden light; the graceful swoops of porcelain pottery are delicately rimmed in gold. Read more
The Secret Ingredient
The Iron Chef, a competitive cooking show, opens with dramatic music, a swelling crescendo of exciting sound building as the camera zooms around a dramatically lit kitchen stage prepped with shining knives, mammoth cooking ranges and walk-in freezers Read more
International Potluck Party
Aman with dreadlocks dangling down his back sips a New Zealand-inspired kiwifruit cocktail. He's deep in conversation with a companion clothed in a gabbi (a traditional Ethopian tunic) who is sampling spicy peanut soup from Sierra Leone. Read more
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 a bold decision that would change the fate of his people. Read more
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, answering questions - focused on the puzzle pieces that must come together just before a Read more
Sharing Their Roots
Kim Beggs, Jonathan Byrd and Corin Raymond were driving from Medicine Hat to Calgary when I spoke with them about their current musical tour. But their eyes were cast on the Yukon. Read more