Last Week on Yik Yak 11/24
Yik Yak is a social media app that allows people anonymously to create and view “Yaks” within a 5-mile radius. These Yaks are selected and compiled by Molly Putman / Layout Editor Are the person that...
View ArticleSCAG presents… visiting artist, Beth Cavener
Sarah Manriquez / Sun Star The UAF Student Ceramic Art Guild will host sculptor Beth Cavener Dec. 1-3 for a series of workshops and demonstrations of her art. Cavener is a full–time professional studio...
View ArticleStorytellers gather for Dark Winter Nights
Click to view slideshow. Kyrie Long / Copy Editor The usher of Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska—a live storytelling event produced by Rob Prince, Chair of the UAF Journalism Department—was...
View ArticleAwaken, Antagonist: a profile of Fairbanks death metal
Wyatt Wilcher / Sun Star A lot of the popular local music that comes from Fairbanks is acoustic, generally either acoustic or folk. One wouldn’t expect to find a melodic death metal band among majestic...
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‘Assimilation’ teaches historic lesson
Josh Hartman / Sun Star “No Dogs or whites allowed,” read a sign separating softer cushioned chairs from metal fold-up chairs. The sign, while not enforced, reflected the atmosphere of the play...
View ArticleConcert Board’s Winter Showcase in review
Click to view slideshow. Zayn Roohi / Photo Editor Four Fairbanks bands took to the stage late Friday night for the Concert Board’s first acoustic winter showcase. The showcase, which took place in the...
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Visiting Artist: Matt Kelleher
Sarah Manriquez / Photo Editor Ceramic artist and professor, Matt Kelleher, will be visiting the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Monday, Feb. 15 through Tuesday, Feb. 16. Kelleher will be conducting...
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‘Closer’ set to debut at UAF
Larry (Andrew Cassel) goes to a strip club where Alice (Katrina Kuhadich) works as a stripper. Their significant others just split up with both of them and are now a couple leaving Larry and Alice...
View ArticleMFA show brings variety to UAF gallery
Erin McGroarty / Sun Star Samples of work created by 6 of the Master’s of Fine Arts (MFA) program’s graduate students can be viewed in the Art Department gallery until Feb. 26. on weekdays from 9 a.m-5...
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UAF hosts 43rd annual Festival of Native Arts
Erin McGroarty / Sun Star The University of Alaska Fairbanks hosted the three-day Festival of Native Arts for the 43rd time last weekend. Continuing what began as a student- and faculty-led event in...
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Activist artists showcase ‘Guarded’ at UAF
Hannah Witherington / Contributor Currently on display in Arctic Java is “Guarded,” a photographic project created by artist Taylor Yocom. Yocom, along with her friend and collaborator KT...
View ArticleDrag Show: Kings, queens, supremes take the stage
Click to view slideshow. Kyrie Long / Copy Editor Attendees wearing drawn-on beards and immaculately styled wigs populated the Wood Center Ballroom Saturday night. Strobe lights danced along the...
View ArticleSpringFest approaches
Max Erickson / Sun Star This year’s SpringFest overlaps with Earth Day and takes place April 21-23. The Review of Infrastructure, Sustainability and Energy (RISE) board has been working closely with...
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UAF Students Place at Annual Ballroom Dance Competition
Sarah Manriquez / Photo Editor UAF sophomore Robyn Heineken’s bright pink dress flared out as freshman Ben Carstens spun her past his body in the final round for Novice Hustle on Friday, April 15 at...
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Giacomo Puccini’s Final Opera, Turandot, to be performed by the Fairbanks...
Max Erickson / Sun Star With the conductor’s command, the sounds of rehearsal overwhelmed all other noise in Davis Concert Hall. The drums exploded, the gongs clanged and clashed and the violins, bass...
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SCAG presents visiting artist Brenda Lichman
The Student Ceramics Arts Guild (SCAG) is bringing Brenda Lichman of Wichita, Kansas to present at UAF this month. Lichman is a functional potter who throws most of her work on the potter’s wheel. She...
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Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra celebrates National Parks
The Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra opens the season with a special National Parks Commemoration Concert this Sunday, Oct. 2 at 4 p.m. in the Charles W. Davis Concert Hall with a pre-concert lecture at 3...
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Texas composer celebrates Parks Centennial in Fairbanks
Still photographs and short video clips accompanied the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra’s multimedia performance of “Denali”, “Gates of the Arctic” and “Grand Canyon Suite”. Ellamarie Quimby/Sun Star...
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Visiting artist talks clay and balance
Lichman explains her process of altering the wheel-thrown forms, using custom tools and her hands. Lichman described her pots as unapologetically feminine, both in form and decoration. Ellamarie...
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MFA Show: “Works in Progress”
“Works in Progress” MFA Show, showcasing the artwork of 5 graduate students, opened in the UAF Art Gallery this past Tuesday, on Sept. 27th. The students featured in the 2016-2017 show — Jenny...
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