A Hare in the Mountains
One alert touch of a singular energy tingles the collar of my boot as tough pad flat back feet startle my wakeful doze, golden fatigue […]
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“Agnostic Electric Gospel”
Ushering in haunting and beautiful songs, Vanessa Boyd remembers a compliment that struck to the core of her art: “A man in Nepal came up
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“Solid Fuel” Blasts Out of the School of Rock
Who says kids can’t rock? Solid Fuel, band brainchild of music teacher Graeme Peters, features astounding performances from kids aged 10 to 15. Peters originally
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Exposing Myself to Serenity
Meditation: not my strong suit. In fact, I suck at it. Sampling various techniques in the past led me to the conclusion I was destined
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If I Could Ski With the Animals …
I could put it off no longer. Since work began on our trail (thank you Chris and Cole!), I could think of nothing but cross-country
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Gay community sees hope in The Laramie
Then I was at the Big Band Dessert and Dance Saturday night, I saw a handsome man across the crowded room. Fat chance that I
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Help Us, Entertain You
Which APTN programs do you like to watch? Would you watch them online? What do you like most about our network? What would you change
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Guten Tag! Wie Geht’s? Good Afternoon! How Are You?
I have been learning and speaking German for the past 27 years now. It’s getting there; can’t complain as I am happy with my progress,
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Frostbite Festival Features
Strong singer-songwriters and high-energy techno-twist bands support this year’s Frostbite Festival, a celebration of diverse music. Artistic director Eric Epstein says this year’s festival is
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Hunting for High School in Old Crow
Most teachers prepare for class with chalkboards, hour-by-hour lesson plans, and neatly aligned desks. Stan Njootli, Sr.’s preparation involves jerry cans, tarps and well-maintained boat
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I Can See Slowly Now
Perfect hangover activity: deleting old emails from 2004 (gmail) or 2007 (when I first joined Facebook) or 2006 (start of my Yahoo account for Air
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Big Band Swings East
Nita Collins has two distinct musical passions, and she’s following both. This Saturday night, Whitehorse gets to see her work as musician, choreographer and dancer
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Decaying Blues
Decaying blues, psychedelic folk noir, ghost gospel – the music of Timber Timbre builds haunting songs with the smouldering-ember feel of frontman Taylor Kirk’s lonesome
Aboriginal Day Live
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is set to stage its annual celebration of National Aboriginal Day in Canada. This year’s fifth anniversary event will be
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Colour Me Mayo
Mayo is often Yukon’s hot spot in the summer, and this Saturday June 18,2011 it’s the hot spot for the arts and the Mayo Arts Festival
Green Eggs and Moose
I like to eat them by the lake, I like to eat them when I skate, I’d share them with a fox or goose, I
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Girls With Guitars
The Town of Faro will soon be taken over by teenage girls on a mission. Musical instruments in hand, they will immerse themselves in music
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A Dempster Special
One morning on the highway outside of Tombstone Territorial Park’s campground, I was sipping a much-needed coffee. It was Weekend on the Wing, and three
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An Afternoon at the House of Terror In Budapest
There are times when I joke with friends about the appeal of socialism. After visiting the House of Terror, a museum in Budapest dedicated to
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Cold Feats
Three young Yukon women discovered a way to tackle winter head-on this year: take up training for a winter marathon, and voilà, there you are
Affected by Festivals
Coachella, Shambhala, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo! What language am I speaking? I’m speaking music festivals, maaan. We’ve all been to one, and we’ve all earned that piece
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Finding Wonder in Wood
The subtle aromas of cedar, basswood and paint scent the air in the Arts Underground gallery as you view the representations of frog, raven, eagle,
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Alive with Music
For seven years, Digging Roots’ lead guitarist, Raven Kanatakta could not pick up an instrument. “My arms and hands weren’t working,” he says. “I was
Horror Picture Show
As a child, storyteller and projection artist Daniel Barrow shielded his eyes from glimpsing the jackets of horror films in the video store. With puberty,
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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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Breaking the Chains of Chronic Pain
This pain can feel unrelenting. I can’t do the things l like to do.” “I’m crabby and can’t think straight. My friends don’t want to
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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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Disembarking at Yukon College
Halin de Repentigny’s canoe has a new home. On November 16 at 10 a.m., the 30-foot long by six-foot wide canoe was set to be
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iCame, iFilmed and iConquered the iPad
Tell me a joke” our instructor, Richard, says to the class on the first day of our iPad movie-making course. Awkward silence. All eight participants
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Bunny Love
Contemplating moving from Toronto to Dawson, I thought a lot about what I’d be giving up. I didn’t anticipate all the “firsts”
Candy’s Dandy
Season two of The Candy Show is coming to APTN on October 27. The exciting and hilarious Candy Show is back with your backstage pass
Finding Her New Voice
When Caroline Drury-Márkos last performed at the Yukon Arts Centre, she was a jazz crooner with the popular Peter Drury Trio. When she returns next
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First Lady of Northern Gardening
One hundred years ago, the Yukon’s First Lady, Martha Louise Black, set about making a statement with her gardens. Black moved into the Commissioner’s Residence
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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
A Life-changing Garden Event
I think it’s fitting that the most important event in my life happened while I was digging up my garden. Last week my daughter and
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Doing It for Dad
When we talk about dying of embarrassment, it is meant to be a figure of speech. Dying of embarrassment is sheer hyperbole. Except when it
In a Different Light
My first conversation with Andreas Horvath was right after I’d seen Views of Retired Night Porter at the Dawson City International Short Film Festival. The
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An Autistic Boy’s Best Friend
Six-year-old Brendan Nash has a devoted buddy who helps him through his day. Roscoe, a 27-month-old black lab, is a specially trained Autism Assistance Dog
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Fall Time Shouldn’t Mean “Fall” Time!
Many of us watch shows like America’s Funniest Videos and laugh when people are tripping, slipping and falling all over the place. Though this is
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A Ramadan Saturday Night: Impressions of Istanbul
I arrived in Turkey enroute from Budapest, sleep-deprived, with one of my favourite songs, Istanbul Not Constantinople, playing on repeat in my head. I wanted
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Heart on a String
After six years, Winnipeg singer-songwriter Greg MacPherson is coming back to play for the Yukon. His voice drips with energy and passion in anticipation of
Building the Next Standard
Kobayashi + Zedda Architects (KZA) are defining design in the Yukon with projects dotting the landscape. Their work embodies the meaning of adapting and developing
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Belting a Brighter Blues
Matt Andersen can really sing. With a range spanning from powerful baritone to delicate and intricate, he drives his music with a confidence and ability
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A Hunter’s Tale
At the cusp of fall, I sit wondering how the 2012 hunting season will play out for my family, friends and me after last year’s
A Day in the World’s Best Job
I’ve heard it said that park rangers have the best job in the world. Maybe it’s true. After all, how many people get to work
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A Run With Perfection
Aged to Perfection (ATP) is a team of “masters plus” female runners that participates in the Klondike Trail of ’98 International Road Relay each year.
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Bloom to Bloom
On July 30 and 31, Dawson City will be visited by two judges, scrutinizing the town in the Communities in Bloom (CiB) program, and ranking
A Gathering of Nations
Moosehide Gathering organizer Allison and her sister Shauna Kormendy laugh to think of the length of time the gathering has been happening. “A long time,”
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Carving Whilst Drinking
There’s an ongoing story surrounding Scott Rogers’ Meanders Into Nonesuch Place. At the center of this story is Jan Welzl, an Arctic explorer, locksmith and
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Hot, Pressed Beards
Beards, chainsaws, ingenuity, beards, rusty trucks, dogs, beards, puns, beards and beards, and grinning balls of lichen—these are the things the Klondike Drawing Company (KDC)
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Breaking the Stitchin’ Trail
Sarah McHugh has sold many mittens over the past winter. The Dawson City artist’s hand-stitched hide and fur garments have been shipped to five different
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Google Gardeners
I made my first real gardening faux pas this week. I cut down the rhubarb. All of it. Sawing through the base of the stalks
Beefer Madness
The first thing that comes to mind when you think of the Klondike might not be cattle. But the men who moil for gold need
Feeding Your Micro-herd
Hi! This is your micro-herd talking. You didn’t think you were keeping livestock, and we can understand that. We are really really small. But signs
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Folk Music in Overdrive
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival, and as anticipated, it shaping up to be quite the event. “I’ve been
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From Rendezvous to Recording
There are three ways to get a CD made. The traditional way is to pay your dues, playing live and building up your experience and renown,
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Cooking With Friends
A cookbook doesn’t have to be written by Jamie Oliver or Julia Child to become a favourite in someone’s kitchen. Often the recipes that get
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Bohemian Belles
The Bohemian look will always be a classic. It may seem effortless but it really is anything but. It’s a style that comes together by
Bright Rhythms of Light
Halin de Repentigny, mysterious Yukon painter, experienced trapper and musher, is well known for his vibrant Yukon scenes of fishing, dog sledding and historical townscapes.
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Another Word (or Two) About What’s Up Yukon
This is the second and final part of a cyber-chat between What’s Up Yukon editors Meg Walker in Dawson City and Ken Bolton in Whitehorse.
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Getting the ‘keys’ to the Carhartts
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
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Copper Moon Gallery welcomes all artists
As soon as Nerissa Rosati leaves the room, Harreson Tanner leans over and says, “Talk about what an amazing person I get to work with.”
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Fishing for a Distraction
The temperature was to drop, the weekend was free, the kids healthy and keen. Add two Dads going stir crazy inside and you’ve got the
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