It’s First Friday time! This month we recommend checking out Christina Wilson’s “Iconic Anchorage Buildings” gallery at ALASKA CAKE STUDIO August 1 from 6-9 p.m. Enjoy your favorite dessert while looking at vibrant & colorful paintings that capture Anchorage’s unique architectural style.
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Looking for something uniquely Alaskan to do this weekend? Head to the Plein Air art event Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and watch art in the making while enjoying prizes and games. This event benefits Clare House and is held at the Hillside home of popular artists Don & Cindy Kolstad. Please click the link for a list of participating artists and more info. http://www.cssalaska.org/files/Events/Plein%20Air%202014/FinalText.pdf
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Matt Hopper & The Roman Candles are coming to Anchorage Community Works for an all-ages concert Friday, July 18. They’ll be joined by Peter Piek and Chris Watkins/Drunk poets.
Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/events/427400700734116/
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All ages concert at Anchorage Community Works Friday, July 25! Thunderfish, The Harlequin State, PJ Franco and The Burn-Outs and Dr. Zen. Doors open at 8 p.m., show starts at 9. Tickets are $10.
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Have you been to Bailiwick yet? It’s Anchorage’s new nifty, thrifty, kitschy store next to the 5th Avenue Parking Garage elevators.
They are having a Second Friday gallery event July 11 from 5-9 p.m. featuring local Alaska illustrators/ artists Lee Post and Lucas Elliott.
Lee Post’s show “Never Play Fair” is an irreverent tour of Anchorage’s greatest neighborhoods. Lucas Elliott shows his character and Alaskan illustrations. Enjoy gourmet cupcake creations, meet the artists and browse the shop.
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Ever wanted to be a part of a flash mob? Here’s your chance! Practices are held at Underground Dance Company, culminating in performances July 18 and August 23. Just $15 to join and you get a rad t-shirt!
E-mail udchiphop@gmail.com for more information or visit http://www.danceudc.com
There’s a rehearsal tonight!
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Anchorage City Limits Lofts – Lofts Hotel hosts an open mic night every Thursday from 7-11 p.m. Sign up to perform on their Facebook page or just show up. Each musician can perform up to three songs and your performance will be recorded.
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Get your hands dirty and create a small, artful planter with a plastic bottle at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center Saturday, June 28, from 2-4 p.m. Participants also can add to the museum’s garden installation. Dirt and a limited quantity of plants provided. Bring your own plastic bottle to reuse. This event is held in conjunction with the exhibition “Gyre: The Plastic Ocean.”
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Join A.L.A. at their CD release party Friday, June 27 at the Alaska Experience Theatre. Hope Cassidy and Adam Stewart bring their Americana Country music straight from Nashville. Tickets are just $10 for this all ages show. Show starts at 9 p.m.
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Calling all musicians! Join the Red, White and Blue Crew and 10 members of the University of Washington Husky Marching Band in Anchorage’s Fourth of July celebration on the Park Strip. Musicians age 12 and up are needed.
Free music available at the Music Man and Horn Doctor. Three rehearsals at the South High School band room, 7-9 p.m. July 1-3.
For more information visit http://www.Anchoragemarchingband.com