Stories @ Latitude 56 (The Radio Edition)
Posted by Leila Kheiry | May 6, 2021
KRBD and the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council have teamed up to bring you a pandemic-style version of the popular KAAHC’s Stories @ Latitude 56. Below are recordings of the program that aired on Dec. 5th and Jan. 9th, with host Jack Finnegan.
Dec. 5th:
There will be plenty of stories to be shared once the monthly Stories at Latitude 56 program resumes in-person in May.
After taking a break from the usual Creek Street Cabaret setting to adapt a radio program in the wake of the ongoing pandemic, the event is picking up right where it left off, at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month.
Jack Finnegan, the program s host for the past five years, says the program has been a longtime First City favorite and that enthusiasm for the event hasn t dampened during the pandemic. I regularly get asked about it when I encounter people in the grocery store and so on, Finnegan told the Daily News during a recent interview.
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2021 Sam Pitcher Memorial Scholarship Recipients
Sunday PM (SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - The Sam Pitcher Memorial Scholarship Fund earlier this month announced the two Ketchikan students selected to receive 2021 Sam Pitcher Music Scholarships. The students are 7th grader Elaina Etten and 8th grader Myleigh Sambrano. They each will receive $700 to attend Sitka Fine Arts Camp.
Elaina Etten is a vocalist who also plays the ukulele. In addition to singing in the school choir, she has performed at The Monthly Grind and with First City Players in Jazz Cabaret. Elaina has always loved to sing and is also interested in writing music. She looks forward to getting additional professional advice, and more practice at SFAC. Elaina hopes to sing professionally some day. She is the daughter of Jennifer and Rusty Etten.
Cameo McRoberts first exhibit at the Main Street Gallery focuses on creating new scenes by shaking up old images. Taken out of Context opens on Jan. 8, and features McRoberts collage-style artwork that provides a new perspective on women through images and text taken from old magazines, posters, books and other materials.
Speaking to the Daily News via phone on Tuesday afternoon, McRoberts explained she had always considered herself to be crafty, but was now embarking on an artist s journey.
That inspiration came from realizing that my interests (in) creating art and stuff go a little bit deeper than some of the things I was doing in the past, McRoberts said.