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News Release First Alaskans Institute First Alaskans Institute (FAI), a statewide Alaska Native advocacy nonprofit, is proud to announce our 11th Annual Howard ....
New York Stage and Film Commits $100,000 to Support Artists with NEXUS Initiative New York Stage and Film, considered “one of the preeminent incubators for theater in the country,” has committed $100,000 to their new NEXUS Initiative that brings together 20 multi-hyphenate artists to explore the question “where does story exist at the intersection of stage and film?” Through this inaugural program, NYSAF will offer direct support to these artists – each participant receives $5,000 and will take part in a series of conversations focused on the needs of new and expanded forms of storytelling that resonate with our time. In order to increase access to the program and respond to the ideas of a broad range of storytellers, these 20 participants were recommended by 14 leading artists of stage and film for their accomplishments in exploring new forms of storytelling. The leading artists selection committee includes Ayad Akhtar, César Alvarez, Luis Castro, Elsie Choi, ....
’Wild Rivers, Wild Rose, ’ by Sarah Birdsall In keeping with the theme of my most recent review, let’s return again to the subarctic noir genre, this time with Talkeetna author Sarah Birdsall. “Wild Rivers, Wild Rose” is her latest book, and it’s one that shouldn’t be missed. Set in and around the fictional town of Susitna Station (a clear stand-in for Talkeetna), it weaves in and around the middle 20th century, drawing readers into an imagined community shattered by an unresolved triple homicide at a nearby mine. The story opens on Sept. 29, 1941, with one of the three slayings. On the first page, Anna Harker feels the murder weapon, an ax, come down three times on her body. She is left dying on the tundra, having not seen her assailant, and begins reminiscing about her life in Alaska and what had brought her to her impending death, a short distance away from the mine she and her husband Henry operate. ....