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Courtney Nelson: March 2010
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Friday, March 26, 2010. Marvel Us Music: New Alaska rap label and release spur tour. For the Juneau Empire. Hip-hop and rap performers Daniel Buitrago, known as Soiled Seed, and Josh Boots will perform Friday night at The Hangar on the Wharf. Opening for them at 8 pm is Sea Life with DJ Judo. We're really excited about doing the Alaska tour," he said. "We've been to Sitka and Juneau before, but now I actually have my own CD to sell. I'm really excited to go to villages like Kotzubue and Bethel an...We wo...
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Courtney Nelson: February 2011
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Thursday, February 3, 2011. Lucid Reverie: An artists' space mixing business with pleasure. FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE. Soon after starting up their business, Race and Suring moved from grandma’s basement into a space downtown in the Emporium Mall. They’ve been there for more than nine years. 8220;Where we’re located was a wood shed to store fuel for the boiler,” said Race. The space has hosted many other businesses in addition to the laundry. It was a blacksmith for knife-making and horse-shoeing, a tatt...
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Courtney Nelson: October 2011
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Open Artists Studios in October. FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE. The first open studio event of its kind begins this week on First Friday, and continues throughout the month of October. Participating artists will have an art piece hanging at the Franklin Street Gallery at the Baranof Hotel, and most will have their art studios open for public viewing at different times during October. She complimented him in person and he offered to teach her how to paint. She went twice a week fo...
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Courtney Nelson: October 2010
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Monday, October 18, 2010. Artists' spaces: Playhouse turned artist's retreat. For the Juneau Empire. Landscape artist Constance Baltuck's space for creating is tucked away in the Juneau flats, on a grassy plot of land next to Gold Creek with a view of Mt. Roberts from the porch. Before becoming her studio, the small house on 10th Street had been used as a getaway spot from her family's main home just a few blocks away, an arrangement she admits is unusual. I want it grounded in reality, because that's wh...
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Courtney Nelson: January 2011
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Sunday, January 2, 2011. Open doors and big windows. FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE. The Canvas Community Art Studio and Gallery is an inspired artists’ space. Located downtown on the corner of Seward and Second streets, the thriving three-room artists’ studio brings together REACH artists who experience disabilities and other local artists in a new model for successful social integration and inclusion. 8220;There are hundreds of direct service providers who work one-on-one with REACH clients who go out with peop...
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Courtney Nelson: December 2011
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Sunday, December 4, 2011. Downtown dilemma: Life on the street. November 24, 2011 - 04:10am. Downtown dilemma: Life on the street. FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE. Freelance writer Courtney Nelson interviewed several people who are living on the streets about their lives and their drinking habits for this first-person article. We are using only their first names. Emily has three children, ages 4, 6 and 7. Emily met the father of her children the first time she was homeless in 2002. As of early November, sh...She q...
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Courtney Nelson: July 2011
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Saturday, July 2, 2011. DJ Manu - Making a scene. FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE. Manuel Hernandez loves to DJ almost as much as he loves to dance. Hernandez, who goes by DJ Manu, has become an integral part of the local DJ scene, an activity he juggles with running a downtown shop, Choco Boutique, with his wife Dana. Hernandez says the late night DJ lifestyle is difficult to maintain while running a business. 8220;That’s why I look like a vampire — because I’m working at night,” he said. In 2010 Hernandez got in...
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Courtney Nelson: May 2010
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Monday, May 10, 2010. Feng Shui, personal directions: Feeling lucky? My last column, "Feng Shui for life," encouraged readers to pick a space that needed energy work and to clear the clutter and grime, inviting prosperity with Feng Shui. This second part will touch on personal directions, bad "sha" energy and adjustments. Now add 5 and continue adding until there's one digit. On the last step, men should subtract 10 instead of adding 5. Whala - your kua! Start with bedroom basics. Most importantly, upon ...
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Courtney Nelson: December 2012
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Thursday, December 20, 2012. Brother and Sister raised on music. FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE. When Lahna Deering was just a baby and her brother Morgan was 7, their parents Dave and Joan Deering bought a mobile home, packed up the family, and left British Columbia in search of gold. Dave Deering, a mining engineer, took jobs in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico while Joan cooked for the miners and homeschooled her kids. Dave Deering came from a family of musicians: his grandfather was a music instructor, ...
