October 5-26, 2018: The Cultivated Table

Chef and artist Robin Leventhal present an exploration in free form ceramics with a collection of hand-built
oyster platters and accoutrement, celebrating the connection between touch, taste, texture, and terra.

Main Street Gallery
330 Main Street
Ketchikan, AK

Hours:
M, T, W, F - 9 am to 5 pm
Thu - 10 am to 5 pm
Sat - 11 am to 3 pm (except the last Saturday of the month)

Each week participants will discuss a short reading. Call 225-3331 for more information.

The Ketchikan Community Concert Band meets each Monday evening from 7 to 8:30 pm. Directed by Roy McPherson, the Band performs 3 times annually. If you are interested in being in the band pleas call Roy at 907-225-3650.

The Spring performance is January 12th at the Kayhi Auditorium at 3pm. Tickets are $15 for adults and youth under 18 are free.

The Ketchikan Community Chorus meets each Tuesday from 7 to 9pm at the Presbyterian Church. The next performance of the Chorus is December 8th and 9th at the Presbyterian church. Tickets will be available as the concert date approaches.

Drop-In Writing Sessions

The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council Board of Directors meet the third Wednesday of the month at 5:30pm.

Feel encouraged to wear your Regalia!! Contemporary or traditional regalia is welcome! This is the first Native Regalia Fashion Show in Ketchikan. If you would like to participate please contact ANB/ANS Camp 14 through their Facebook page link below!!

Work on your Northwest Coast art form in the company of fellow artists. Free! All are welcome!

NEW DATE!!!!!!!!!!! Changed from Oct. 6th to Oct. 19th

Beer & Brats – Bend your Elbow, Grill a Brat and help support the Arts!
October 19th, 2018
Creek Street Cabaret

Join the Arts Council, Bawden Street Brewing, Tatsuda’s IGA and Creek Street Cabaret in a mini “October Fest” Beer & Brats tasting. Fashioned after our popular Wine and Cheese Tasting fundraising events, our new Beer & Brats will feature Ketchikan’s newest brewery – Bawden Street Brewing – and an assortment delicious brats selected by Tatsuda’s own Joe Stollar.

Brew Master Sean Heisman will feature four beers he has created RIGHT HERE IN KETCHIKAN including one style that is unavailable in the United States except through microbreweries! Sean has selected these styles to pair with our brats. Following the tasting, feel free to join Sean back at Bawden Street Brewing for a short tour of the brewery and to purchase growlers, bottles or cans of your favorite style!

Introduction to Northwest Coast Carving
Instructor: Wayne Hewson
October 20 – 27, 2018
Monday – Friday, 6 – 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Registration Fee: $175/$150
Materials: cedar sold by length

Prerequisite: Introduction to Power Tools

Accomplished Tsimshian carver and experienced instructor Wayne Hewson of Metlakatla has created over twelve unique totem poles while demonstrating at Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary, and several poles and other carved pieces for local and national commissions. Hewson will introduce students to three-dimensional formline design, design transfer basics, and the tools and techniques of Northwest Coast carving. Students will create a dorsal fin or paddle with carved design. Students can use their paddle from Introduction to Power Tools. This class is a prerequisite for upper level carving classes.

The Monthly Grind is always the third Saturday of the month, September through May. $5 tickets - but if you bring a dessert to share you will get your ticket refunded!

This is the place to listen to Ketchikan's talents on the stage. Performances range from singer-song writer, to theater, to juggling, to hula hopping while dancing, while wearing a unicorn mask! (That really happened! It was COOL!!!)

Tickets are available in advance at Soho Coho and the Tongass Business Center.