November 2-30, 2018: Manifest X

A collaboration by artists Jackson Polys & Robert Mills to create “new activations of ceremonial items” as “Indigenous people negotiating the complexities of settler colonialism”. Main Street Gallery Openings are always the first Friday of the month and are free and open to the public.

Main Street Gallery
330 Main Street
Ketchikan, Alaska

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

Join the Library during November for a month of writing: NaNoWriMo! Participants in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) are encouraged to write 50,000 words in 30 days. (Or, you could be a NaNo Rebel and write a short story, script, poetry, or revise an existing project). There will be weekly prizes for participants, a Grand Prize drawing at the end of the month, and lots of peer support and encouragement. The kick-off event will be Thursday, Nov. 1. Stop in any time between 3:00 – 6:00 pm to WRITE, SIGN UP for our Participation Program, and PERUSE through a selection of handouts specially picked to help you navigate through NaNoWriMo. Ongoing gatherings every Thursday, except Thanksgiving, and every Sunday in November.

Plus join the Library on November 17th for "A Night of Writing Dangerously" from 5 to 8pm.

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

Boombal Dance Hall November class schedule:

Monday, November 12, 19 and 26th, and December 3rd:

6:00 pm Doors open
6:15-6:55 pm East Coast Swing 101 for BRAND NEW beginners
7:00-7:30 pm East Coast Swing 3
7:35-8:05 pm Country Two Step

Friday, November 16th
Live Music Swing Dance at the Creek Street Cabaret

A quick lesson and review: 7:15-8:00 pm
8:00-10:00 pm Dance, dance, dance!!!

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.

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

The Arts Council will be closed in honor of Thanksgiving! Eat lots of turkey!!

The Annual Winter Arts Faire is our winter companion to the Blueberry Arts Festival, where community members come to see and purchase artwork from local artists. Unlike the Blueberry Arts Festival, the 2-day Winter Arts Faire features only handcrafted fine art and crafts. In its 29th year, the Faire is held annually over the Thanksgiving weekend. Having reached maximum capacity for booth holders (and parking) at the Ted Ferry Civic Center and Cape Fox Lodge in downtown Ketchikan, KAAHC decided to move the Faire to the Saxman Community Center in 2017. The SCC offers more room for vendors, more parking, all the vendors are in one location, and a large portion of the population is able to visit the Village of Saxman and the Saxman Community Center. Additionally, with the help of First Bank, the Winter Arts Faire Sponsor, we are able to provide creative activities for young people at the Faire!!!

Join us this year at the Saxman Community Center for the 29th Annual Winter Arts Faire!!!

Saturday, November 24th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, November 25th, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.