Traditional Filipino Dance & Music Classes!!! Details are being firmed up but contact Czarina for more information!!!

A fabulous night will be had by all!

KCCB rehearses for the December 21st, 2025, 3pm performance in the Kayhi Auditorium!!

National Day of Remembrance of Indigenous Boarding Schools, or Orange Shirt Day, began as a day to bring attention to the damage the residential school system did to Indigenous children, lifeways, and cultures.

Beginning in the late 1800s, the US government and various church groups began establishing boarding (or residential) schools for American Indian and Alaska Native children. The children were forcibly removed from their families and cultures. These schools were intended to "civilize" Native children and assimilate them into white culture. This amounted to cultural genocide. The first boarding school in Alaska was established in 1878 by Presbyterian missionaries, and in the decades that followed boarding schools opened across Alaska. The Alaska Native Heritage Center has located over 100 residential schools in Alaska, a number that continues to grow. Alaska Native children were also taken from their homeland to schools across the US.

Sign up for a spot at the Winter Arts Faire!!!! Artists are placed on a first come, first serve basis, with returning vendors receiving priority placement. Returning Vendors have until September 30th to retain priority placement.

Applications open Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025, at 12pm.

Rehearsals are every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30pm

Held at the First United Methodist Church - 400 Main Street

The Winter Concerts will be:

Sunday, December 7th, 2025, 3pm
Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, 7pm
First United Methodist Church

Traditional Filipino Dance & Music Classes!!! Details are being firmed up but contact Czarina for more information!!!

Bring your ukulele and have some fun playing with the group.
Meets on Wednesdays at 3:45pm at the Inn at Creek Street!

Kick off Filipino American History Month at Diaz Cafe on October 1st!

The Diaz Cafe has partnered with KETCHIKAN KAPAMILYA and Mana - Filipino American History in Alaska to kick off Filipino-American History Month with a special night celebrating the history of Diaz Cafe and Clara Diaz.

The history of Diaz Cafe will be shared through archival photos and stories, with a special exhibit from Mana, celebrating Clara Diaz.

Takeout rice plates and lumpia will be available for purchase.

ELIGIBILITY
All individuals currently living in Alaska are invited to apply. Any visual and 2D media is accepted, with the knowledge that some manipulation may need to be done to the final product for merchandise rendering (see Design Tips for more details).

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Applications are due online on the form hosted at: akfolkfest.org

Artists are required to submit:

Minimum 2 examples of previous work
Short Artist bio
Simple sketch of your AFF Poster idea
Short description detailing your AFF Poster idea

Oct 1, 2025 - Submissions due to AFF Board

Oct 15, 2025 - Artist selection announced

Dec 1, 2025 - Final draft due to AFF Board

Each week at approximately 8:20 am KRBD hosts the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council for their weekly report on arts and humanities in Ketchikan and the surrounding area. Get a synopsis of the local music scene, performances, Gallery exhibits, pop-ups, and Calls to artists. The Arts Report often features special guests from the Ketchikan Theatre Ballet, Artists, and Curators. Tune in weekly to KRBD 105.3 FM Ketchikan, Metlakatla and Saxman, 107.1 FM North Ketchikan, Ward Cove, and Ketchikan, 101.7: Craig, 90.7: North Point Higgins, 90.1: Mountain Point, Hydaburg, Klawock, and Thorne Bay.
If you would like your event to be aired in the Arts Report please let us know by the Thursday prior.

$15 ADMISSION
This traveling duo will be performing all around town during their visit to Alaska's tropical paradise of southern Southeast, with a performance scheduled at the Pioneer Home, Creek Street Cabaret, and the Main Street Gallery!

Artist Cammie May creates a love letter to Craig, Alaska’s Ward Cove Cannery in a nostalgic and in-depth exhibition documenting one of Craig’s historic landmarks with striking detail and whimsy.

PLUS come to the Gallery on Saturday, October 4th at 11am for Cammie's Artist Presentation. Cammie will give a brief history of the Ward Cove Cannery with historic photos and will share her approach to creating the works in her exhibit.

The ARTober Art Walk, presented by the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council, features local artists and art galleries in Ketchikan, Alaska. Visit local shops and see what Ketchikan's creatives have been up to! You will certainly be delighted and inspired - PLUS find some great food and listen to local musicians! Don't forget to visit the Main Street Gallery at 330 Main Street for our October exhibition!

Even if its raining sideways - the ARTober Art Walk is ALWAYS a fun evening!!!!