Weekly Calendar of Upcoming Events and Performances
To add your event added to our Arts and Culture Calendar, please contact us at:
info@KetchikanArts.org
907-225-2211
Open Mic with Joe Williams IV
KAAHC Closed
We are closed in observance of Labor Day, but we will return tomorrow!
Call to Artists: 2026 Screenplay Competition
The Anchorage International Film Festival invites writers and narrative artists to submit to their 2026 Screenplay Competition.
AIFF accepts feature screenplays, television pilots and short scripts. This opportunity may be appropriate for screenwriters, filmmakers, playwrights, fiction writers and other artists who create stories across different forms.
Anyone with a completed script is encouraged to submit by September 8.
Writers may use discount code AIFFWRITER for 50% off their screenplay submission.
Spark & Salvage Workshop - Homeschool Classes Begin
Programs start September 8th at The Plaza!
Spark & Salvage Workshop is offering homeschool classes for grades K-12 in the form of specialized programs for different age groups.
The classes are structured as 4-week series, meeting 2 days a week a The Plaza.
Tuesday Open Mic
Story Slam - Theme "My Word"
September's Story Slam theme is "My Word"!
Signups at 7:00 PM, stories at 7:30 PM. $3 at the door.
The Ukelele Group
Bring your ukulele and have some fun playing with the group.
Meets on Wednesdays at 3:45pm at the Inn at Creek Street!
Arts Report on KRBD
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.
Be The Change with Kahlil Greene
"Greene will demonstrate how effective leadership and proactive advocacy online can drive social change, encouraging people to kickstart their own activism using the most effective strategies of the 21st century." -UAA Wendy Williamson
Kahlil Greene, also known as the “Gen Z Historian”, is a 2x Emmy-nominated, Forbes 30 U 30 Honored, Peabody Award-winning, and New York Times, WSJ, and Variety Magazine recognized digital educator with nearly 1 million followers and 50 million views across his TikTok, Instagram, and Substack profiles. He has authored op-eds about Gen Z and social impact in the Washington Post, LA Times, and Harvard Business Review. Kahlil also graduated from Yale with a degree in History and served as the college’s first-ever Black student body president. He is now a full-time, self-employed speaker, influencer, and educator and is known for his newsletter, "History Can’t Hide", which dives into stories of American politics and culture. He was a correspondent on Nickelodeon’s revival of the critically acclaimed Nick News series, and produced a historical docuseries on National Geographic in 2024. In 2025, TIME Magazine named Kahlil one of the 100 most important people on the internet. Kahlil’s main goal is to share knowledge about history, culture, and politics to make young people more informed about the world around them.
Open Mic with Evan Porter & Mario Sumner
Square Dance!!!
All are welcome!!! All dances are taught - Live music by The Free Radicals!!!
Live Music @ the New York Cafe
Weekly live music to accompany your dining or drinking. No reservations and the place can fill up quick. Some Fridays might not have a performance, so be forewarned of unexpected cancellations. The playlists on speaker are generally great enough, so either way its worth a Friday night social hour.
Image Credits
TOP ROW (L-R)
Stephen Jackson, Seward Shame Pole, Saxman, Alaska, 2017 - Ketchikan Community Concert Band, image credit Felix Wong - Evy Posey, "Cosmic Wyvern", Mixed UP the 35th Annual Wearable Art Show, 2021 – Ricardo Búrquez, "My World", 2016 - Evon Zerbetz & Rich Stage, "A Trip to the Library", 2012 - Terry Pyles, "Yeltatzie Salmon", 2015
BOTTOM ROW (L-R)
Kathy Flora, Marcie Pungowiyi, New Path Dancers, "Thunder”, ShapeShift the 26th Annual Wearable Art Show, 2012, image credit Ernie Meloche - Rhonda Green, Tongass Historical Museum entry gate, 2021 - Ketchikan Theatre Ballet, Spring Gala "The Four Seasons" May 2021 - Nathan Jackson, "New Thundering Wings", 2016 – First City Players, "39 Steps", Jack Finnegan, 2021, image credit Jeff Fitzwater - Jackie Keizer "Sailing Off Into A Tequila Sunrise", Mixed UP the 35th Annual Wearable Art, image credit Jeanette Sweetman 2021 - Shawna Hofmann, Andiamo Dance Company, image credit Jeanette Sweetman, 2021- Ricardo Búrquez, “Pipe Junction” 2021 - Isreal Shotridge, Chief Johnson's Totem Pole, Ketchikan, AK. 1955

