Niel LaBute’s psychologically brutal plays shocked audiences in the 1990’s. I wondered how a modern college would handle his work. On Friday night, the UAF cast and crew of “The Shape of Things” gripped the audience like a vice for two stunning hours. LaBute would love it.

One of the more notorious artifacts on display at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is Bus 142, also called The Magic Bus, or as I thought of it when I first laid eyes on it, “That’s the bus from ‘Into the Wild.” For others who are newcomers to UAF, it may also be one of the things that leaves the strongest impression on them. Why would an old bus that has not been able to drive since 1960 be so memorable?

Three years after the Covid shutdown, Liz Bolton looks back on Dr. Seuss Day in a kindergarten classroom in early March of 2020 (when things still felt normal) and the weeks afterward (when they no longer did).

After the unprecedented success of 2018’s Black Panther, any sequel would face an uphill battle in order to match the original film. While not as groundbreaking as the original film, Wakanda Forever is an adequate but bloated sequel that fulfills its many duties as a superhero film.

How does one sit to write a review of poems? Are they not secrets kept by the poet, to be shared only with each reader, the secrets shifting just as the form and the words do, page to page? Hannah Dow’s Rosarium, a spry yet fleeting collection of poetry, seems designed to answer this very question.

This opinion piece is about the over-sexualization of coffee huts in Fairbanks. It goes into depth how the sexualized nature of coffee huts is made worse by owners who bar men from getting hired and allowing customers to get away with saying inappropriate things to workers without consequences.

On December 16, 2022, after thirteen years of developing the technology needed to film motion-capture underwater, shooting the live-action mo-cap, visual effects breakthroughs, and pandemic delays, Avatar: The Way of Water finally made it to theaters. With Cameron’s fascination and propensity for powerful, water-driven narrative, does The Way of Water live up to expectations?

This article is part one in an occasional series about biases, what they do to us as a culture and as individuals. In this week’s edition, Dr. Kitts discusses ageism, which runs both in the old and the young.

Owning a two-wheel drive vehicle should not prevent from getting outside this winter. Tanner Purdy takes us through some of her favorite accessible wintertime trails.

This isn’t necessarily a hike, walk, or run, but it is definitely an epitome of a “true Alaskan experience”… Last weekend, I had a friend visiting me – I had never been dog mushing before, so we looked into it. If you have the chance this winter, get out and get on a dog sled; being on that sled was unlike anything I have ever done before in my whole life.

Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohen, and Sarah Jarosz join the Fairbanks Concert Association for a performance which honors the memory of legend David Crosby.

On Friday night, those at the Pub were graced with a fortuitous rendition of Medium Build’s music by a talented group of artists on guitar, bass, drums, and accompanying vocals.

June, in Alaska, is the best and the worst time to go hiking all year. Emma Corby takes us through a the ups and downs of a June hike at Granite Tors.

Hidden pollutants and climate change effects are brought to light in Tehya McLeod’s art exhibit “Exploring Shifting Landscapes”.

Her beautiful collection of acrylic landscapes with layered colors aims to evoke respect for the land around us. McLeod’s adventurous Alaskan childhood instilled a love for the environment that inspires her paintings.

Sometimes, a poetry book arrives that defies coherence even for the most ardent fans of experimental literature.

Kimberly Nicholas describes how she came to know Cottonwood buds, and their many uses as a herbal medicine and remedy.

A Czech, a German, and an American are driving out to mile 25 of Chena Hot Springs road, the typical start to a classic fairytale, right? In this Disney special, these three come together to get a new magic carpet. In this scene, we’ll refer to that magic carpet as a glowing yellow, 1979 Dodge D200 truck that would be named, “The Brick”.

Continuing his review series, Conor watches the 2022 film Nope and decides whether it lives up to writer/director Jordan Peele’s Academy Award winning reputation.

Emma ranks her hardest hike yet while reaping beautiful rewards. Beware, though, climbing Bison Gulch is not for the inexperienced or faint of heart.