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Rylie Rosychuk does graffiti in places where he is allowed, like the Heart of Riverdale, where he takes an arts class. (Dylan MacNeil/Yukon News)

Prolific Yukon graffiti artist inspires young man to pick up the spray can

While Whitehorse accelorates efforts to clean up graffiti, Sorem is practising his lettering.

Dawson City Music Festival (DCMF) in 2010. Andrea Vincent, DCMF executive director, announce via press release on April 15 that this summer's festival will be cancelled for the first time in 42 years. (Justin Kennedy/Yukon News files)

Everything you need to know about the Yukon’s 2023 music festival season

From acoustic jams to local rock and thunderous electronic beats — there is something for everyone

Playing Fields is Chop Theatre’s latest touring performance work that uses sport as a creation entry point. Chop Theatre will be in Whitehorse in June leading a youth program on using recording equipment for interviewing others. (Courtesy/Chop Theatre)

Workshop for youth teaches the art of interviewing

Participants will also become skilled in using recording equipment

  • May 25, 2023
Hunting is featured on <em>Yukon </em><em>Harvest</em>. (Courtesy/Rogue River Films Inc.)

Yukon Harvest season 2 returns

Television program will air on APTN May 9 after almost two years of filming

Hunting is featured on <em>Yukon </em><em>Harvest</em>. (Courtesy/Rogue River Films Inc.)
CBC Kids Book Club Live will visit the Whitehorse Public Library on May 10. (Yukon News file)

CBC Kids Book Club Live hosts Whitehorse event

CBC hosts Janaye and Gary the Unicorn will share their love of reading at Whitehorse library event

CBC Kids Book Club Live will visit the Whitehorse Public Library on May 10. (Yukon News file)
Raven by Berlin’s still hungry is a contemporary circus that uses a mix of dance, acrobatics and words to focus on the tension and contradictions inherent in motherhood. It performs at the Yukon Arts Centre on May 6. (Courtesy/Andy Phillipson)

Circus show presents the many sides of motherhood

Raven by Berlin’s still hungry is a contemporary circus that mixes dance, acrobatics and words.

Raven by Berlin’s still hungry is a contemporary circus that uses a mix of dance, acrobatics and words to focus on the tension and contradictions inherent in motherhood. It performs at the Yukon Arts Centre on May 6. (Courtesy/Andy Phillipson)
The Whitehorse Community Choir’s largest choir is seen performing in December 2022. The choir will again take to the stage of the Yukon Arts Centre on April 28 and 29 for its spring concert that will also be performed in Atlin, British Columbia May 5. (Courtesy/Whitehorse Community Choir)

Singing in the spring at the Yukon Arts Centre

Whitehorse Community Choir readies for annual performance

The Whitehorse Community Choir’s largest choir is seen performing in December 2022. The choir will again take to the stage of the Yukon Arts Centre on April 28 and 29 for its spring concert that will also be performed in Atlin, British Columbia May 5. (Courtesy/Whitehorse Community Choir)
An ice bear photographed by Peter Mather in 2021 on the Klukshu River. Mather and another photographer Peter Zenkl have produced a film about the bears that will be screened at the Yukon Arts Centre April 6. (Courtesy/Peter Mather)

New documentary follows Yukon photographer’s search for ice bears

Peter Mather has been collecting images of bears covered in ice for over seven years

An ice bear photographed by Peter Mather in 2021 on the Klukshu River. Mather and another photographer Peter Zenkl have produced a film about the bears that will be screened at the Yukon Arts Centre April 6. (Courtesy/Peter Mather)
The Available Light Film Festival will present Colin Van Loon’s “This Is Not A Ceremony,” a 20-minute VR experience that touches on the residential school experience, and imagines a future where colonial rules and assumptions are forgotten. (YouTube/Screenshot)

Available Light Film Festival celebrates 21st year

Film buffs rejoice; the Available Light Film Festival, Canada’s largest film festival…

  • Feb 10, 2023
The Available Light Film Festival will present Colin Van Loon’s “This Is Not A Ceremony,” a 20-minute VR experience that touches on the residential school experience, and imagines a future where colonial rules and assumptions are forgotten. (YouTube/Screenshot)
Mayoral candidates Samson Hartland, Patti Balsillie and Laura Cabott, left-right, are asked questions by the Mayoral Candidates Forum at the intersection of Climate and Youth co-moderators Bruce Porter and Kluane Adamek on Aug. 24. (Photo by Asad Chishti)

City of Whitehorse mayoral candidates partake in youth-led climate forum

The youth-led climate forum posed questions to the mayoral candidates about their plans to tackle climate change

Mayoral candidates Samson Hartland, Patti Balsillie and Laura Cabott, left-right, are asked questions by the Mayoral Candidates Forum at the intersection of Climate and Youth co-moderators Bruce Porter and Kluane Adamek on Aug. 24. (Photo by Asad Chishti)
A group performs at the 2020 Yukon African Music Festival. This year’s event will be held Aug. 21 in Whitehorse and Aug. 22 in Dawson City. (Yukon African Music Festival/Submitted)

Yukon African Music Festival returns to in-person performances

“People want to enjoy the things which make them feel connected with the community.”

A group performs at the 2020 Yukon African Music Festival. This year’s event will be held Aug. 21 in Whitehorse and Aug. 22 in Dawson City. (Yukon African Music Festival/Submitted)
Awaken Festival organizers Meredith Pritchard, Colin Wolf, Martin Nishikawa inside the Old Firehall in Whitehorse on May 11. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

Performing arts fest plans to awaken artistic talent in Whitehorse and the rural North

‘A value of ours is to make theatre as accessible as possible.’

Awaken Festival organizers Meredith Pritchard, Colin Wolf, Martin Nishikawa inside the Old Firehall in Whitehorse on May 11. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)
NDP candidate Annie Blake, left, and Liberal incumbent Pauline Frost. (Submitted photos)

Getting to know the candidates in Vuntut Gwitchin

NDP candidate Annie Blake goes against incumbent Liberal Pauline Frost

NDP candidate Annie Blake, left, and Liberal incumbent Pauline Frost. (Submitted photos)
The All-City Senior Band is seen rehearsing inside the cafeteria at Porter Creek Secondary School. (Photo submitted/Bruce Barrett)

A spring time concert for a Winter’s Eve

Local bands will showcase their work online

The All-City Senior Band is seen rehearsing inside the cafeteria at Porter Creek Secondary School. (Photo submitted/Bruce Barrett)
Yukon Energy in Whitehorse on April 8, 2020. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

Transmission line powered up

The power is on

Yukon Energy in Whitehorse on April 8, 2020. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)
Melaina Sheldon is facilitation a flagship youth program fusing the arts and First Nations history. (Photo Submitted/Facebook)

Yukon youth to study First Nations history in paid arts program

Tomorrow Today will take place from March 15 - 26 for youth aged 16-19

Melaina Sheldon is facilitation a flagship youth program fusing the arts and First Nations history. (Photo Submitted/Facebook)
Major Funk, from left, Selina Heyligers-Hare, Brent Gallant, Etienne Girard, Adrian Burrill, Toby Moisey and Anders Grasholm. (Courtesy of Major Funk)

Return of the Funk

Whitehorse’s Major Funk is back with a new album, set for release on March 19

  • Mar 16, 2021
Major Funk, from left, Selina Heyligers-Hare, Brent Gallant, Etienne Girard, Adrian Burrill, Toby Moisey and Anders Grasholm. (Courtesy of Major Funk)
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WYATT’S WORLD

Wyatt’s World for March 3, 2021.

  • Mar 3, 2021
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Originally meant for AWGs, Emerging North art exhibit now a “last little celebration”

The exhibit at the Yukon Arts Centre features the work of eight young, emerging Indigenous artists

New exhibit aims to ‘unframe’ artist’s work

Spring is for the Birds is the latest offering from Haines Junction artist Martha Jane Ritchie