Sep 14 2023
Taking the North on tour
Don’t be shocked if you recognize Sharon Vittrekwa in Argentina. Or Dennis Shorty in Brazil. Or Violet Gatensby in Uganda. T...
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Jul 27 2023
Forgetting and remembering
By Amy Kenny
The work that comprises The Forgetting is based on something Suzanne Paleczny couldn’t for...
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River Spirit Dance to perform Confluence July 5.
Jun 22 2023
A different kind of river dancing
By Amy Kenny
In a way, when Michelle Olson dances in front of you, she’s speaking to you. She didn’t always realize t...
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Zany performer coming to Midnight Sun Moppets Children's Festival on June 11.
Jun 05 2023
Making the possible impossible
By Amy Kenny
In the good ol’ days, Gustavo could set stuff on fire. Back in ’92, on the European street performance c...
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May 01 2023
The many sides of motherhood
By Amy Kenny
When you have a baby, everyone else becomes an expert on parenting. At least, that’s what they think.
&...
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Apr 19 2023
Workshop for youth teaches the art of interviewing
By Amy Kenny
They’ve got questions and they’re hoping you’ve got answers — if you’re between the ag...
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Mar 17 2023
We don’t even know what we don’t know
By Amy Kenny
Prophecy Fog is only a solo performance if you don’t consider the rocks to be performers. Jani Lauzon does.&nb...
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Feb 28 2023
Two new exhibits opening on March 2 at YAC
By Amy Kenny
Intimidated. That’s how Michel Gignac felt when he and Alia Shahab were commissioned by the City of Calgary to...
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Feb 03 2023
A one-woman show that celebrates vulnerability through humour
By Amy Kenny
It can be hard to keep anything fresh when you’ve done it 700 times. Stéphanie Morin-Robert ensures her...
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Duo creating opera piece inspired by Robert Service's The Cremation of Sam McGee poem
Dec 02 2022
Strange things done
By Amy Kenny
It’s time Sam McGee had a song to sing—specifically an aria. That’s what librettist Royce Vavrek t...
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Nov 16 2022
It’s a northern thing
By Amy Kenny
It’s not every day a performance offers political analysis, singing, dancing, power point presentations, a lot...
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Nov 08 2022
YAC to give people a new place to gather
By Amy Kenny
In 2023, the Yukon Arts Centre will invite visitors in by asking them to gather outside. That’s the idea behin...
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Oct 31 2022
Ostara Project addresses Jazz’s gender problem
By Amy Kenny
The Ostara Project wants to work itself out of a job. That’s what Lisa Buck says. Buck is the Calgary-based ba...
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Oct 03 2022
Will Stroet: from study hall to the stage
By Amy Kenny
Will Stroet didn’t expect his degree in education would lead to a career in entertainment, but that’s ho...
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Aug 24 2022
Arctic Highways breaks down borders
By Amy Kenny
Tomas Colbengston prefers to show his work outdoors. Perhaps that makes sense for someone who takes a lot of inspira...
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Aug 18 2022
Wonder no more—full festival lineup has been announced
By Amy Kenny
All of downtown Whitehorse will serve as event grounds for this year’s Wonderhorse Festival. Or, at least, tha...
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Aug 03 2022
Tethers and ties to each other and the land
By Amy Kenny
It wasn’t planned, that a show featuring works from Northern Indigenous artists from across the country would ...
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Jul 15 2022
YAC: 30 years of raising the bar for the arts
By Amy Kenny
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before—a southern visitor walks into a bar and starts gushing about the...
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Jun 15 2022
Young Alaskan artists tackle climate change
By Amy Kenny
Climate change is a massive topic to tackle, but it’s the one a group of Alaskan teens wanted to take on when ...
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May 18 2022
A birthday bash for the family
By Amy Kenny
If you’re young at heart, nothing makes more sense than combining your 30th birthday party with a children&rsq...
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May 06 2022
Open Pit’s Radio Silence is a feast for the senses
By Amy Kenny
They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, but how many words is a performance worth? The Yukon Arts Centre ...
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Apr 22 2022
A new look at an old issue
At a time when concern about the housing crisis in Whitehorse is at a fever pitch, a show at the Yukon Arts Centre serves as a rem...
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Apr 13 2022
Weaving Stories
By Amy Kenny
The city of Vancouver grew up around the Squamish First Nation, says Chepximiya Siyam Chief Janice George. When...
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Mar 22 2022
Taking time to tell her stories
By Amy Kenny
Kim Beggs tends to look for the silver lining. In March 2020, when the pandemic meant she had to halt recording on h...
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Mar 04 2022
Bodies breaking and coming together
By Amy Kenny
Even if you’ve never been a street dancer, you’ll relate to the theme of In My Body. The production, com...
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Feb 11 2022
Live shows returning to YAC
By Amy Kenny
You can tell the Yukon Arts Centre loves you because on Valentine’s Day, it announced ticket sales for eight n...
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Feb 02 2022
Good things come in small commissions
By Amy Kenny
If you’ve ever had the idea for a work of art, but not necessarily the expertise to bring it to life, now&rsqu...
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Jan 21 2022
Recording and reflecting the Yukon
By Amy Kenny
The Yukon Permanent Art Collection is more than a collection. It’s a record and a reflection, says Garnet Muet...
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Jan 11 2022
Learning a new language to tell stories
By Amy Kenny
For Janet Patterson, curating is similar to journalism. A former reporter, Patterson didn’t realize how applic...
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Sep 25 2021
A different story of death and devotion
By Amy Kenny
Not many love stories start out six feet under, but that’s where The Resurrectionists begins - knee-deep in gr...
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Sep 08 2021
A time to celebrate
By Amy Kenny
If you’re looking to feed both body and soul, Street Eats and Beats might satisfy the craving.
The City...
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Jul 22 2021
A feast for the senses
By Amy Kenny
If you like ear candy with your eye candy, Loon Returns might be exactly what you’re looking for.
The perform...
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Jul 12 2021
The beat of 14 different drummers
By Amy Kenny
You have to have a drum. That’s what Joe Migwans says. It’s maybe the most important thing.
&ldqu...
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Jul 07 2021
Artists selected for Chu Niikwän Artist Residency
Yukon artists Sheelah Tolton, Kim Roberts and Rebecca Manias have been selected as the artists of the Chu Niikwän Artist Resi...
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Jun 24 2021
Finalists announced for Yukon Prize
In a competition judged by three outstanding Canadian arts professionals, the organizers of the Yukon Prize for Visual Arts announ...
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Jun 07 2021
You look sew familiar
By Amy Kenny
Sometimes it takes a new set of eyes on you to make you feel truly seen. That’s what Meshell Melvin has found ...
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May 28 2021
Alone, together
By Amy Kenny
Last year, when Alistair Maitland was approached by the Yukon Arts Centre to exhibit a series of photographs he&rsqu...
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Apr 02 2021
Weather, comedy and improv
By Amy Kenny
The weather isn’t small talk anymore. It can’t be, in Anita Rochon’s opinion. These days, if you&r...
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Mar 17 2021
Don’t be late for this very important date
By Amy Kenny
Maybe the main reason Alice in Wonderland remains relevant decade after decade is that one of its main themes—...
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Feb 12 2021
World Whale Day festivities take place Feb. 20
By Amy Kenny
Forgive the pun, but Joyce Majiski’s Song of the Whale has had a ripple effect at the Yukon Arts Centre. In Ja...
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Feb 04 2021
Stitches tell stories in Indigenous regalia
By Amy Kenny
There isn’t a stitch on Megan Jensen’s 2013 high school graduation dress that wasn’t sewn with mea...
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Jan 26 2021
Baby grand piano finds new home at KIAC
By Amy Kenny
You could say the upright piano at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture has character. You could also say it so...
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The Yukon is filled with art and culture, and places that are sure to inspire. Let’s take a closer look at where you can find art and culture in the territory.
Jan 01 2021
Where Can I See Art & Culture In The Yukon?
Where Can I See Art And Culture In The Yukon?
The Yukon is an inspiring place where artists express themselves using conceivable ...
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Yukon artists to perform seasonal music
Nov 20 2020
Local love
The Yukon bubble may have shrunk back down to the size of the territory this month, but that change won’t impact the kickoff...
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Nov 17 2020
Memories of the Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency - Mennell
The Chilkoot Artist Residency has brought artists to the trail for nine years to create unique works of art. With the trail closed...
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Nov 12 2020
Diyet to perform in cross-Canada chorus
By Amy Kenny
When Diyet van Lieshout was asked to participate in a cross-Canada rendition of Handel’s Messiah, the singer h...
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Artists form the Yukon Illustration Coalition
Oct 30 2020
Illustrating a point
By Amy Kenny
There simultaneously is and is not a lot of space for illustrators to show their work in Whitehorse. On the one hand...
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Oct 23 2020
Reaching an audience through the airwaves
Nothing highlights the value of narration like making the switch from live theatre to radio plays.
“In our first episode, t...
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Sep 23 2020
Memories of the Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency - Tabbert
The Chilkoot Artist Residency has brought artists to the trail for nine years to create unique works of art. With the trail closed...
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More than 300 Canadian venues will light their buildings red in solidarity with the live events community.
Sep 18 2020
Supporting those behind the scenes
By Amy Kenny
This fall, Light Up Live wants to train the spotlight, not on the stage, but on the people behind the scenes of all ...
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Aug 29 2020
Created at the Canyon a diversity of artists
By Amy Kenny
Pencils and paintbrushes travel more easily than video cameras and keyboards, but coordinators of this year’s ...
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Aug 20 2020
Theatre in the round gets off the ground
In planning its fall programming, the Guild Hall considered the current climate—both the distancing measures in place these ...
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Cypherfest celebrates its 10 anniversary.
Jul 31 2020
The show must go on
By Amy Kenny
In some ways, having to work within constraints has really opened up possibilities for artists. That’s been th...
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Jul 22 2020
COVID can’t stop music camp
By Amy Kenny
This year’s Yukon Summer Music Camp is BYOI—bring your own instrument. It’s one of the ways Kather...
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Jul 15 2020
A stressful show
Rick Zuran’s first ever exhibition is the result of stress, but not the kind you might imagine.
His photographs...
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Jun 26 2020
New prize gives artists time and space to create
By Amy Kenny
Artists are the best judges of what they need. That’s why a new $20,000 prize in the territory isn’t tie...
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Lisa Dewhurst named First Nations advisor for YAC.
May 26 2020
A resourceful role
By Amy Kenny
The first step in learning more is acknowledging what you don’t know. Casey Prescott, CEO of the Yukon Arts Ce...
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May 15 2020
A different kind of art opening
By Amy Kenny
Ever wonder what it’s like to have a private showing at a gallery? Beginning this week, you can book one at th...
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May 05 2020
Indigenous music festival makes its debut online
“Artists for Artists”.
That’s the motto behind the upcoming Tkaronto Music Festival: Online, organiz...
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May 01 2020
Wake up, Whitehorse
By Amy Kenny
The Awaken Festival was so well-suited to being adapted to an online audience, artistic director Colin Wolf says he ...
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Apr 24 2020
Junction Arts and Music offers recordings of past shows
By Amy Kenny
There may not be any new performances taking place in Haines Junction as part of Junction Arts and Music this summer...
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Apr 15 2020
Making do in Dawson
By Amy Kenny
It’s normal to be feeling the cabin fever by the time spring rolls around in the North, but spring 2020 has ta...
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Apr 07 2020
Online activities during COVID-19
There are a myriad of activities available online to keep you and your family occupied during these trying times, so we have ...
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Yukon artists find ways to cope with COVID-19
Apr 04 2020
Art in isolation
By Amy Kenny
Art may be created in isolation, but it’s experienced by community. What happens for artists, then, when a com...
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Mar 24 2020
YAC brings new exhibit to your home
Since the Yukon Arts Centre is closed to the public due to the COVID-19 virus, a video of its new exhibit, Emerging North, can be ...
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Mar 16 2020
Yukon Arts Centre closed to public due to virus concerns
After careful consideration and growing concerns over the COVID-19 virus, the Yukon Arts Centre will be closed to the public effec...
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Feb 27 2020
A podium that says as much as the speaker
By Amy Kenny
The most recent acquisition of the Yukon Arts Centre made its debut in December, but if you missed its unveiling, th...
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Feb 10 2020
It’s A-live (performance of Mary Shelley’s famous novel)
By Amy Kenny
On its surface, Frankenstein seems like a straight-ahead horror story, but Sarah Fornace views it as a cautionary ta...
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Jan 24 2020
Are you with the band?
By Amy Kenny
You don’t need to be a professional musician to be part of the band. You just need to be in the audience when ...
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Jan 20 2020
Ryan McMahon live podcast recording kicks off ALFF
By Amy Kenny
Ryan McMahon calls his own show “the worst named podcast on the Internet,” but he also calls it the best...
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Dec 12 2019
A solstice tradition
By Amy Kenny
How do you define Canadian music? Maybe it’s Neil Young, or Buffy Sainte-Marie. Maybe it’s The Tragicall...
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Dec 06 2019
RBC Dominion Securities donates $25,000 to YAC
Dianne Bruce, Director’s Council Investment Advisor for RBC and longtime Yukoner, along with Mike Edwards, Branch Manager fo...
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Dec 04 2019
Solitary and collaborative shows share main gallery
By Amy Kenny
Gukki Nuka is a private person. That’s why it’s a surreal experience for him to be approached by strange...
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Jerry Granelli brings the spirit of Charlie Brown on stage
Nov 21 2019
Behind the silver screen
By Amy Kenny
It’s the most beloved Christmas special to have almost never happened. It seems hard to believe. When A Charli...
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Nov 12 2019
Jazz Yukon enriches music scene
By Amy Kenny
You’ve got to be kidding—that’s the first thing Duncan Sinclair thought when he found out he was t...
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Nov 01 2019
Local comedian to open for Majumder
Yukon's Jenny Hamilton will open for comedian Shaun Majumder at the Yukon Arts Centre on November 16.
Hamilton has been enter...
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Oct 23 2019
Blue Feather Music Festival inspires the heart
By Amy Kenny
A blue feather is a symbol of hope. That’s why, when Gary Bailie established a music festival in Whitehorse in...
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Oct 16 2019
A modern dance fairy tale
By Amy Kenny
For Cas Public, turning 30 isn’t a time to look back—it’s a time to move forward.
“I always...
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Oct 07 2019
A collaborative concert
By Amy Kenny
Jill Barber needs your help on this tour. It literally can’t happen without you. That’s because every se...
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Sep 27 2019
A participatory performance
Music is a participatory sport. That’s what Norman Foote believes. The children’s performer has been making his audien...
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Sep 20 2019
A series that sings
By Amy Kenny
Musicians who come to the Yukon for the Whitehorse Concerts series inevitably ask Steve Gedrose to produce the one t...
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Sep 13 2019
Of myths and motherboards
By Amy Kenny
Lillian Loponen’s family is spread across Canada, but her most recent exhibition at the Yukon Arts Centre Gall...
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Aug 28 2019
Art collection going digital
By Amy Kenny
The Yukon Arts Centre is about to launch the first digitized collection of work in the Yukon, a significant move for...
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Aug 20 2019
To make a memory
By Amy Kenny
There’s something about working with your hands that changes the conversations you have, says Sonya Kelliher-C...
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Aug 05 2019
Programming priceless experiences
By Amy Kenny
When Michele Emslie looks at the crowd milling around the lobby of the Yukon Arts Centre before a show, she’s ...
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Jul 25 2019
A conversation on the arts
Come join a conversation about the arts with Canada Council for the Arts Director and CEO Simon Brault as part of his tour of nort...
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Jul 24 2019
Yukon youth receive awards to write music
Four Yukon youth will be receiving $675 each from the Inspire Song – North for 90 Award to help them write original music.
...
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Jul 19 2019
Putting on the breaks
By Amy Kenny
In a northern example of the butterfly effect, the slow speeds of yesterday’s Internet may be responsible for ...
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Jun 25 2019
Out Innerspace wants to limbo with Whitehorse
By Amy Kenny
Tiffany Tregarthen is an expert when it comes to dance, but she tries not to think about it that way when she’...
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May 29 2019
Yukon weaver and carver showcased in new exhibit
By Amy Kenny
Ann Smith and Brian Walker sit side by side in the shade of the trees on their Long Lake property. The branches and ...
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May 22 2019
A Tribe Called Red performing at Adäka Festival
The Yukon Arts Centre and Adäka Cultural Festival are co-presenting the Canadian DJ collective A Tribe Called Red as the head...
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May 14 2019
Read all about it: Newsies coming to town
By Amy Kenny
Angela Drainville admits it. Founding the Yukon Theatre for Young People was a selfish move.
“I have two teen...
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