Article Archive for April 2012
Fetish Ball 2012: Society’s Dark Secrets benefits Four A’s
Fetish Ball 2012: Society’s Dark Secrets is this Saturday night at Mad Myrna’s. Fetish Ball is an annual benefit for the Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association (Four A’s). All proceeds benefit the Four A’s Food Bank.
“I Am My Own Wife” by Doug Wright this weekend at Out North
The Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife by playwright Doug Wright plays one weekend only at Out North.
Ask Lambda Legal: Day of Silence
In this month’s “Ask Lambda Legal” column, Lambda Legal answers a high school student’s question about GLSEN’s Day of Silence, which will be observed on April 20.
Wind Through Trees
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Bent Alaska presents “Wind Through Trees,” a collection of haiku by Barbara Soule.
UAA observes SafeZone Celebration Week, April 12–20
University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) observes SafeZone Celebration Week on from April 12 through 20, with a host of SafeZone activities on the UAA campus and at University Center in midtown Anchorage.
Anchorage election woes continue; the ball is now in the Assembly’s court
Alaska Commons editor John Aronno may have been sick at home with a cold, but that didn’t prevent Alaska Commoners from putting out an high quality analysis of last night’s Anchorage Assembly meeting as it related to the previous Tuesday’s problem-plagued election.
Anchorage election update, 11 April 2012: Anchorage Assembly meeting
On Tuesday, April 10, the ACLU of Alaska released three affidavits of voters and election workers; the Anchorage Assembly voted 7 to 4 against appointing an independent special counsel for the time being; and the Assembly got an earful about election problems.
Anchorage election update, 10 April 2012
An update of news about Anchorage’s highly problematic April 3 election since our story of yesterday morning. Bent Alaska urges Anchorage voters to attend tonight’s Anchorage Assembly meeting; Bent Alaska will also be livetweeting from that meeting @bentalaska.
Sara’s News Roundup 4/10/12: Same-sex LDS marriages?
A non-LGBTQ Mormon calls for marriage equality, Latinos more likely than other Americans to call themselves “liberal,” and other recent LGBTQ news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska
An untitled poem by Marcie Winter
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Bent Alaska presents this untitled poem by Marcie Winter.
