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Don’t just survive

Thursday, 19 July 2012 – 8:00 AM | One Comment

Life is about more than just surviving from day to day. “If I’m stuck on this earth,” writes Danny Ashton Earll, “I’m going to enjoy it as the man I was meant to be.”

Spenardy Shore 2012 with the Barony of Spenard — Saturday, July 21

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 – 4:13 PM | Comments Off

Join the Barony of Spenard to clean up Spenard on Saturday, July 21 at the Taproot.

Fairbanks Pride 2012: Golden Days Parade & post-parade picnic Saturday, July 21

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 – 1:32 PM | Comments Off

Pride flag at Golden Days Parade in Fairbanks

Let the Gold Times Roll with Fairbanks PFLAG at the 60th annual Golden Days Parade this Saturday, July 21 in Fairbanks. Afterwards, come to the post-parade picnic at Pioneer Park.

Spring Awakening at Out North — July 20 to August 4

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 – 1:05 PM | Comments Off

Out North Contemporary Art House and Be Here Now present the Tony-award winning rock musical Spring Awakening in its Alaska premiere at Out North. Spring Awakening will be presented on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from July 20 to August 5.

Uncounted ballots: A new can of worms (Anchorage election 2012)

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 – 9:52 AM | Comments Off

Gwen Mathew at Anchorage Assembly work session on the botched Anchorage election, 13 Apr 2012.

At 6:30 PM on Friday, July 13, Assembly Chair Ernie Hall and Municipal Clerk Barbara Jones issued a press release about 141 “potentially uncounted ballots” from the April 3 Anchorage municipal election which had been discovered in sealed election bags on the previous Wednesday. As a result, the Anchorage Election Commission will yet again convene and the Anchorage Assembly will for a third time certify the botched election. Linda Kellen Biegel responds.

The riddle of a gender-obsessed society

Tuesday, 17 July 2012 – 2:11 PM | 11 Comments

Babies are such a blessing — but can we get away from our first question being, “is it a boy or a girl”?

Brandi Carlile in Anchorage & Fairbanks

Tuesday, 17 July 2012 – 10:30 AM | Comments Off

Brandi Carlile returns to Alaska this week, with shows at the PAC in Anchorage on Wednesday, July 18, and at Hering Auditorium in Fairbanks on Thursday, July 19. The concerts are part of her Bear Creek Summer Revue Tour, coinciding with the release of her latest studio album, Bear Creek, just last month. Also last month she announced her engagement to Catherine Shepherd. Congratulations!

How to eat red herring, or, Prevo’s response to the MOA tax assessor ruling

Monday, 16 July 2012 – 4:57 PM | One Comment

Jerry Prevo of the Anchorage Baptist Temple

In August 2011, court documents in the divorce of Allen Prevo, son of Anchorage Baptist Temple pastor Jerry Prevo, raised questions about the actual ownership of certain ABT properties benefiting from religious property tax exemptions. Now, nearly a year later, Municipality of Anchorage tax assessor Marty McGee has ruled that $61,000 in back taxes are owed on two of those properties. ABT pastor Jerry Prevo is already marshaling his arguments. What will they be? Chances are, they’ll include an unhealthy, high-sodium serving of red herring.

Ask Lambda Legal: Arizona’s immigration law

Thursday, 12 July 2012 – 8:38 AM | Comments Off

In this month’s “Ask Lambda Legal” column, Lambda Legal addresses questions about Arizona’s anti-immigrant law — most provisions of which were declared unconstitutional last month by the U.S. Supreme Court — and how anti-immigration laws affect LGBTQI people.