The Arts in Haines

This page contains basic info and links about arts in the Upper Lynn Canal, including Haines, Klukwan and the rest of the Chilkat Valley:

• Haines Arts Council
  For more than twenty years, the Haines Arts Council, a non-profit, volunteer organization, has been supporting the arts and bringing a variety of world-class performers to the Chilkat Valley.

• KHNS Radio 102.3 FM
  KHNS shows are hosted primarily by volunteers from the community. The station also serves as Haines, Skagway and Klukwan's life-blood by providing National Public Radio news programming, Listener Personals, community calendar, and weather information. Call the station at 907-766-2020 or use the KHNS fax (766-2022) to send your Radio Marketplace items, Listener Personals, and Community Calendar items. Other communications can also be emailed to the staff at KHNS: khns@khns.org, but email should not be used for items with deadlines, such as Listener Personals and community announcements.
• Chilkat Center
  The Chilkat Center for the Arts is the major auditorium for many community events. The Chilkat Center is also the home of KHNS radio.
• Lynn Canal Community Players
  This group of thespians regularly entertains the community. Recent productions include "The Sound of Music" and "Gaslight". The group is instrumental in staging ACTFEST every couple of years.
• Drama, Debate, and Forensics
  High School club.
• Local Artists
  The Chilkat Valley is an artistic haven. Here are some of the artists who call the Haines area home (see Ravens Window for examples of many of Haines' artists' work):
  • Kerry Cohen Ceramic Tiles
  • Donna Catotti and Rob Goldberg
  • John and Sharon Svenson
  • Tim Shields
  • Kathleen Sheard
  • Greg Horner
  • Tresham Gregg
  • Deb Kennedy
  • Heidi Robichaud
• Local Photographers
  
  • Bob Adkins
  • Kathleen Menke Crystal Images
• Local Bands and Musicians
  Folks in the Chilkat Valley are regularly entertained by local bands:
  • Eric Holle and friends: a morphing group under different names playing primarily bluegrass, but also featuring pretty much every other genre you can imagine.
  • Burl Sheldon: Local singer/songwriter Burl Sheldon wrote a song about Haines entitled "Heartbeat", and it's included on his new CD "Busy Makin' Money". You can listen to soundclips at http://www.burlsheldon.com

• Chilkat Dancers Storytelling Theatre
  Reservations
  Performances in the Tribal House in Fort Seward throughout the summer months.

Feeling left out? Let us know about your artistic endeavors by sending us a message via the contact form.

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