Anchorage Art and Nightlife
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Art enthusiasts will certainly love First Fridays Art Walk – gallery hopping at many of downtown’s finest art showrooms. Held year round, a map of participating galleries is printed in the Thursday edition of the Anchorage Press.
For intelligent diversion, the Anchorage Museum of History and Arts hosts a Movies For Your Mind series that showcases the best in contemporary and classic world cinema with award-winning and provocative films by some of the most daring and original filmmakers of our time. www.anchoragemuseum.org
Anchorage Music Scene
Catch the local beat at Firkin' Fridays and the Acoustic Saturday Series held year round at Snow Goose Restaurant & Sleeping Lady Brewing Co.; First Tap Thursdays at Moose's Tooth Pub & Pizzeria; live music at Blues Central, Traditional Irish Music Sessions at Snow City Cafe; Jazz After Hours at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art; and a season of symphonies at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. For a complete calendar of events, explore www.Anchorage.net
After-hours Fun
Anchorage has lots of funky Alaska pubs, themed bars and dance halls including Darwin’s theory, the world-famous Chilkoot Charlies, F Street Station, Bernie’s Bungalow and Mad Myrna’s.
Showtime: Anchorage's Finest Playhouses
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts Home to the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, Anchorage Opera, and Anchorage Concert Association – providing world-class entertainment in a four-theater venue.www.alaskapac.org
Cyrano’s Off Center Playhouse Enjoy quality dramatic works featuring talented Alaska artists. A new play each month! Located downtown in a 1915 historic building, Cyrano's is regularly voted the best live theatre in Anchorage.www.cyranos.org.
Anchorage Big Winter events
Celebrate the beginning of the end of winter in Anchorage during Fur Rendezvous and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Find out more about these cool events at www.Anchorage.net/coolevents
