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'Star Trek: Into Darkness' perfect thrill ride

...moves so quickly, it's hard to pick up the many references to past ?"Star Trek" offerings. Despite all of these hidden gems, the script by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof can be just as easily enjoyed by those not familiar with the...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-05-16/star-trek-darkness-perfect-thrill-ride
Art
Improv fest a blast

The first annual Alaska State Improv Festival, held April 19-20 at McPhetres Hall, was a real theatrical gem. Attracting talent from around the U.S. as well as Alaska, the joy, imagination and skill of these talented performers gave...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-05-05/improv-fest-blast
Neighbors
May First Friday Art Walk

...fossilized corals gathered from Alaskan waters, and Alaskan Native artifacts. As accents, he sometimes incorporates real gems, semi-precious stones or other-worldly meteorites, as well as synthetic stones. Dan Fruits: New Works "Masterpieces...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-05-02/may-first-friday-art-walk
Art
Highway Hostess

...said the Alaska Marine Highway is "a very unique system. It's not like any of the other byways at all. It is one of those gems that you want to single out." But those of us traveling and working the ferries on our floating highway that summer of beginnings...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-05-05/highway-hostess
Neighbors
Morse, Iwakuma lead Mariners past A's again, 7-1

OAKLAND, Calif. - Michael Morse hit a three-run homer and a solo shot, Hisashi Iwakuma followed up Felix Hernandez's gem with an impressive outing of his own, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 7-1 on Tuesday night.Iwakuma struck...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-04-03/morse-iwakuma-lead-mariners-past-again
Sports
Outdoor Travel Journal: Cape Town = play town

...Hard up against Table Mountain and sweeping from the Atlantic seaboard to False Bay on the Indian Ocean, Cape Town is a scenic gem of a city, steeped in colonial and maritime history. Given that we only had five days before returning to an Alaskan winter...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-04-19/outdoor-travel-journal-cape-town-pla
Outdoors
Once a vaudeville theater, the Palace Theater has decayed for past decade

...the building's rich history makes it that much more difficult to see it go unused."It's actually a little gem," Chaney said. "Perhaps a little faded and tarnished at this point, but it's a gem waiting to be polished, I think."

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-08/once-vaudeville-theater-palace-theater-
Local
Carter caps big series as Astros beat Mariners 8-3

...AP) - Buster Posey drove in three runs while NBA star Kevin Durant cheered him from the stands, Barry Zito pitched another gem and San Francisco completed a three-game sweep of Colorado.Staked to a quick lead, Zito (2-0) won his 11th straight...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-04-11/carter-caps-big-series-astros-beat-mar
Sports
Chichagof Island's hidden gems and treasures

...to Pelican so all can see her fine assets.We motor to the coast, anchoring off of Bertha Bay, and here I discover another gem that I never knew existed.Josh runs us into White Sulphur Springs for an hour soak in the natural mineral springs. There is...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-01/chichagof-islands-hidden-gems-and-treas
Local
New gems arriving for our local setting

...embellishments is the goal of many gardeners, and this trend is perfectly suited to our Southeast Alaskan lifestyle. We can place these gems from the rest of the world into a setting few others can match. Flowering trees planted against deep green spruces glow in the...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/012600/Com_landscape.html
Comm

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