Saturday, April 24, 2010

Anchorage Symphony Orchestra

The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra’s 2009-2010 season is over. Last Saturday Sam (Calla House) attended the last of the season's performances of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra (ASO) at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. The concert featured the Harlem String Quartet who performed "Concerto for String Quartet and String Orchestra" (The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow). The piece was engaging with many surprise treatments of the Sleepy Hollow legend. It was a concert to be remembered.

Season Tickets are now on sale for the 2010-2011 Anchorage Symphony’s concerts. The Classic Concert Series opens on September 25 and features University of Alaska’s well-respected Timothy Smith, piano. The April 16 concert will include the Alaska Chamber Singers in Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. On line there is a full listing of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra’s 2010-2011 Classic Concert Series.

Several of our Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club members are offering discounts for people who wish attend a concert and have a wonderful night’s stay at a bed and breakfast followed by a luscious breakfast the next morning. We suggest you make plans now by becoming a season subscriber to ASO’s series. To purchase season tickets by phone, call the Anchorage Symphony at (907) 274-8668.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Anchorage Alaska Trip Planning Tips

On the Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau web site you can find a list of FREE activities to do in Anchorage, Alaska.

Click on local events, then you will find current events, by the month (for a year), and on-going events. Two of the listings for free events in April 2010 are a lecture at the Alaska Zoo on walrus and the Alaska Women’s Show.

On this site you can also request a free Anchorage Visitors Guide. This site can be very helpful in planning your visit to Anchorage. Other sites to help you plan your Alaska vacation include both the Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Association and the Bed and Breakfast Association of Alaska web sites.

The Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Clubbers hope to see you this summer. Let any one of us know how we may help in your Alaska trip planning.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center

Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club members always recommend visiting the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center to our guests. The museum is located at 625 C Street in downtown Anchorage.

Again this summer the museum will be offering the Alaska Culture Pass which includes admission to both the Anchorage Museum and the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Also included with the Alaska Culture Pass is a complimentary shuttle between the two. Parking is free at the Native Heritage Center but not free at the Anchorage Museum.

Permanent Exhibits at the Anchorage Museum include Anchorage 1910 – 1935 and Art of the North. Through April 25 the museum has Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination. Also on display through April 11 is the student Art Exhibition of Anchorage School District titled Landscape and Reflections.

Our summer bed and breakfast guests can see two special exhibits this summer: Bradford Washburn: Glories of the Greatland and Kiska and Adak: War in the Aleutians. The Washburn exhibit of black and white Alaska landscape photos is back by popular demand. The War in the Aleutians includes photos of remains from World War II and objects from the museum’s WW II collections.

I recommend that guests start their Anchorage Museum experience by visiting The Alaska Gallery located on the second floor. This gallery is devoted to telling Alaska’s history from the lifestyles of Alaska’s earliest people through the pipeline era.

Plan to conclude your visit by dining at Muse. Check out their lunch or their dinner menus then make a reservation.

Plan to spend at least a half day at the Anchorage Museum. If you buy the Culture Pass and decide to do both on the same day, it will be a full day. In past years use of the Culture Pass does not have to be done on the same day.