Big Screen FREEZE

Join the Alaska Society of Media Photographers as they present BIG SCREEN FREEZE: Images From The FREEZE Project. Five media photographers are featured.

Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center auditorium. Admission is FREE to all.

Gambell, Gus & Glory RallyCross

Sports Car Club of America, Arctic Alaska Region at the Third Avenue lot, between Ingra and Eagle.  Come check out the Sports Car Club of America, Arctic Alaska Region’s RallyCross, or better yet–arrive by at 9AM and register to compete yourself. The Region has loaner helmets; mention you saw it on the Freeze site and you’ll save $10 for the helmet rental. Registration information is available at www.motorsportreg.com or by calling 243-2122.

Health, Food & Fitness: Anchorage Museum

• 1pm: Eeva Latosuo, Alaska Pacific University faculty, Outdoor Studies Program and Alaska Avalanche School instructor – Snow and Safety in the Backcountry
• 2pm: Dr. David Newirth, Alaska Natural Health Solutions – Preventing SAD
• 2:30pm: Dr. James D. O’Malley – winter health and safety
• 3pm: Eating Alaska, a film by Ellen Frankenstein, 56 minutes. A documentary about a vegetarian who moves to Alaska, marries a fisherman and hunter and begins to wonder what the “right” thing to eat is on the “last frontier.” What ensues are humorous and enlightening adventures in eating as the filmmaker heads to the woods and mountains with women hunters, communes with the Alaska vegetarian society, talks moose meat with a group of Alaska Native kids in a public schools in the Arctic and more, all in search of a meal that makes sense politically, socially, spiritually and tastefully. This wry look at what’s on your plate explores ideas about eating healthy sustainable food from one’s own backyard, either urban or wild, versus industrially produced food shipped thousands of miles. Collaboration with independent filmmaker and KTOO-TV.
• 4pm: Dr. Durocher, USGS – Rockhounding in Alaska

Sponsored, in part, by BP Exploration.

Northern Writers’ Reading and Open Mic

Special FREEZE writer’s reading at Anchorage Museum featuring keynote by Mr. White Keys. Featuring Joan Kane, Don Reardon, Willie Hensley, Dawnell Smith, Jeremy Pataki, and an open mic.

Anchorage Museum auditorium. FREE.

Movie: Strait Through the Ice

Part of the Movies For Your Mind series, this film shows with a Chilly Willy Cartoon “Half Baked Alaska” 7 minutes (total running time 59m).

US documentary, 2008. 52 minutes. MPAA RATING: Not Rated.  Directed by Yves Billy
http://icarusfilms.com/new2008/strait.html

From the official website: Today the North Pole is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. The Arctic ice cap is less than half the size it was 50 years ago. This radical climate change has thus begun to open the ice-packed Northwest Passage between Europe and Asia, and some scientists predict that the transoceanic maritime route will soon be permanently ice free during its ever-longer summers.  STRAIT THROUGH THE ICE examines the geopolitical ramifications of this development, including disputes between the five nations bordering the Arctic Ocean-the U.S., Canada, Denmark, Norway and Russia-over claims to territorial waters, the control of sea traffic, and the right to exploit the region’s untapped resources of oil and other natural resources. But if this multinational race to the Arctic is not legally regulated, the region’s fragile ecosystem could be devastated.

Anchorage Museum.

Reception: Nature Conservancy

Special reception hosted by the Nature Conservancy, featuring artwork by Ed Mighell.

Alaska Native Arts Foundation, 500 W. 6th Avenue.

Reception: Art in the North

Special reception at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art featuring photographs of the FREEZE projects and works by FREEZE artists. Includes a special dance performance by Gabrielle Barnett and Co-Motion (6:30pm).

International Gallery of Contemporary Art. Free.

AntiFreeze: Dance Among Installations

AntiFREEZE, a music, dance and video performance featuring Yngvil vatn Guttu. The original idea was that this would take place among the installations, but now it can highlight the remains. The performance will be brief – about 20 minutes. Help us say goodbye to the installations.

AntiFREEZE will take place on the Park Strip near 10th Avenue and H Streets. 6:00 – 6:20 p.m. Appropriate for all ages.

There will be receptions following at the International Gallery (6:30) and the Alaska Native Arts Foundation (7:00).

Fair: Food, Health, Safety in the North

Live well and safe in the north.  Special presentations by:

• 12 -2pm: Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs
• 12 -2pm: Bike Commuters of Anchorage
• 12 – 1:25pm: Providers from Avante on nature and science for health in the north: Bethany Buchanan on SAD, SAME, and Vitamin D; Christine Sagan on Omega3, and Torrey Smith on Keeping Your Immune System Strong in Winter.
• 1:30 – 2:00pm: Maintaining Mental Health in the North by clinical psychologist Dr. Jennifer Beathe
• 3:00 – 3:30pm: Dr. Dick Mandsager, Executive Director of Providence Children’s Hospital, about keeping kids healthy in winter
• 3:30 – 4:30pm: Mary Ellen Gordian, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate of UAA, on indoor air quality, and Stephen Morris, Municipality of Anchorage, on outdoor air quality.
• 4:30 – 5:00pm: Special presentations on the importance of Alaska Native foods by Shawna Carmen, environmental justice program director form the Alaska Community Action group on toxins and the Indigenous Environmental Network.

Anchorage Museum.

Sponsored, in part, by BP Exploration.

Rage City Rollergirls

It’s a FREEZE for ALL!

Come in from the cold and check out Anchorage’s hottest new sport: women’s live flat track roller derby! The Rage City Rollergirls presents their first bout of 2009 between the Sockeye Sallys and the Dirti Polli’s.

They’re mean, they’re tough; some call them frozen-hearted! But these rollergirls have enough spirit to jumpstart a car on a cold winter’s night.  It’s so entertaining, you’ll want to trade in your Sorrels for some Skates!

Rage City Rollergirls Presents
FREEZE for ALL!
Saturday, January 24, 2008
AT & T Sports Center (11051 O’Malley Center Drive)
Doors Open 6pm, Game at 7pm
Tickets $12 advance, $15 @ door
Festival Seating, Food & Beer Garden, Family Friendly
Season Passes & advance tickets: www.ragecityrollergirls.org

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