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In This Issue:
Alaska
Southwest Alaska Rich in History, Diversity
Bakersfield, California
The Bakersfield Sound / The Crystal Palace
Scottsdale, Arizona
Feel the Love in Scottsdale this Valentine's Day
Alabama
Coastal Region
Nature Vacations in Alabama
Alaska
Photographer: Frank Flavin: Homer
- View of Kachemak Bay from hill top.
Courtesy Travel Alaska
Southwest
Alaska Rich in History, Diversity
Alaska’s
expansive Southwest region is home to the communities of Bethel,
King Salmon, Unalaska, Dillingham, Kodiak and the Pribilof
Islands. The area is as diverse as it is big.
Unalaska, located
on the Aleutian Island chain, is home to Russian Orthodox
Cathedral of the Holy Ascension and the Bishop's House. The
church hosts one of the largest collections of religious
artifacts and icons in the United States.
Kodiak Island,
known primarily for its mammoth brown bears, boasts many
cultural attractions in addition to housing one of the world’s
most legendary mammals. The Baranov Museum, a warehouse built in
the 1790s by Alexander Baranof to store furs, is the oldest
remaining Russian structure in the state. Kodiak is also rich
with Alaska Native culture. The Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository reveal 8,000 years of Alutiiq history
through artifacts and archeological digs. A new archaeological
excavation gets underway every summer and volunteers are invited
to participate.
Culture in Alaska
is vast and varied as the land itself. The true cultural
traveler could spend a lifetime in the state and never
experience it all.
Visit
www.travelalaska.com
for more information.
Bakersfield, California
Inside the Crystal Palace
Courtesy Bakersfield CVB
The
Bakersfield Sound
The Country Music
Capital of the West Coast...Nashville West, whatever you want to
call it, Bakersfield is home to a musical legacy unlike any
other city. Bakersfield's own Buck Owens and Merle Haggard made
the Bakersfield Sound, a product of dust bowl migrants, famous
in the 1950's. The sound continues to thrive with artists such
as Dwight Yoakam and Brad Paisley carrying on the musical style
of their predecessors. The total Bakersfield Sound experience
includes: a live show at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace, a
historical look at the music roots of Bakersfield at the Kern
County Museum and a night spent dancing away at one of the last
true honkytonks, Trout's in Oildale.
The Crystal
Palace
Completed in
1996, the country music venue is the proud creation of country
music legend Buck Owens. Many of today's biggest stars interrupt
world tours to play the intimate 550-seat nightclub, museum, and
restaurant. The venue has been nominated for "Nightclub of the
Year" eight times by the Academy of Country Music®, winning the
award three times (1997, 2004, 2006). Until his passing in 2006,
Owens would perform each weekend to fans that came from across
the country to pay homage to the star. In 2005 country superstar
Garth Brooks proposed to then girlfriend and country singer
Trisha Yearwood on the Palace stage. In addition, the Palace is
home to a career's worth of memorabilia from Owens' early days
to his time as co-host of the TV show Hee-Haw and the final
years as a living legend.
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