All are invited to celebrate National Nutrition Month and spring with a spring roll workshop taught by Paula Veshti and sponsored by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Participants will make and eat fresh spring...

Sitka Public Library Freedom to Read Teen Ambassadors will offer a Banned Book Escape Room event at the library 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 11. The interactive activity is designed to encourage participants to think critically about censorship,...

“Writers Read” will be the program at Sunday’s meeting of the Sitka Unitarian Fellowship. Local writers will give short readings from their original work. Gathering begins at 10:30 a.m., with the program starting at 10:45. Soup and bread follow...

THURSDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10:30 a.m. Story time, Sitka Public Library 10:30 a.m. Lap swim, Blatchley pool 11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon Meet Executive Director Nicole Miller, Brave Heart Volunteers...

GSAC Sitka Community Theater invites volunteers to help build, paint and decorate set pieces 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15, and load in the set on Saturday, March 21, at the Performing Arts Center, for the upcoming production of ‘‘Much Ado...

WEDNESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  9-11 a.m. Tongass Land Management Plan Revision information, Back Door Cafe 10:30 a.m. Lap swim, Blatchley pool 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Community Elder Coffee Time, Harrigan Centennial...

Sheldon Jackson Museum will host weaver Ruth Hallows Ksm Lx’sg̱a̱n  (Tsimshian, Scottish) for a zoom-only presentation noon Friday, March 13. Hallows’ talk, titled “Coming Home Through Ceremonial Weaving,” will focus on their first Chilkat...

Sitka Tribe of Alaska will hold a fish distribution for tribal citizens 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 26 at the city cold storage facility, 611 Katlian Street. Tribal identification is needed. Enrollment information can be updated. Citizens may...

Grief Support Group, a place to discuss loss and grief, will meet at the Brave Heart Volunteers office, 120 Katlian Street, 7 p.m. tonight. All are welcome to use this confidential space. Call (907) 623-2406 or email Hailey at...

All are invited to the Brave Heart Volunteers office, 120 Katlian Street, noon Thursday, March 12, for a lunch and learn to meet new executive director Nicole Miller. Lunch will be provided. Call (907) 623-2406 or email Hailey at...

Sitka Public Library will offer spring preschool story time sessions 10:30 a.m. Thursdays March 5, 12 and 19, April 9, 16, 23 and 30, and May 7. The program includes readings, rhymes, songs, and a craft project. Everybody is welcome. For...

The U.S. Coast Guard Spouses’ and Women’s Association announces the return of the Rainy Day Bazaar 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Harrigan Centennial Hall.

The Sitka School District Policy Committee will meet 5 p.m. March 11 in the school district office boardroom. A link to a full list of policies to be reviewed may be found on the district website. No action will be taken at this open meeting.

Tweens 8 to 12 years can pick up a free craft kit-to-go at Sitka Public Library during spring break. The program starts Saturday, March 14, and crafts will be available until  gone. For information call 907 747-4020 or email Maite at...

Sitka Public Library Teen Advisory Board will meet 5:15 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in the teen room. Conversation about books, planning for upcoming teen library programs, and hang-out time are part of the agenda. Teens 13 and older are invited to...

Zumba instructor Anna Schumacher will hold a ‘‘groovy’’ dance fitness class in March and April. It is a no-cost activity open to the community, courtesy of Sitka Tribe of Alaska. Classes at the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi are scheduled 5:30-6:15...

Sitka Public Library will offer a felt painting class led by Julia Smith for young people 9 years and older. Students will learn how to needle-felt paint a picture or landscape, turning wool into fields, skies and details. The program will be...

TUESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. AARP Free Tax Aide, Harrigan Centennial Hall Noon Parks and Recreation Committee, Harrigan Centennial Hall Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for...

The Sitka School District School Board will hold a special meeting with an executive session regarding district finances 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, in the district office boardroom. The special meeting will be immediately followed by a budget work...