The Seward Phoenix Log - News of the Eastern Kenai Peninsula since 1966

Seward’s Obihiro Mural Committee hashes out details of the up-coming project. The City of Seward is presenting a mural to its sister city, Obihiro, Japan. The project involves taking a design and...

Artists work on the mural that will grace the south wall of the new Seward Community Library Museum this spring. Nicole Feemster and her assistant Tekla Seavey can place a few of the 4- x 10-foot...

Now that I have your attention, let’s move onto bigger and better things that happen daily at your local senior center; the large building that displays the Mount Marathon and Barbara Lavallee...

Seward started celebrating its incorporation centennial May 29 last year with time set aside at Seward’s City Council meeting for a proclamation and special birthday cake sporting the commemorative seal of the 100 year old City of Seward. Locals...

Matt Hershock, owner of the Sea Bean Cafe, took his three minutes to offer thanks and a suggestion at Monday’s Seward City Council meeting. Seward Police Department policy doesn’t allow officers...

See the entire weekly calendar advertisement at http://thesewardphoenixlog.com/customer_files/pdf/City SEWARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Monday, December 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. City Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL...

Consul Koichi Funayama and Adam Weinert of the Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage, were the guests of the Seward Mural Society on Sunday at the Seward Arts and Music Festival. They came to Seward...

The Seward Music and Arts Festival is set for this weekend with musicians and performers from all over the state along with artisan booths and food vendors. The festival begins this year on Friday,...

The annual Seward Music and Arts Festival will fill the Alaska Railroad Cruise Ship Terminal Sept. 28-30 with delights for all the senses and all ages. The music and performances are non-stop for...

Seward artists continue to refine murals around town....

A group of ninth grade students from the Riverstone International School in Boise, Idaho recently visited Seward on their summer trip to Alaska. The group first visited the Alaska Native Heritage...

The Seward Mural Society gets a glimpse of the design for the upcoming mural that has been selected to be painted for Seward’s sister city, Obihiro, Japan. The master artist for the project is...

The Seward Music and Arts Festival has announced another musical extravaganza in the fall of 2012, with musicians and performers from all over the state along with artisan booths and food vendors. The festival begins this year on Friday, Sept. 28...

Former Seward Mayor Willard Dunham managed to attend the opening of the world’s largest trade fair in South Korea, and feels he didn’t disappoint. As Seward’s “ambassador,” with city...

Volunteers with the Seward Mural Society of the Seward Arts Council apply clearcoat to three murals on Saturday. They are to be mounted around town before the Independence Day festivities. The three...

The foundations for the new 16,300 square-foot Seward Community Library Museum building are in place. They’ve been kept covered and warmed so they were frost-free throughout the harsh winter, so...

Justine Pechuzal, a Seward artist and muralist, returned recently from an eye-opening two-week adventure as a guest artist in two village schools in the Lower Kuskokwim region. There, she learned...

I am always curious about what brings other people to Alaska and particularly to Seward. There are probably as many reasons as those who have come to visit and decided to make this their home. With...

The Eighth Annual Seward Music and Arts Festival drew large crowds to the Alaska Railroad Cruise Ship terminal Friday Sept 23 through Sunday Sept 25 in what appeared to have been the largest festival...

The Seward Music and Arts Festival is scheduled for Sept. 23-25. Live music and dance performances, with local-Alaskan artisan craft and food vendors are featured. The Seward Arts Council promotes a family-oriented festival with children’s...

The mural that is mounted on the north side of the Senior Citizen building is showing its age. The colors have faded. The mural was taken down in 4 years ago in an attempt to refurbish it. A core of d...

The Seward Music and Arts Festival holds a soiree Sept. 23-25. There will be live music and dance performances, with local-Alaskan artisan craft and food vendors featured. The festival offers a conclusion to the busy summer season that appeals to...