This weekend in Anchorage: Alaska Heart Run & Walk returns, plus hobby and tattoo festivals. For fans of stage and song, there are entertainment options as well.
Twelve local model and radio control clubs will be at the fest with exhibitions of radio control planes, race cars, rock crawlers and drift cars. The Boy Scouts’ Alaska State Championship Pinewood Derby Race will also be held during the festival. The event is free to the public and food trucks will be on site.This fundraising event brings together “community-minded, philanthropic women ...
to sip, shop, savor, and support a worthy cause.” This event will benefit Best Beginnings, with all proceeds going to the organization that focuses on making sure Alaska children begin school ready to succeed. Tickets start at $125.Country star Darryl Worley hits the stage on Saturday in Anchorage. Worley has produced three No. 1 singles on the Billboard Country charts during his 25-year career.
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