By Robin Rosemond
Turnagain Times Correspondent
Robin Rosemond/Turnagain Times
A Special Roll at Urban Sushi spot on West Third Avenue.
Anchorage has a respectable amount of Farmer’s Markets where you can find fresh food, plants, herbs and great Alaskan products at a fair price. Go there. Spend money on Alaskan goods before summer ends. Here is a listing:
Anchorage Downtown Market & Festival
3rd Avenue. Between C & E Streets. May - September. Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Anchorage Farmers Market
1420 Cordova Street. Corner of Cordova & 15th Avenue. May - October. Saturday, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Northway Mall Wednesday Market
3101 Pennland Blvd. Northway Mall. July - September. Wednesday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
South Anchorage Farmers Market I
Subway Sports Centre / Cellular One Sports Centre. Corner of Old Seward & O’Malley. June - October. Saturday, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
South Anchorage Farmers Market II
Behind Dimond Mall, in front of Dimond Hotel. Old Seward Hwy Mall entrance. June - October. Wednesday, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Tap Root is having Trampled By Turtles, a band from Duluth, Minnesota. Though they did not set out to be a “bluegrass” band, they are acoustic and have a lonesome, soul-deep deadly accurate sound. They are described as Mid-Western Blue-collar with some Townes Van Zandt thrown in. Without press or radio support or a national release until now, Tramples By Turtles have been playing to sold-out shows nationwide. They performed at SXSW for the first time this year and they’re even getting their own star at the legendary Minneapolis club, First Avenue. The show is Wednesday, July 28. 9 p.m. Tap Root Cafe is located at 3300 Spenard Road (on the corner of 33rd & Spenard) For information: 345-0282.
The Anchorage Zoo’s Annual Fund Raiser, Tuscany Under The Tent is Thursday, July 29. Save the date and make the Alaska Zoo your destination for it’s summer gala fundraising event featuring dinner, live music and a special animal encounter, along with a live and silent auction under the canopied lawn of the Alaska Zoo. 4731 O’Malley Road. For more information, please contact Eileen Floyd, Development Director, at 346-2133.
An Alaska Kitchen Garden – Exhibit runs June 1 through September 11. It happens daily during daylight hours at the Alaska Botanical Garden. It’s a free exhibit where you and the family can enjoy a colorful display of vegetables, herbs, fruit, and edible flowers. The harvest is donated to Bean’s Café and the Food Bank of Alaska. The Garden is located in Anchorage, just South of Tudor Road at 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road, adjacent to Far North Bicentennial Park. Bordering the Garden to the East is the north fork of Campbell Creek. Chugach State Park is nearby. For more information: 770-3692.
The Anchorage Museum’s new Thomas Planetarium is showing “Alaska: Spirit of the Wild”. It’s described as an engrossing, immersive theater experience. The planetarium show “Alaska: Spirit of the Wild” is an Academy Award-nominated adventure into untamed Alaska and narrated by Charlton Heston. Runs July 1 - September 12, 2 p.m. daily and 8 p.m. Thursdays at the Anchorage Museum. 625 C Street. For more Information: 929-9200.
Urban Sushi Spot is my pick of the week. Maximillian owns and operates this clean, darling new sushi spot. He prepared me his Special Roll that is all cooked. It was beautifully presented and delicious. He will have alcohol in a few weeks he said. I like sushi with sake, but he did have great tea and the miso soup was tasty. Urban Sushi Spot, 509 W. 3rd Avenue. For information or To-go orders: 258-5326.
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