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Detailed scenes from the Tongass and elsewhere are captured with fast-drying oils on canvas in the new show from local artist Don Cornelius. “Through the Forest” is on display at Wild Celery for this week’s Little Norway festival in Petersburg starting with an artists reception Thursday night. Cornelius’s art focuses on the dramatic, natural beauty that surrounds this area along with some of the man-made features that have become part of it. He showed his latest works to Matt Lichtenstein

Main Street will be lined with concessions and food booths; Vikings and Valkyries will parade through the streets on their ship, the Valhalla; other locals and visitors will show off their traditional Norwegian costumes called Bunader. All this and more is coming up as the Little Norway Festival goes full throttle on its second day, Friday, the 13th. Matt Lichtenstein asked Little Norway Festival committee co-chairs Holli Flint and Katie Corrao for a preview of Friday’s schedule.

More Local paintings, sculptures, carvings, quilt-work, photography and other pieces of art are now on display at The Clausen Memorial Museum. The Little Norway Art show is an annual tradition and can be viewed every day of the festival. Matt Lichtenstein stopped by to take a look with organizers Annabel Baker and Sue McCallum.

Four days of music, dancing, food and local culture kick-off Thursday as the 2011 Little Norway festival gets underway in Petersburg. It’s the 54th year of the festival which celebrates local Norwegian heritage and commemorates May 17th, Norway’s constitution day.
This year’s Mayfest includes new events as well as traditional offerings like the parade, the pageant and, of course, roving bands of Vikings and Valkyries, clad in armor and animal skins.
Matt Lichtenstein asked Festival Committee Co-Chairs Katie Corrao and Holli Flint for a preview of the events for the first day of Mayfest 2011:

The Petersburg Indian Association and the Southeast town’s city council held their first government-to-government meeting this week.

Mayor Al Dwyer says city and tribal government staff already communicate about projects of common interest. He says the meeting was called to discuss future efforts.