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Local watercolor artist Pia Reilly’s new show, “My Home Town,” celebrates her 25 years of living in Petersburg. The show’s opening reception is tonight at Seaport Gallery. Melati Kaye stopped by Reilly’s downtown studio to talk to the artist about the exhibition.

The 2010 Little Norway Festival has arrived. The annual celebration of Norwegian heritage in Petersburg commemorates Syttende Mai, Norway’s constitution day on the 17th of May. It’s the 53rd year of the local festival, and it’s also the centennial anniversary of Petersburg’s incorporation as a city. This year’s Mayfest includes new events as well as traditional offerings, and of course the vikings and valkyries will be out and about throughout. Matt Lichtenstein asked festival committee member Katie Corrao and Co-Chair Sally Dwyer for a preview of the festival schedule:

A major step in the proposed electrical link from Petersburg to Kake is getting underway. The Forest Service, the Southeast Conference and their consultants have begun gathering public comments for a formal environmental study of the project.

A new series of local water color paintings and hand-crafted jewelry goes on display at one of Petersburg’s downtown art galleries tonight. Wildcelery is featuring southeast still-lifes, landscapes and other scenes by Tanesa young as well as new bracelets, pendants and other jewelry crafted by silversmith Brad Taylor. Matt Lichtenstein stopped by to talk with each of the artists about their work this week:

The Petersburg Humane Association and the Public Library host a presentation called Compassion in Action on Thursday, May 13th at 3:30pm in the City Council Chambers. The Presenter is Molly Fisher, Founder and Director of the Mexico-based organization PEACE, which stands for Protection, Education, Animals, Culture, and Environment. The group advocates for the well-being of animals and people, and has a connection to the local humane association in Petersburg. Fisher sat down for a live interview in with KFSK's Matt Lichtenstein during a recent Midday Magazine.