Community Yoga classes on Wednesday evenings in the Kennecott Rec Hall, led by Katy Etterman and Meghan Seifert. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Come on down to an informal and weekly musical jam. Bluegrass-inspired but open to any style! Bring your instruments, songbooks and voices! All musical skill levels welcome. Meet in the Porphyry Place cabin on the WMC Campus, Tuesdays at 7 pm.
Community Yoga classes on Sunday evenings in Porphyry Place, led by Stephanie Sever. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Community Yoga classes on Wednesday evenings in the Kennecott Rec Hall, led by Katy Etterman and Meghan Seifert. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Only THREE Word Jams this year, so mark your calendars! Join us for a night of open mic - WMC style - storytelling, poetry, song, comedy, skits, and any creative venture involving words. Come hungry! We will serve finger-style dinner by donation before the event. Check our socials for the menu!
Meet in the Old Hardware Store on the WMC Campus on June 22nd at 7 pm.
Community Yoga classes on Sunday evenings in Porphyry Place, led by Stephanie Sever. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Join Charlotte Henson for an evening of dance!
These are simple, meditative, joyous circle dances that use sacred phrases and movements from all the world's spiritual traditions.
No experience is necessary and all dances are taught.
$10 suggested donation.
Join Charlotte Henson for an evening of dance!
These are simple, meditative, joyous circle dances that use sacred phrases and movements from all the world's spiritual traditions.
No experience is necessary and all dances are taught.
$10 suggested donation.
Community Yoga classes on Sunday evenings in Porphyry Place, led by Stephanie Sever. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
The Saghani ggaay Summer Camp invites our community to share in the creation and celebration of the Saghani gaay Potlatch gathering. A Potlatch is an Indigenous ceremonial feast traditionally organized as a celebration of life. A truly historic endeavor, McCarthy’s first modern-day Potlatch welcomes Tribal Villages from the greater area along with the MXY/Kenn community an opportunity to celebrate themes of reciprocity. As per tradition, you’re invited to bring food and small gifts to share in the bounty, meet the Saghani ggaay team, and to learn from Ahtna culture. If you would like to help by donating fish, please reach out to Sabrina at sabrina@wrangells.org.
Held in the Old Hardware Store on the WMC Campus on July 18 from 3 to 6pm.
Saghani ggaay (“Young Raven” in Ahtna) is an Alaska Native Youth summer camp inviting Copper River area youth to learn cultural identity curriculum lead by Indigenous Instructors hosted by the WMC and Raven Moonlight nonprofit.
Join our special guest, Indigenous instructor and Raven Moonlight co-founder, Sonia Vent, along with the youth participants to hear Sonia's origin stories of Koyukon Athabascan descent raised in the Interior of Alaska. This informal, “living room” event invites the community to hear about stories of identity and belonging. Questions and open discussion welcome! Held in the Old Hardware Store on the WMC Campus on July 17 at 7 pm.
Community Yoga classes on Wednesday evenings in the Kennecott Rec Hall, led by Katy Etterman and Meghan Seifert. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
UNEARTH Film Screening and Discussion: July 12 @ 6:30 pm in the Kennecott Rec Hall
Join us for a film screening of the UNEARTH documentary, which discusses the community activism and socio-environmental implications of the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay. Following the screening, we will hear from panelists, representing the Copper River Watershed Project, as we explore how the film’s themes of land stewardship and community-based responsibility extend to the McCarthy-Kennicott landscape.
Changes in the Land Community Discussion: July 11 at 6:30 pm in the Kennecott Rec Hall
Join us for a panel-led community discussion about the changes unfolding across the McCarthy-Kennicott landscape. We will consider how environmental changes, as well as the evolving impacts of tourism and business, shape our experiences of place and identity. This will be an open, community-based discussion where all attendees are welcome to share their voices.
Come on down to an informal and weekly musical jam. Bluegrass-inspired but open to any style! Bring your instruments, songbooks and voices! All musical skill levels welcome. Meet in the Porphyry Place cabin on the WMC Campus, Tuesdays at 7 pm.
Community Yoga classes on Wednesday evenings in the Kennecott Rec Hall, led by Katy Etterman and Meghan Seifert. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Community Yoga classes on Sunday evenings in Porphyry Place, led by Stephanie Sever. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Get your breakfast on with all-you-can-eat pancakes (plus 2 sausage links, coffee, and tang)! All proceeds benefit the Wrangell Mountains Center and the McCarthy-Kennecott Museum. Held in the Old Hardware Store on the WMC Campus. Served from 8 to 11am. $14 for adults. $7 for kids under 12
Community Yoga classes on Wednesday evenings in the Kennecott Rec Hall, led by Katy Etterman and Meghan Seifert. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Community Yoga classes on Sunday evenings in Porphyry Place, led by Stephanie Sever. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
This three-part series will share the personal origin stories of featured guests, creating space for broader conversations about identity, belonging, and place. By reflecting on where we come from—and why it matters—this series will be a powerful way to build connection and deepen our understanding of the Copper River Basin as a place of both shared history as well as a deeply personal landscape. This month, our featured guest is long-time local, Steve Edwards!
Seven decades ago, Jim Edwards discovered a place to call home in McCarthy. Jim's original slideshow, presented by Jim's son Stephen Edwards, is a window into his life as a homesteader, surveyor and father from the 1950's to the 2000's.
Meet in Porphyry Place cabin on the WMC Campus on June 27 at 7pm.
Community Yoga classes on Wednesday evenings in the Kennecott Rec Hall, led by Katy Etterman and Meghan Seifert. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Only THREE Word Jams this year, so mark your calendars! Join us for a night of open mic - WMC style - storytelling, poetry, song, comedy, skits, and any creative venture involving words. Come hungry! We will serve finger-style dinner by donation before the event. Check our socials for the menu!
Meet in the Old Hardware Store on the WMC Campus on June 22nd at 7 pm.
Investigations of Place: A Sound and Writing Workshop
Join our Artists in Residence, writer Allen Braden and visual/sound artist Perri Lynch Howard, for their collaborative community engagement. Allen and Perri will open the event with a presentation on their personal projects and artistic works. We will then head out for a silent sound walk. Perri and Allen will provide us with guidance on how to listen more deeply to the sounds of place with curiosity and nonjudgement. We will then return to the OHWS to write poetic postcards inspired by the art of listening to place. All supplies provided.
Suggested donation: $10-$15.
Meet in the Old Hardware Store on the WMC Campus on June 21st at 1 pm.
Celebrate our local author Michelle Latvala's first book, Between Latitudes, published this spring by Green Writers Press. Michelle will give a reading and be joined by Sabrina in conversation about the book's themes that arose out of our shared landscape. Followed by Q&A and book signing. This event will be held in Porphyry Place, is open to all, and we will accept cash donations.
Community Yoga classes on Wednesday evenings in the Kennecott Rec Hall, led by Katy Etterman and Meghan Seifert. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Come on down to an informal and weekly musical jam. Bluegrass-inspired but open to any style! Bring your instruments, songbooks and voices! All musical skill levels welcome. Meet in the Porphyry Place cabin on the WMC Campus, Tuesdays at 7 pm.
Community Yoga classes on Sunday evenings in Porphyry Place, led by Stephanie Sever. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Community Yoga classes on Wednesday evenings in the Kennecott Rec Hall, led by Katy Etterman and Meghan Seifert. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Come on down to an informal and weekly musical jam. Bluegrass-inspired but open to any style! Bring your instruments, songbooks and voices! All musical skill levels welcome. Meet in the Porphyry Place cabin on the WMC Campus, Tuesdays at 7 pm.
Community Yoga classes on Sunday evenings in Porphyry Place, led by Stephanie Sever. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Join Mike Loso, Wrangell St-Elias National Park Service Geologist, for an overview of the geologic history of the Kennicott Valley and an update on latest findings about the Kennicott Glacier. His talk is open to the public, and is aimed towards guides, interpreters, pilots, NPS staff, and others interested in learning more about local area geology and sharing it with friends and visitors. The presentation will be held at the Kennecott Recreation Hall. Suggested donation: $10-$20.
Community Yoga classes on Wednesday evenings in the Kennecott Rec Hall, led by Katy Etterman and Meghan Seifert. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment will be provided.
Come on down to an informal and weekly musical jam. Bluegrass-inspired but open to any style! Bring your instruments, songbooks and voices! All musical skill levels welcome. Meet in the Porphyry Place cabin on the WMC Campus, Tuesdays at 7 pm.
Community Yoga classes on Sunday evenings in Porphyry Place, led by Stephanie Sever. $10-15 suggested donation, cash only please. All levels welcome. Mats and any additional equipment provided.
Come run with us in America’s largest National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias, where epic views and adventurous people make the McCarthy half-marathon and 5 mile runs, unlike any other race.
Register online ahead of time or in person, beginning at 11 am at McCarthy River Tours & Outfitters (a.k.a As The Glacier Melts Coffee & Ice Cream Shop) on the West Side. Race starts at noon.
Spaghetti Feed: All-you-can eat pasta awaits you at the finish line! (Spaghetti feed costs included in your entry fee.)
Community Yoga classes on Wednesday evenings in Porphyry Place. $15 for drop. Cash only please! All levels welcome.
