Hello Anchorage! Hope your coffee tastes especially good this morning. In today’s bring-the-kiddos edition: Moose in a backyard pool, a comics workshop with Lee Post, and Fly By Festival 2026 + excuses to get the fam out and about this week.
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01 — Worth knowing In the newsThree local stories this week, plus a few worth your money.
A backyard encounter: South Anchorage resident Julie Mitchell watched a moose climb into her inflatable pool on June 19, nibbling a plastic duck, a wild reminder of life in the Last Frontier -- see the moose in the pool.
Building community through sports: Anchorage police launched Hoop Heroes, a first-of-its-kind youth basketball program, drawing strong turnout as officers coach and connect with kids on and off the court to build trust across neighborhoods -- meet the Hoop Heroes crew.
Summer festival highlights: Anchorage Chamber Music Festival will present Beyond the Rhine on July 31 at UAA Fine Arts Building Recital Hall, featuring Wagner, Bruckner, Strauss, Mahler, and Wolf. Tickets are available -- see the festival lineup.
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03 — On our radar
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Let them loose: Anchorage parenting pro tip, swing by Cuddy Family Mid-Town Park Playground for an easy reset. Solid climbing and slides, open space to sprint, and you get a few peaceful sips of coffee. Quick pit stop between errands, or linger if the weather decides to play nice.
Anchorage yard glow-up: If your yard is still stuck in breakup mode, Faltz Landscaping & Nursery brings a licensed landscape architect, design pros, and build crews, plus a nursery full of Alaska-hardy trees and shrubs, to your project this week. From patios and irrigation to maintenance, they make outdoor spaces actually work in Southcentral Alaska weather.
Level up your week: Whether your Switch needs a little TLC, you’re chasing a childhood cartridge, or you’ve got a stack of discs to trade, Video Game Depot is the local plug for buying, selling, and repairs... and the kind of staff who actually like talking games.
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05 — The event calendar Fun for the famOur favorite upcoming kid and family-friendly events. All events are subject to change. Always check official event pages before heading out.
🦅 Ambassador Bird Programs @ Bird Treatment and Learning Center | Friday (6/26) at 12:30 PM – Whether you still call every hawk a hawk or can spot a peregrine, this program pairs raptors and corvids with positive training under a tent. Meet snowy owls, a bald eagle, and other show-offs. Adults pay ten bucks, kids 12 and under are free.
🎨 Comics Workshop with Lee Post @ Mountain View Library | Friday (6/26) at 4:00 PM – Sharpen your wit and your pencils at Mountain View, where cartoonist Lee Post leads a fast, no-stress comics workshop for all ages and skill levels. Think doodles turned storylines, goofy faces, and that satisfying aha when your stick figures finally earn dialogue.
💃 Sparkle Dance & Play: Aloha Adventure @ Anchorage Classical Ballet Academy | Friday (6/26) at 5:00 PM – Got a little one with island-level wiggles? This sunny dance and play gig channels them into luau-style ballet, tropical crafts to take home, pretend beach adventures, and new buddies, ages 3–6, so you get beach vibes without sand in the minivan.
✈ Fly By Festival 2026 @ Alaska Aviation Museum | Saturday (6/27) at 10:00 AM – Grab a camp chair and head to Lake Hood for low-level flybys, hands-on aviation fun, and easygoing outdoor vibes. Floatplanes skimming the water, live music drifting by, and just enough noise to drown out small talk. Real Alaska, zero pretense.
🏳 Anchorage Pride Parade & Festival @ Delaney Park Strip | Saturday (6/27) at 11:00 AM – Pride season in Anchorage means the parade and festival rolling through with a decade of resilience, remembrance, and unity front and center. Think rainbow flags, neighbors cheering, maybe even sunshine, plus fry bread, good coffee, and the kind of hugs you feel in your ribs.
⚾ Anchorage Glacier Pilots vs Mat-Su Miners @ Mulcahy Baseball Stadium | Saturday (6/27) – Ready to swap yard chores for nine innings at Mulcahy? Anchorage Glacier Pilots take on the Mat-Su Miners under that endless Anchorage daylight, and America250-Alaska is layering in a history-filled Week of Dreams, meaning baseball, local bragging rights, and a side of civic nostalgia.
🐝 Bee Movie @ Bear Tooth Theatrepub & Grill | Sunday (6/28) at 1:00 PM – Revisit the only courtroom drama where the plaintiff is covered in pollen. There is a screening of Bee Movie, yes that one, and GA is $10. Part of the proceeds go to the Eagle River Optional Program, a 501(c)(3), so your chuckles do some good.
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07 — The Anchorage report Weather forecastToday — High: 60°F — Low: 50°F — Precip: 27%
A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. West wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Later: A slight chance of rain before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
Tomorrow — High: 65°F — Low: 49°F — Precip: 9%
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