5 THINGS TO DO: Jan. 12, 2018

1) Alaska Rage Cheer Tryouts

“If interested in Mom and tot and tumbling please come to try outs.” – via event page

PALMER — This Saturday at 1pm is your chance to try out for the Alaska Rage Cheer team. Girls and boys ages 5 to 18 are welcome to try out. No experience is necessary. Try outs for the 2018 to 2019 season will be at the Alaska Music and Arts dance studio, located at 1085 Inner Springer Loop. Alaska Rage Cheer focuses on the cheerleading fundamentals like dance, cheer, tumbling, jumps, stunting, and motion techniques. Students are placed on teams based on their skill level. Each team competes at local and state competitions. They also perform at sporting events and assorted venues across the state. According to their website, Alaska Rage Cheer does not make cuts. In addition to their cheer programs, they also offer beginner and advanced tumbling classes for all ages. For additional information, email akragecheer@gmail.com.

2) Palmer Food Swap

“If you bake killer biscuits wouldn’t you LOVE to trade a package of six of them for a jar of fresh jam? I would! Grow lovely peas but need a cabbage? I bet you could barter for it.” – via event page

The Annex 247 S Alaska St

PALMER — Foodies rejoice! The Palmer Food Swap is this Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Annex. Members of the community will bring their homemade food and produce to swap with others. Swappers are asked to arrive between 10 and 10:30am to begin setting up their area. Once set-up is complete, there will be a preview, where participants can saunter around the tables, taste samples, and write their names on the products they are interested in trading. They will ring a bell to signal the beginning of trading and after. Trading is expected to take 20 minutes or so. For more information, call 907-745-3900 or email jann@valleyannex.com.

Rules for Palmer Food Swap:

•Your swap items must be products you make or grow, you can’t just go to the store buy some basil and expect to trade, you’ve GOT to make it into something-pesto? garlic bread spread? pizza sauce?

•You can bring meat and fish as long as they weren’t hunted or fished on a subsistence license or tag.

•Items must be packaged in some way for trading, cookies in bags, sauces in jars, bread securely wrapped.

•You’ll also need to have every item labeled and a clear ingredient list (on a supplied product card) for people to read during the preview.

•You can’t sell your items, they must be traded.

Sampling is highly suggested–that way people know what they’re getting.

•Bring a bag to carry your goodies home in.

•Consider your set up. Do you need a basket? A box? Something to display your product? Make sure to bring it.

3) Boys Club Live at Schwabenhof!

“Sensual, steamy jams from the only lady trio in town!” – via event page

WASILLA — The Boys Club are coming back to Schwabenhof this Saturday at 9 p.m. Dolphette Lundgrenne, Randi Savage and Quatro Quatro call themselves an “acoustic lady trio that keeps it fresh- Crescent fresh.” They regularly hosts of the Sunday Acoustic Jam at Schwabenhof. According to their elaborate origins story, “… the trio decided that there are not enough cover bands out there who specialize in B-52s and Outkast covers, so they filled the void, and are now the most in-demand girl band in Alaska, depending on the day of the week, and your taste in music.” Schwabenhof is located at 4115 East Palmer Wasilla Highway.

4) Larry Heal Memorial Ice Race

WASILLA — It’s time again for the annual Larry Heal Memorial Race at Everett’s. Five racers have already signed up for the 250-mile snowmachine race on Wasilla Lake. AMMC Racing is still looking for more racers who want to sign up with a $50 late fee for a total of $250 for open class and $200 for stock class. Come race or bring the family to watch snow machiners compete for the snow covered, first place title. Award ceremony will be at Everett’s, located at 1850 East Bogard Road. Call or text Jessica (354-3077) to confirm that you will be racing this weekend. Register at https://ammc.raceday.pro/sign_in / AMMC Membership Fee $50 (one-time annual fee) / ISR Insurance is required. Go to www.isrlicense.com to purchase.

Schedule:

Check-in: 9:00am

Tech Inspection: 10:00-11:00 AM

Racers Meeting: 11:30 AM

Start Time: 12:00 PM

Race End Cut Off Time: 5:00 PM

Awards: 5:30 PM

5) Loving Vincent

“Corn fields shimmer and rustle with slight flickers of the impasto.” – via event description

TALKEETNA —The life of the legendary artist, Vincent van Gogh has been made into an animated feature painted by hand. The Denali Arts Council (DAC) will screen the movie at the Sheldon Arts Community Hanger on Saturday at 7 p.m. and as a matinee on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The film took 6 years to make. Directors Hugh Welchman and his wife Dorota Kobiela, enlisted 125 artists to paint the film's 65,000 individual frames. Every scene was inspired by a specific van Gogh paintings. According to the event description, “the fact that every frame of Loving Vincent was oil-painted, in a process that took six years, would be remarkable enough in itself. But painted to look exactly like the work of Vincent van Gogh, That's something else. “Tickets cost $10 for DAC members and $12 for general admission. They can be purchased at the door or online at: denaliartscouncil.org