Man arrested after driving onto ferry in Juneau talking about ‘bomb and firearms,’ officials say
Print article JUNEAU A man in a pickup truck was arrested after the state transportation department said he sped past boarding lines to get onto a state-run ferry Wednesday in Juneau and was heard by crew “muttering about a bomb and firearms.” The Juneau Police Department said the man did not have a ticket and “made a comment about a bomb” when confronted by ferry employees at the Auke Bay terminal. The police department, in a statement, said the comment was not a direct threat and the man did not say he had a bomb. But it said the comment created concern.
Cache Valley Virtual Chocolate Festival
We re all missing our favorite in-person events over the past year, and there s certainly no way to replicate the experience of wandering through a space where you can nibble a wide range of tasty chocolate treats. But the Cache Valley Chocolate Festival is still moving forward with its annual fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Association of Utah in fittingly enough for an organization dedicated to keeping people safe, the event is proceeding as a virtual version.
The virtual Chocolate Festival itself takes place Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m., including presentations by festival judges and dessert-makers, visions of past years showstopper treats, information about the work of Planned Parenthood that is supported by the fund-raiser, and musical performances by artists including Highline Drifters and Kendall Becker. Tickets are required to attend the online event, at a variety of donation levels beginning at $10. Donations at $25 and above will recei
María José Ferrada and Elizabeth Bryer on Translating “How to Order the Universe”
The precocious seven-year-old protagonist of María José Ferrada’s picaresque novel
How to Order the Universe, referred to simply as “M,” is one of the most astute, enchanting, and affecting characters I have ever had the pleasure to translate. Her concept of the universe, which she cribs from a hardware catalog, is an astonishing metaphor. I won’t spoil the delight of encountering it in the book by detailing too much about it here, except to say that it is used throughout the novel to both comic and insightful effect that is, until the metaphor fails under the weight brought to bear on it by the Pinochet dictatorship, and M’s life is changed forever.