Female artists from Yellowknife were among the talented acts to entertain the unleashed post-COVID masses at Folk on the Rocks (FOTR) over the weekend.

The Hay Days Festival UNWOUND had another big draw of people to the FishermanSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s Wharf in their fourth Saturday into its 12- week program this summer.

The long-awaited Folk on the Rocks weekends opens today, Friday July 16, with several acts throughout the day leading into the main festival lineup on Saturday and Sunday.

A Yellowknife musician releasing his first album this week, is pledging all proceeds generated in the first year be donated to the Residential Schools Survivors Society SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ a BC organization that provides counselling and cultural support services to residential school survivors and their families.

It has been a quiet 15 months without the sounds of strumming, drumming and kitchen party singalongs echoing through the streets of Yellowknife.

How Frog Brought Winter, a childrenSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s book honouring traditional Dene storytelling, was published at the end of May as the second in a Yellowknife-Education-District-1 (YK1) series focused on reclaiming Indigenous stories.

In a year with record number of applicants, Yellowknife filmmaker Jen Walden has been selected as one of six finalists for the Whistler Film FestivalSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s screenwriters lab.

If at first you donSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™t succeed, apply and apply again.