What’s new in Fairbanks this summer

What’s new in Fairbanks this summer

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Visiting Alaska this summer? Make your way up to Fairbanks to sample some of the city’s newest attractions, including a school where you can cook with moose meat and birch syrup, and a series of cultural programs that include native dances and everything you always wanted to know about dog-mushing.

Also new in Fairbanks this summer is a trolley for guests of the Fountainhead Hotel with stops that include downtown and the University of Alaska Museum of the North. The Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum opened to the public June 1 with 60 carriages, steam cars, 1930s sedans, and early electric cars on display.

At the Chez World Cooking School, cooking demonstrations and hands-on dinner classes are offered daily using everything from salmon and halibut to reindeer sausage

A “Cultural Connections” series running through Aug. 21 at the new Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitor Center offers traditional Athabascan music and dance Monday-Thursday; a presentation by champion dog-musher Jennifer Probert, including some demonstrations with her lead dog Diamond, on Fridays; and a film about Arctic Alaska’s Brooks Range park on Sundays. All programs are 7-8 p.m.

For more information about visiting Fairbanks, go to www.explorefairbanks.com/.