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“Party Time,” “Love and Roses,” and “Cherry Delight” cakes, created with acrylic, plastic foam and beads on cradled board, are part of Sami Ali’s collection “The Death of Retail” on display at Homer Council on the Arts through September 2024. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Exploring the fall of retail

A mixed media show by Anchorage artist Sami Ali opened Sept. 6 at HCOA

Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News
Mariner swim team members Cassidy Carroll and Avery Briscoe prepare for the 100-yard backstroke at the Mariner pool on Sept. 7, 2024, in Homer, Alaska.

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Homer hosts swim invitational

Colony placed first in combined team scores

From left: Sara, Kristen and Jon Faulkner pose with Kristen's two gold medals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. (Photo provided by Jon Faulkner)

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From Homer roots to Olympic gold

Kristen Faulkner shares experiences at Paris Games, Tour de France

Left to right: Elks member Robert “Lenny” Euberts, Matthew Hockema, Homer High School band instructor Eric Simondsen, Lodge Exalted Ruler Jill Hockema and Heather Turner present instruments donated by Homer Elks Lodge #2127 to Homer High School on Aug. 30, 2024. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Elks lodge provides grants for hospice supplies, high school instruments

The Homer Elks Lodge has donated to a number of local organizations in 2024

Frank Jeffries (front left) and Jacki Holzman (front right) play together during Tomodachi Daiko’s first taiko drum performance on Saturday, May 4, 2024 in the Homer High School Mariner Theatre in Homer, Alaska. Pictured in the background are Naoyuki Furuta (left), one of the leaders of Tokyo-based taiko group Chokoma, and TDI founder Sachiko Kono (right). (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Alaska’s head Japanese consul to address city council

Eight Alaska communities have sister city relationships with cities in Japan

Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Seafood industry roundtable slated to meet next week

Local fishermen and seafood industry stakeholders will be able to discuss their concerns

Birch trees have begun to turn yellow in this view of the Maria Road area and across Kachemak Bay as seen on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, from Old East End Road near McNeil Canyon, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Community

Fall courses offered through Homer Community Recreation

A full calendar of events offered is also available on the Community Rec website

Photo provided by Sally Oberstein
Dancers at the Homer Mariner Theater perform in Nice Moves during the Alaska World Arts Festival in 2022.

Community

The Alaska World Arts Festival returns to Homer

It will run Sept. 13 to Sept. 26

Rozzi Redmond’s painting “Icy Straits” depicts her experience of sailing to Seward through a particularly rough region of the Inside Passage. Redmond’s show will be on display at Homer Council on the Arts until Sept. 2. Emilie Springer/ Homer News.

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‘A walk through looking glass’

Abstract Alaska landscape art by Rozzi Redmond on display through end of Monday

Bill Bloom, co-founder of Homer Pickleball. The 2024 tournament is dedicated to his memory and contributions. Photo provided by Janie Leask.

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Cosmic Hamlet pickleball tournament opens Aug. 31

The Homer Pickleball club will host their fourth annual Cosmic Hamlet Open Pickleball Tournament Aug. 31 to Sept.…

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Comment period still open on Endangered Species Act listing of chinook salmon

Public comments on an effort to list Gulf of Alaska chinook salmon under the Endangered Species Act are…

Liam James, Javin Schroeder, Leeann Serio and Mike Selle perform in “Leaving” during last Saturday’s show at Pier One Theatre on the Spit. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Local playwrights contribute Slices: A Ten-Minute Play Festival

Slices: A Ten-Minute Play Festival opened at Pier One Theatre last weekend and will run three more shows…

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Recovery Month begins with a 5K run/walk and community social on Spit

Kachemak Bay Recovery Connection starts the September Recovery Month community awareness with a 5K run/walk and music social…