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Film fans enjoy reindeer sausages and hot dogs at the gala opening of the Homer Documentary Film Festival last Thursday, Sept. 22 at the Homer Theatre. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer Film Fest winners named

Winners of the 18th Annual Homer Documentary Film Festival were named on Oct. 6. The top honor, “Audience…

A Homer Youth Orchestra Club rehearsal is conducted by Abimael Melendez. (Photo Courtesy Kim Fine)

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Youth orchestra to bring the sounds of Halloween to costume concert

Homer OPUS’s Homer Youth String Orchestra Club will bring seasonal sounds and storytelling to the city on Sunday…

Elizabeth Chilson of Soldotna reads an excerpt of her first place fiction piece, “Signe and the Snow,” om October 2021 at Homer Council on the Arts as part of 24th Kenai Peninsula Writer’s Contest. (Photo provided)

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Writing, sharing, connecting

Peninsula Writers Contest returns for its 25th year

A work included in the “Our Town” exhibit at Fireweed Gallery is on display on Oct. 7, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. The exibit runs through December. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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The art of ‘Our Town’

Local artists collaborate with a colorful exhibit of Homer’s iconic buildings and architecture

Tom Kizzia poses with a stack of his book, “Cold Mountain Path,” on Sept. 1, 2021. (Photo provided)

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Homer author named historian of the year

Kizzia has a long history in the state

Blue Octopus by Tracy Hansen on display at Grace Ridge Brewing.

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October First Friday

Homer’s art scene delivers

Viola Davis stars in “The Woman King.” (Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.)

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On the screen: Women reign in latest action flick

‘The Woman King’ is a standout that breaks new ground

Arts briefs.

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Arts briefs

49 Writers author speaks

A copy of "Nobody Gets Out Alive" stands on a desk inside The Peninsula Clarion's offices on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Off the Shelf: Struggles on the Last Frontier

A web of characters struggle against Alaska in a new collection of short stories from author Leigh Newman,…

As about 200 people watch, the 19th annual Burning Basket, "Breathe," catches fire on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Just breathe

On a dreary, drizzly late-summer evening, Homer’s annual Burning Basket lit up the Spit on Sunday.

A still from "Jazzfest." (Photo provided)

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DocFest could be the golden year of documentaries — again

A list of the world’s documentary film festivals as put on a T-shirt might look like this: “Sydney,…

Soniyae Stephens Reid rehearses for "Dance Moves," one of the Alaska World Arts Festival events for the festival starting Friday. (Photo provided)

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Alaska World Arts Festival back for 4th year

After four years and a pandemic, the Alaska Worlds Arts Festival might have found its groove.

One of the works of art from a scholarship fundraising exhibit at Ptarmigan Arts. (Photo provided)

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Summer isn’t quite over with September First Friday art openings

Although school is back in session, the fireweed has gone to fluff and the Labor Day weekend heralds…