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Dr. Sami Ali's painting of two healthcare workers is part of her show, "The Mind of A Healthcare Worker During the COVID-19 Pandemic," opening Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, at the Homer Council on the Arts. (Photo by Amber Johnson)

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HCOA presents pandemic art show by ER doctor

Dr. Sami Ali uses unique perspective to look at last two years of COVID-19 pandemic.

Artist Asia Freeman, third from left, speaks to visitors at a First Friday art exhibit opening featuring pieces by students in a college class she teaches, on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Freeman wins Governor’s Arts Humanities Award

Bunnell Street Arts Center artistic director is one of nine honored.

Kim McNett's exhibit at Bunnell Street Arts Center includes images from her nature journals. The show continues through Dec. 24, 2021, at the gallery in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Artist, naturalist finishes Bunnell residency

Homer artist and naturalist Kim McNett has become known in Homer and Alaska for her finely detailed, well…

Ash Naderhoff, center, pointing, shows the rest of the team the spot where he witnessed the mysterious figure that morning and documented its scat in the woods. (Courtesy Photo by Daniel Lennon/Discovery+)

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New reality-TV show explores Nantinaq stories

Series follows 40-day expedition to Port Chatham in search of mysterious Bigfoot-like creature.

The cover of Madeline A. Hawthorne’s “A Christmas Parade,” published by Olympia Publishing.

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‘A Christmas Parade’ is local author’s first book

Just in time for Christmas, a new Homer writer and artist has published her first book. Bumblebee Books,…

Ceramic art by Jeff Szarzi shows for December at Ptarmigan Arts in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Ptarmigan Arts)

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First Friday art exhibit openings include pop-up weekend show at Ptarmigan Arts.

McNett also featured at Bunnell Street Arts Center.

Homer writer Richard Chiappone. (Photo by Joshua Veldstra)

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‘Hunger of Crows’ perfect for winter reading

Chiappone’s first novel is set in Homer, Anchor Point.

Shelli and Mike Gordon pose in October 2011 at their Halibut Cove, Alaska, home in an Alaska Gothic version of Grant Wood's "American Gothic" painting. (Photo courtesy of Mike Gordon)

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‘Dagnabit’ features tales of ’80s wild Alaska

Gordon’s second book also tells of Ruben Gaines, creator of Chilkoot Charlie.

Dianne Spence-Chorman's "Fig Study" is one of the works showing in the Homer Council on the Arts "Fun wtih 5x7" show through Dec. 22, 2021, at the gallery in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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‘Fun with 5×7’ offers affordable art

HCOA annual art show presents art in a variety of media, all in 5x7 format.

Art by Jeff, Ranja, and M’fanwy Dean is shown at the Dean Family Gallery. (Photo provided)

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First Friday art exhibit openings

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The cover of Tom Kizzia's book, "Cold Mountain Path," published by Porphyry Press in October 2021. (Photo provided)

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‘Cold Mountain Path’ explores ghost town history of McCarthy

Kizzia’s book looks at McCarthy history from 1938 to the town’s revival as a tourist destination.

Rika Mouw and Turid Senungetuk, wife of Ron Senungetuk, stand in front of Ron Senungetuk's artworks titled "Reindeer Herd I, II, III" during the exhibit's opening reception at the Pratt Museum and Park. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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‘Ron Senungetuk: A Retrospective’ includes works from Homer collectors

‘Ron Senungetuk: A Retrospective’ builds on traveling show with works from Homer collectors.

For Carly Garay's "The Art of Ancestor Veneration," visitors are invited to include images, letters or prayers honoring ancestors at a central display. The exhibit shows through Oct. 30, 2021, at the Homer Council on the Arts in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Garay lifts the veil between living and dead with “Art of Ancestor Veneration”

HCOA show invites people to submit own images of ancestors at central altar.