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Homer Farmers Market: It’s not hard to plan the hunt for fresh food

A farmers market is the icon of holistic, healthy, locally grown fresh food. Even though I brag about…

"Protection: Adaptation and Resistance" includes these robes, "Kaxhatjaa X'óow: Herring Protectors," made by Káakaxaawulga/Jennifer Younger, K'asheechtlaa/Louise Brady and Carol Hughey. The show is on exhibit at the Pratt Museum & Park in Homer, Alaska, through Sept. 24, 2022. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Pratt show features Native art of the pandemic and beyond

An early press release for “Protection: Adaptation and Resistance,” this summer’s exhibit at the Pratt Museum &Park, incorrectly…

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Peonies used at Alaska Perfect Peony Farm to create bouquets for the tour group on July 9, 2021. Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News

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3rd annual Peony Celebration starts

Activities include farm tours, art workshops

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Homer Farmers Market: Familiar faces mark the season

It’s so good to see the familiar faces while shopping down at the Homer Farmers Market. I see…

One of the paintings from Theresa Gonzalez' July show at Art Shop Gallery. (Photo provided)

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First Friday: ‘Landscapes’ are the theme for July shows

As Alaska moves into midsummer, all that makes this the best place to experience the season unfolds. Thick…

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Homer Farmers Market: Market survived ‘time warp’ of COVID-19

An unusual time warp happened during the last few years of COVID-19. People from all walks of life…

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Swedish Dano (Daniel Wilhelmsson) painted this mural last week at the Homer Theatre, as seen on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at the movie theater in Homer, Alaska. Dano is an artist in residence at Bunnell Street Arts Center. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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In a sign that things might start be getting back to normal, travelers from very far away have…

The poster for KBBI’s Concert on Your Lawn, to be held virtually on June 19-20 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of KBBI. Art by Ava Halstead)

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Concert on the Lawn returns

COTL line up includes The English Bay Band, a group that played in 1980

Lupines bloom along the Homer Public Library trail on Sunday, June 12, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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The weather forecast calls for rain this weekend, but that’s OK: With all the fires and smoke around…

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Homer Farmers Market: Farmers welcome rain

This has been a surprisingly dry summer, and now we can see the results of it. As the…