Lynn Marie Naden’s sculpture at the Pratt Museum invites visitors to submit thoughts on the subject of “Root,” write them on a piece of paper and put it in the sculpture. The slips of paper ultimately will be used in a larger sculpture she will create. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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‘Root’ shows make everyone an artist

Tree roots. Root causes. Square roots. Getting to the root. Root beer. Grass roots. Root chords. Anything about…

Arts Briefs

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Erdrich speaks today Nationally known writer Louise Erdrich starts the annual Kachemak Bay College Visiting Writers Series with…

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Otto Cyrus Weber

Otto Cyrus Weber was born at 2:56 a.m. Sept. 4, 2017 at South Peninsula Hospital to Jennifer and…

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Remmik Michael Toews

Remmik Michael Toews was born at 10:49 a.m. Sept. 3, 2017 at South Peninsula Hospital to Lynnaea and…

Pet of the Week: Toto

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Pet of the Week: Toto

Pet of the Week Meet Toto, a neutered male though to be 5-7 years old. Toto is a…

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Keene Zachary Johnson

Keene Zachary Johnson was born at 9:54 p.m. Aug. 22, 2017, at South Peninsula Hospital to Samantha and…

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Kachemak Crane Watch needs participation during Kachemak Crane Watch’s annual Count Days. Kachemak Crane Watch would like to…

Pianist Miki Siwada plays at Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer, Alaska, on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017 during her Gather Hear Alaska tour. From New York, Sawada has been touring Alaska in a van with a piano, and visited Kenai and Soldotna. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

It’s official. Sadly, with Labor Day just around the bend, we Homorites can no longer pretend our summer…

A Tahitian drumming workshop in Nanwalek was standing room only (Photo provided)

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Te`arama group visits peninsula

Between Aug. 14 and 19, Seattle-based Tahitian performance group Te`arama conducted cultural exchanges with communities around the lower…

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Pratt seeks art donations for Ritz The Pratt Museum seeks donations or art for Ritz, the museum’s annual…

Art from Deb Lowney’s “Going with the Flow.” (Photo provided)

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September shows feature last summer exhibits

First Friday kicks off the Labor Day weekend with the last summer showing of art shows. At the…

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases. Anchor…

Pet of the Week: Possum

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Pet of the Week: Possum

Pet of the Week Meet Possum, a 3-year-old female. Good news my friend Sully was adopted this weekend…