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New York-based dance company to perform in Homer

The company will also provide workshops for Homer students on Sept. 30.

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Current Ptarmigan Arts cooperative members Ted Heuer, Susan Stuart and George Overpeck pose with their work next to longtime member Gary Lyon’s paintings on Friday, Sept. 20<ins>, 2024,</ins> at the gallery on Pioneer Avenue<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>.

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Ptarmigan Arts celebrates 40 years as a gallery in Homer

Homer’s Ptarmigan Arts will host a gallery event on Friday, Oct. 4 in celebration of the 40th anniversary…

Chicago artist Kathleen Dose-Koehl and assistant RJ Nelson sit in front of the newly sketched mural on the side of a building on Homer Spit Road, ready to begin painting on Monday. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Chicago artist to create Spit mural

Artist Kathleen Dose-Koehl returns to Homer for Alaska World Arts Festival

Paris Chansons perform on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Homer Council on the Arts as part of the Alaska World Arts Festival. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Jazz ensemble highlights first weekend of World Arts Fest

The first week of Homer’s sixth annual Alaska World Arts Festival kicked off last weekend with storytelling events…

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Dancers at the Homer Mariner Theater perform in Nice Moves during the Alaska World Arts Festival in 2022.

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The Alaska World Arts Festival returns to Homer

It will run Sept. 13 to Sept. 26

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…

The 2023 Burning Basket, titled “Create,” burns after sundown on Sept 10, 2023 at Mariner Park in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Mavis Muller

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Burning Basket build week begins Sunday

The 2024 Homer Burning Basket enactment will take place at sundown on Sept. 8

Homer author Susan Pope attends a book signing for "Rivers and Ice" in May 2024 at River City Books in Soldotna, Alaska. Photo provided by Susan Pope

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“Writing what I was living”

Homer writer debuts memoir that follows a journey of understanding and forgiveness

Lily DeTaeye performs on the Inlet Stage during Salmonfest on Sunday, Aug. 4<ins>,</ins><ins> 2024,</ins> in Ninilchik<ins>,</ins> <ins>Alaska</ins>. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Salmonfest returns to Ninilchik with music, art, education

By Jake Dye and Delcenia Cosman

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Katia Holmes and and Liam James rehearse script for “Falstaff and the Endless Machine” at the Pier One Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 1.

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Classic Shakespeare character gets his own story

“Falstaff and the Endless Machine” opens Aug. 8 at Pier One

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Ketchikan artist Ray Troll will provide a talk and book signing at Kachemak Bay Campus on Aug. 2.

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Documenting a fish-filled life

Ketchikan artist Ray Troll to visit Homer for a presentation and book signing

Sierra Ferrell performs on the River Stage at Salmonfest in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Salmonfest returns Aug. 2-4 for ‘musically infused family reunion’

The three-day event will feature art, festivities and an array of performers

Poster for 2024 Songs on the Slough. Photo courtesy of Seldovia Arts Council

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Seldovia’s 4th annual Songs on the Slough this weekend

Songs on the Slough, the annual on-the-water concert sponsored by the Seldovia Arts Council, returns for the fourth…