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Jaquel Spivey is Damian, Angourie Rice is Cady and Auli’i Cravalho is Janis in “Mean Girls.” (Promotional photo courtesy Paramount Pictures)

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On the screen: ‘Mean Girls’ is a special, musical, spectacle

The adaptation of the 2017 Broadway musical is a surprising early-year hit

Homer Art & Frame staff are recipients of the Art Advocate award. Pictured from left to right are Ellen Lord, Lynn Marie Naden, Tammy Anderson, Tracy Hansen and Markus Fuhrman. Photo provided by Homer Art & Frame

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Arts council announces 2024 Community Arts awardees

Homer Council on the Arts recognizes contributions to Homer’s art community

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What’s happening at Homer Counil on the Arts this month

Since 1975, Homer Council on the Arts has been offering performances, exhibitions and arts education for community members…

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Bunnell to host Maker’s Spaces for parade

The Bunnell Street Arts Center exhibit gallery may be closed for the month of January, but that doesn’t…

A copy of Judy Johnson’s “Alaskan Pioneer Girl” rests in the snow on Sunday, December 24, 2023 near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Off the Shelf: Small town girl weaves tales of home

Local memoir is an engaging window into what life on the central peninsula looked like in the second…

Tom Blyth portrays Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler portrays Lucy Gray Baird in "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes." (Promotional photo courtesy Lionsgate)

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On the Screen: ‘Hunger Games’ still has something to say

Surprisingly rich prequel interrogates contemporary politics through dystopian lens

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The Ptarmigan Arts Gallery is photographed in June 2023.

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Looking forward, looking back

Homer’s art galleries reflect on this year and look to the year to come

A copy of William L. Iġġiaġruk Hensley’s “Fifty Miles from Tomorrow” is held outside the Peninsula Clarion building on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Off the Shelf: A powerful record of Alaska Native advocacy

In “Fifty Miles From Tomorrow,” William L. Hensley divulges a lifetime worth of insight into both his childhood…

"Specific Gravity, a multimedia work by Michael Armstrong is on display in Homer Council on the Arts' "Fun with 5x7" show in November and December 2023. Photo by Michael Armstrong

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A life guided by art

Former Homer News editor Michael Armstrong pursues his creative life

A copy of Sherry Simpson’s “The Way Winter Comes” is held in the Peninsula Clarion offices on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Off the Shelf: Inhabited by winter

Juneau writer spins haunting tales of Alaska’s darkest season in 1998 short story collection

"Sealscape," a gouache and archival ink piece by Renee Veldman, is on display in Homer Council on the Arts' "Fun with 5x7" exhibit through December. Photo provided by Renee Veldman

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Playful pictures

Homer’s natural beauty and robust art community helps local woman finds her creative niche

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Pieces of home

Homer woman creates Alaska- and ocean-themed metal artwork

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Off the Shelf: Alaska rom-com is a not-so-guilty pleasure

From the start, the story has the same allure of a Hallmark Christmas movie