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One of the works of art from a scholarship fundraising exhibit at Ptarmigan Arts. (Photo provided)

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Summer isn’t quite over with September First Friday art openings

Although school is back in session, the fireweed has gone to fluff and the Labor Day weekend heralds…

Recover, the 18th annual Burning Basket, starts to burn on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Burning Basket construction starts on Labor Day

The 19th annual Homer Burning Basket 2022 will be held Sept. 11 at Mariner Park on the Homer…

Homer artist Oceana Wills illustrated the cover of Scott Burbank's "Interior Waypoints: Sailing to Colombia."

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‘Interior Waypoints’ came out of six years of tropical travel

Decades from now literary scholars may ponder an interesting cultural blip: Why did so many memoirs get written…

From left to right, Sara Murnane Berg, Ed Berg, Kim Zook, president of the Homer-Kachemak Bay Rotary Club, Bernie Griffard, past president, Linda Reinink-Smith, friend of Sara and Ed, Laura Kelley, treasurer, Homer-Kachemak Bay Rotary, pose for a photo on Tuesday, Aug. 9, after Zook presented the Bergs with a $2,000 check for the Loved & Lost Memorial Bench at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided)

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Rotary presents check for memorial bench

Rotary Club of Homer-Kachemak Bay President Kim Zook presented a check for $2,000 on Aug. 9 to Sara…

A copy of “Once Upon the Kenai: Stories from the People” rests against a desk inside the Peninsula Clarion’s offices on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Off the Shelf: Hidden history

‘Once Upon the Kenai’ tells the story behind the peninsula’s landmarks and people

Kate Lochridge stands by one of her paintings for a pop-up show of her work on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at the Homer Council on the Arts in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by MIchael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Pop-up exhibit shows culmination of art-science residency

First Friday art goers last week who stumbled upon a show in the basement of the Homer Council…

One of photographer Blaine Wright's images from his show opening Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at Ptarmigan Arts in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided)

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Artists new and returning to Homer show for August

August First Friday shows feature an artist new to the Homer art scene among a solid collection of…

Music lovers listen to a performance on the River Stage at Salmonfest on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Salmonfest to bring music, food and vendors to Ninilchik this weekend

65 bands and performers will participate in the three-day Ninilchik music festival

"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…

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…

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

The Western Flyers. (Photo provided)

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Seldovia Solstice Fest features four days of music, art

A little gem of a festival returns for its 21st year this weekend in Seldovia. The Seldovia Solstice…

Tarryn Zerbinos shows one of her paintings to be displayed in June at Grace Ridge Breweing. (Photo provided)

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Art, Alaska lure Zerbinos back to her roots

Zerbinos markets work through social media with novel products like stickers.