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Furthur guitarist plays at Alice’s

Alice’s features big weekend of acts A guitarist with a Grateful Dead-inspired band leads off a weekend of…

The Homer Youth String Orchestra performs at Grewingk Glacier in August as part of the filming of “Blue Ice.” (Photo submitted)

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Young musicians record ‘Blue Ice’ at Grewingk Glacier

Among musicians, a corny old joke goes like this: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” “Practice, practice,…

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‘Bending the Arc’ wins Doc Fest audience award

Following the close of the 14th annual Homer Documentary Film Festival, last month, Homer Theatre owner Jamie Sutton…

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Arts Briefs

Friday is deadline for ‘Root’ mail-art show Submissions are due Friday for “Root,” a mail-art show opening Nov.…

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First Friday shows

Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Ave. The Shadow Painter, by Edward Whetsone Hutchinson 5-7:30 p.m., First Friday…

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Alaska Book Week features local readings Alaska Book Week, Alaska’s annual celebration of literary artists, features readings today-Saturday…

Kyle Schneider, center, as Jesus, rehearses a scene from “Jesus Christ Superstar” on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 at the Mariner Theatre in Homer, Alaska. The musical opens Friday, Oct. 6. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Pier One production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” takes gritty look at rock musical

Jesus dies in the end. OK, let’s get that spoiler out in the open. Just as in the…

‘pH’ novel takes new tack to novel: fiction about science

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‘pH’ novel takes new tack to novel: fiction about science

Science fiction as predictive literature has its limits, but the writer Frederik Pohl noted one value to the…

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Kilchers to host benefit concert for John Colia Jr. The Kilcher family will play a preview concert in…

Dar Williams’ “What I Found in a Thousand Towns” (Basic Books, September 2017, $27)

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‘Thousand Towns’ looks at what some cities do right

On her visits to Alaska over the past 20 years, like a lot of visitors to Homer, singer-songwriter…

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Lord debuts new novel Homer writer Nancy Lord launches her new novel, “pH,” at 6 p.m. Friday at…

Homer Theatre owner Jamie Sutton, wearing special glasses, introduces Werner Herzog’s “Cave of Forgotten Dreams,” the first digital 3-D film shown at the 55-year-old theater for the 2011 Homer Documentary Film Festival. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Homer Doc Fest returns with films that seek to enlighten

Next week, Homer film buffs will escape reality for an hour or two during the weeklong 14th annual…

Robin Austin, left, and Natalia Mulawa, right, work on Shine, this year’s Burning Basket, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit, Alaska. The annual interactive art project will be offered to the community on Sunday and then transformed into heat and light at sunset. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Burning Basket is Sunday

The 14th annual Homer Burning Basket project of community interactive, impermanent art, is presented to Homer this coming…