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November First Friday

Multimedia works celebrate the seasonal transition to winter

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Off the shelf: Memoir ponders life’s un-expectations

‘The Crane Wife’ is part of the Homer Public Library’s 2024 Lit Lineup

Photo provided by Michael Walsh Still shot from Michael Walsh’s film mix of Night of the Living Dead. The piece will show at the Bunnell Film Jam on Saturday, Oct. 26<ins>, 2024,</ins> at 8 p.m.<ins> in Homer, Alaska.</ins>

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Film Jam returns

Film Jam returns to Bunnell Street Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.

A model presents a frog mask created by Carly Garay for the 2023 Homer Wearable Arts show ‘Camp.’ Photo by Annie Garay.

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Wearable Arts returns to the runway in downscaled 2024 show

Homer’s Wearable Arts Runway Show returns to the stage on Friday, Oct. 25 from 7 to 10 p.m.…

Emilie Springer/Homer News Two of Maite Agopian’s hand-crafted wood puppets are displayed at Bunnell Street Arts Gallery on Tuesday. Oct. 8<ins>,</ins><ins> 2024 in Homer, </ins><ins>Alaska</ins>. Agopian is completing an artist’s residency with Bunnell for the month of October.

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Puppeteers bring craft to Homer

Vermont puppeteers collect interviews from Homer residents for a show to be performed in 2025

Emilie Springer/Homer News Homer performers sing and dance in “To Life” from the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” at a dress rehearsal on Oct. 3<ins>, 2024</ins> on the Mariner Stage in Homer<ins>,</ins> <ins>Alaska</ins>.

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Fiddler on the Roof opens on Thursday

Pier One Theatre’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof” opens tonight, Thursday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. at…

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A catalyst for conversation

October First Friday exhibits works in a variety of mediums and messages

Late Anchor Point artist Norman Lowell is seen in this 2003 photo provided by the Norman Lowell Gallery on Sept. 19, 2024. (Courtesy)

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Losing the light

Anchor Point artist Norman Lowell dies at 96

Emilie Springer/Homer News 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…

“Party Time,” “Love and Roses,” and “Cherry Delight” cakes, created with acrylic, plastic foam and beads on cradled board, are part of Sami Ali’s collection “The Death of Retail” on display at Homer Council on the Arts through September 2024. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Exploring the fall of retail

A mixed media show by Anchorage artist Sami Ali opened Sept. 6 at HCOA

"Pushki Sunset" by Lorna Branzuela is on display through September at Fireweed Gallery in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Fireweed Gallery

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Celebrating seasonal transitions

September First Friday showcases work by new, local and statewide artists