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Writers Contest deadline is Nov. 20
Writers and poets have until Nov. 20 to enter the 22nd annual Kenai Peninsula Writers Contest, sponsored by…
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Artist-in-schools academy offered
Artists, teachers and administrators interested in learning or refreshing skills as a teaching artist can take the Teaching…
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HCOA seeks performers for Stepping Out show
The Homer Council on the Arts seeks new and established performing artists for its Stepping Out show, to…
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Artist-in-Residence holds workshop
Melissa Daubert, Bunnell Street Arts Center’s artist in residence for October and November, holds a free public workshop…
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Events celebrate Kenai Peninsula fishing tradition
The chords, familiar to many in the bar, drifted out over the audience who sat laughing and talking…
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HCOA Artist Registry is online
Homer area artists can join the Homer Council on the Arts online Artist Registry. Artists can join the…
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McBride writes book about lodge
Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge owner and author Michael McBride has written and had published “The Last Wilderness: Alaska’s…
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Faust publishes book on alpacas
Nina Faust, a retired Homer High School teacher, has published “Alpaca Relaxation Guide,” a book that offers advice…
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Quixotic
Five years ago when the Homer News checked in with Mica Thomas, the Homer-grown theater artist, he spoke…
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‘Everlasting’ sails onto the printed page
What began years ago as bedtime stories he made up for his two oldest children — Yarrow, now…
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First Friday Events
Bunnell Street Arts Center 106 W. Bunnell Ave. ARTrageous Gaye-la, paintings by Gaye Wolfe Installation by Melissa Daubert…
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Gaye Wolfe featured in two shows this Friday
Almost a year after she died, local galleries honor Gaye Wolfe, the woman who put the “art” in…
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Writer makes USA Today bestseller list
Homer writer Jennifer Bernard’s first romance novel, “The Fireman Who Loved Me,” made the USA Today bestseller list…