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Cindy Argus, left, and Beth Carroll, right, demonstrate spinning fibers at their booth, Namaste Knitting.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Feet on the street

Warm weather brought out the shorts and sandals at the Homer Council on the Arts annual Street Faire…

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Kenaitze Tribe seeks art for Wellness Center

The Kenaitze Indian Tribe seeks requests for proposals for art concepts for design, fabrication and installation of a…

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Artist seeks stories for book about Jack Epperson

Former Homer artist and writer Debi Bodett has issued an open invitation for friends of Jack Epperson to…

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Author signs books Monday at Homer Bookstore

Alaska author Don Rearden signs his novel, “Raven’s Gift,” from 4:30-6 p.m. Monday at the Homer Bookstore. The…

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Van Zyles visit Art Shop Gallery

Artists Jon and Jona Van Zyle visit the Art Shop Gallery from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Part…

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KPO Summer Music Festival starts

The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival starts at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with a Garden Party fundraiser at…

In a photo from the cover of “Pilgrim’s Wilderness,” Papa and Country Rose Pilgrim, center, are shown with their 14 children at their land near McCarthy.

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Pilgrim daughter’s heroism at heart of new Kizzia book

Homer writer Tom Kizzia’s “Pilgrim’s Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier” works…

The Karen Strid Quartet Plus 2 performs Thursday and Friday at Pier One Theatre. From left are Karen Strid, who lives in Homer; Brenda Vulgamore-Hune, vocals, of Anchorage; Heidi Herbert-Lovern, bass, of Anchorage; Dale Curtis, trumpet, who lives in Ketchikan; and Curtis Bates, drums, who lives in Soldotna. Not pictured with the group is Jim Davis, who plays the sax and lives in Anchorage.

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Outrageous Jazz

Outrageous Jazz, a production of Pier One Theatre, showcases some of the finest jazz musicians in the state in…

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Lavallee visits Art Shop Gallery

Anchorage artist and author Barbara Lavallee visits the Art Shop Gallery from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Part…

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Improv group performs next week

Blank, a local improvisational troupe, performs at 8 p.m. July 25 at the Art Barn, behind 1060 East…

Visitors to the 2012 Homer Council on the Arts Street Faire stroll down Hazel Avenue and look at booths.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Street Faire returns to its Hazel Avenue spot

Started in 1987, and held in locations as diverse as Heath Street and even Homer High School, the…

Nervis Rex performed at last year’s Concert on the Lawn, to the enjoyment of hoopers and dancers.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Concert on the Lawn:

Along with the Spit Run, the Ninilchik Rodeo and the Kenai Peninsula Fair, one of the lower peninsula’s…

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Craigie and Jones perform in August at K-Bay Caffé

Acoustic folk singers John Craigie and Leigh Jones perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 9 at K Bay Caffé.…