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Jimmy Gao performs.-Photo provided

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Gao wins piano competition

A Homer 7th grader, Jimmy Gao, won first prize in the Intermediate II Division at the Alaska Piano…

Adam Ottavi, a recent artist in residence at Bunnell Street Arts Center, sold his photograph, “Burnt Alaska,” to the Alaska State Museum.-Photo provided

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Homer arts organization gets $265,000 Rasmuson grant

One of Homer’s more obscure art organizations doesn’t have an office, doesn’t have a gallery and only a…

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‘Giulio Cesare’ is last opera of the season

Have you ever wondered how Caesar and Cleopatra got hooked up? Find out in David McVicar’s production of…

Randy Olson stands in front of a slide illustrating Joseph Campbell’s concept of the Hero’s Journey at a talk April 17.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Biologist turned filmmaker schools other scientists on art of storytelling

For scientists to connect to citizens, it’s as easy as A-B-T. On April 17 at the Kenai Peninsula…

Mary Bee Kaufman did the 21st annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival poster, above, also used on this year’s T-shirt design. The painting shows several red knot shorebirds and illustrates this year’s theme, “From Baja to Beaufort: Every Wingbeat Counts!”-Illustration provided

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Namesake mountain drew shorebird artist to Alaska

The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival featured artists have much in common in their choice of subject — shorebirds,…

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The Arts In Brief

Connections grad holds recital Homer graduating senior Lydia Arndt, who attends the Kenai Peninsula Borough Connections home school…

Student art from the Flex School show, opening May 10 at the school.-Photo Provided

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First Friday Events

Art Shop Gallery 207 W. Pioneer Ave. New Work by Nancy Wise 5-7 p.m., First Friday Reception New…

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Wildlife art shows preview shorebird festival

As hundreds of geese, dozens of cranes and a few shorebirds descended on Homer last weekend, and with…

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Improv class is May 18

Improvisational performer and teacher Martin Zeller offers a 5-hour improvisational theater workshop from 9:30 a.m. to noon and…

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Show opens at Cosmic Kitchen

While there is no First Friday reception, Anchor Point artist Gary Sheridan will visit Cosmic Kitchen from 5…

Mossy Kilcher, left, and Sunrise Sjoeberg, right, are two of the performers in “On the Wing.”-Photo Provided

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‘On the Wing’ concert starts off shorebird weekend

To kick off the 21st annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, “On the Wing,” a musical celebration of birds,…

Homer High School Choir Director Kyle Schneider sings a solo during rehearsals on Sunday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Requiem holds personal meaning for concert director

In the grand arc of Mark Robinson’s teaching and musical career, Johannes Brahms’ “Requiem” serves as a personal…

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2013 Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference

  WHEN: June 14-18 WHERE: Land’s End Resort Keynote speaker: Naomi Shihab Nye Cost: $375 through 5 p.m.,…