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A detail for Keren Lowell’s “Hunger Shirt.” (Photo provided)

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Fall art scene is vibrant and alive

Though the hustle and bustle of summer has ended and Homer eases into fall, the art scene remains…

Boomerang Bags aim to reduce plastic bags

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Boomerang Bags aim to reduce plastic bags

Homer’s community of fiber artists — sewers, quilters and crafters who work in fabric and fiber — brought…

A sign advertising the annual Homer Documentary Film Festival hangs on the side of the Homer Theatre Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Annual Homer Documentary Film Festival returns this week

Hold onto your popcorn, it’s time to talk docs. The Homer Documentary Film Festival is coming to a…

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Wild Shore performs Friday

Larry Yazzi performs a dance for a small crowd Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 in the Homer High School Mariner Theatre in Homer, Alaska. Yazzi’s group, the Native Pride Dancers, traveled from Minnesota to performs in several schools and venues on the Kenai Peninsula. Their visit was made possible by the by the Native Youth Community Project. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Photos: Native Pride Dancers visit Homer

By Megan Pacer

The 2018 Burning Basket, Dream, catches fire on Sept. 9, 2018 at Mariner Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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An intimate view of the Burning Basket from formation to flames

The image came via text in early June: a lilac-painted 1972 Volkswagen van set against a picturesque backdrop…

New Anchor Point writer publishes second novel

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New Anchor Point writer publishes second novel

When a former journalist writes a novel with an unreliable narrator about the editor of a weekly newspaper…

David Pettibone’s “Year of the Tree” exhibit features a single tree painted at the Eagle River Nature Center painted over the span of a year. His show opens Sept. 7, 2018, at the Homer Council on the Arts, Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided)                                David Pettibone’s “Year of the Tree” exhibit features a single tree painted at the Eagle River Nature Center painted over the span of a year. His show opens Sept. 7, 2018, at the Homer Council on the Arts, Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided)

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First Friday

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Participants in a pre-performance silent estuary walk contemplate Wendy Erd’s poetry on Sept. 2, 2018 at the Beluga Slough in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Mira Klein)

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Beluga Slough inspires a new creative collaboration

Ten minutes before the performance was set to start, an at-capacity audience at Bunnell Street Arts Center already…

Shine, the 2017 Burning Basket, burns on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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The annual Burning Basket build week starts Sunday, Sept. 2 and runs noon to 8 p.m. daily through…

<span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">File photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News</span>                                In this photo taken on Aug. 24, 2018, a pile of gravel behind the Homer Council on the Arts offices on Pioneer Avenue shows the general area planned for the Mary Epperson Performing Arts Center in Homer. HCOA has put aside plans to build a large yurt for the center and instead will build a more permanent building.

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HCOA scraps yurt idea for Epperson PAC

Over the past few years, the Homer Council on the Arts has been exploring and raising money for…