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    Arts briefs
    August 31, 2017 9:55 am

    Pratt seeks art donations for Ritz The Pratt Museum seeks donations or art for Ritz, the museum’s annual gala fundraiser,…

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    Art from Deb Lowney’s “Going with the Flow.” (Photo provided)
    September shows feature last summer exhibits
    By Michael Armstrong • August 31, 2017 9:55 am

    First Friday kicks off the Labor Day weekend with the last summer showing of art shows. At the Homer Council…

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    Hundreds participated in the 7th annual Salmonfest Action of Art on Aug. 5, 2017 and led by installation artist Mavis Muller. Volunteers helped Muller create the installation art. Muller said the art “was meant to send a strong message of advocacy for Alaska’s waterways and the salmon which are ‘canaries in the coal mine.’ alerting us to the impact of climate change on the health of our communities and entire ecosystem.” (Aerial drone photo taken by John Newton)
    Arts briefs
    By Michael Armstrong • August 23, 2017 5:27 pm

    Basket build starts Sept. 2 The 14th annual Homer Burning Basket project of community interactive, impermanent art runs Sept. 2-10…

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    Visitors to the Pratt Museum look at “Wild Alaska,” above, by Karla Moss Freeman, and a 1900 map of the Cook Inlet Coal Fields railroad, one of the historic pieces included in cARTography exhibit Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 at the Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)
    cARTography exhibit blends art, mapmaking
    By Michael Armstrong • August 23, 2017 5:26 pm

    The Pratt Museum’s latest exhibit, cARTography, makes a typeface play, emphasizing “art” in the word. That also pays respect to…

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    Carla Klinker-Cope., left, and Becca Bottebaum paint with encaustics in Ann-Margret Wimmerstedt’s “Wax. Wine & Wimmerstedt”class held July 30, 2017 at Wimmerstedt’s home. Wimmerstedt, far right, reaches for a propane torch. The torch is used to manipulate the wax by melting it and also to fuse the finished painting. “Encaustic” means “to burn.” (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Artists feel the burn in encaustics class
    By Michael Armstrong • August 17, 2017 1:53 pm

    On a cloudy Sunday last month, artist Ann-Margret Wimmerstedt brought together six student artists with one mission. Feel the burn….

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    Women pose in scarves in 2015 in Petra, Jordan. (Photo courtesy Christina Whiting)
    Arts Briefs
    By Michael Armstrong • August 17, 2017 1:50 pm

    Writer, photographer shares stories of Jordan Writer, photographer and adventure traveler Christina Whiting presents “Meandering the Middle East: A small…

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    Pier One Youth Theatre actors Vianne Sarber, left, as Rosario, and Zane Wilkonson, right, as Lonzo, rehearse a secne from “Honor Among Thieves,” at Pier One Theatre, Homer, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)
    Youth Theatre head directs — and writes —...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 10, 2017 10:21 am

    Homer’s Pier One Theatre has always been a home-grown operation, with locals lending a hand for everything from directing to…

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    Art Briefs
    Art Briefs
    By Michael Armstrong • August 10, 2017 10:16 am

    Karla Freeman memorial show opens at KBC Longtime Homer artist, painter and Kachemak Bay College teacher, Karla Freeman, will have…

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    Stu Schmutzler dances at the River Stage during Rabbit Creek Ramblers’ set at the 2017 Salmonfest in Ninilchik, Alaska on Friday, August 4, 2017. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Salmonfest isn’t about fish
    By Story • August 5, 2017 6:28 pm

    Salmonfest isn’t about the fish. Sure, the anadromous fish is ubiquitous throughout the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik, where the…

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    Salmonfest: Rusted Root defies genre
    Salmonfest: Rusted Root defies genre
    By Michael Armstrong • August 3, 2017 9:18 am

    Since 1990, Pittsburgh, Pa., band Rusted Root has been shaking up the music scene like a magnitude-9 earthquake in a…

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    Arts briefs
    Arts briefs
    By Michael Armstrong • August 3, 2017 9:18 am

    Classical concert is next week The Coastal Trio performs a classical concert at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 10 at Bunnell Street…

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    Photo courtesy Nikos Kilcher Nikos Kilcher plays at an unknown date in Homer. His debut album, ‘Pilgrim,’ is being released this week.
    Nikos Kilcher debuts album that was 20 years...
    By Megan Pacer • July 27, 2017 10:59 am

    As a singer-songwriter, Nikos Kilcher said he always wants his songs to hit the streets in tuxedos, not rags. “You…

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    Arts Briefs
    Arts Briefs
    July 27, 2017 10:55 am

    Tahitian dance group Te’arama visits Kenai Peninsula on tour The Pratt Museum is the host of a cultural exchange tour…

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