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Cyndie Avery’s “Muertos Gothic.” (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Dia de los Muertos resurrected for second year

Following its inaugural last year of the Dia de los Muertos community art show, the Homer Council on…

Participants assemble Wearable Arts pieces Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 at a workshop with Sheila Wyne at the Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, Alaska. Wyne is artist in residence at Bunnell at a residency sponsored by the Homer Fiber Arts Collective. (Photo by Michael Armstrong)

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Wyne pumps new energy into Wearable Arts

Artist residencies at Bunnell Street Arts Center tend to go in two directions. Sometimes an artist works solo,…

Furthur guitarist plays at Alice’s

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Furthur guitarist plays at Alice’s

Alice’s features big weekend of acts A guitarist with a Grateful Dead-inspired band leads off a weekend of…

The Homer Youth String Orchestra performs at Grewingk Glacier in August as part of the filming of “Blue Ice.” (Photo submitted)

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Young musicians record ‘Blue Ice’ at Grewingk Glacier

Among musicians, a corny old joke goes like this: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” “Practice, practice,…

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‘Bending the Arc’ wins Doc Fest audience award

Following the close of the 14th annual Homer Documentary Film Festival, last month, Homer Theatre owner Jamie Sutton…

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Arts Briefs

Friday is deadline for ‘Root’ mail-art show Submissions are due Friday for “Root,” a mail-art show opening Nov.…

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First Friday shows

Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Ave. The Shadow Painter, by Edward Whetsone Hutchinson 5-7:30 p.m., First Friday…

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Arts Briefs

Alaska Book Week features local readings Alaska Book Week, Alaska’s annual celebration of literary artists, features readings today-Saturday…

Kyle Schneider, center, as Jesus, rehearses a scene from “Jesus Christ Superstar” on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 at the Mariner Theatre in Homer, Alaska. The musical opens Friday, Oct. 6. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Pier One production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” takes gritty look at rock musical

Jesus dies in the end. OK, let’s get that spoiler out in the open. Just as in the…

‘pH’ novel takes new tack to novel: fiction about science

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‘pH’ novel takes new tack to novel: fiction about science

Science fiction as predictive literature has its limits, but the writer Frederik Pohl noted one value to the…

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Arts Briefs

Kilchers to host benefit concert for John Colia Jr. The Kilcher family will play a preview concert in…

Dar Williams’ “What I Found in a Thousand Towns” (Basic Books, September 2017, $27)

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‘Thousand Towns’ looks at what some cities do right

On her visits to Alaska over the past 20 years, like a lot of visitors to Homer, singer-songwriter…

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Arts Briefs

Lord debuts new novel Homer writer Nancy Lord launches her new novel, “pH,” at 6 p.m. Friday at…