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Local band Uplift plays at the event to support protestors at Standing Rock on Nov. 5 at K Bay Caffe. Homer native Lucas Wilcox worked in the protest camps in North Dakota providing food for protestors of the heavily contested oil pipeline. Wilcox hopes to raise money to bring back tents for shelter as the protest continues into the winter.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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The Arts in Brief

Inspired by Diaries exhibit opens The Pratt Museum’s Inspired by Diaries exhibit opens with a reception from 5-7…

John Gorka recently released and album he recorded in 1985 in Nashville, Tenn., and recently rediscovered. Gorka carried the tapes from his five-day session in Nashville from him over the years from New York City to Bethlehem, PA., to Minnesota. Though the tapes experienced wear over the years, Gorka was able to revive them and transfer the music onto digital files.-Photo by Joe del Turo

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Legendary folk musician Gorka plays in Homer

Slide into your 50s, and sometimes things you put aside years ago don’t look as bad as you…

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John Gorka performs Nov. 11 at Bunnell Downward Dog Productions presents Red House Records recording artist John Gorka…

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First Friday events

Bunnell Street Arts Center 106 W. Bunnell Ave. Artist in Residence work by Claudio Orso-Giacone 5-7 p.m., First…

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Exhibits feature old, new

November’s First Friday openings feature a mix of the old and new. That describes not only the collection…

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Black-and-white Ritz starts winter gala season

Do not adjust your peepers. If you go to the Pratt Museum’s fundraiser on Saturday, Black and White…

The cast of the Second City touring group performs a skit. The group will be in Homer Nov 2-4-Photo provided

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Second City troupe offers improv with a political bite

By the time Chicago-based improvisational theater group Second City rolls into town, game seven of the World Series…

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Arts in brief

Library holds novel writing month kick-off Friends of the Homer Library holds a National November Writing Month —NaNoWriMo…

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The Arts in brief

Youth orchestra plays at K-Bay Caffé Saturday The Homer Youth String Orchestra Club performs from noon-1 p.m. Saturday…

Cantina of the Dead, by Katie Hollingsworth.

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Dia de los Muertos explores death, loss in creative ways

At the quarter point between the equinox and the solstice, spiritual and secular celebrations appear in numerous cultures,…

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HPL Book Club reads Chiappone’s ‘Liar’s Code’ For October, the Homer Public Library Book Club reads Homer writer…

Some of the recycled box masks made by Claudio Orso-Giacone in a workshop at Bunnell Street Arts Center last month.

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Bunnell Artist in Residence brings poetic sensibility

After several years of Bunnell Street Arts Center artist residencies, the concept has evolved into a simple but…

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The Arts in Brief

Women of the World perform International a cappella group Women of the World perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday…