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Taking “best of show” in the 30th annual Kachemak Bay Quilters Quilt Show was Patrice Krant’s “Eagle Watching You,” an appliquéd wallhanging. Krant’s piece was one of 65 entries in the Mother’s Day show.

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Quilters delight with artistry in fabric

From tiny slivers of material and even tinier stitches to bright swaths of color and photos reproduced on…

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Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference to hold Festival of Readings

The Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference annual Festival of Readings, with readings by 15 poets, novelists and essayists, is…

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Thompson’s third book is published

Local author Linda Thompson’s third book, “Let Us Be Brave,” has been published. Thompson reads from her book…

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Homer artists win Rasmuson grants

Three Homer artists have received Rasmuson Foundation grants. Artist Mavis Muller and filmmaker Michael Walsh have been named…

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Pier One to offer ‘Calling All Polar Bears’

Pier One Theatre’s first show has been revised. Instead of offering Allison Warden’s “Let Glow,” it will offer…

Above, Nancy Delkittie, left, and Jessica Hay process salmon at a fish camp. Top, a map shows Dena’ina country.-Photo by Robin La Vine, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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Pratt Museum opens spectacular exhibit on the Dena’ina people

A word of advice when you walk into the Pratt’s newest exhibit: don’t say hello to the ladies…

Rose Kinney Hedlund (1917–2004) in the 1930s wears the k’anyagi dress that is featured in the Dena’inaq Huch’ulyeshi exhibition. The dress is made from wool, beads, dentalium shells, caribou hide and fur. -Photo courtesy Emma Hill

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‘The Dena’ina Way of Living’ opens Friday at Pratt

On loan from the Anchorage Musuem, “Dena’inaq’ Huch’ulyeshi: The Dena’ina Way of Living” opens Friday with a reception…

Emmet Meyer, left, and Laura Norton, center, and Esther Lowe, right, put up the Pier One Theatre sign on the Homer Spit on Saturday.-Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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The Arts In Brief

Friends of Homer Public Library get Big Read grantThe National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Friends…

From left to right, Lindianne Sarno, Sharon Friesen Schulz and Sunrise Kilcher-Sjoeberg rehearse recently Schulz’s song, “Sweet Little Bird,” for the 11th annual “On the Wing: Celebrating Birds and Spring with Poetry and Song” concert at 7 p.m. today at the Homer Theatre. -Photo Provided

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‘On the Wing’ concert starts at 7 tonight

The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival “On the Wing: Celebrating Birds and Spring with Poetry and Song” starts at…

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BLM offers artist residency

The Bureau of Land Management is looking to host an artist for two weeks in the Yukon River…

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Bunnell opens endowment fund

Bunnell Street Arts Center has opened an endowment fund at the Homer Foundation. The Bunnell Street Arts Center…

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‘Searching for Sublime’ starts

Visiting artists Jimmy Riordan, Jesus Landin Torrez III and Michael Gerace start their “Searching for the Sublime” art…

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Pier One announces schedule

Pier One Theatre has announced its May and June play schedule. Showing starting in May are these performances…