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‘Swan Lake’ comes to the Mariner Theatre

Homer’s Motivity Dance School will hold performances April 26-28

Photo by Emilie Springer
McKenzie Hansen and William Bradshaw rehearse a week before the single stage performance of Homer’s annual Jubilee youth talent show at Homer Council on the Arts.

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Homer’s Jubilee youth variety show to be performed Friday at the Mariner Theatre

Homer’s annual Jubilee talent show, sponsored by Homer’s Council on the Arts, returns to the Homer High School…

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Artists to host gathering to discuss Ten Minute Play project

Local artists Christine Kulcheski and Rudy Multz are co-producing a design for a collection of 10-minute plays that…

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Fireweed Frescoes share their violin music with pre-school students at the Girassol Learning Center and help them to make cardboard violins on April 5 as part of the Festival of Strings April celebration.

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Homer Opus celebrates spring with the Festival of Strings

Homer Opus, a nonprofit organization that provides instruction in string-based music programs to Homer youth as well an…

Spectators watch the 2022 RopeTowPalooza.  The 2023 event was cancelled due to weather.  Photo provided by Sarah Banks.

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Homer Rope Tow slush cup celebration takes place this weekend

This weekend Homer’s Rope Tow will host two days of events at the annual Homer RopeTowPalooza.

Homer High School Yearbook students at the 2024 Great Gatsby prom. Left to right back: Ally High, Caitlyn Rogers, Minadora Reutov, Nathan Overson, William Bradshaw, Annabelle Franciscone, Sofia Loboy. Left to right front: Alaiyah Brost, Katelyn Marroquin, Suzanne Bishop, Julie Guess, Juliann Techie, Natalie Kientz, Amanda Toce

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Homer High celebrates prom with ‘The Great Gatsby’ theme

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel was set on Long Island, New York, and prom attendees dressed to the…

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Workshop seeks to spur civic engagement

The City of Homer, the League of Women Voters and Kenai Peninsula Votes are hosting the event

The Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee (top left) meets with Agnew::Beck consultants Shelly Wade (bottom) and Meg Friedenauer (top right) over Zoom on Monday, March 4, 2024 in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Comp plan project managers launch website, plan 1st public outreach event

Community open house scheduled for March 28

2023 tournament champion Gail Bilyeu, center, holds the winning fish during the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament awards ceremony on Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. Pictured right are the 2022 and 2021 tournament champions, Weston and Andrew Marley. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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Winter King Tournament scheduled for March 23

Tournament’s 30th anniversary will be celebrated concurrently

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Anchor Point community members watch and wave at the Chapman School Eagle Ensemble float in the annual Snow Rondi parade on Saturday. <ins> on Milo Fritz Road in Anchor Point, Alaska</ins> Turnout at the parade was high despite high winds and below-freezing temperatures.

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Anchor Point turns out for Snow Rondi festivities

Annual winter weekend event series featured a packed schedule

The sign at the entrance of Kenai Peninsula College’s Kachemak Bay Campus is photographed on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Finn Heimbold/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Science Conference to take place this month

The Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is hosting the 10th Kachemak Science Conference March 17-20 at Kachemak…

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Snow Rondi revives Cabin Fever Variety Show

Community talent show featured near 20 acts

Emilie Springer
Homer women get instruction in self defense from the Homer Police Department at Homer Middle School on Saturday, March 2, 2024 in Homer, Alaska.

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Women learn self-defense skills at free workshop

The Homer Police Department sponsored the event for the fifth year