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Spring means rhubarb time

Where is the sunshine and warmer weather? The song birds and cranes got the memo to return, but…

Western sandpipers, dunlins and maybe a few least sandpipers feed in Mud Bay on Tuesday, May 7, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. A pulse of about 8,000 sandpipers flew in Tuesday night.

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Best Bets

Homer has really gone to the birds lately. Apologies, but this is the only time of year the…

Beth McKinney paints a plate for Bunnell Street Arts Center’s annual Plate Project. (Photo provided)

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Plate Project celebrates 25 years of giving

What started as a way to reward members for supporting Bunnell Street Arts Center has grown into an…

First Friday

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First Friday

Shorebirds, cranes and other spring birds also have begun to arrive. Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival featured artist Erin…

Lemon and Italy

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Lemon and Italy

I recently returned from visiting a different part of the world that was beautiful, green, peaceful, interesting, very…

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Bunnell announces co-leadership change

In a new shared leadership model, Bunnell Streets Arts Center founding artistic and executive director Asia Freeman will…

Arts Briefs

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Arts Briefs

Roush offers cold-wax workshop Homer artist Karen Roush presents a workshop in cold-wax painting from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.…

Two sandhill cranes walk across a yard on Crestwood Circle on Thursday, April 26, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. Report sandhill crane sightings to the Kachemak Crane Watch at 235-6262 or reports@cranewatch.org. Date, time, location, behavior, and number of cranes is helpful. Leave a name and number in case the group needs more details. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Our erstwhile editor escaped to Europe last month. Yes, he brought back chocolate, souvenirs and a copy of…

Local resident Theresa Engebretsen’s boxer, Miller, has a peaceful interaction with two moose Sunday, April 22, 2018 at her house in Homer, Alaska. They touched noses six or seven times and then hung out for awhile, Engebretsen said. “I’ve never seen an interaction like this with a dog and moose,” she said. (Photo by Theresa Engebretsen)

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Spring has sprung! And with it, all that mud and gunk that spent months in the back of…

Arts briefs

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Arts briefs

HCOA holds gala fundraiser The Homer Council on the Arts holds a gala fundraiser, “A Night With the…

Photo by Linda Smogor Members of the Many Rivers community.

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Many Rivers lead to the ocean: the art of meditation

Many people are familiar with the brain-drain effect: the scattered, glazed over numb feeling, the lack of focus…

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Biscuits are always yummy

One evening this winter I made a yummy moose stew and was thinking how nice it would be…

Birds find nooks and crannies in the rock to perk on Gull Island in Kachemak Bay on Saturday, April 14, 2018 on Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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“Are we out of the woods yet?” “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back…