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HCOA holds annual meeting, arts awards next week

The Homer Council on the Arts holds its annual meeting and arts awards presentation at 6 p.m. Friday,…

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HCOA offers circus, scrimshaw, body movement classes this winter

The Homer Council on the Arts offers classes for circus arts, scrimshaw and body movement this winter. From…

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Some people seem surprised when a big southwest wind on a 20-foot plus tide turns the Spit Road…

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January is the time to plan your garden, not plant it

Let’s revisit spruce aphids. I’m hearing lots of talk about how lucky we are to have cold temperatures…

The Makai works its way through ice pans as it comes into the Homer Harbor on Tuesday.

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Homer’s Best Bets

Twelve days into the New Year and here in our peaceful corner of the universe, so far the…

The cast of "Nabucco" performs in the New York Metropolitan Opera's production. The performance is shown at 6 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Homer Theatre in a Live at the Met HD video broadcast.-Photos by Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

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Homer can hear Verdi’s opera Jan. 19

Giuseppe Verdi (1831-1901) strides like a giant over the world of opera, and it is impossible to overstate…

Washington Post literary critic Michael Dirda, will give a craft talk and be Homer's Big Read keynote presenter in February. -Photo provided

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Big Read explores Wilder play, novel

Now that Homer starts its fourth time exploring literature through the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read…

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Auditions open for spring production

Auditions take place at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, in the Mariner Theatre for the spring production, “Circus…

Happens in Homer Jan. 14 - Feb. 25

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Homer Big Read Events

Big Read Kick-Off Event 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 Alice’s, 195 E. Pioneer Ave. Listen to a staged…

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Homer artist holds residency in January

Homer artist Mandy Bernard is the January artist in residence at Bunnell Street Arts Center. Bernard’s textile work…

Mars, upper left, and Venus, lower right, flank the moon at sunset about 5:40 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2. On New Year's Day, Venus had been opposite the horns of the crescent moon and within 1.5 degrees.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

So far, 2017 has started serenely — almost too serenely. The Betster did visit a bar over the…

Homer Sour Girls Natalia Sherwood, Jasmine Kupetz, Evelyn Sherwood, Katie Miller and Jocelyn Stillwell pose for a photo. The girls are currently selling hot chocolate to raise funds for SPARC.

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Kids’ business profits go to help others

The Homer Sour Girls is comprised of five sweet and business-minded girls — 8-year-olds Jocelyn Stillwell, Evelyn Sherwood,…

Kevin Worrell of the Super Saturated Sugar Strings plays the upright bass on the River Stage at Salmonfest on Saturday, August 6.-Homer News file photo

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Salmonfest holds concert series at Alice’s

Starting Friday, Alice’s Champagne Palace teams up with Salmonfest to bring a music series, the Salmonfest Concert Series,…