Site Logo
Steven Michael Allen paints his wooden boat at the Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Festival on Saturday. The boat building shop for kids is always a popular event.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Community

Homer’s Best Bets

The sandhill crane colts have begun to gather together for the big migration. On the Spit, except for…

The Arts in Brief

Community

The Arts in Brief

Authors read at KBC Canadian writers Ann Eriksson and Gary Geddes read fiction and poetry at 6:30 p.m.…

Julie Tomich holds her daughter, Xelia, at her show’s First Friday opening.

Community

Window pane art sheds light on area’s beauty

Julie Tomich is into creepy things. She wears a colorful skirt with the skeleton of a poodle painted…

Kite surfers, stand-up paddleboarders and body surfers play in the waves off the Spit last month.-photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Community

Homer’s Best Bets

Now that Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has ordered Mt. McKinley be renamed Denali, will other prominent…

Annuals keep color going as summer fades

Community

Annuals keep color going as summer fades

I’ve been doing a lot of looking around this week, looking to see what is still in bloom,…

Community

First Friday events

Alice’s Champagne Palace 195 E. Pioneer Ave. Homer Halibut Festival Buoy Art by various artists 5-7 p.m., First…

Community

Summer winds down with full ticket of openings

As the summer tourist season winds down after Labor Day on Monday, First Friday goes out with a…

Pink Martini features founder Thomas Lauderdale, left, at the piano, and singer Storm Large, center, on couch. The mini orchestra performs at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at the Mariner Theatre.-Photo provided

Community

Homer to get taste of Pink Martini

Life can often take unexpected turns when the best laid plans give way to unforeseen opportunities. Thomas Lauderdale,…

The Arts in Brief

Community

The Arts in Brief

Body movement class set to start Sept. 16 An Insightful Body Movement class starts Sept. 16 at the…

The Arts in Brief

Community

The Arts in Brief

Body movement class set to start Sept. 16 An Insightful Body Movement class starts Sept. 16 at the…

Hannah Heimbuch, left, of the Alaska Marine Conservation Council watches a video on an information kiosk about ocean acidification at Coal Point Trading Company on the Homer Spit. Kyra Wagner also watches. The kiosk was dedicated Monday. The Alaska Marine Conservation Council and Cook Inletkeeper collaborated on the project. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Community

Homer’s Best Bets

The other day the Betster ran into a friend who has toiled for decades in the visitor industry.…

Photo by Michael Walsh

Community

Let the creek run

Volunteers with the Woodard Creek Coalition on Sunday paint a swath of blue on Pioneer Avenue near Bartlett…

Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright performs at Mariner Theatre Sunday.-Photo provided

Community

Rufus Wainwright performs Sunday

How does a musician born into a famous musical family craft his own voice? This Sunday, Homer can…