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Creative nonfiction writer Atcheson reads on Feb. 20

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Creative nonfiction writer Atcheson reads on Feb. 20

Creative nonfiction writer Dave Atcheson reads from his work and gives a talk at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20…

Big Read talk looks at technology and nature

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Big Read talk looks at technology and nature

As part of its Big Read for Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451,” the Friends of the Homer Public Library…

Members of TorQ play with percussion instruments. From left to right are Daniel Morphy, Adam Campbell, Richard Burrows and Jamie Drake, all of Toronto, Canada.

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Hitting stuff for a living: TorQ plays on Valentine’s Day

For Canadian percussion group TorQ, its name has a double meaning. “Tor” stands for “Toronto,” the Ontario city…

The costumed Thoning family gets ready for the start of Sunday’s Ski For Women. From left are Brightly Thoning as Little Red Riding Hood, Beka Thoning as a wolf, and Lucas Thoning, who was crowned Mr. Homer at the 2014 Homer Winter Carnival.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

This week we had an important celestial event: Groundhog Day, or as we call it in Alaska, Marmot…

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First Friday Events

Bunnell Street Arts Center 106 W. Bunnell Ave. On Hockey, sculpture and other works by Michael Conti 5-7…

Art by Carolyn Seymour

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Faces featured in two exhibits

With some galleries on winter hiatus, only three of the regular art galleries have first Friday openings. Fireweed…

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TorQ percussion group performs

Canadian quartet TorQ performs on concert marimba and vibraphone in a concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 14 at…

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Masquerade mask workshops set

In conjunction with “Marie Antoinette’s Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball,” ticket holders can attend free mask-making workshops from noon-4…

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Poems in Place seeks poems

Poems in Place, a collaboration between the Alaska Center for the Book, Alaska State Parks and a steering…

From left to right, Selina Mach, Kara Bakken-Clemens, Jocelyn Shiro, Lisa Nordst-Photo by Aaron Carpenter, Homer News

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Jazzline celebrates youth in the arts

At Bunnell Street Arts Center’s annual Jazzline dance performance, choreographer and director Jocelyn Shiro puts together a show…

A bald eagle strikes a distinguished pose while sitting on a light pole near the Homer Spit Trail on Tuesday afternoon. Although feeding eagles is banned in Homer, bird watchers and photographers can still see eagles on the Spit.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

The Betster always finds the Lower 48 response to a big East Coast blizzard amusing. If a winter…

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Rasmuson offers grants to writers, other artists

Artists working in the media of choreography, crafts, folk and traditional arts, literary arts/scriptworks, and performance art can…

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Chugach Arts Council seeks pet, animal art

Chugach Arts Council in Seward invites artists and arts groups to join in “Art With a Heart” art…