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Children and adults roast marshmallows and stand around a bonfire at the kickoff for the Big Read last Friday at the Homer Public Library parking lot. Ray Bradbury’s dystopian science fiction novel about firemen who burn books, “Fahrenheit 451,” is the featured novel. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Big Read, big ideas

“Fahrenheit 451 – The temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns…”  On Friday night a crowd…

Homer Mayor Beth Wythe, center, reads a proclamation at the Jan. 12 Homer City Council meeting declaring Friday as Big Read Day and encouraging people to take part in the Homer Public Library’s Big Read for Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.”  The Big Read starts with a kick-off bonfire at 7 p.m. Friday at the Homer Public Library. Watching are Marylou Burton, treasurer, Friends of the Homer Public Library; Library Advisory Board student member Sabina Karwowski; Library Director Anne Dixon; and Friends of the Homer Public Library Coordinator Erin Hollowell.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

If you looked up in the sky lately and can see past the downtown light pollution, you might…

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Shorebird fest seeks 6-by-6 paintings

The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival Committee seeks artists to paint Alaska birds on 6-inch-by-6-inch canvases as a fundraiser…

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Iredale offers pottery classes

Homer ceramic artist Ahna Iredale offers a six-week pottery class at her studio, Rarebird Pottery. Classes are three…

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Audition for Spring Cabaret set

Auditions for the Homer Council on the Arts Spring Cabaret are at 6 p.m. Jan. 29 at HCOA.…

Some of the cast of “The ’60s Show” ham it up in rehearsals Monday at the Mariner Theatre. From left to right are Nolan Bunting, Michael Hurd, Bobbye Tripplet Hurd, Daniel Wysocki and Sunrise Sjoeberg. The set is a reproduction of the “Laugh-In” wall from the 1960s comedy variety TV show.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Forward into the past: ’60s Show crosses generational boundaries

Calling itself “a trip down Penny Lane” — uh, that would be a Beatles song — “The ’60s…

Rick Paulsrud emcees the 2014 Sportsman’s Banquet at Chapman School in Anchor Point, while a taxidermied deer stares over his shoulder.-Photo provided

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Sportsman’s banquet: a fun evening not just for men

It began as a mid-winter event for men to swap hunting and fishing stories. Six years later —…

Artist and poet Jo Going, left, visits with Homer poet Eva Saulitis through a Skype connection at the opening of Going’s show, “Still and Again,” last Friday at Bunnell Street Arts Center. Saulitis is in Hawaii, and Michael Walsh of Bunnell Street Arts Center set up the Skype session so Saulitis could see the show and hear Going’s poetry reading.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

We American journalists like to think we’re tough. Cover up a political scandal and we’ll go all Woodward…

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HCOA announces 2015 annual arts awards

The Homer Council on the Arts has announced the winners of its 2015 Annual Arts Awards. The awards…

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‘1960s Show’ celebrates era; shows Jan. 24, 25

Sponsored by the Homer Council on the Arts, “The 1960s Show: A Curious Celebration of an Era” shows…

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Big Read kicks off on Jan. 23 with bonfire

The Friends of the Homer Public Library launches its Big Read program in celebration of Ray Bradbury’s science…

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Cajun Country Revival plays Alice’s on Tuesday

Legendary Cajun accordion player Jesse Lége and Cajun fiddler extraordinaire Joel Savoy are joined by the Foghorn Stringband…

A piece by Dave Ellington was included in a group show last June at Picture Alaska.-Photo provided

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It’s all about form

Nearly every Tuesday evening from 6:30-9 p.m., a small group of local artists gather to hone their craft.…