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Kenai Peninsula Fair: 63 years old and counting
In 1951, the southern Kenai Peninsula had two fairs, one in Homer and one in Ninilchik. According to…
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Homer’s Best Bets
Now would be the time when the Betster does the annual summer punch list column. As kids prepare…
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Homer Spit Campground: 40 years a family tradition
As long as people have been visiting the Homer Spit, they have camped outdoors. Archaeologists have found shell…
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Chicken Liquor plays Down East in September
California old-time string band Chicken Liquor performs 8-11 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Down East Saloon. Featuring “rollicking…
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Writer, artist hold retreat at Peterson Bay
Writer Marilyn Sigman and artist Marilyn Kirkham lead “Line by Line,” a writing and art retreat Aug. 22-24…
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Marian Beck offers plein-air workshop
Halibut Cove artist Marian Beck offers a plein-air, or open-air, workshop from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 17 in…
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Grandmother Drum keeper offers drum-making class
White Eagle Medicine Woman, the drumkeeper of the 7-foot wide Alaska Grandmother Drum, and performance artist Michaela Baumgartner…
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Hear stories of Alaska women
For the Carl Wynn Nature Center’s Fantastic Fridays series, Rosie Burgess and friends share stories of amazing Alaskan…
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Visiting artists Michael, Isaak embody modern Native Alaska art
When Homer artist Ron Senungetuk curated “Inspirations: An Alaska Native Art Exhibition” in September 2010 at the Pratt…
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Homer’s Best Bets
If you’ve been seeing coworkers and friends walking around bleary eyed and in a daze, no, they haven’t…
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California pianist plays concert at Bunnell
Santa Rosa, Calif., musician Jason Farnham presents an evening of contemporary piano at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17 at…
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Homer author reads from her first novel
Homer and Pueblo, Colo., writer Donna Mack reads from and does a signing of her first novel, “Whispered…
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Pratt Museum gets $300,000 federal grant
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $300,000 grant to the Pratt Museum to implement its “People…