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Andrey Moraru balances on one hand during the performance last Friday of Quixotic at the Homer Mariner Theatre.                                     -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

After decades of living in Alaska, the years and seasons blur together. The Betster’s memories might have gotten…

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ArtQuest classes start Monday

ArtQuest, a six-week series of visual art classes for youth with Katy Countiss, starts Oct. 28 at the…

Rope connects sculptures at Bunnell Street Arts Center that Melissa Daubert has made since starting her residency in September.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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‘String Calendar’ connects artist to community

In Melissa Daubert’s art installation in progress, “String Calendar,” a cord circling the room around her small sculptures…

Jaelynn Thompson with her mother, Jennifer Cabana.-Photo provided

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Halloween: costumes, treats and tricks galore

Halloween — the time of year when dressing wacky is more than a Homer fashion statement, treats are…

Lauren Winstead, left, an aerialist with Quixotic, teaches Delilah Harris, right, aerial silk techniques on Tuesday in the Homer High School Commons. Quixotic is a Kansas City, Mo., music, dance, circus art and multimedia performance troupe. They perform today and Friday. Both shows are sold out.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

You know how people these days get all harsh and rude, particularly on social media and the interwebs?…

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Writers Contest deadline is Nov. 20

Writers and poets have until Nov. 20 to enter the 22nd annual Kenai Peninsula Writers Contest, sponsored by…

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Artist-in-schools academy offered

Artists, teachers and administrators interested in learning or refreshing skills as a teaching artist can take the Teaching…

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HCOA seeks performers for Stepping Out show

The Homer Council on the Arts seeks new and established performing artists for its Stepping Out show, to…

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Artist-in-Residence holds workshop

Melissa Daubert, Bunnell Street Arts Center’s artist in residence for October and November, holds a free public workshop…

Trina Uvaas of Homer reads a ribald sea chantey during a weekend of Fisher Poets events Sept. 28 at the Tustumena Lodge in Kasilof. Her performance was described as a “suprise and just a tremendous amount of fun” by former Kenai resident and well-traveled fisher poet Pat Dixon.-Photo by Rashah McChesney, Morris News Service - Alaska

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Events celebrate Kenai Peninsula fishing tradition

The chords, familiar to many in the bar, drifted out over the audience who sat laughing and talking…

Believe it or not, there’s still time to garden

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Believe it or not, there’s still time to garden

Well, this is awkward. I have not done much in my garden since planting bulbs last week. Nary…

While Seaman Mike Ferraro, left, pieces together body parts, Ensign Brian Henderson tests fake blood in preparation for the Haunted Hickory’s 2010 scare-a-thon. The Haunted Hickory has become a Homer Halloween tradition.-Homer News file photo

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USCGC Hickory: Haunting Homer for 10 years

When the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sedge left Homer in 2002, some thought that after more than 20…

A row of painted mailboxes brighten up the neighborhood on Hillside Place off West Hill Road.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

About this time of year, Homerites fall into outerwear confusion. One day it can be sunny and warm,…