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Pratt seeks art donations for Ritz The Pratt Museum seeks donations or art for Ritz, the museum’s annual…

Art from Deb Lowney’s “Going with the Flow.” (Photo provided)

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September shows feature last summer exhibits

First Friday kicks off the Labor Day weekend with the last summer showing of art shows. At the…

A row of skin kayaks is on display at a previous Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Festival last Saturday. (Homer News file photo)

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Wooden boat fest celebrates big 2-5

Since its start in May 1993, the annual Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Society Festival has moved in both…

Clouds parted briefly over Homer, Alaska, at about 8:45 a.m. during a partial eclipse of the sun in this view taken from Diamond Ridge on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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As we all know, Homer along with the rest of the country was recently subject to a solar…

Hundreds participated in the 7th annual Salmonfest Action of Art on Aug. 5, 2017 and led by installation artist Mavis Muller. Volunteers helped Muller create the installation art. Muller said the art “was meant to send a strong message of advocacy for Alaska’s waterways and the salmon which are ‘canaries in the coal mine.’ alerting us to the impact of climate change on the health of our communities and entire ecosystem.” (Aerial drone photo taken by John Newton)

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Basket build starts Sept. 2 The 14th annual Homer Burning Basket project of community interactive, impermanent art runs…

Visitors to the Pratt Museum look at “Wild Alaska,” above, by Karla Moss Freeman, and a 1900 map of the Cook Inlet Coal Fields railroad, one of the historic pieces included in cARTography exhibit Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 at the Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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cARTography exhibit blends art, mapmaking

The Pratt Museum’s latest exhibit, cARTography, makes a typeface play, emphasizing “art” in the word. That also pays…

Carla Klinker-Cope., left, and Becca Bottebaum paint with encaustics in Ann-Margret Wimmerstedt’s “Wax. Wine & Wimmerstedt”class held July 30, 2017 at Wimmerstedt’s home. Wimmerstedt, far right, reaches for a propane torch. The torch is used to manipulate the wax by melting it and also to fuse the finished painting. “Encaustic” means “to burn.” (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Artists feel the burn in encaustics class

On a cloudy Sunday last month, artist Ann-Margret Wimmerstedt brought together six student artists with one mission. Feel…

Women pose in scarves in 2015 in Petra, Jordan. (Photo courtesy Christina Whiting)

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Writer, photographer shares stories of Jordan Writer, photographer and adventure traveler Christina Whiting presents “Meandering the Middle East:…

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Brace yourselves: the school year is coming. Gone are the mornings when a Homerite can drive through town…

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As idyllic as our little corner of the world can be, sometimes one finds oneself in need of…

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August is here, but garden season perseveres

We are now deep into the growing season and the vegetable harvest is well underway. All of the…

Pier One Youth Theatre actors Vianne Sarber, left, as Rosario, and Zane Wilkonson, right, as Lonzo, rehearse a secne from “Honor Among Thieves,” at Pier One Theatre, Homer, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Youth Theatre head directs — and writes — new play

Homer’s Pier One Theatre has always been a home-grown operation, with locals lending a hand for everything from…

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Karla Freeman memorial show opens at KBC Longtime Homer artist, painter and Kachemak Bay College teacher, Karla Freeman,…