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Amy Meissner

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Childhood leads Meissner to discover fabric as art

Look closely at the textile art of Amy Meissner and signs of her evolving career emerge. The attention…

A bald eagle flies away with a Dolly Varden on a stringer it snatched from a fisherman last week at Land’s End on the Homer Spit. The eagle took three fish, but two fell off, as did the stringer. The bird flew around the Spit for several hours showing off his catch, said photographer Russell Campbell. For more, see “Reelin’ ’Em In” by Nick Varney.-Russell Campbell, Wandering Nomad Photography

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Homer’s Best Bets

As the latest whining about our heat wave shows, you just can’t please Homerites. Let the temperature fall…

Arts in Brief

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Arts in Brief

‘Shore: Homer’ closes with Friday show Shore: Homer at Tuggeght closes its week-long visit to Homer with a…

The acclaimed Alaska band Pamyua headlines this year’s Seldovia Summer Solstice Music Festival. From left are Stephen Blanchett, Ossie Kairaiuak, Phillip Blanchett and Karina Moeller.

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World comes to Seldovia to sing

Next weekend is the summer solstice. The appropriate audio accompaniment to all that daylight is the Seldovia Summer…

Damage control all part of gardening

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Damage control all part of gardening

Yikes. I was in Bellingham for six days.  I thought that six days wouldn’t be significant. That my…

Cancer survivors start Relay for Life in 2013. The annual fundraiser starts at 6 p.m. Friday with the Survivors Walk at its new location of West Homer Elementary School. Closing ceremonies are at noon Saturday. Proceeds benefit American Cancer Society research and patient support programs.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Next Wednesday the Homer Advisory Planning Commission holds a public hearing on how to connect Waddell Way from…

Arts in Brief

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Arts in Brief

Pier One play opens Friday Pier One Theatre’s production of “The Last Five Years” opens at 7:30 p.m.…

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Homer’s Best Bets

What with graduation, climate change  and the state budget, there’s been a lot of talk about the future.…

First Friday events

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First Friday events

Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Ave. New work by Ed Tussey 5-7:30 p.m., First Friday Opening Reception…

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Arts in full swing for June

In this quaint little art town with a fishing problem, as sure as the king salmon return to…

Andre Dubus III

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Community, creativity catalysts of conference

Creative writing is a solitary and intense endeavor, so it is important for writers to find kindred spirits…

First Friday openings

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First Friday openings

Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Ave. New work by Ed Tussey 5-7:30 p.m., First Friday Opening Reception…

Learn from Gardener's mistakes

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Learn from Gardener’s mistakes

I’ve been fussing around with the delphiniums. Now is the time to stake these beauties, now — before…