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    Picture Alaska to go out of  business; First Friday shows look at remote landscapes, boreal forest
    Picture Alaska to go out of business; First...
    By Michael Armstrong • July 30, 2014 4:08 pm

    Picture Alaska, a constant presence on Pioneer Avenue for First Friday art openings, announced this week that after 24 years…

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    Don Felton and Joan Splinter, with helpers Henry and Schnitzel, have spent little more than a year creating their garden on West Hill.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Gardeners’ Weekend: A perennial event
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 30, 2014 3:27 pm

    One has only to look as far as the Homer Garden Club for a definition of “perennial.” The club’s roots…

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    Betsy Scott sings while Eddie Wood plays the cajon at the Homer Council on the Arts Street Faire last Saturday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Homer Street Faire
    July 24, 2014 11:30 am

    Visitors to the annual Homer Council on the Arts Street Faire on Hazel Avenue enjoyed sunshine, music, arts and crafts…

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    The crew of the F/V Western Freedom work on the boat at the steel grid at the Homer Harbor about 1 p.m. last Thursday. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Homer’s Best Bets
    July 23, 2014 5:25 pm

    Have you noticed how some Alaskans like to drive glossy black trucks with tinted windows, jacked up tires and not…

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    Several people stand by a building at Coal Point in 1892 on the Homer Spit, the first non-Native settlement there. -Photo provided, Pratt Museum
    PARKS DAY: CELEBRATING EARLY HOMER SPIT HISTORY
    By Michael Armstrong • July 23, 2014 3:25 pm

    Most everyone knows the story of the naming of Homer, and how in April 1896, 50 men and one woman,…

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    A small but enthusiastic crowds dances to live music performed Saturday by Nervis Rex.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Rains don’t dampen Concert on Lawn spirit
    July 16, 2014 6:02 pm

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    Kizzia book in paperback
    Kizzia book in paperback
    July 16, 2014 5:59 pm

    Homer writer Tom Kizzia’s best-selling book, “Pilgrim’s Wilderness,” has been released in a paperback edition. Published by Broadway Books, it…

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    Lavallee signs work
    Lavallee signs work
    July 16, 2014 5:59 pm

    Artist Barbara Lavallee celebrates 40 years of creating art with an appearance from 1-6 p.m. Saturday at Art Shop Gallery….

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    Street Faire is Saturday
    Street Faire is Saturday
    July 16, 2014 5:59 pm

    The Homer Council on the Arts Street Faire is 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday on Hazel Avenue, the street that runs…

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    Ptarmigan has fund sale
    Ptarmigan has fund sale
    July 16, 2014 5:58 pm

    Ptarmigan Arts supports its scholarship fund with a Scholarship Sidewalk Sale from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday in front of the…

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    Sugar Strings perform
    Sugar Strings perform
    July 16, 2014 5:58 pm

    The Super Saturated Sugar Strings holds a CD-release concert for its new album, “Heart Shaped Leaves,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday…

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    Hmong film shows today
    Hmong film shows today
    July 16, 2014 5:58 pm

    Filmmakers Wendy Erd and Peter Kaufmann present “Stories from a Stone Land,” a community based film about a village of…

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    Jim “Hobo Jim” Varsos poses for a photo after a show at AJ’s OldTown Steakhouse and Tavern.-Photo by Shannon Reid
    Iconic musician Hobo Jim gains fans worldwide
    By Shannon Reid • July 16, 2014 5:57 pm

    Jim Varsos, better known as “ Hobo Jim,” has captured audiences all over the world with his collection of Alaskana-flavored…

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