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A mask from Drew Michael's Bunnell Street Arts Center show, “Spaces Within.”-Photo provided

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First Friday events

Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Avenue Black and white, photography by Taz Tally and glass work by…

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Picture Alaska to go out of business; First Friday shows look at remote landscapes, boreal forest

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

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

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Gardeners’ Weekend: A perennial event

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

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

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Homer Street Faire

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

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

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Homer’s Best Bets

Have you noticed how some Alaskans like to drive glossy black trucks with tinted windows, jacked up tires…

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

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PARKS DAY: CELEBRATING EARLY HOMER SPIT HISTORY

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

A small but enthusiastic crowds dances to live music performed Saturday by Nervis Rex.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Rains don’t dampen Concert on Lawn spirit

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Kizzia book in paperback

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

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Lavallee signs work

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

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Street Faire is Saturday

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

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Ptarmigan has fund sale

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

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Sugar Strings perform

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

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Hmong film shows today

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