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April is Jubilee month
April is Jubilee month, the annual celebration of young Homer artists sponsored by the Homer Council on the…
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Bunnell artist in residence aims to connect communities
Falling in love, connecting communities and creating communities. That all sounds like serious stuff, until you get to…
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Homer students win in ‘F’ contest
Six Homer students won in the writing categories of F Magazine’s Alaska Statewide Youth Arts and Writing Contest.…
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Big Read writer to visit
National Endowment for the Arts Big Read visiting writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea visits April…
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Exxon Valdez oil spill response spurs area residents into action
Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…
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Homer’s Best Bets
Let us suppose you lived in a far northern climate. Let’s say that you expect cold temperatures and…
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Kachemak Ski Club: enjoying homer’s slopes since ’48
For centuries, traveling across snow on skis has been a common way to travel in Alaska. Given that…
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Homer’s Best Bets
Sometimes the Betster isn’t tuned in to all the action going on in the world. On Monday while…
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Registration open for Tutka Bay poetry workshop
Registration has started for the Tutka Bay Writers Retreat, with a workshop by poet Carolyn Forché, “Writing On…
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Parks, Arts, Recreation and Culture group meets
The city of Homer has started work on its Parks, Arts, Recreation and Culture (PARC) needs assessment. Funded…
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Unique fiber arts featured at full-moon trunk shows
Pieces of lace, yarn and fabrics of varying textures fill shelves and cover countertops. Light pouring in from…
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Homer’s Best Bets
The fun thing about living in Alaska is that it challenges us to get out of our comfort…
