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Lúnasa performs with Rté Concert Orchestra. From left to right, front, are Kevin Crawford, flute; Cillian Vallely, uilleann pipes; Seán Smyth, fiddle; Ed Boyd, guitar; and Trevor Hutchinson, bass. -Photo provided

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Lúnasa explores Celtic tradition beyond Irish music

After centuries of emigration, the Celtic diaspora has fetched up on distant lands, but many still look back…

Keeping patrons happy before Alice’s Champagne Palace closed its doors on Sunday were servers Laura Duncan, Jill Gunnison and Nickie Knight, and bartender Dan Norton­.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Alice’s Champagne Palace holds solid place in Homer’s past

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

A beach walker left bare footprints on the sand near Bishop’s Beach last Saturday, proof that for some it was warm enough to shed shoes.-Photo by Stan Purington

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Homer’s Best Bets

The Betster would like to call back last week’s Best Bets in which yours truly said it appeared…

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‘Dominion of Bears’ author to speak

Creative nonfiction writer and university professor Sherry Simpson will read from her work and hold a craft talk…

The members of Irish band Lúnasa perform at the Mariner Theatre on Feb. 8.-Photo provided

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Lúnasa performs next week

Irish band Lúnasa performs 7 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Mariner Theatre. Sponsored by the Homer Council on…

Jazzline director Jocelyn Shiro, right, rehearses a duet with Wil Roedl.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Jazzline

Homer junkyards can be notorious for the odd stuff one might find buried under blue tarps — vintage…

A woman walks her dog past WKFL Park on Tuesday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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WKFL Park not new to controversy

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

Construction readies Land’s End for its June 5, 1958, opening on the Homer Spit. -Photo copied with permission of Jon Faulkner.

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Land’s End Resort a long-time Homer presence

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

Homer News reporters Michael Armstrong, left, and McKibben Jackinsky, right, cut the cake at the 50th anniversary party for the Homer News last Thursday at VBS / Specialty Stoves. Former reporter Hal Spence is the background. For more photos, see the Spotted page at homernews.com.-Photo by Meldonna Cody

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Homer’s Best Bets

A quick glance at the weather forecast for a Pacific Northwest city calls for a chance of rain,…

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Finalists chosen for writers contest

Finalists have been chosen for the 22nd Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest. The list of finalists has been posted…

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Poems in Place seeks poems for state parks

The Poems in Place Project, a collaboration of Alaska State Parks, the Alaska Center for the Book and…

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‘Pull, Hammer and Slide’ is Saturday

Homer musicians Timothy Robb and Lindanne Sarno present a concert, “Pull, Hammer and Slide,” at 8 p.m. Saturday…

“Lacon de Catalonia”

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Mountainfilm

Even if you’ve never taken a Community Recreation class or played in a Community Rec sport like Pickle…