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Pier One Youth Theatre actors, from left to right, Landon Bunting, Chloe Allman, Chloe Pleznac, Lilly Smith and Mia Alexson practice a scene from “The More You Know.” -Photo provided

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Youth Theatre production is this weekend

“The More You Know,” a variety show by Pier One Youth Theatre skills camp students, opens this week.…

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Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies seeks artists for ‘S.O.S.’ show

The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies seeks artists for its “S.O.S.” marine debris art show. “Debris Dangles: From…

Yo-yo expert Julius makes a Saturday appearance in Homer during his visit to the Kenai Peninsula.-Photo provided

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Workshop, demo take yo-yos to higher realm

Sitting on a toy store shelf, a yo-yo is nothing but wood and string. In the hands of…

Photo by Toni Ross

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Retired pilot explores new vocation: writing

More than 45 years in Alaska has given Bill Richardson plenty of life experience — from pilot to…

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Homer’s Best Bets

Here in Betsterland we run into a contradiction every summer: The more stuff that happens, the less space…

Finding right spot for right plant perennial challenge for gardeners

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Finding right spot for right plant perennial challenge for gardeners

The iris setosa (our native iris) thrives in a very boggy area of the garden. There are even…

Beach walkers wait for kite surfers to hit the waves last Saturday as fog shrouds the Homer Spit during KiteFest.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Based on the number of people with reddish tints to their faces around town, not all of you…

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Halibut Cove Live music series starts July 7

Quiet Place Lodge and the Homer Foundation present Halibut Cove Live, a music and dining series held weekends…

Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Keynote poet shares advice with writers

One of the treats of the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference comes the opening Friday of the five-day event…

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Bunnell seeks proposals for Old Town art projects

Through its Old Town AIR, or Artist in Residence, program, Bunnell Street Arts Center offers opportunities for visiting…

Kites lie on the beach at Mariner Park at a previous KiteFest.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Be blown away by Homer Kitefest 2013

George Overpeck and Trace Carlos live for extreme sports in Alaska, but it’s not snow they crave —…

National Public Radio puzzlemaster Will Shortz, second from left, and Robert Roberts, fourth from right and the top ranked U.S. table-tennis player, join Homer ping-pong players last weekend at Homer High School. From left to right are Dan Kroph, Shortz, Jimmy and Gary Gao, Roberts, Dale Banks, Matt Faris and Kyle, last name not known. Shortz visited Alaska as part of his goal to play ping pong in all 50 states.-Photo by Mary Kate Green

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Homer’s Best Bets

“A screaming comes across the sky,” starts Thomas Pynchon’s “Gravity’s Rainbow.” Pynchon wrote about V-2 rockets in London…

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Writers’ Conference starts Friday

The 12th annual Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference opens Friday at Land’s End Resort. Public events include a reading…