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Homer artists receive Rasmuson grants

Four Homer artists have received Rasmuson Foundation project grants or fellowships, the foundation announced on Wednesday. Awarded grants…

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Salvage Art exhibit is at River Festival in June

ReGroup seeks artists to submit art made from trash for its  Salvage Art Exhibit at the Kenai River…

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Facing the Elements seeks outdoor art work

The Pratt Museum has issued a call for art for its annual Facing the Elements outdoor show. First…

Jimmy Gao performs.-Photo provided

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Gao wins piano competition

A Homer 7th grader, Jimmy Gao, won first prize in the Intermediate II Division at the Alaska Piano…

Adam Ottavi, a recent artist in residence at Bunnell Street Arts Center, sold his photograph, “Burnt Alaska,” to the Alaska State Museum.-Photo provided

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Homer arts organization gets $265,000 Rasmuson grant

One of Homer’s more obscure art organizations doesn’t have an office, doesn’t have a gallery and only a…

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‘Giulio Cesare’ is last opera of the season

Have you ever wondered how Caesar and Cleopatra got hooked up? Find out in David McVicar’s production of…

Dunlins and western sandpipers fly over Mud Bay last Saturday.-Photos by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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21st Annual Shorebird Festival: birds might be bouncing back

If visitors to the 21st annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival thought they might have been skunked last Thursday…

Teri Robl

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There is no place like home(r)!

It is wonderful to be back in our home and Homer, surrounded by the life we’ve made here.…

An early morning snowfall and chilly temperatures weren't enough to dampen the May Day Celebration at Fireweed Academy on Saturday. Crafts, a silent dessert auction, musicians and a May Day dance performed by the charter school's younger students kept the festivities going.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Yowzah, has spring finally arrived in this year’s Not Current In This Time Zone season.The other day the…

Randy Olson stands in front of a slide illustrating Joseph Campbell’s concept of the Hero’s Journey at a talk April 17.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Biologist turned filmmaker schools other scientists on art of storytelling

For scientists to connect to citizens, it’s as easy as A-B-T. On April 17 at the Kenai Peninsula…

Mary Bee Kaufman did the 21st annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival poster, above, also used on this year’s T-shirt design. The painting shows several red knot shorebirds and illustrates this year’s theme, “From Baja to Beaufort: Every Wingbeat Counts!”-Illustration provided

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Namesake mountain drew shorebird artist to Alaska

The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival featured artists have much in common in their choice of subject — shorebirds,…

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The Arts In Brief

Connections grad holds recital Homer graduating senior Lydia Arndt, who attends the Kenai Peninsula Borough Connections home school…

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Be prepared for a late gardening start

It is cold. Really cold. So as I bundled up and reminded myself that I do indeed live…