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Surfing film to show again Dec. 1 at Homer Theatre
“Alaska Sessions,” a film about a month-long surfing trip from Sitka to Homer, shows again at 1 p.m.…
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‘Distinguished Service to the Humanities’
For nearly a dozen years, writers have been gathering annually on the shores of Kachemak Bay, sharing their…
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Spirit of sharing fills holiday season
By McKibben Jackinsky Staff writer It’s full-steam ahead into the holiday season with Share the Spirit, a community-wide…
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Homer’s Best Bets
Slip sliding down West Hill Road the other day in a thermally confused snowstorm, the Betster realized that…
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Octopus Garden holds holiday show
The Octopus Garden, a Homer Spit shop open in the summer, holds a special winter show over the…
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Writers Contest entries due Nov. 21
The deadline for the Homer Council on the Arts 21st annual Kenai Peninsula Writers Contest is fast approaching.…
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Caressa, Dean win video contest
Homer musician Caressa and video director Tehben Dean have won first place in F Magazine’s music video…
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Photojournalist’s book documents Alaska career
In the introduction to his book, “Snap Decisions,” photojournalist Jim Lavrakas calls himself “the last ambulance chaser.” A…
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Homer thrift: more than a second-hand store
For women and children staying at South Peninsula Haven House, the domestic violence shelter has an in-house second-hand…
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Homer’s Best Bets
Did this year’s election drive you nuts? For future reference, the Betster has discovered a sure-fire way to…
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Arts Briefs
Ellis Paul and Radoslav Lorkovic play together in Homer on Friday Longtime friends and internationally touring folk-blues musicians…
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CaN-Do Spirit impresses Alaskans in New York City
A 6 a.m. alarm clock signaled the beginning of Tuesday for Trisha Davis of Nikolaevsk. By 5:30 p.m.,…
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Homer’s Best Bets
News of Super Storm Sandy’s destruction on the East Coast and beyond has the Betster thinking: Alaska is…