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Enamel jewelry by Ashley Lohr is on display through May at the Art Shop Gallery in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by the Art Shop Gallery

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Spring comes to the arts

Homer’s galleries and public art spaces celebrate spring with a showcase of artists’ work

Attendees of the Comprehensive Plan Open House give feedback on future land use in Homer on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center auditorium in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Comp plan project leaders launch community survey

The survey will be open through June 21 and will capture wider community input

Homer’s first cruise ship of the season, the Regent Seven Seas Explorer, carrying more than 600 passengers plus 500 crew members, is docked at Homer Harbor on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Council resolves to consider cruise ship impacts, possible policies

Resolution 24-048 directs Homer commissions to conduct conversations with city staff and stakeholders

Birdwatchers scan Mud Bay for birds on Friday, May 6, 2022, during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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32nd Shorebird Festival arrives May 8-12

The shorebirds are coming, the shorebirds are coming!

2024 Taste of Homer logo. Photo provided by the Homer Chamber of Commerce

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Tastes of Homer to be celebrated this month

The culinary celebration of the community will take place the second week of May

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Saturday baseball: North Pole tops Homer

North Pole 20, Homer 5

Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News
Youth performers take their bows to complete the Jubilee! production last Friday, April 19<ins>, 2024</ins> at the Homer High School Mariner Theatre<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>.

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Youth take center stage at Jubilee!

The performing arts show returns for one night at the Mariner Theatre

Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News
Laney Martushev poses at the Homer News office with her certificate from Art in the Capitol and one of the pieces she had on display in Juneau.

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Local student spreads her artistic wings

Homer Connections’ Laney Martushev provides art to Jubilee!, Art in the Capitol and the upcoming 2024 Kachemak Bay…

Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest logo. Photo courtesy of Homer Council on the Arts

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26th Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest winners: Non-Fiction

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Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest logo. Photo courtesy of Homer Council on the Arts

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26th Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest winners: Poetry

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Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest logo. Photo courtesy of Homer Council on the Arts

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26th Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest winners: Fiction

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Joolee Aurand, on bottom, demonstrates a yoga pose in this undated photo taken in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided)

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Yogicstatica returns for its 6th year

The event features 12 hours of yoga at Bunnell Street Arts Center

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Community

Old, new and set to music

Pier One Theatre announces their 2024 production schedule and 51st season