Top Stories From Homer, Alaska

If it's bird related or has something to do with shorebirds, at this weekend's 16th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival you can expect to find plenty to do. Celebrate birds in poetry and song with "On the Wing," a performance by various musicians and poets at 8 p.m. Saturday at Bunnell Street Gallery. Shop for carved birds, bird shirts, bird hats and bird everything from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at the Arts and Education Fair at Homer High School. Listen to keynote presenter Richard Crossley, co- author and photographer to "The Shorebird Guide," speak at 10 a.m. Sunday at Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center. Or, learn about the rare sport of observing beer labels with birds for the International Bird Beer Label Association's Bird Beer Bash from 6-7 p.m. Saturday at Alice' Champagne Palace.