Saturday will be the end of an era, Betsteroids. That’s right. On 12/13/14 it will be the last day this century when the date will be three consecutive numbers. That’s assuming you abbreviate the year and don’t use the European method of writing dates with the year first, as in 14/12/13. Ever ...

Feel like singing? This Monday at the Homer High School Winter Concert an old tradition will make an encore — and the community is invited to join in. It’s been seven years since the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra performed George Friedrich Handel’s oratorio, “Messiah,” in its entirety, and nea...

Over the Betster’s decades in Alaska, yours truly has learned a few tricks about living in the Last Frontier. First, don’t get all cocky even if you have lived here 35 years or longer — not even if you were born here. Even the most seasoned Alaskans know that Alaska can humble you quicker than...

The Homer Council on the Arts annual Nutcracker Faire runs 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday at Homer High School.  The Nutcracker Faire features more than 100 local artists and crafts people from the Kenai Peninsula, with an emphasis on hand crafted pottery, jewelry, woodwork, ...