Homer Features
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Some mariners might think they’ve put a few miles on their engines this summer, but bragging rights in the harbor go to the workhorse of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the R/V Tiˆglaˆx. Just back last Friday from her five-month season, the research and transport ship that patrols the Alaska...
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 2:53pm -
Homer writer Jennifer Bernard’s first romance novel, “The Fireman Who Loved Me,” made the USA Today bestseller list for the week of Sept. 15, featured at number 128. First published in May 2012, “The Fireman Who Loved Me” is the first in Bernard’s “Bachelor Firemen” series. She has s...
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 1:15pm -
The Pratt Museum received the Excellence in the Museum Profession Award from Museums Alaska for its gray whale project. The award was presented last week at the Museums Alaska conference held Sept. 25-28 in Haines. The award honored the Pratt’s 14-year effort to salvage a gray whale carcass and sk...
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 1:14pm -
Registration has started for workshops run by Quixotic, a visiting performance arts troupe. Workshops will be held in dance, aerial silks and ballet on Oct. 14 and 15. Aerial silks involves moving while dangling from silk fabrics. The workshops include an introduction to aerial silks. The fee is $30...
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 1:14pm -
As part of the third annual Alaska Book Week, Oct. 5-12, the Homer Public Library holds “Alaska Read-out” at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the library. Homer authors Miranda Weiss, Rich Chiappone, Ann Dixon and Erin Coughlin Hollowell will read from their favorite Alaska books. The audience also is encourag...
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 1:14pm -
I find it a bit unusual to compose a bouquet in October of lilacs, roses, primroses and pale yellow trollius. Lovely yes, odd — definitely. All of these plants have given me a gentle second bloom now and then over the years, but nothing like this. My garden is more lovely now than it was in ...
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 1:13pm -
By most accounts, the 2013 salmon season in Alaska was a barn-burner. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is reporting that nearly 270 million fish were caught in the state this year, more than double last year’s catch of 120 million fish and eclipsing the previous record of 22...
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 10:58am -
With Tuesday’s municipal election approaching, the Betster has been thinking a lot about legacy. You know, the stuff we as individuals leave to our loved ones and the kind of community those who follow us find after we’ve left. Seems like legacy — the kind we leave as individuals and as a comm...
Thu, 09/26/2013 - 12:32pm -
Homer Theatre’s 10th annual documentary film festival begins at 6 p.m. today with gala opening festivities, which include a 6 p.m. barbecue dinner, guest speakers and the international release of the documentary “Muscle Shoals.” Ten films are in the film festival’s ...
Thu, 09/26/2013 - 10:18am -
Karla Freeman is no stranger to the Homer arts community. She lived in Homer for more than 40 years painting, teaching and caring for her family. Her husband, Carlos Freeman, designed and built their home 11 miles out East End Road where they raised three daughters in their “cabin in the wo...
Thu, 09/26/2013 - 10:17am
