August Calendar of Events
ALL MONTH
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Fish Feedings every Tuesday & Friday at 4 pm.
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Outdoor
Exhibit, Facing the Elements Art Exhibit
- Forest Trail
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Inspiration: An Alaska
Native Art Exhibition 2010 – Native Alaskan Exhibit August 6 – September
26.
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Historic
Harbor Walking Tour – Friday & Saturdays at 3 pm. Meet at the Pratt Wheelhouse near the Salty Dawg $5
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Restoration
of Bristol Bay Double Ender Boat Thursdays through Saturdays 9am-4pm behind the
Pratt Museum
- Bunnell Street Arts Center
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Antionette Walker
and Ahna Iredale exhibit
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Bingo Wednesdays 6:30 – 9:30 FMI 235-0122
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Features Taz Tally, Homer Artist in Photography
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Alaska
Geographic Film or Talk
Sunday and Monday at 11 & 1, Wednesdays &
Thursdays at 3.
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Homer’s Wildlife Hotspots Sunday & Monday at 3 pm
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Glaciers Tuesdays at 11
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Volcanoes Thursdays at 11
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Beach Walk Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 11
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Estuary Walk Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1
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Alaska
Wildlife Talk or Walk Tuesdays,
Fridays and Saturdays at 3
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Discovery Lab Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 1
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Knitting Circle Mondays 3-5, refreshments provided.
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Children’s Storyhour 10-11 Tuesdays
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Chapter Book After School
Story Hour 4:00 Wednesdays.
Craig Phillips reads to Elementary-school aged children and parents are
invited.
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Infant Lap Sit with Jolee 11:30-12:00 Thursdays for Infants to 2 years old
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Knitting Circle every Wednesday night at the CommuKnitty
Stash yurt in The Yurt Village from 6:30 to 8:30. All are welcome, come
knit in our cozy little yurt.
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Live
music Johnny B and Others every
Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 6:30
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HOOP PLAY (Drop-in, ALL AGES, ALL LEVELS)
Thought hula hooping was just for kids? Well, think again! HoopDancing is sweeping the nation as a great new exercise
for adults and kids alike. Come play around with Cosmic Hoops, and join the
fun. Hoops provided, or bring your own.
Saturdays at 1:00pm - 2:00pm $5 a class plus $3 CS drop-in fee.
- West Homer
Elementary School
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Pickup
Outdoor Soccer Sunday, Wednesday & Friday 6:30 –10:00 (7:30 on
7/22) For Youth & Adults 8th grade & up. 235-6090 $15 for the summer June
at WHE. July & August at HMS.
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Homer High School
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Green
Room: Latin Dance Group
Therapy 6:30
on Wednesdays with Janette Aragones Ongoing spring
& summer $5- for 6 classes per person or $12 drop-in fee per person, per
night. (No classes 5/5, 7/7 & 7/14)
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Green
Room: Pilates. Bring a yoga mat or
towel. Contact Teresa Olesch, PT. FMI
Call 399-5589. Tuesdays & Thursdays
5-6pm, ongoing spring & summer. $20
community schools fee plus punch card $5 per class.
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Mat
Room: Art & Sport of Kenpo Karate. Tuesdays & Thursdays Adults &
children 5 years & older 6-8 pm, ongoing.
$130 per 13 week semester or $6 per class + $25 community schools fee.
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Open Weight Room: Monday through
Thursday 6-8 punch cards offered through
community schools. Dress appropriately. Wear clean indoor sneakers.
[Adult punch cards 10 punches
for $35. 20 punches for $65. Youth 10 for $20, 20 for $35]
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Foyer:
Fencing. Mondays &
Thursdays September through May 5:30 – 8:30 $100 every 3 months.
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Gym: Evening
Pickup Basketball. Tuesday
& Thursdays ongoing Spring 8:30 – 10, summer
7-10. Gym closed 1st 2 weeks
in July. [Adult punch cards 10 punches for $35. 20 punches for $65. Youth 10 for $20, 20 for $35]
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Pool: PADI
Open Water Diver Course. Ongoing
classes offered every month. Call 235-8808.
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Pool: Various
Kayak courses. Call 235-2090.
TBA City of Homer Adult Basketball Tournament at Homer
High School, call 235-6090 for teams and times.
- Cycle Logical Bicycle Shop Open Bike Shop – come and learn
more about your bicycle. Taught by Derek Reynolds 226-2925 Every Sunday 6-9 $10 per session +1-time
$12 CS fee. Year Round. Punchcards 10 for $90.
- Haas Studio
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5Rhythms
Movement Class with
Gail Edgerly. 5Rhythms is a form of freestyle
dance. This movement practice is for anyone. If you can breathe you
can dance. FMI go to www.movmentashealer.com Mondays
from 6-7:15PM
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Alaska Department of Fish & Game has a fishing rod loaner program year round. People can borrow fishing rods for up to a
week. Loaner rods are available at the
front desk at Kachemak Bay Research Reserve at Islands & Oceans and at the
Homer Fish & Fame office at 3298
Douglas Place.
To borrow a rod, a person will need to show a current fishing license
and provide us with their contact information.
Call 235-8191
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Peterson Bay Field Station Natural History Tours 8-4 Daily, Tours continue daily Memorial Day
until Labor Day. Explore & learn.
Join a CACS Naturalist on a guided natural history tour to explore tide
pools, hike through a transitional temperate rain forest and learn more about
the amazing natural history of Kachemak
Bay.
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Peterson Bay Field Station Combo Tour 8-6 Daily, The above tour
followed by a kayak excursion with St Augustine Tours. Excursion continue
daily Memorial Day until Labor Day.
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Creatures of the Dock Tours 1PM and 4PM Daily
$5 Tours continue daily Memorial Day until Labor Day. Join CACS staff on an unforgettable
tour of the Homer
Harbor and experience the
amazing intertidal critters that can be found on our docks. Check in at
the CACS Yurt at Ramp 2. Tour lasts 1 hour.
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Wynn Nature Center
Guided / Unguided Hike Join CACS Naturalists on a 1-2 hour guided hike through wildflower
meadows, a transitional boreal forest and bogs of the Wynn Nature
Center. Hear
songbirds, see signs of wildllife and enjoy the
peacefulness of the Wynn
Nature Center
trails. Guided hikes are offered daily at 10:00am and 2:00pm from June 12
- September 1. Unguided 10:00 AM -6:00 PM Daily. Cost: $7 adults, $6 Over 60, $5 Under 18, $20
Family. Available June 12-September 1.
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Learn Your Local Plants:
This Walk is a special guided hike provided weekly on Thursdays, June 12 through September
1, 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Learn to
identify the plants in your backyard
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Knee-High Naturalist Program Ages 2-4.
A preschool story hour that includes a hike and craft activity. Fridays 10:30-11:30 AM June 18 – August. Parents welcome. $2 donation requested.
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Bio-kids Ages 5-8. Weekly series of programs exploring different
themes in nature. Tuesdays, 1-3. The first five classes
hav an arts 7 Nature focus and the second five
classes investigate nature (trees, wildlife, wildflowers, birds, and
rocks). Drop-ins are welcome $6/class or
5 classes for $25
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Wilderness Survival Ages 8-11. Weekly program that teaches youth how to survive
in the wilderness. Includes building shelters, orienteering, fire building,
medicinal & edible plants &^ more.
Thursdays 1-3, 10 classes June17 – August 19. Drop-ins are welcome $6/class or 5 classes
for $25
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Day Camp Ages 5-9 years old. Daily Program Monday – Friday,
10:00-1:00. Forest
Explorers August 2 - 13
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WSI:
(Wildlife Investigations) Ages 9-12 years old
Weekly program Wednesdays 1-3 pm 10 classes June 23 – August 18
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Family Free Day Sundays – All Day Beginning June 20 Hike the trials,
have a picnic, go bird watching, look for wildlife, smell the wildflowers! Must have a minimum of one adult and one
child, guided hikes not included unless you are a CACS member.
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Guided & Self Guided Hikes $7 adults, $6 seniors (60+), $5 youth (under
18)m $20 family.
Beginning June 15 – Labor Day 10
am & 2 pm dailly
2-15 Kenai
Peninsula Orchestra’s “Summer Music Festival” For concert times, locations and ticket
information, call 235-7579.
6-Sept 26 “GATHERING 2010” – Native Alaskan Exhibit At the Pratt.
TBA Adult
Softball Championship Tournament Sponsored by Community Schools of Homer,
235-6090.
Su1 Cooking School at Tutka
Bay
The Harmony of Food – Japanese Influences 907-274-2710, info@withinthewild.com August 1-7
Rainbow Tours
Whale Watching Cruise with the
Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies Naturalists onboard! 10:30 AM – 5 PM Special one-time
trip on the comfortable Rainbow Connection. Adults
$70, Children $60. Call 235-6667
or 235-7272
Pier
One Theatre
A Youth Theatre Production To be Announced 7:30
Mo2 2010 Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music
Festival
Noontime Tunes at Fresh Sourdough
Express Bakery – live music with Dan Pascucci Free
concert beginning at noon. FMI Call 235-4899.
Alaska Islands & Oceans Visitor
Center
Near & Far: Let’s Explore Marine Mammals! This one hour kids program for
ages about 3-6 will include hands-on activities, story time, song-singing and a
short outdoor walk10:30-11:30, seminar room
Bunnell
Street Arts Center
Marshall & Markus will play with
Joe and others for
a free “welcome” potluck dinner party and an open jam session for all positions
– piano, bass, drums, horns, vocals, etc.
All are welcome. Now, more than
ever, we offer low-cost, pay as you can and free programs.
Tu3 Cruise ship will be in port today
2010
Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival
Noontime Tunes at Mermaid Café –
live music with JulieAnn Smith Free concert beginning at noon. FMI Call 235-4899.
Alaska Islands & Oceans Visitor
Center
The Sockeye Salmon of Bristol
Bay Join Ranger of Johanna of
Lake Clark National Park for a program about the Sockeye Salmon of Bristol Bay
12:00-12:30, seminar room
Bunnell
Street Arts Center
Free Master Classes with Marshall &
Markus. Limited space available.
Sign up by emailing asia@bunnellstreetgallery.org.
We4 2010 Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music
Festival
Noontime Tunes at Crooked Hook –
live music with Nathan Lander Free concert beginning at
noon. FMI Call
235-4899.
Alaska Islands & Oceans Visitor
Center
Discovery Lab: Driven by Tides Learn how
we are affected by Cook Inlet’s awesome tides
and the myriad ways our ocean moves. And
join us on Friday August 6th from 6-7 pm as we celebrate our new
exhibits, including a real-time tidal column display. Discovery Labs are free and appropriate for
all ages. For more information call Catie Bursch at 226-4661 1:00-3:00
Th5 Pier
One Theatre
A Youth Theatre Production To Be Announced 7:30
2010
Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival
Noontime Tunes at Don Jose’s
Restaurant – live music with Mary & Eric Simondsen
Free concert beginning at noon. FMI Call 235-4899.
Bunnell
Street Arts Center
Free Master Classes with Marshall &
Markus. Limited space available.
Sign up by emailing asia@bunnellstreetgallery.org.
Fr
6 Carl
Wynn Nature Center
No Song Left Inside!! Dan “Dirty D” Pascucci
and introducing the Eco-Tones and you!~ Bring your
mama, your kids, you dad, your guitar, your horn, your tambourine, your
song … Fantastic Friday 6-8 FREE 1.5 Skyline Drive 235-5266
2010 Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music
Festival 20th
Noontime Tunes at Two
Sisters’ Bakery – live music with Lindianne &
Friends Free concert beginning at noon. FMI Call 235-4899.
Alaska Islands & Oceans
Visitor Center
New Exhibit Open
House Families welcome – First Friday 6-7pm For more information please call Jess
Ryan at 226-4657
Homer Paint Out Weekend
Artrageous August Arts presents a weekend open to everyone. The artists paint with
friends old and new. They have maps of painting sites and cell phone
numbers posted at a central point. They get together for lunches and a
cookout on the beach or dinner at a local restaurant. On the last day,
they will have a show of produced work at a local venue. Participants
have joined from all over Alaska as well as
the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada, Russia
and France.
There is no cost to join. Every level of artist is welcome. There
are no age restrictions except that young children must come with a responsible
adult. Contact Andy Sonneborn of Paintspot Studio & Gallery 907-277-3712.
www.sonnebornart.com
Pratt
Museum
FIRST FRIDAY “INSPIRATION 2010” – Native Alaskan Exhibit at the Pratt. Opening Reception, 5-7pm.
Curator’s Talk with Ron Senungetuk 6 pm.
Ptarmigan Arts
FIRST FRIDAY presenting
“Colors of Persuasion”, Painted
plaster body casts by Tinker Ryerson, Reception from 5-7 pm
Art Shop Gallery
FIRST FRIDAY presenting Leola Rutherford’s “Mudbank Monsters”, Girdwood
Artist, Pottery 5-7:30
Bunnell
Street Arts Center
FIRST FRIDAY presenting Antionette Walker, Encaustics Artist talk 6 PM. Antoinette Walker is a long time
Kodiak resident. Her encaustic
paintings, a textured terrain of people and place invite us to look around and
find subtle surprise. AND Ahna Iredale, Ceramics Artist talk
6 PM. Ahna has
been a full time potter in Alaska since 1980
when living in Sitka. “These forms are my interpretations of
ancient and contemporary vessels.
Pier One Theatre
A Youth Theatre Production To Be Announced 8:15
Homer Paint Out
Weekend
Sa7 Homer Yacht Club's Denny Converse Memorial
Cup Race, race start 1pm For more information see www.homeryachtclub.org
Bunnell
Street Arts Center
Performance by Marshall & Markus Operations fundraiser for Bunnell
Street Arts
Center. Catering by Maura’s Café is paired with Lawer Family Wines.
This is a pricey ticketed event with a goal of $150 per person between
admission donations and a small art auction.
Call 235-2662 or email asia@bunnellstreetgallery.org.
for more information.
Pier One Theatre
A Youth Theatre Production To Be Announced 8:15
Kachemak Bay Campus, KPC
Alaska Department of Fish & Game
Youth Only Fishery 11-3pm The Aquatic
Educational Classroom will be at the Dudiak
Fishing Lagoon (fishing hole). Fish
& Game staff will be at the lagoon during the best fishing time. Part of the lagoon will be marked for a youth
only fishing zone. 235-1730
Second Annual East Village Street Fair
10-4, 3.3 miles out East just before
Kachemak Drive. Food,
fun, music & Merriment. Call
235-0180.
Su8 Cooking School at Tutka
Bay
Memories of
a French Country Kitchen
907-274-2710, info@withinthewild.com August 8-14
Artrageous August Arts presents a weekend open to
everyone. The artists paint with friends
old and new. They have maps of painting
sites and cell phone numbers posted at a central point. They get together for lunches and a cookout
on the beach or dinner at a local restaurant.
On the last day, they will have a show of produced work at a local
venue. Participants have joined from all
over Alaska as well as the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada,
Russia and France. There is no cost to join. Every level of artist is welcome. There are no age restrictions except that
young children must come with a responsible adult. Contact Andy Sonneborn
of Paintspot Studio & Gallery 907-277-3712. www.sonnebornart.com
2010
Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival
Schampange, Schish
Kabob and Schuman, Classical Music in Halibut Cove Cruise to
Quiet Place Lodge in Halibut Cove for Food, Drink & Concert with Madison
String Quartet in an amazingly beautiful setting $120 p/p, limited space. Contact Laura Norton for info / tickets (907)299-2453. Tickets available at Etude Studio & Homer
Book Store 6-10 PM
Mo9 2010 Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music
Festival
Noontime Tunes at Bunnell Street Arts
Center – live music with
Mark Wolbers Free concert beginning at noon. FMI Call 235-4899.
Noontime Tunes at Seldovia’s City Hall – live music with Mary & Eric Simondsen Free concert beginning at noon. FMI Call 235-4899.
Tu10 2010 Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music
Festival
Noontime Tunes at Fat Olives – live
music with Horn Quartet Free concert beginning at noon. FMI Call 235-4899.
We11 2010 Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music
Festival
Noontime Tunes at The Duncan House –
live music with Jack Will & Sue Biggs Free concert beginning at
noon. FMI Call
235-4899.
Th12 Pier One Theatre
Arthur & Esther by Ross Howard
A tour de force one man show performed by Tom Atkinson 7:30
2010
Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival
Noontime Tunes at Land’s
End Resort– live music with Madison String Quartet Free
concert beginning at noon. FMI Call 235-4899.
Bunnell
Street Arts Center
Visiting Artist
lecture with Judy Tuwaletstiwa time TBA. Judy combines paint and canvas with sand,
clay, fiber and sticks – materials particular to the Black Mesa in Northern Arizona where she lived for several years on a
Hopi reservation. “In my work, whether
writing or painting, I seek a language that embodies the elusive and mysterious
images that resonate from the deep strata of the unknown.”
Alice’s Champagne Palace
Thursday Dance Lessons World renowned instructor
Joel Plys Charleston Class at 6PM, Lindy Class at
7PM, Balboa Basics at 8PM with music to practice till 10. $20 per class, $30 for two
or $40 for all three. Classes
welcome singles, couples and teenagers! Under 21 will be allowed until 10PM with guardian. Come out and kick up your heels!
Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor
Center
Film & Jazz Gala
“Beneath the Rainbow Bridge: The Channel
Island National Marine Sanctuary” and live music by Kimberly Ford, featuring songs from her
new CD: Songs in the Key of Sea $15
Adult, $8 Youth, $35 Family 235-6667 All
proceeds benefit the Center for Alaskan
Coastal Studies, connecting families and youth to the nature of Alaska.
Fr13 Wynn
Nature Center
Traditional
Use of Plants Fantastic Friday
6-8 pm FREE! 1.5 Skyline Drive 235-5266
2010
Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival
Noontime Tunes at Latitude 59* –
live music with Charity Petrosius Free concert
beginning at noon. FMI
Call 235-4899.
2010
Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival
Gala Concert at the
Homer Mariner Theatre 7:30 pm.
Tammy Vollom-Matturro, Conductor. Preconcert lecture begins at 6:45. $15 General, $12 Senior/ youth, $10 Raven’s
Club
Pier One Theatre
Arthur
& Esther by
Ross Howard A
tour de force one man show performed by Tom Atkinson 8:15
Peterson Bay Field Station ACROSS THE BAY
ADVENTURE!
Family Nature Camp 2 nights /
3 days at PBFS. Sponsored by the Center
for Alaskan Coastal Studies
Sa14 Pier
One Theatre
Arthur
& Esther by
Ross Howard A
tour de force one man show performed by Tom Atkinson 8:15
Su15 Cooking School at Tutka
Bay
A Northern
Italian Table 907-274-2710, info@withinthewild.com
August 15-21
2010
Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival
Madison String Quartet with Anthony Cecere and Katie Dennis Concert at Faith
Lutheran Church
in Homer at 7:30 PM. $15
general, $12 senior/ youth, $10 Raven’s Club. Tickets available at Etude
Music Studio and the Homer Bookstore two weeks before the concert or call
235-7579.
Kachemak
Bay Family Planning Clinic
Breast Cancer Run 11:00.
Contact 235-3436 for more information.
Mo16
Tu17 Cruise ship will be in port today
Cook Inletkeeper
Join Inletkeeper in cleaning up the Homer Harbor! They’ll be behind the Harbormaster’s office
from 2-4 PM handing out trash bags, snacks and information about how you can
help keep Kachemak Bay and Cook Inlet
clean. Teams are needed to gather trash
at the harbor and out to the Land’s End
fishing area. All participants will be
entered to win a free round trip ticket with Homer Air. Contact Rachel at
235-4068*29 or Rachel@inletkeeper.org.
We18 Bunnell
Street Arts Center
Alaskan Women Singer/ songwriters for Peace 7:30 pm Four of the many talented Alaskan women
featured on this newly released CD by LoveLifeMusic
Productions play original songs at Bunnell: Sally Wills, Katie Emerick,
Shawn Zuke and Caressa $15
suggested admission, pay as you can.
Th19 Pier One Theatre
Rediculous Jazz! Karen Chadwick & Friends The real thing: Live Jazz on stage! Different sets and featured musicians every
night! 7:30
Fr20 Carl
Wynn Nature Center
Family
Outdoor Survival with Patrick Chandler Fantastic
Friday 6-8 pm FREE 1.5 Skyline Drive 235-5266
2010
Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival 20th
Cooking School at Tutka
Bay
A Seaside Garden 907-274-2710, info@withinthewild.com August 22-28
Pier
One Theatre
Rediculous Jazz! Karen Chadwick
& Friends The
real thing: Live Jazz on stage! Different sets and featured musicians every
night! 8:15
20-22 Kenai Peninsula State Fair At the Ninilchik
Fairgrounds. Contact 567-3670 for information.
Sa21 Pier One Theatre
Rediculous Jazz! Karen Chadwick & Friends The real thing: Live Jazz on stage! Different sets and featured musicians every
night! 8:15
Alaska Department of Fish & Game
Youth Only Fishery 11-3pm The Aquatic
Educational Classroom will be at the Dudiak
Fishing Lagoon (fishing hole). Fish
& Game staff will be at the lagoon during the best fishing time. Part of the lagoon will be marked for a youth
only fishing zone. 235-1730
Su22
Mo23
Tu24
We25
Th26 Alice’s Champagne
Palace
Thursday Dance Lessons 7-8pm with music to
practice till 10. Waltz $10 Classes
welcome singles, couples and teenagers! Under 21 will be allowed until 10PM with guardian. Come out and kick up your heels!
Fr27 Wynn
Nature Center
Garden
To Gourmet Dinner Fantastic Friday
6-8 pm 1.5 Skyline Drive 235-5266
Pier One Theatre
We Won’t
Pay! We Can’t Pay! Modern commedia dell’arte
by Dario Fo 8:15
Sa28 Pier One Theatre
We Won’t Pay! We Can’t Pay! Modern commedia dell’arte
by Dario Fo 8:15
Homer Council on the Arts
Encaustics Workshop with Sheary Clough Suiter
Su29 Cooking School at Tutka
Bay
On the Goa Coast – Indian Summer Spices 907-274-2710, info@withinthewild.com August
29-September 4
Pier One Theatre
We Won’t
Pay! We Can’t Pay! Modern commedia dell’arte
by Dario Fo 7:30
Cottonwood
Horse Park
Kachemak Bay Equestrian Association sponsors the Kachemak Pony Club Open Horse Show
10 AM. Call
Cass at 235-3433.
Mo30 Carl Wynn
Nature Center
Alaska Whale Camp, Fantastic Friday 235-5266
Ages 9-12, Two days camping in Seldovia &
one day whale-watching cruise in lower Cook Inlet.
Sponsored by the Center for Alaskan
Coastal Studies
Tu31 Cruise ship will be in port today