August Calendar of Events
Artrageous August!
A month long celebration of the arts in a community
noted for the arts!
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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Gathering
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
- 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.
TBA
Artrageous
Ball, call Homer Council on the Arts at 235-4288 or
visit www.homerart.org for location and time.
Su1 Cooking School at Tutka
Bay
The Harmony of Food – Japanese Influences 907-274-2710, info@withinthewild.com
August 1-7
Pier
One Theatre
A Youth Theatre Production To be Announced 7:30
Mo2
Tu3 Cruise ship will be in port today
We4
Th5 Pier
One Theatre
A Youth Theatre Production To Be Announced 7:30
Fr
6 Carl
Wynn Nature Center
Family Outdoor Survival with Patrick Chandler
Fantastic Friday 6-8 pm FREE 1.5 Skyline Drive 235-5266
Pratt Museum
FIRST FRIDAY “GATHERING 2010” – Native Alaskan Exhibit at the Pratt. Opening Reception, 5pm.
Art Shop Gallery
FIRST FRIDAY presenting Leola Rutherford, Girdwood Artist, Pottery
Pier One Theatre
A Youth Theatre Production To Be Announced 8:15
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
Sa7 Homer
Yacht Club's Denny Converse Memorial Cup Race, race start
1pm For more
information see www.homeryachtclub.org
Pier One Theatre
A Youth Theatre Production To Be Announced 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
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
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
Mo9
Tu10
We11
Th12 Pier One Theatre
Arthur & Esther by Ross Howard A tour de force one man show performed
by Tom Atkinson 7:30
Fr13 Carl
Wynn Nature Center
Family Concert with Dan Pascucci & more… Fantastic Friday 6-8 pm FREE
1.5 Skyline Drive 235-5266
Wynn Nature Center
No Song Left Inside Fantastic Friday 6-8 pm 1.5 Skyline Drive
235-5266
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
Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic
Breast Cancer Run 12:00.
Contact 235-3436 for more information.
Mo16
Tu17 Cruise ship will be in port today
We18
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 Wynn
Nature Center
Traditional Use of Plants Fantastic Friday
6-8 pm FREE! 1.5 Skyline Drive 235-5266
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
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
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