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December

Chamber of Commerce will be closed from December 24 – January 3 for the holiday season

 

 

Chamber Sale on Shorebird Merchandise:

All Shorebird Festival merchandise from 2010 and previous years are on sale to make room for the 2011 design, to be debuted at the Nutcracker Faire.  T-shirts: Short-sleeve $12; Long-sleeve $17; Kids' sizes $12. 2010 mugs: $5. Signed 2009 artwork prints by Orville Lind: $5. Signed 2008 artwork prints by Gary Lyon: $5. Signed Art Chart prints by Carla Stanley & Conrad Field: 2001-2005 set $25; individual prints $5. All prices include tax.  Sale ends December 24, 2010.

Islands & Ocean Visitor Center features

Text Box: HOLIDAY SPECIALS Chocolate Drop Inn has Champagne Catering for your party or event. 235-3668 Get your already wrapped Kachemak Kitchens Cookbook here at the Chamber 235-7740 Homestead Restaurant offers a New Year’s Eve Champagne Dinner with a violin performance 235-8723 Captain’s Coffee, Chart Room and Caribou Family Restaurants will be open throughout the holidays! Winterfest, Dec 21 – January. a line-up of holiday programming and films.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pratt Museum

          Special Exhibit:  Living by the Tides:  An Art & Science Collaborative

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Nutcracker Arts & Crafts Fair Sponsored by HCOA.  Come enjoy great foot, music & camaraderie.  Shop at booths of hand-crafted items and gifts for your holiday shopping.  235-4288

Homer High School Commons

Annual Nutcracker Ballet   Jill Berryman 235-8256

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Nutcracker Arts & Crafts Fair Sponsored by HCOA.  Come enjoy great foot, music & camaraderie.  Shop at booths of hand-crafted items and gifts for your holiday shopping.  235-4288

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Annual Nutcracker Ballet   Jill Berryman 235-8256

 

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Annual Nutcracker Ballet   Jill Berryman 235-8256

 

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Text Box: 2009 CALENDAR: Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies 2009 *Meet * Greet * Move Your Feet * Winter Fete!' 6:30pm at Alice’s Champagne Palace. Great Food, Music by the Homer High School Choir, Intertidal Idol Holiday Karaoke Contest!! Family Fun! Proceeds from this event will support Marine & Coastal Ecosystems of Kachemak Bay. Contact: 235-6667 or info@akcoastalstudies.org Homer High Mariners Nordic Ski Invite At Lookout Mountain Ski Trails: 6 volunteers are needed for timing each day, at least 2 people per day for course. Contact Shelly Laukitis if you would like to volunteer for timing at laukitis@xyz.net. Contact Kenton Bloom at seabrightz@gmail.com to volunteer for stadium and course set-up. Contact Jan Spurkland at janspurk@hotmail.com for general questions. Duggan’s Waterfront Pub features Turkey shoot to benefit Share the Spirit 5 Anchor Point Community Christmas Tree Lighting 3:00pm Contact:235-2600 for additional information. 5 Chapman School Community Christmas Tree Lighting Caroling, refreshments and a visit from Santa. For more info, call 235-2600 2:00 5 Refuge Chapel First Annual Christmas Sale Opportunity to purchase baked goods and gifts 10:00-4:00 5 Homer Council on the Arts 2009 sponsors the Nutcracker Arts and Crafts Fair At Homer High School Commons, you will find booths and booths of hand-crafted items and gifts for your holiday shopping. Take photos with Santa and enjoy the food! Contact:235-4288. 11:00-7:30 5 Mariner Theatre at Homer High School Annual Nutcracker Ballet Contact:Jill Berryman, 235-8256 3:00 & 7:30 6 Mariner Theatre at Homer High School Annual Nutcracker Ballet Contact:Jill Berryman, 235-8256 3:00 6 Homer Council on the Arts 2009 sponsors the Nutcracker Arts and Crafts Fair At Homer High School Commons, you will find booths and booths of hand-crafted items and gifts for your holiday shopping. Take photos with Santa and enjoy the food! Contact:235-4288. 12:00-6:00 6 Alice’s Champagne NFL on HI-Def TV 8 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 KBay Birders Monthly Meeting 4:00-5:00 Contact 235-6961 8 Homer High School Paul Banks Christmas Program 1:00 8 McNeil Canyon Elementary Winter Program 6:30 9 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 Alaska Geographic Bookstore Local’s Night 4:00-6:00 pm. Located in Islands & Ocean Visitor Center Lobby auditorium and Seminar room. Spotlighting local authors and artists. Enjoy refreshments, book signings, reading and special 15-20% discounts. Contact 235-6961 10 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 Meet the Locals– Homer’s Winter Birds. Brush up on your identification skills and get ready for the December 19th Chrismas Bird Count! 6:00-8:30 pm in the Lab Classroom 10 West Homer Elementary Christmas Show 3-4th graders 5:30 5th-6th graders 7:00 10 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 Get to Know the Locals – Winter Bird ID Class 6:30-8:00 Want to learn more about the hardy birds that overwinter in Homer? Brush up on your identification skills and get ready for the December 19 Christmas Bird Count by coming to theis classs taught by Dave Erikson. Contact 235-6961 11 Mariner Theatre at Homer High School Annual Nutcracker Ballet Contact:Jill Berryman, 235-8256 7:30 11 Homer Council on the Arts Piano Party OPEN to HCOA members, $15 tickets for sale at HCOA Mon-Fri 1-5 and at the Homer Bookstore Please join us to initiate our new Yamaha concert piano that was gererously gifted to HCOA by an anonymous donor. Enjoy the artistry of four local musicians with four diverse styles: Mary Epperson, Julie Ann Smith, Karen Strid and John Bushell. Reception Following. 7:00pm Contact 235-2295 12 Mariner Theatre at Homer High School Annual Nutcracker Ballet Contact:Jill Berryman, 235-8256 3:00 12 West Homer Elementary Square and Contra Dancing Please bring clean, soft soled shoes to dance in $5 admission. Children under 16 get in free. 7:30 12 Friendship Center/ Homer Senior Center, Inc. Chiristmas Bazaar. Tables to rent for $29. Doors open at 9 am for set-up. 10:00-3:00pm Contact 235-2295 13 Pratt Museum 2009 Community Music Recital and Quilt Raffle 1:00-3:00 pm Refreshments will be served. Contact: 235-8765. 14 Homer Middle School Winter Concert 7:00 15 Homer High School Winter Concert 7:00 16 Friendship Center Pat Hagen and Friends will present a Christmas sing-along open to the public 1:00pm Contact 235-2295 16 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 Annual Winter Open House 6-8pm. Kick off the winter season at the Islands and Oceans Visitor Center annual open house. Celebration activities will include a scavenger hunt, s'mores, and a 7pm performance by the Homer Youth String Orchestra. Finish your holiday shopping with 10% off select items in the bookstore. Alaska Geographic Members save 15% on all items! For details, go to www.islandsandocean.org. 17 Homer Theatre Ski Movie Night Sponsored by Kachemak Nordic Ski Club. 19 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 Christmas Bird Count 8:30am -5:30pm. The group meets at 8:30 am. Count until 4:00 PM. Compile results and enjoy the potluck. Want to make a contribution to conservation? Grab your binoculars, bird guide and checklist and join tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas in the 110th Christmas Bird Count. Contact: Dave Erikson 235-3487 derikson@alaska.net, Lani Raymond 235-9477, lani67@alaska.net 20 Annual Friends of the Homer Library Quilt Raffle 22-Jan 2 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 Winterfest Arts in Nature Crafts 12:00 – 5:00 Winter crafts and programs for the whole family at Islands and Ocean Visitor Center. For specific details, check our calendar of events at www.islandsandocean.org. Photography Walk 2:00 – 3:30 Kids ages 8-88 are invited to bring their digital cameras and take a short hike… 23 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 Winterfest Arts in Nature Crafts 12:00 – 5:00 Winter crafts and programs for the whole family at Islands and Ocean Visitor Center. For specific details, check our calendar of events at www.islandsandocean.org. Storytime 2:00-3:30 in the auditorium, Catie and Jolee will read a story followed by a craft you can take home!... 24 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 Winterfest 11:00pm Arts in Nature Crafts 12:00-3:00 Drop in and decorate your very own magnet picture frame. Create a rubbing from natural object, draw or paint a wild creature or write a poem about nature to display in your frame… 24 Friendship Center Cherish always sings for the Friendship center and plays her guitar around the holidays. Thank you Cherish! 11:00pm Contact 235-2295 26 Homer High Basketball Varsity: Girls/ Boys~ V – 5:00, 6:45 26 DOT Trailhead on the Sterling Hwy Ski Your Age in kilometers! Bring your holiday leftovers, ski any time between 9 am and 9 pm. Supoprt Homer High School Ski Racers with a $10 donation. Try one of the following categories: • Ski Your Age in KM • Join the Century Club by skiing 100 minus your age in KM • Ski the most KM as a family • Ski 50 KM between sunrise and sunset (10:05-4:07) BE THERE! 26 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 Winterfest Bird Crafts 12:00 – 5:00 Build An Owl-Nest Box 2:00-3:30pm Homer is an owl mecca. Join in learning interesting tidbits about our nocturnal neighbors. First 25 participants get to build. 29 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 Winterfest Sea Star Crafts 12:00 – 5:00 Ice Fishing Mini-lab 2:00-3:30pm Homer is an owl mecca. Join in learning interesting tidbits about our nocturnal neighbors. First 25 participants get to build. 31 Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center 2009 Winterfest Sea Star Crafts 12:00 – 3:00 31 Land’s End Resort New Year’s Eve Bash Call 235-0422 for information and reservations. *December 31 is a blue moon. This happens about 7 times in 19 years. The term is now used to describe the 2nd full moon of the calendar month. In the 1500’s it meant “impossible”. In the mid-1800s, the moon appeared to turn bue-ish due to massive amounts of forest fires and volcanic eruptions. Happy New Year and enjoy your blue moon.

A CASUAL RECAP OF THE HOLIDAY DINING HOURS…

Jellybeans      Geri says, “Come in for some hot chocolate!” Open Tuesday thru Saturday 12-6 pm

Captains Coffee is open 7 days a week.  Mon-Fri 6:30 am – 6pm, Saturday & Sunday 7am – 5pm

Homer Brewing Company “Nothing says Ho-Ho-Ho like a growler of HBC beer!  Fermentation is fun no matter what the season. HBC hours are as usual, 12-6 daily, 12-5 on Sundays.  They will be closed Christmas Day and New Years Day.  If folks need party ideas, then we can always provide the vehicle needed for festivity.  A couple of free samples always gets the creative juices flowing.”  Happy Holidays ~ Karen

Fat Olives is open daily 11 am – closing year round except for the Big Family Days:  Closed Dec 24 & 25, open at 4 on the 26th.  Closed New Year’s Day, opens at 4:00 January 2.

Wasabi’s will be open all winter Wednesday – Saturday, dinner only.  The doors open at 5 pm.  Locals night every Wednesday… And Dali is so cool, she updated her hours to me on her I-phone. 

Homestead Restaurant Open generally Wednesday – Saturday. In December, 16-19, 23 & 26, 30 & 31.  Wednesdays are 2 for 1 Appetizers.  Friday Wine Class – Last one is Friday, December 18th – Argentinean Wines.  Join the fun and reserve your party today – Ask for our holiday Party planner!  Also, reserve your seat for the Champagne Dinner on New Year’s Eve featuring a violin performance.

Land’s End’s Chart Room Restaurant, open 7 days a week will also be open Christmas Day 5-8 pm only.  As usual, Wednesday is Local’s Night; Gourmet Sliders  every Friday 5-9; Sunday brunch from 10-3.  They begin the New Year’s uncorked on January 8, the theme being New Years’ Traditions.

 

 

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To list your local event on the HCOC Calendar, please call the Chamber at 235-7740 or email us at viscenter@homeralaska.org.

Activities are updated as new events come in. Please call the Homer Chamber of Commerce for updates at 235-7740 or email us at viscenter@homeralaska.org.