Events & Festivals in Homer, Alaska

 

 

year-round events

 

On Going Activities

 

Winter Happenings

Kate Kuhns Aquatic Ctr      

Homer High School Pool

Open year round

Call 235-7416 for information

§                            ADMISSION FEES:

§                                                    Senior (55+)-$4.00

§                                                    Adult (18-54)-$5.00

§                                                    Youth (2-17)-$2.50

§                                                    Child  (<2)-free

§                            PLUNGE CARD (20 punches)

§                                                    Adult - $80.00

§                                                    Senior - $60.00

§                                                    Youth - $40.00

Monday - Friday       6:30-8:00am  Homer Pool Early Bird Lap Swim Monday            

Monday - Friday       11:30-12:30   Homer Pool Lap Swim

Mon, Wed, Fri 6:30-7:30pm  Homer Pool Open Swim

Mon, Wed, Fri 10:30-11:30   Homer Pool Senior Exercise              

Mon, Wed, Fri 7:30-8:30pm  Homer Pool Lap Swim

 

 

Monday – Friday       11:30 – 1:00  Homer Senior Center Lunches served to seniors, their guests & families. 235-7655

Monday                   12:00-4:00    Ninilchik Seniors’ Quilting

Monday                   1:00-4:00      Homer Senior Center  Pinochle  

Monday                   3:00             Friendship Terrace (B Hall fitness room) Tai Chi Rowan Mulvey

Monday                   3:00 – 5:00    Homer Public Library Knitting Circle Refreshments provided

Monday                   4:00-5:00      Anahata beginning yoga with Ramona Pearce 235-YOGA, www.anahata-alaska.com

Monday                   6:00             The Studio 5Rhythms Movement Class with Gail Elderly $10.00 www.movementashealer.com

Tuesday                  10:00–11:00  Homer Public Library Children’s Storyhour  for pre-schoolers

Tuesday                  11:30 – 1:00  Homer Senior Center Lunches  Served to seniors, their guests & families. 235-7655

Tuesday                  Noon             Best Western Bidarka Kachemak Bay Rotary 235-8148.

Tuesday                                     Duggan’s Pub Taco Tuesday & Darts

Tuesday                  12:00-4:00    Ninilchik Seniors’ Scrapbooking

Tuesday                  1:00-4:00      Homer Senior Center  Duplicate Bridge  

Tuesday                  2:00 – 3:00    Homer Senior Center Art Links  Art program for those coping with Memory Loss. 

Free, Call Julie  235-3720

Tuesday                  6:00-9:00      Ninilchik Seniors’ Men’s Night

Tuesday                  6:30-9:00pm  Bunnell Street Gallery Life Drawing group 235-7696 Models needed  Oct 20-March 30

Tuesdays in Feb       3:30-4:30      Pratt Museum  Forest Explorers: 

A free weekly outdoor program for kids Preschool – 1st grade

Tuesday                  4:00             Pratt Museum  Fish Feedings

2nd Tuesdays            4:00 pm        Alaska’s Islands & Ocean Visitor Center Kachemak Bay Birders:  An informal group of birders always seeking new members.

Tuesday                                     Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center Kayaking Fundamentals 235-2090

Wednesday              10:30            Homer Friendship Center Keep it Moving Classes

Chair Exercises with Lorraine Haas. 235-2295

Wednesday              11:30 – 1:00  Homer Senior Center Lunches served to seniors, their guests and families. 235-7655

Wednesday              12:30            Friendship Terrace Keep it Moving Classes with Lorraine Haas. 235-2295

Wednesday                                 Homestead Restaurant 2 for 1 appetizers!

Wednesday                                 Land’s End Chart Room Restaurant Locals Night 235-0400

Wednesday              6:30-7:30      Community Schools HHS Green Rm. Latin Dance – The Workout

Wednesday              12:00-5:00    Pratt Museum – free admission  on Winter Wednesdays 235-8635

Wednesday              1:00-4:00      Homer Senior Center  offers Pinochle  

Wednesday              6:30 – 9:30    Homer Emblem Club Bingo

                                                Meets at Homer Elks Club

Wednesday              7:00             Homer Senior Center hosts Downtown Rotary Meetings

                                                Call 235-2295 for information

Wednesday                                 Duggan’s Pub Wing it Wednesday Texas Hold’em & Hot wing special

Wednesday              4:00-5:00      Battle of the Books K-2 Meets at Homer Public Library

Wednesday                                 Kayaking Fundamentals Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center / Homer Pool, call 235-2090

1st & 3rd  Wed. 6:00 pm        Friendship Center  Lions Club Meetings 235-2295.

Thursday                 11:30 – 1:00  Homer Senior Center Lunches served to seniors, their guests & families. 235-7655

Thursday                 11:3-12:00    Homer Public Library Infant Lap Sit Infant – 2y.o. Hear stories & songs with Jolee

Thursday                 3:00             Friendship Terrace (B Hall fitness room) offers Tai Chi with Rowan Mulvey

Thursday                   4:00-5:00      Pratt Museum Fish Feedings

Thursday                 5:30-6:45      Anahata Restorative yoga with Ramona Pearce 235-YOGA,

www.anahata-alaska.com

Thursday                 1:30-2:30      Homer Connections Office   Battle of the Books 3rd & 4th team

Tuesday                  1:00-4:00      Homer Senior Center  offers Party Bridge  

Thursdays in Feb      3:30-4:30      Pratt Museum  Forest Explorers:  A free weekly outdoor program for kids; PreK–1st grade

Thursday                                    Duggan’s Pub Steak Night

Friday                     11:30 – 1:00  Homer Senior Center Lunches served to seniors, their guests & families. 235-7655

Friday                     Noon             Best Western Bidarka Kachemak Bay Rotary 235-8148.

Friday                     12:30-3:30    Ninilchik Seniors’ Knitting

Friday                     1:00-4:00      Homer Senior Center  =Pinochle  

Friday                     2:45 – 3:45    Kevin Bell Arena = Learn to Ice Skate $5, 235-2647      

1st Fridays               5:00 – 7:00    First Fridays Area Wide Art Gallery Openings  (See Calendar for specifics)

Friday                     6:30             Homer Community Schools HHS Green Room Latin Dance Therapy– The Workout  299-1127 No partner required.

3rd Friday                 3:30             Homer Public Library Computer Basics Free Classes

Friday                     4:00             Pratt Museum  Fish Feedings

Friday                     …………          Kachemak Bay Ski Club HHS Ski Races 235-6018

Saturday                 2:15 – 3:30    Boys & Girls Club Adult & Teen Hoopdance I $100 for the series, no drop-ins March 6- April 17

Saturday                 2:15 – 3:30    Boys & Girls Club Adult & Teen Hoopdance II $100 for the series, no drop-ins April 24 – May 29

Saturday                 1:00 – 2:00    Boys & Girls Club Hoope Play Drop-in Class for all ages, all levels $5 +$3 drop-in fee Feb - May

 

Sunday                   4:00-7:00      Duggan’s Pub Happy Hour, Free Pool, Texas Hold’em

Sunday                   11:00-12:00   Anahata Restorative yoga 235-YOGA, www.anahata-alaska.com

 


 

Contact Sharon at the Homer Chamber of Commerce to have your event or hours added to the Calendar of Events

Email:  info@homeralaska.org            Phone:  235-7740          Fax:235-8766

On-going Events

January thru May -

Kachemak Bay Campus, Classes and workshops at KBC/UAA, 235-7743 or visit www.homer.alaska.edu.

March thru April –

Registration for the Kenai Peninsula Writer’s Conference. For more information call 235-7743

June thru August –

Pratt Pods Art & Science programs, Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00 pm at the Pratt Museum, 235-8635

The Object at Hand Mondays and Fridays 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm at the Pratt Museum. Meet with a Museum docent and take an even closer look at some of the unique objects in collections storage, 235-8635

Creatures of the Dock Tours Tuesday through Saturday. Center for Alaska Coastal Studies yurt on the Homer Spit, 235-6667

Weekly Children's Programs at Wynn Nature Center 235-6667 Pre-schoolers, Bio-kids (ages 5-10), Wynners Wilderness Survival (ages 7-10), and Wynners Passport Program (ages 8-12)

Alaska Wildlife Ranger-Led Talks & Walks Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm at Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center, 235-6961

Wildlife & Birding Hotspots Sundays & Mondays, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm at Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center, 235-6961

Beachwalks Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm at Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center, 235-6961

Estuary Hikes Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm at Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center, 235-6961

Discovery Labs Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm at Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center, 235-6961

Historical Harbor Walking Tours - Days and times TBD

September thru April –

Kachemak Bay Campus - A wide variety of classes and workshops at KPC/UAA. Call 235-7743

September thru May –

Artists in the Schools Program – Sponsored by Bunnell Street Gallery, 235-2662.

October thru December –

WHIZ Kids, Tuesday & Thursday at the Pratt Museum, 235-8635.

December thru May –

Locals Night Wednesdays at the Homestead Restaurant, 235-8723.

List Your Event!

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