Community Calendar

Saturday – August 24, 2024 – Crane Count—First Day: Citizen Scientists needed for special Sandhill Crane population survey in the Homer area (Anchor Point South). Kachemak Crane Watch would like to know of specific crane sightings on August 24th, August 31tst and final count day September 7th. Please report the number of adults, colts, or banded cranes seen by location, time, and day, and your name and contact information for the final count day to reports@cranewatch.org or by calling 907-235-6262. For more information, contact Nina Faust at 235-6262.

Special part of the day is counting crane arriving to roost at Beluga Slough. From 6 pm until sundown craniacs will meet at the picnic table past Two Sisters to count all cranes landing during that time. The special treat is watching the families arrive with their newly flying colts. The acrobatics are usually entertaining. See you there/1

Saturday – August 24, 2024 – Crane Count—First Day: Citizen Scientists needed for special Sandhill Crane population survey in the Homer area (Anchor Point South). Kachemak Crane Watch would like to know of specific crane sightings on August 24th, August 31tst and final count day September 7th. Please report the number of adults, colts, or banded cranes seen by location, time, and day, and your name and contact information for the final count day to reports@cranewatch.org or by calling 907-235-6262. For more information, contact Nina Faust at 235-6262.

Special part of the day is counting crane arriving to roost at Beluga Slough. From 6 pm until sundown craniacs will meet at the picnic table past Two Sisters to count all cranes landing during that time. The special treat is watching the families arrive with their newly flying colts. The acrobatics are usually entertaining. See you there/1

Bunnell Street Arts Center announces calls for applications for Bunnell’s Visual Arts Exhibit and Alaska AIR Artist in Residence programs. The application period runs from September 1 – October 31, 2024. Apply at www.callforentry.org
VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITS:

A community tradition established in 1991, Bunnell Street Arts Center’s Visual Arts Exhibit program demonstrates 30 years of innovation, experiment and excellence. Exhibits nurture and promote Alaska artists with opportunities for professional development, networking and creative exchange. Exhibits create dialog and engagement with Bunnell’s expansive community around Alaska’s artistic heritage and diversity. Learn more at: https://www.bunnellarts.org/visual-art-exhibitions/
“ALASKA AIR” ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:

Bunnell Street Arts Center’s “Alaska AIR” Artist-in-Residency program seeks international, US and Alaska artists looking to create new work and deeply engage Bunnell’s community.

Bunnell seeks artists to strengthen the social, physical and economic fabric of Homer through the arts by addressing pertinent themes. These may include accessibility, inclusion, sustainability, skills sharing and exchange, enhancing community well being, joy, or artistic strategies to build connection within communities. Learn more at: https://www.bunnellarts.org/artist-in-residence/

Apply to either of these two opportunities at www.callforentry.org from September 1 – October 31.

Additional applicant questions can be directed to Artistic Director, Asia Freeman: asia@bunnellarts.org

Pickleball is a paddleball sport that combines elements of badminton, table tennis, and tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a ball over a net. The sport shares features of other racquet sports: the dimensions and layout of a badminton court, and a net and rules somewhat similar to tennis, with several modifications. Pickleball was invented in the mid 1960s as a children's backyard game.

Classes are available for adults and teens (12+). ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE WELCOME!

***Please bring a pair of clean indoor shoes for you & your child to change into (in the entryway). Thank you for helping to keep our new floor looking good!***

Free Coffee & Craft in the HCOA Studio is now monthly on third Sundays! This free community event provides the space and tools to create and explore new artistic mediums for people of all ages and abilities. By bringing this event to the public free of charge, we hope artists are encouraged to both experiment and share their knowledge while creating connections between Homer artists. Join us on Sunday, July 21st, August 18th, September 15th, October 20th & November 17th from 11am-2pm- Learn More & RSVP at homerart.org/event/coffee-and-craft-open-studio/

Alaska Food Hub is an online farmers market. Customers can start placing orders on Friday at Noon till Mondays at 10PM for pick up on Wednesdays! Choose to pick up your local goodies from five locations: Homer United Methodist Church, Smokey Bay Air port in Seldovia, SVT in Anchor Point, Ninilchik Health and Wellness Club, and Inletkeeper's Community Action Studio in Soldotna. Learn more and shop local online at AlaskaFoodHub.org

Homer OPUS is a nonprofit organization that delivers string-based music programs to local youth.

The Homer Youth String Orchestra Club (HYSOC) is welcoming new and returning students to join the fall semester.

All 3rd through 12th grade string players are welcome. The first semester is free and some loaner instruments are available.

Fall classes are Tuesdays, August 27 to November 19 at West Homer Elementary School:
*Overture Strings (Grade 3), 3:00 to 4:00pm
*Scherzos (Grades 4-12), 6:00 to 7:15pm

Need more information? Not sure where your child might fit in? Visit homeropus.org.

Need a bit more time to decide? Registration is open through September 15.

Ready to register? Here's the link: https://homeropus.org/hysoc-registration

Grow Strawberries Without Bending Over. On Thursday, 9/19, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm at Kachemak Bay Campus, learn to build learn to build raised beds that are ergonomic and accessible, affordable, compact, and easy to build. Ideal for strawberry growing for personal or commercial use.

This workshop is free. Call (907) 235-1674 for more details

Zumba is a workout that mixes low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party, combining all elements of fitness – cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility, boosted energy and a lot of fun. The instructor is Gretchen McCullough, and this class is available to adults & high schoolers (14+) for $7.00 ($4 for SPARC & $3 for instructor). Hope to see you there!

***Please bring a pair of clean indoor shoes for you to change into (in the entryway). Thank you for helping to keep our new floor looking good!***

49 Writers presents a reading featuring Mieke Eerkens, instructor for the 2024 Tutka Bay Writers Retreat at Kachemak Bay Campus, Thursday, September 19, at 6:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public.

Eerkens will read from "All Ships Follow Me," a book about her parents’ experiences in WWII and the inheritance of war trauma. She has taught Creative Writing at the University of Iowa, UCLA Extension’s Writers’ Program, Amsterdam University, and Leiden University in The Netherlands, and currently teaches for the Iowa Summer Writing Festival and private workshops. She is currently working on a memoir about her younger years traveling with the circus.

For more information visit: https://49writers.org