Community Calendar

It's almost time to join the 9th annual Homer Steps Up challenge! For four weeks, track your daily walks with your smartphone, wearable fitness tracker, or pedometer to win prizes and incorporate more movement into your routine. NEW THIS YEAR: team sizes are no longer capped! Participants are now able to set their own daily walking goals, and our virtual map shows your progress on a walk between the end of the spit and Mirror Lake in Anchorage.

Every Wednesday, we're giving $50 in Homer Bucks to 10 walkers who averaged 7,500+ daily steps. Then, the 3 teams with the highest average daily steps over the four weeks will receive $100-500 to donate to their Homer organization of choice.

Homer’s Sandhill Cranes started moving north in early March from Sacramento CA. They usually arrive around mid-April, but who knows with the crazy winter we have been having if the cranes just might be early this year.

Kachemak Crane Watch is as excited as other local craniacs to welcome the first cranes to town. So if you have a crane sighting, give us a call!

It's almost time to join the 9th annual Homer Steps Up challenge! For four weeks, track your daily walks with your smartphone, wearable fitness tracker, or pedometer to win prizes and incorporate more movement into your routine. NEW THIS YEAR: team sizes are no longer capped! Participants are now able to set their own daily walking goals, and our virtual map shows your progress on a walk between the end of the spit and Mirror Lake in Anchorage.

Every Wednesday, we're giving $50 in Homer Bucks to 10 walkers who averaged 7,500+ daily steps. Then, the 3 teams with the highest average daily steps over the four weeks will receive $100-500 to donate to their Homer organization of choice.

This is an open time to come walk or run indoors and not have to worry about the snowy/icy conditions outside. We will have background music playing over the speakers. Come get your stroll on!

Open to adults (18+) for $4.00 per session (as of 9/1/24).

***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!***

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!***

This is an open time to come walk or run indoors and not have to worry about the snowy/icy conditions outside. We will have background music playing over the speakers. Come get your stroll on!

Open to adults (18+) for $4.00 per session (as of 9/1/24).

***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!***

Come make a clay model bird with us at Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center. There will be snacks!

Homer, Alaska – In May at Bunnell Street Arts Center, Brianna Lee exhibits paintings that were created for The Inner Garden, a book by Megan Murphy. Join the opening on Friday, May 2, 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm. Return to experience the paintings and a book reading by Megan Murphy, plus a conversation with collaborators Ilarion (Kuuyux) Merculieff and Brianna Lee on May 24 at 6pm. The exhibit runs from May 2 – June 4th.

“There are many pathways available in the art-making process. I am most interested in exploring the intuitive pathway, where I listen to what my body wants to express. I often approach a blank canvas with no initial sketch, but a stroke of color becomes the “seed,” informing me how to “grow” the piece into completion. This process can feel freeing, healing, and sometimes spiritual, like I’m connecting to something deep inside or beyond myself. Like dreaming or meditation, painting can offer another portal to express what we don’t normally see or feel. Making art has helped me navigate and process complex and intense emotions, serving as a conduit for understanding, healing, and recovery.

When I received the invitation from Megan Murphy to collaborate on creating the images for this project, I was both honored and nervous to accept the offer. As a working mother, artmaking had become less and less a priority in my life. Simultaneously, I began to feel like I was losing my artist identity and felt shame, even embarrassment, when referring to myself as an artist. Megan’s invitation to collaborate on this project has helped me remember and realize the importance of nurturing the artist within.”

Brianna Lee moved to Homer in 2008 to pursue a more sustainable and creative lifestyle. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota. She spent her first years in Homer as a studio assistant to a local potter, painting and managing a local bakery while simultaneously showing her work inside local cafes and galleries. She has taught young children art classes and facilitated an after-school art program. She is a mother, farmer, and nature enthusiast. Brianna has been on staff at Bunnell since 2019.

It's almost time to join the 9th annual Homer Steps Up challenge! For four weeks, track your daily walks with your smartphone, wearable fitness tracker, or pedometer to win prizes and incorporate more movement into your routine. NEW THIS YEAR: team sizes are no longer capped! Participants are now able to set their own daily walking goals, and our virtual map shows your progress on a walk between the end of the spit and Mirror Lake in Anchorage.

Every Wednesday, we're giving $50 in Homer Bucks to 10 walkers who averaged 7,500+ daily steps. Then, the 3 teams with the highest average daily steps over the four weeks will receive $100-500 to donate to their Homer organization of choice.

This is an open playgroup for parents/guardians to bring their young ones* to a great big open space and let them run around and play. Bring your own toys or play with what SPARC has provided (no pedal bikes w/ brakes allowed at this time, only strider bikes & scooters). This class is available Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays from 10-11:30am (unless a special event interferes). Cost is $4.00 per child.

* This means toddlers not in kindergarten, or not of school-age yet (~5 yrs. old & younger) -- older siblings are allowed but need to be careful of the littles!

***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!***