Community Calendar

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

Open to adults & teens (12+) Tues-Fri from 8:30-9:30am and Tues-Fri from 11:45am-12:45pm. Cost is $4.00 per session. (It is also okay to bring a child in a stroller to walk) *We will be CLOSED ON MONDAYS for the summer!*

***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!***

Our pickleball classes are open to adults and teens (12+) on Tues/Thurs/Fri from 9:45-11:45am, Tues/Thurs/Sat from 6-8pm & Sundays from 10am-1pm. The price is $6 for adults and $4 for youth/students/military/veterans/seniors 62+. ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE WELCOME!

***Please bring a pair of clean indoor shoes 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.

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

Open to adults & teens (12+) Tues-Fri from 8:30-9:30am and Tues-Fri from 11:45am-12:45pm. Cost is $4.00 per session. (It is also okay to bring a child in a stroller to walk) *We will be CLOSED ON MONDAYS for the summer!*

***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!***

Homer Council on the Arts confers its Arts Awards annually to individuals and businesses who have contributed significantly to the arts in our community. Winners will be announced at the HCOA Annual Meeting on Saturday, July 19th. Please nominate your favorite artists & community members and join us to honor the Arts Awards recipients!

Fill out the nomination form online at https://homerart.org/event/homer-council-on-the-arts-annual-awards/ or stop by the HCOA office and fill out a physical form.

HCOA's Annual meeting will be held on Saturday, July 19th. We will talk about HCOA's past year and our upcoming goals. We invite our community to join us for the meeting and help celebrate the winners of our annual awards.

Seward's He Will Provide Food Pantry is open every Thursday from 3pm to 6pm. He Will Provide is located at 238 5th Ave in the basement of the City Annex building. The entrance is in the back. This is an emergency assistance food pantry.
He Will Provide will be open Tuesday, November 21^st from 3 to 6. He Will Provide will not be open on Thursday the 23^rd. Happy Thanksgiving!

Juneteenth - A Celebration of Freedom for All

Thursday June 19th from 4-5pm

Join us at the Pratt for an evening of storytelling with Homer’s Gogo Skywalker Payne to celebrate this historic day of freedom.

Gogo Skywalker Payne is a nationally acclaimed storyteller, spiritual life coach, and performing artist whose voice has echoed from the DuSable Museum to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. A lifelong teller of transformative truths, she weaves ancestral wisdom, activism, and artistry into stories that heal, awaken, and liberate. With a B.A. in Communications/Storytelling earned summa cum laude, Gogo is a force of courage, compassion, and cultural celebration.

This event is in collaboration with Homer Pride.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $5. 

Come and join us to learn more about Juneteenth, the day of freedom for African-Americans by attending an informative presentation at the library with guest speaker Ted Carter - educator, advocate, and champion.Ted Carter’s Juneteenth slideshow presentation will explore the history and significance of Juneteenth, which commemorates the abolition of slavery in the United States. The presentation will include discussions about the Emancipation Proclamation, the events leading to Juneteenth in Galveston, Texas, and the ongoing struggles for equality and freedom.

About the speaker:
Ted Carter is a retired eighth grade science teacher from Cleveland, Ohio. He also taught in Anchorage at Clark Middle School – one of the most diverse middle schools in the United States for a year before moving to Homer, where he now lives.
Growing up near a suburb of Shaker Heights, a wealthy, white community he experienced social as well as physical barriers between the residents of Shaker Heights and those in his neighborhood when a once-connected street was blocked off by a concrete barricade. This experience prompted him to lead discussions about possibilities and barriers.
Ted’s story has been featured on Ideastream Public Media.

Our pickleball classes are open to adults and teens (12+) on Tues/Thurs/Fri from 9:45-11:45am, Tues/Thurs/Sat from 6-8pm & Sundays from 10am-1pm. The price is $6 for adults and $4 for youth/students/military/veterans/seniors 62+. ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE WELCOME!

***Please bring a pair of clean indoor shoes 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.

The first week of June, tiny Sandhill Crane fuzzballs, or colts, will be hatching. “Fuzzball Season” continues until close to the end of June as the later nesting pairs’ eggs hatch. Please keep your dogs on leash and cats inside during this early and vulnerable time for crane colts and other baby wildlife.

Please contact Kachemak Crane Watch with information about your nesting pair and their newly hatched colts. This important data helps us count the total number of colts in the area. KCW tracks nesting success and needs your observations.

Email reports to Kachemak Crane Watch at reports@cranewatch.org or call 907-235-6262. Include date of hatching, time, location, number of colts, mortalities, and your contact information so we can call for details. For more information contact: Nina Faust at 907-235-6262.

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

Open to adults & teens (12+) Tues-Fri from 8:30-9:30am and Tues-Fri from 11:45am-12:45pm. Cost is $4.00 per session. (It is also okay to bring a child in a stroller to walk) *We will be CLOSED ON MONDAYS for the summer!*

***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!***