Community Calendar

Homer, Alaska – An installation and studio artist from Fairbanks, Tamara Wilson exhibits “Street Lamp” for the month of December at Bunnell Street Arts Center. The exhibit opens on first Friday, December 5th from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm.

Artist Statement:

“Creatures created from a place of wonder, wander, joy, and grief. As my work shifts away from deciphering my curiosity of domestic space, I have become increasingly fixed on what or who occupies these spaces. Manifested from a love for lamps, many of these artworks have literally and inspirationally evolved from the table lamp.

I am an installation and studio artist from and working in Fairbanks, Alaska. I create artwork influenced by daily life in this beautiful place where I have built my home and studio, the ancestral lands of the Dena people of the lower Tanana River. I returned home after receiving my Master’s in Fine Arts from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. I have been honored to attend artist residencies in Tartu, Estonia, Homer, Alaska, and Rovaniemi, Finland. I strive to support creatives across Alaska to give back to my generous community through operating The Lemonade Stand, a mobile art space. My professional life has included numerous fields and trades with one constant: doing whatever is necessary to support my art. As an artist, I use these experiences alongside my practical Alaskan upbringing to create artwork out of remnants of our daily lives.”

Bunnell Street Arts Center’s Visual Arts Exhibit program is funded by membership and business donations, and supported by collectors from Homer, greater Alaska, and beyond. Visit Bunnell’s online store at www.bunnellarts.org. The Visual Arts Exhibit program promotes Alaska’s diverse artistic heritage while elevating Alaska’s artists and culture bearers with opportunities to explore their craft, culture and artistic innovations.

Bunnell Street Arts Center’s mission is to spark artistic inquiry, innovation and equity to strengthen the physical, social and economic fabric of Alaska.

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)

***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!***

When hunger weighs heavily, it’s hard to focus, hard to thrive, and hard to stay well. At the Anchor Point Food Pantry, we meet that need with empathy, respect, and cheerful hearts—because no one should have to face hunger alone. We provide a weekly food line and meals, monthly TEFAP commodities, holiday food boxes, summer produce, hungry kids' weekend meal packs and a kids' summer lunch bag program.
Phone: 907-299-8437 - email: apfp.266@gmail.com // If you consider donating, thank you! This helps!

Bunnell Arts by Air presents Alyssa Payne in concert at Bunnell and broadcast live on KBBI AM890 on Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7pm. Join our live studio audience! In-person audiences must be seated at 6:45pm.

Alyssa Payne is a New York–based composer, performer, and storyteller whose music finds humor in heartbreak and hope in exhaustion. With a grand piano as her co-star, Payne blends sharp wit, emotional honesty, and theatrical flair into songs that feel both hilariously specific and universally human. Her work—ranging from her viral “YouTube Tuesdays” to sold-out shows at Joe’s Pub—blurs the line between stand-up comedy and musical confession. Drawing comparisons to Sara Bareilles, Bo Burnham, and Rachel Bloom, Payne captures the modern artist’s chaos with biting humor and surprising tenderness. Whether she’s singing about burnout, bad mentors, or falling in love at the wrong time, her music reminds audiences to laugh, cry, and—above all—keep writing.

Alyssa Payne’s one-woman musical Extra Crispy—a comedic exploration of burnout and artistic survival—has garnered over 9 million views online and sold out multiple performances at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Payne is the composer and lyricist of The F Word, a coming-of-age musical about the foster care system, currently in development with Goodspeed. Her recent credits include composing Broadway’s Never Been More Alive, a commissioned Tony Awards opening number for Theatrely, and a collaboration with Mattel. A graduate of The Boston Conservatory at Berklee and a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, Payne has built a devoted following of over 300,000 across social platforms by doing what she does best—finding humor in heartbreak and music in the mess of being human.

We're SO EXCITED to be able to continue our Teen Nights at the SPARC every Friday from 8-10:30pm. This is a FREE night for our Homer teens (7th-12th grade) to hang out in a safe, drug-free environment. Kids have access to all our equipment, including our new ping-pong table. Pizza & drinks will be provided.

***PLEASE bring clean indoor shoes to change into in the entry area. And all minors must have a liability waiver on file signed by parent/guardian***

If you would like to host a Teen Night evening, please fill out the FORM at sparchomer.org/forms/. Some examples of activities that could take place would be basketball, dodgeball, kickball, nerf party, cornhole (we have 1 set), floor hockey (we have soft pucks & 10 sticks), etc.

*** The SPARC received grants to cover some rental costs & food/drinks! ***

Registration is open NOW for all skating programs at the Kevin Bell Arena.
We have programs for all -- from toddlers to adults, youth hockey teams, learn to skate, men's/women's, figure skating, curling and broomball.

Visit our website - www.kevinbellarena.org -- for program descriptions, schedules, and prices, then register and pay online.

Join us Sat. Oct. 4, 11 am - 3:30 pm, for our annual opening day activities, where everything is free.

Programs begin the week of Oct. 6.

When hunger weighs heavily, it’s hard to focus, hard to thrive, and hard to stay well. At the Anchor Point Food Pantry, we meet that need with empathy, respect, and cheerful hearts—because no one should have to face hunger alone. We provide a weekly food line and meals, monthly TEFAP commodities, holiday food boxes, summer produce, hungry kids' weekend meal packs and a kids' summer lunch bag program.
Phone: 907-299-8437 - email: apfp.266@gmail.com // If you consider donating, thank you! This helps!

We're SO EXCITED to be able to continue our Teen Nights at the SPARC every Friday from 8-10:30pm. This is a FREE night for our Homer teens (7th-12th grade) to hang out in a safe, drug-free environment. Kids have access to all our equipment, including our new ping-pong table. Pizza & drinks will be provided.

***PLEASE bring clean indoor shoes to change into in the entry area. And all minors must have a liability waiver on file signed by parent/guardian***

If you would like to host a Teen Night evening, please fill out the FORM at sparchomer.org/forms/. Some examples of activities that could take place would be basketball, dodgeball, kickball, nerf party, cornhole (we have 1 set), floor hockey (we have soft pucks & 10 sticks), etc.

*** The SPARC received grants to cover some rental costs & food/drinks! ***

Registration is open NOW for all skating programs at the Kevin Bell Arena.
We have programs for all -- from toddlers to adults, youth hockey teams, learn to skate, men's/women's, figure skating, curling and broomball.

Visit our website - www.kevinbellarena.org -- for program descriptions, schedules, and prices, then register and pay online.

Join us Sat. Oct. 4, 11 am - 3:30 pm, for our annual opening day activities, where everything is free.

Programs begin the week of Oct. 6.

ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE WELCOME! Price of class is $6 for adults and $4 for students/military/veterans/seniors 62+.

Classes are available for adults and teens (12+) on Tues/Thurs/Fri from 9:30-11:30am, Tuesdays from 6:45-8:45pm, & Sundays from 10am-1pm.

***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!***

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.