Community Calendar

The Sandhill Cranes start arriving this month, so keep an eye on big birds coming into Homer. Send your Sandhill Crane sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Please include date, time, location, behavior, number of cranes, your name, and phone number, and email so KCW can call for more details if needed.

For more information contact Nina Faust. Phone: 907-235-6262. Email: reports@cranewatch.org

The City of Homer is accepting public comment on the draft Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) for the Homer Education and Recreation Complex (HERC). The ABCA evaluates five cleanup alternatives for the HERC property to remediate Hazardous Building Materials and support future redevelopment of this brownfield property.
For additional information and to comment go to the City's website: https://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/.

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+) Mon-Fri from 8:30-9:30am and Mon-Fri from 11:45am-12:45pm. *Our Monday afternoon class will be FREE throughout the year as well! (sponsored by & thanks to SPH!)*

***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 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!***

Homer, Alaska – Tamara Ann Burgh is Artist in Residence at Bunnell Street Arts Center April 1-29, 2026. Burgh’s exhibit of watercolor illustrations and woodblock prints opens on First Friday, April 3 from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm. During her residency she will lead a watercolor workshop April 15 from 6 to 8 pm. Register at BunnellArts.org.

Artist Statement

“I discovered the book “Alaskan Igloo Tales” (c. 1974, illustrations by G. Agupuk) years ago while working in Nome, AK’s Indian Education Art and Culture Program. At that time, the stories in this book felt strange and distant from modern Native culture and experience.

My self-studies in myth, history, Native cultures, and spirituality renewed my interest in the fascinating and inspiring stories in “Alaskan Igloo Tales.” I’ve chosen to visually reinterpret the book’s Inupiaq-identifying stories based on my new understanding, gained through studying Joseph Campbell’s mythic language and symbols.

This project started with two residencies at IAIA in Santa Fe and continued with a residency at Makotaay Art Village in Taiwan. I’ve illustrated all thirty stories in watercolor. These watercolor sketches serve as composition and color studies for moku hanga, a Japanese woodblock-style printmaking process.”

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+) Mon-Fri from 8:30-9:30am and Mon-Fri from 11:45am-12:45pm. *Our Monday afternoon class will be FREE throughout the year as well! (sponsored by & thanks to SPH!)*

***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!***

Join us every Wednesday for our Grief and Loss Support Group in the Hospice of Homer sunroom.

A FREE offering from the KBFPC Teen Health team! Once a week Life Lab after school for 5th & 6th grade empowers students with information about their changing bodies. Utilizing the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District-approved curriculum “The Great Body Shop” students will participate in activities, art projects, and discussions about puberty, emotions, and more! Drop ins welcome, learn more and sign up at: https://kbfpc-teenhealth.org/life-lab/

Join HoWL to help clean up Homer! DiRtBaG Clean-Up Week is a litter clean-up for youth and families, and youth participants can earn scholarships for HoWL wilderness programs, complete service hours, and win prizes and special awards for categories such as Most Trash, Dirtiest DiRtBaG or Microtrash Master. To participate, meet us at Bishops Beach on Monday-Friday from 3:30 to 5:30, or from 4:15-5:30. On Saturday, April 25, we will meet from 11-2 to pick up trash at Bishop's Beach, and celebrate everyone's hard work with a pizza party, prizes and awards. Youth can participate with family members or can attend by themselves and join a HoWL-supervised crew. To learn more or register for Clean-Up Week, visit our website: https://www.howlalaska.org/clean-up-week

Join a panel of local medical providers for an informative and medically grounded conversation about infertility. This session will explore common causes of infertility, current treatment options, and address myths and misinformation frequently circulating in social media and popular culture. Presented in a conversation-style format, the discussion will be moderated to encourage dialogue among speakers and include time for audience questions. Resources for attendees will be provided, offering reliable information and next steps for those seeking support or clarity around fertility concerns.

After, we’ll have an hour of tai chi led by Rowan Mulvey. Rowan has led groups of people in motion for over 25 years here in Homer, including Dance, Tai Chi, Yoga, Pilates, physical training, senior and aquatic exercise. Tai Chi helps us develop and strengthen our mindfulness and movement awareness and capabilities. The practice meets each one of us wherever we are at each day, each breath, each moment.

As always, free soup and bread will be provided, and all are welcome!