Community Calendar

PLEASE HELP US upgrade our 11,000 square-foot indoor playfield from the temporary plastic-tiles-on-sand floor to a permanent concrete slab with 8mm Mondo Advanced polymer floor covering. (Project is projected for summer '23)

As of Feb. 1, 2023, SPARC needs $30,000 more in pledges and donations in the next few months to reach the minimum required funds to trigger a 50% M.J. Murdock Trust matching grant for this $485,000 project.

EXCITING NEWS!!! A wonderful SPARC donor agreed to match $10,000 of new floor donations in February. And, as of February 21, 2023, $10,000 in donations have come roaring in! A huge THANK YOU to all of the wonderful donors!

MURDOCK GRANT UPDATE Feb 21, 2023: SPARC still needs ~$10,000 for our minimum required funds to trigger the 50% M.J. Murdock Trust matching grant. We are almost there. Thank you ALL so much!

There are 3 ways to DONATE or MAKE A PLEDGE:

1) Our GoFundMe link is: https://www.gofundme.com/f/new-floor-for-sparc

2) Fill out the SPARC Contribution Pledge Form (found in the forms tab above) and mail to: PO Box 698, Homer

3) Come by the SPARC with cash, check or credit card

Get your tickets to see Brazilian recording artist, vocalist, composer, percussionist, guitarist, and musical arranger Eduardo Mendonça live at the Mariner Theatre Friday, April 21st at 6pm!
Tickets are available online at Homerart.org- $30 for Adults, $25 for HCOA members and youth get in FREE!

Come watch Alice as she dances through wonderland at the HHS Mariner Theatre! Directed and choreographed by Breezy Berryman with guest choreographer Anne Gittinger-Langley and aerial silk choreographer Ireland Styvar, full length fantasy ballet Dancing Through Wonderland showcases dancers ranging in age from 7-46! There will be two showings Saturday, April 15th at 2:30pm & 6pm and one on Sunday, April 16th at 2:30pm, $18 per person, get your tickets online at homerart.org/events

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+) Mon-Fri from 8:30-9:45am, Mon/Wed/Fri from 12:15-1:30pm, *NEW* Mon from 5:30-7:15pm, *NEW* Tues from 1:45-2:45pm and *NEW* Mon-Thurs from 5-6am. Cost is $3.00 per session.

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. ***ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME!***

Classes are available for adults (18+) on Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun from 10am-12pm. Price of class is $5 (adults) & $3 (seniors/students).

The Sandhill Cranes are winging their way north. Watch for the first arrivals in the next few weeks and let Kachemak Crane Watch know when, where, and how many you see!

Report your sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch by calling 907-235-6262 or emailing reports@cranewatch.org. This is the most reliable way of making sure your important sighting makes it into our citizen science information for the year. Happy crane watching!

Nina

Every year dozens of Alaskan artists create unique art plates for Bunnell’s Plate Project. The bisqued plates are blank “canvases” for brilliant food-safe underglazes. The finished painted plates are then competitively selected by new and renewing members as thanks for their annual support. The Plate Project would not be possible without the time and talent of Homer potters who transform hundreds of pounds of clay into 100+ plates each year. Thank you to 2023’s potters: Ahna Iredale, Jeff Szarzi, David Kaufmann, Ruby Haigh, Maygen Lotscher, Carl Bice, Lisa Wood and Tara Schmidt.

Materials, guidance and good company are guaranteed when you join us in gallery to paint. All plates are due back on April 15th. You can also elect to take a plate (and glazes) home if you prefer. The Plate Project is open to anyone committed to crafting an excellent plate that will raise essential operating support for the mission and programs of Bunnell Street Arts Center at the Annual Plate Project Opening in May. 

Volunteers meet every Saturday at Public Works to fill sandbags for the Parks staff to spread on various trails around town to maintain safe pedestrian transportation routes throughout the winter. All equipment and materials provided, as well as coffee and snacks.

Our online marketplace is open for customers! Order at AlaskaFoodHub.org and click the button "Shop the Market!" Local producers list their products for sale and customers place orders starting Friday at noon till Mondays at 10PM. Confirmed orders are ready for pick up on Wednesdays at the Homer United Methodist Church. Right now we have poultry, microgreens, fermented veggies, sourdough bread, eggs, smoked salmon, sweets, and more.

This is an open time to come walk or run 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+) Mon-Fri form 8:30-9:45am, Mon/Wed/Fri from 12:15-1:30pm, *NEW* Tuesdays from 1:45-2:45pm, *NEW* Mondays from 5:30-7:15pm and *NEW* Mon-Thurs from 5-6am. Cost is $3 per session.