May 17 Friday
“Alaska-based Indigenous songwriter Ashley Young is a hopeful romantic with unforgettable vocal warmth. Her lovesick disposition is a light-hearted lens to radical reclamation. Audience members of Ashley’s live performances experience catharsis through her infectious laughter and refreshing honesty. With a goal of promoting authenticity, connection, and cycle breaking, Ashley’s music reveals vulnerable and personal truths that many experience but are often afraid to discuss. Her sources of strength are self-love, risk-taking, and Tlingít tribal values like humor and community.”
Pier One Theatre presents
Harveyby Mary Chase
Directed by Val Sheppard
Friday, May 17 - Sunday, May 19Thursday, May 23 - Sunday, May 26Thursday, May 30 - Saturday, June 1
All shows at 7:30pm, house opens for seating at 7pm
At the Pier One Theatre on the Homer Spit at 3858 Homer Spit Rd.
"Elwood P. Dowd is a well-mannered and affable young manwho also happens to be best friends with a six-foot tall white rabbit namedHarvey that only he can see. When Elwood's sister attempts to have himcommitted at the local sanitarium, a misjudged diagnosis leads to all sorts ofcomplications and revelations, including what Harvey is and how much hispresence is really appreciated. A comedy classic since 1944 and a PulitzerPrize winner!"
CAST (in order of appearance):Myrtle Mae Simmons - Jessica GoldenVeta Louise Simmons - Deb RowzeeElwood P. Dowd - Tyler MunnsMiss Johnson/E.J. Lofgrenn - Cathy StingleyMrs. Ethel Chauvenet - Maggie QuartonRuth Kelly, R.N. - Crane JackinskyDuane Wilson - Dayus GeysbeekLyman Sanderson, M.D. - Mike TupperWilliam R. Chumley, M.D. - Dick DunnBetty Chumley - Linda EllsworthJudge Omar Gaffney - Ken Landfield
Tickets are $20 with discounts available, available at https://pieronetheatre.org/tickets
HARVEY is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
Don't miss the Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference Festival of Readings, on Saturday and Sunday, May 18 & 19 at 7:30 pm at Kachemak Bay Campus. Over these two nights, the talented professional writers featured at the conference will read their work. This event is free and open to the public. For more information visit the Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference website at writersconf.kpc.alaska.edu or email eshollowell@alaska.edu.
This is an Open Gym time for 7th-12th graders to hang out, play games, listen & dance to music, and eat some pizza & snacks, in a safe, supervised, indoor, drug-free environment. Once we're able to bring roller skating back, this will be an activity available for our teens too!Please bring clean, indoor shoes to change into in the entry area.*If your teen has never been to the SPARC, please go to sparchomer.org/schedule/ to register them & sign the liability waiver*
May 18 Saturday
Homer Steps Up community walking challenge is a free, four week event running May 1 – 28, 2024. In its 8th year, this popular event is open to anyone on the southern Kenai Peninsula, and regularly attracts hundreds of individuals on dozens of teams to compete for over $3,000 in random drawing and cash prizes. The winning team, based on a cumulative average of their members’ steps gets bragging rights, their name on the traveling trophy and a $500 award for a non-profit of their choice. The challenge is free to register online, and teams of 5-25 members compete by logging their steps using a wearable fitness tracker, smartphone or tracking and entering them manually. New this year is a youth category. Registration and information at www.homerstepsup.com. Homer Steps Up is coordinated by South Peninsula Hospital with support from City of Homer, South Peninsula Behavioral Health, SPARC, and SVT Health & Wellness.
EXTRA:Prizes - The top three winning teams will get the opportunity to designate cash donations to a local non-profit of their choice. Thanks to a grant from South Peninsula Hospital Foundation, all individual participants reaching a weekly step average of 35,000 steps (approximately 5,000 steps a day) will be entered for weekly prize drawings and $1,800 in end of challenge cash prizes. Three winners will be drawn in three different step categories weekly, and they are eligible for $100, $200 and $300 cash prizes at the challenge end. New this year is a youth category. Winners will be announced and all will be celebrated at the end of challenge awards event.
Free indoor walking - As part of this event, free indoor walking will be provided every Wednesday in the month of May starting May 1st from 5-6pm at SPARC. During this time participants can enjoy free indoor walking, pick up free Homer Steps Up swag, get a free blood pressure reading and get assistance signing up. All are invited to stay from 6-7pm for free community yoga.
Learn more - Homer Steps Up is coordinated by South Peninsula Hospital and is made possible by support from the partners: City of Homer, South Peninsula Behavioral Health, SPARC, and SVT Health & Wellness. For more information visit www.homerstepsup.com or learn more at weekly Wellness Wednesday events at the KP College every Wednesday from 5-7pm through end of April.
Applications are open for exhibiting in the Homer Council on the Arts gallery! HCOA is currently accepting proposals for openings in 2025-26. Applications for the HCOA gallery will automatically be considered for the South Peninsula Hospital gallery as well.
Proposals for HCOA Gallery Exhibits must be completed by 11:59pm on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Artists in all media are invited to apply, with preference going to Alaskan artists and priority to those residing on the Kenai Peninsula.
2024 Mary Epperson Folk Music Camp
July 15th – 19th 10am -4pmOpen to ages 8-17
The emphasis of Mary Epperson Music Camp is to have fun playing music!
Each student will select their classes from a list of options. We will do our best to place students in requested classes as well as an ensemble group of 4-7 students.
Each day will consist of a whole group gathering, 3 separate 45-minute class blocks, the ensemble rehearsal, and a group close-out.
On Friday, student ensembles will perform from 3-4 for each other and invited guests!
To register, complete the ticket purchase and fill out the camp registration packet by July 7th.
Writing Circle with local author Richard Chiappone
Bring your favorite writing materials and join this informal gathering of writers to share your work, create new work, and discuss writing.
For fiction, nonfiction, and memoir writers.
Open to the public (over age 15).
Writers of all skill levels welcome.
A friendly, informal, low-pressure gathering of writers.
No need to preregister.
Shortly after Sandhill Cranes arrive in Homer, cranes mate and prepare their nest site. Pairs canstart sitting on their nest as early as late April. Nesting has commenced when the cranes show upalone, indicating one is sitting on the nest. Last year over 60 nests were reported. An accuratecount of nesting crane pairs helps Kachemak Crane Watch estimate the local crane population andprovides an indication of annual reproductive success.Please report nesting Sandhill Crane pairs to Kachemak Crane Watch at reports@cranewatch.org orby calling 907-235-6262. Leave your name, phone number, and include the location and date whennesting started. Thank you for participating in this Citizen Science effort.For more information contact: Nina Faust at 907-235-6262 or reports@cranewatch.orgKachemak Crane Watch is a project of the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies.
Nature Journaling is a practice of creativity and curiosity that draws from our own experiences in the natural world. Learn beginner-friendly field sketching and recording techniques that will strengthen your observation and appreciation of the natural world. This workshop is outdoors and designed for kids ages 7-12. Please meet in the museum’s rear parking lot. Workshops include a blank journal and use of all needed supplies at no extra cost.