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* The American Friends Service Committee in cooperation with People for Peace and Justice will honor fallen U.S. military personnel and Iraqi civilians with the traveling exhibition "Eyes Wide Open: The Cost of War to Alaska" from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at Pioneer Park on the Sterling Highway adjacent to Soldotna Creek Park. The exhibit presents a memorial to those who have fallen and asks whether any war can justify human cost. It will include a pair of boots for each Alaskan soldier killed in Iraq, shoes representing Iraqi civilian casualties and a visual display showing the human costs of war to communities.

For more information, call Mary Jo Spotts, 262-5447.

* The Kenai Potters Guild will sell pottery from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The proceeds will benefit its pottery studio. For more information, call Peggy Gill Thompson at 283-7827.

Events and Exhibits

* Artist Without Borders will present a show of impressionistic paintings by French artist Richard Bornengo of Kasilof from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday through the end of the month upstairs at the 4-D Interiors conference room on the corner of Marydale and the Kenai Spur Highway.

* Art Works in Soldotna will host the Kenai Peninsula College's spring digital photography students in digital color, intermediate and experimental photography through the end of the month. Techniques will range from digital infra-red and solarization, Polaroid emulsion transfers, darkroom prints from digital negatives, black and white landscape, expressive color abstracts, portraits and color landscape.

* Kaladi Brothers Artist of the Month is Susanna Evins.

* The Kasilof Historical Society's cabin museum is open from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays or by appointment. It has historical displays and area artists and crafters are invited to display their work on weekends. The cabin is at Mile 1.5 Kalifornsky Beach Road. For more information, call Dave at 262-5125.

* The Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center at 11471 Kenai Spur Highway will kick-off its summer art show "Alaskan Light: Mystery Revealed" with a reception from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the center. Food, drinks and a silent auction are planned. More than 50 works of art that range in media will be on display through Sept. 9. The cost of admission after Memorial Day is $3 per person. The center also displays animal mounts, historic items and Alaska Native artifacts. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, call 283-1991.

* The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center on Ski Hill Road outside Soldotna shows films on wildlife, the refuge and the history of the area daily at noon, 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m.

Entertainment

* AmVets Post No. 4 in the Red Diamond Center on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 8 p.m. Saturday and blind darts at 2:30 p.m. Sundays.

* Bluegrass jam sessions at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Kenai Senior Citizens Center. On the first Thursday of the month sessions are at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna.

* Hooligan's in Soldotna has music by the Free Beer Band on Monday nights, karaoke Wednesday nights, 150 Grit on Thursday nights and live music Friday and Saturday nights.

* Kaladi Brothers in Soldotna will host The Charmers Daughters at 6:30 p.m. Friday; and Emily Grossman will play at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

* Mugz Coffee Lounge in the Blazy Mall has acoustic music from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday with Jay C. Smith; and Saturday with 150 Grit; and also hosts open mic night Mondays.

* The Clam Shell Lodge at Mile 118.5 of the Sterling Highway will host The Band With No Name at 8 p.m. Saturday.

* The Crossing in Soldotna will host Mike Morgan playing folk, blues, Hawaiian and classic acoustic songs at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

* The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays.

* The Rainbow Bar in Kenai has Monday night poker; pool leagues Tuesdays; and live music from 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.

* The Riverside House lounge in Soldotna hosts After 10 party Fridays and Saturdays.

* Veronica's Cafe in Old Town Kenai will have open mic at 6:30 p.m. today; Ian and JD Uponen at 6:30 p.m. Friday; Mike Morgan and Friends will play at 6:30 p.m. Saturday; and a music jam at 2 p.m. Sunday.

* 406 in Kenai has karaoke with Steve and Debbie at 9 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Films

* Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 for weekly listings and show times.

* Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for weekly listings and show times.

Down the Road

* Fireweed Gallery in Homer will present "Serendipity", acrylic paintings by Jerilyn Krause in the main gallery at 475 E. Pioneer Ave. For more information, call 235-3411 or e-mail fireweedgallery.com.

* The Alaska SeaLife Center in celebration of the center's 10th anniversary will offer Alaskans free admission to the center the 10th day of each month through 2008. An Alaska ID is required. The center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at 301 Railway Ave., in Seward. For more information, call 800-224-2525, 907-224-6312 or visit www.alaskasealife.org.

* The Pratt Museum in Homer will host "Kachemak Bay: An Exploration of People and Place," a redesign of the museum's main galleries, with Phase I completed in 2004. Community-based videos, photo essays, computer interactives, and visitor-controlled remote video technology will visitors beyond the museum walls to historic and contemporary life around Kachemak Bay, providing an intimate means of understanding people and place; "Concerning Climate Change," an art and science collaboration exploring the ways in which people affect the environment and how they can affect change. The exhibit is a part of the museum's year-long initiative to help the community and visitors understand and respond to environmental change. It will be on display through May.; The Shorebird Festival welcome reception will be held at 4 p.m. Friday.; A "Feathers and Folding" workshop will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday.; International Museum Day will be observed from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May. Admission will be free on that day.; The annual quilters' reception and tea will be held at 10 a.m. May 22.; The museum is located at 3779 Bartlett St. Homer. For more information, call 907-235-8635, fax 907-235-2764 or e-mail info@prattmuseum.org.

Anchorage and Beyond

* The end of the road rally will be held June 19 through 22 at Sawmill Creek Lodge near Delta Junction. Events will include live music, drawings, games, T-shirts, buffalo chip toss, keg toss, comedy night, elk bugling contest, camping, rides, poker, darts, shuffle board and pool tournaments, horse shoes, Loudest Bike Award, Most Rad Campsite Award, Female Best Leather Award, Male Best Leather Award, Rat Bike Award, Best Bike Award, Best ATV Award, Most Unique Bike and ATV Award, toy run, classic collector auto rides and commemorative fallen solider tribute field. For more information, call 907-895-4924 or visit http://www.endofroadrally.blogspot.com.

* Alaska State Fair Exhibitor Guide is available online at www.alaskastatefair.org/exhibits. Exhibitors from around the state may download information about entering exhibits in the Alaska State Fair which will be held Aug. 21 through Sept. 1. For more information, call Pamella Meekin at 907-746-7159 or e-mail pamella@alaskastatefair.org.

What's Happening submissions may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com, faxed to 283-3299 or dropped off at the Clarion office at 150 Trading Bay in Kenai. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Mondays.