Arts & Entertainment
Anchorage film festival comes to Soldotna
The biggest film festival in Alaska is taking to the road for the first time, taking a few…
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What’s Happening
Best Bets ■ The Kenai Performers present Meredith Wilson’s “Music Man,” directed by Terri Zopf Schoessler and conducted…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: ‘Trumbo’ shines light on dark period in Hollywood
“Trumbo” Bleecker Street Media 2 hours, 4 minutes Gearing up for the Academy Awards this weekend, I sought…
Life
Mix up your hummus game with carrot puree topped with lamb
Entertaining should not be about fuss or pomp. I want my focus to be on my company. And…
Life
Sinfully delicious: Devil’s Food Cake
Devil’s Food Cake, frosted with the requisite puffs of Seven-Minute Frosting, is sinfully good. Fluffy and somewhat airy,…
Life
Double-duty take on broccoli – new technique, new ingredient
Of all the trendy/healthy/unusual ingredients I use regularly in my cooking, the one I get questions about most…
Life
Pioneer Potluck: About our dad’s Kansas ancestors
The Twibell ancestry goes back to Monghan County, Ireland. John Twibell was born in 1760 and died in…
Life
All dolled up
Clara Cozzini sews a quilt for a doll with help from librarian Ryanna Thurman at a meeting of…
Life
Sometimes you need a timeout
I’ve had better weeks. After letting stress take it’s course, what should I expect? Stress doesn’t own me.…
Life
Community News and Notes
Births – Brewers welcome son Jim and Traci Brewer of Nikiski announce the birth of their son, Mason…
Life
Kenai Peninsula College posts academic honors
Kenai Peninsula College recently released the names of students who earned Chancellor’s List and Dean’s List honors for…
Life
An Outdoor View: Global warming
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of hearing bad news about global warming. To hear it,…
Life
Trail magic: Kenai couple experiences Appalachian Trail
Tom and Mary Rhyner of Kenai have been on this earth long enough to know what is important…
Life
Voices of Faith: How to be ‘strange’ and live like a ‘stranger’
According to an American survey in The Washington Post “the fear of strangers” made it into the top…
Life
Tight Lines: A reassessment of ice fishing
Those who know me well know that hovering over a frozen hole has never really been my favorite…
Arts & Entertainment
Adult coloring comes to Kenai Peninsula
The central Kenai Peninsula has been hit by the adult-coloring craze. Programs and products are cropping up in…
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Beating the bully in the work place
Sometimes, you feel like you’re back in Sixth Grade. But you’re not – you’re at work, dealing with…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: ‘Deadpool’ is funny, lowbrow – and a blast
“Deadpool” Twentieth Century Fox 1 hour, 48 minutes There are a lot of comic book fans out there…