Events and Exhibits ■ For the month of July, the Kenai Fine Art Center will host an exhibit of quilting from around the state, coordinated… Continue reading
One for me, and one for you. Divvying up candy when you were a kid was an almost-exact science. Everybody had to have an equal… Continue reading
Not a seat could be found at noon in the restaurant-turned-concert venue Tuesday at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna. Picking, and strumming at the back of… Continue reading
I’ve used the same basic batter recipe for making cobblers for years. It has never failed me and adapts well to a wide variety of… Continue reading
Kenai and North Kenai, Alaska, now known as Nikiski. 1967 to 2014 I am sure you have read enough about Kenai River Dip Netting and… Continue reading
Author’s note: This column was written and submitted before all the tragic news this week regarding plane crashes around the world. The horror of those… Continue reading
Kristi Isaak of Soldotna has been named to the Honor List at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches for the Spring 2014 semester. Students… Continue reading
It’s blooming time again for the invasive Orange Hawkweed plant that is spreading across the Kenai Peninsula changing habitats in its wake. This weed also… Continue reading
Truman Capote famously told friends that the very wealthy eat better vegetables — tiny ones. So there’s another plus for gardening: It’s easier to eat… Continue reading
Imagine No Malaria fundraiser planned A Basement Sale fundraiser for the Imagine No Malaria effort of the United Methodist Church and the Bill and Melinda… Continue reading
It was not quite the weekend, but it might as well have been. I surveyed the beach below and saw the masses of people with… Continue reading
BOISE, Idaho — Mountain biking started on hiking trails, then trails were later built with bikes in mind. The latest evolution in bike trails is… Continue reading
In a perfect world, we’d be eating a sandwich made from the last of last year’s salmon while catching our first salmon of this year.… Continue reading
Best Bet ■ Soldotna Progress Days events are Saturday and Sunday at the Soldotna Little League fields on Kalifornsky Beach Road. For a schedule, visit… Continue reading
“Snowpiercer” SnowPiercer 2 hours, 6 minutes I find it a depressing fact of life, but more and more small, independent, or unique foreign films… Continue reading
Visiting a retired Frank Capra at his Sierra Nevada hideaway, Clint Eastwood was baffled.“I always thought: ‘He could be making a film right now. He’s… Continue reading
Dipnetting SeasonBy Dee Rusin, KenaiThe fish are coming! The fish are coming! Grab your nets and poles! Hurry to the beach Stretch as far as… Continue reading
A few months ago, I launched a diabolical plan to entice my teenage daughters to spend more time with me, and to semi-shelter them from… Continue reading
You stopped in the store the other day, and stopped short.In all its electric-colored glory, tie-dye is back. Or maybe it never left, just passed… Continue reading
