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Artwork by Susie Scrivner for her exhibition, “Portraits of the Kenai,” fills the walls of the Kenai Art Center in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai through ‘fresh eyes’

October show at Kenai Art Show a celebration of Kenai Peninsula, a call for more creativity

Late Anchor Point artist Norman Lowell is seen in this 2003 photo provided by the Norman Lowell Gallery on Sept. 19, 2024. (Courtesy)

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Losing the light

Anchor Point artist Norman Lowell dies at 96

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The Kenai Central High School Marching Band performs “Snakes and Songbirds: The Music of the Hunger Games” during the Kenai Marching Showcase at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai on Saturday.

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Marching ahead

Kenai band showcase marks growth of Alaska scene

Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion Cam Choy, Associate Professor of Art at Kenai Peninsula College, works on a salmon sculpture in collaboration with the Kenai Watershed Forum during the Kenai River Festival at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska on June 8, 2019.

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‘Cam was the Dude’

Kenai Peninsula College hosts memorial show for late art professor

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The “Americans and the Holocaust” traveling exhibition is seen at the Seward Community Library and Museum in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.

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Exhibit examining American perception of Holocaust visits Seward

“Americans and the Holocaust” sheds light on how, when and what Americans learned of the Holocaust during the…

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The Kenai Performers’ cast of “The Bullying Collection” rehearse at the Kenai Performers Theater in Kalifornsky on Monday.

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Difficult topics in the spotlight

Storytelling contends with bullying, suicide and violence in new Kenai Performers show

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The Kenai Marching Band debuts their new routine based on “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” during an exhibition at Kenai Central High School on Aug. 16.

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Kenai band goes big

The school’s marching band continues to grow

Photo provided by Sally Oberstein Dancers at the Homer Mariner Theater perform in Nice Moves during the Alaska World Arts Festival in 2022.

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The Alaska World Arts Festival returns to Homer

The festival will begin Sept. 13 and run through Sept. 26.

Flyer for the Kenai Performers’ production of “The Bullying Collection” and “Girl in the Mirror.” (Provided by Kenai Performers)

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Kenai Performers tackle heavy topics in compilation show

The series runs two weekends, Sept. 12-15 and Sept. 19-22

Emilie Springer/ Homer News Liam James, Javin Schroeder, Leeann Serio and Mike Selle perform in “Leaving” during last Saturday’s show at Pier One Theatre on the Spit.

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Homer playwrights get their 10 minutes onstage

“Slices” 10-minute play festival features local works

Children dance as Ellie and the Echoes perform the last night of the Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series at Soldotna Creek Park on Wednesday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna music series wraps up season with local performers

The city is in the second year of its current three-year grant from the Levitt Foundation

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The Triumvirate Theatre’s cast of “The Sound of Music” rehearse at Soldotna High School on Friday, Aug. 2.

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Triumvirate Theatre comes alive with ‘The Sound of Music’

The stage adaptation of the 1960s Julie Andrews film opens Friday

Attendees dance at Salmonfest in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Salmonfest returns to Ninilchik with music, art, education

Festivities and advocacy were available in ample measure

Winners of the Kenai Performers Cosplay Costume Contest stand with their prizes at the Soldotna Progress Days Block Party in Parker Park in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Performers host 4th annual cosplay contest

Dragon slayers, Disney animations and Chinese novels make waves at Progress Days celebration

Ryan Reynolds plays Deadpool and Hugh Jackman plays Wolverine in “Deadpool & Wolverine.” (Promotional photo courtesy Marvel Studios)

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On the Screen: ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ brings crass jokes, heart to MCU

It’s a bizarre love letter to an era of superhero cinema that probably was better left forgotten

Sierra Ferrell performs on the River Stage at Salmonfest in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Salmonfest returns Aug. 2-4 for ‘musically infused family reunion’

The three-day event will feature art, festivities and an array of performers

Gold Peak play the opening set of the Seventh Annual Rock’N the Ranch at the Rusty Ravin on Friday, July 7, 2023, at Rusty Ravin Plant Ranch in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion) Gold Peak play the opening set of the Seventh Annual Rock’N the Ranch at the Rusty Ravin on Friday, July 7, 2023, at Rusty Ravin Plant Ranch in Kenai. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Music fest returns to RustyRavin

The annual nonprofit music festival is a fundraiser for Nuk’it’un, a transitional home for men

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The Kenai Potter’s Guild’s annual exhibition, “Clay on Display,” is seen at the Kenai Art Center on Tuesday.

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Expression in a teapot at July art center show

Kenai Art Center’s annual pottery show takes front gallery, with memories of Japan featured in the back

“I Voted” stickers await Alaskan voters during in-person voting at Mendenhall Mall. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Public voting begins for Soldotna’s ‘I voted’ sticker contest

Voting will be open until Sunday, July 21

Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News Homer’s official peony patch is attached to a Nomar tote bag, available for purchase at the Homer Chamber of Commerce, during the month of July.

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Homer hosts peony celebration through July

The event started out as a business task force for the beautification of Pioneer Avenue.