Tamamta Katurlutta
A unique dance troop formed from Tlingit-Haida tribes bring their songs and stories to Homer this weekend to help celebrate a gathering hosted by the Pratt Museum and Kachemak Bay tribes.
The group’s leader, Hazel Tumulak, tells of the places where songs and stories emerged because both are tightly connected to their sources in clans.
‘We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay!’ hits Homer
Timely as today’s headlines about the economic crisis, Pier One Theatre’s final play of the season humorously brings home working people’s woes as inflation and unemployment squeeze them beyond their means to survive.
Although Dario Fo wrote “We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay!” in Italy during a previous economic collapse, it clearly resonates in today‘s world. The 1974 play is a farce centering on women taking what they want from a supermarket and only paying what they could afford — or not at all.
Comedy mystifies at Pier One
A man sits dead at a table in a diner.
When his cell phone rings incessantly, bothering a stranger at a nearby table, she answers it and is drawn into his life and death.
“After you’re gone, how will you be remembered?” is the main question addressed in Sarah Ruhl’s grim comedy, “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” which plays at Pier One Theatre through the next three weekends. Ruhl explores that question by entrusting the memory of a not-so-dearly departed man, played by Dylan Carter, to a woman he never met.
‘Hedwig’ returns to Pier One stage
Having enthralled audiences in Homer and Halibut Cove at the close of last season, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” opens at Pier One Theatre this weekend. Atz Lee Kilcher stars in this musical comedy with a somber undertone.
While the play entertains with humorous songs and dialogue, the theme of a young man escaping Communist East Berlin by enduring a botched sex change, underlies the story with more serious themes.
Book survival in a Twitter-driven world
While today’s readers carry a shorter attention span in America’s high-speed culture, the “brick and mortar” of books likely won’t go away soon.
That was one of the messages at the 10th-Annual Kachemak Bay Writers Conference talk “Where’s Writing Going?” on Sunday, as publishers, agents and writers gathered to discuss ways for writers to find themselves a home in the future of literary publishing.
Comedy spices up Pier One summer season
After enchanting audiences for three nights at Alice’s Champagne Palace in late April, Pier One opens its theater on the Spit for a three-week run of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.”
The show starts Memorial Day Weekend, May 28, 29 and 30.
Celebrating with Shakespeare
This weekend, Pier One Theatre celebrates Shakespeare’s 446th birthday at Alice’s Champagne Palace with a preview production of the classic comedy. “Much Ado About Nothing.” The evening also marks the directorial debut of BobbieLee Briggs, technical director at Pier One since 1998.
‘Jazzmom’ keeps it real this Valentine’s Day
In 2005, Melissa Bledsoe Fischer took top honors in the Anchorage Press Picks as the Alaska city’s “best singer.” Four years later, she returned to claim “Best Local Solo Act” by those same readers.
So what’s her secret?
Homer on target for weekend state dart tourney
Some 50 visitors from around the state will be in Homer this weekend for the Steel Tip Tourney and Masters Regional Dart Tournament. It’s the second time in recent years the statewide event is being held in Kachemak Bay.
“They will be coming from Nome, Anchorage, all over the state. We’re hoping for a good turnout this year,” said organizer Colt Belmonte of the Homer Dart League. “We’re hoping the hotels come through with special rates for the darters. Events like this really boost winter tourism. We’re really fortunate to get it here.”
Helping Santa sort out the gadgets
As Christmas draws closer, searching display cases for the newest digital and electronic gadgets might seem a daunting task to those on the low end of the high-tech scale. Fortunately, there are people adept – and available – to weigh in on what all these gadgets are and what they do.
The Homer Tribune consulted with techie experts, such as our own Ryan Ridge and the folks over at TechConnect, to help us embark on a quest to check out what came after VHS movies and cassette tapes.
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