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Thursday, April 6, 2023

6-7:30 PM

April is National Poetry Month!

Join the Friends of the Library for a showcase of Homer's most beloved poetry, inspired by the Favorite Poem Project! This event features multiple Homer readers of all ages, each sharing a poem that has touched their life. Selected poets will include Robert Service, e.e. cummings, and Pablo Naruda, among others. Join us at the Llibrary's Fireplace Lounge and find your new favorite poem.

Kids Yoga With Joanna

Joanna is a certified yoga teacher, with certification specializing in kids yoga. Each class is $5 per person. No experience needed. Connections students can use allotment if they have PE listed on their ILP.

Congrats to "Team Bumpalicious" from Juneau, Alaska for wining the 2024 one day City of Homer Community Recreation Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament! There was a total of 8 teams, 29 games and lots of competitive action form players from Homer, Anchorage, Juneau, Kenai, Soldotna and Nikiski.  We hope to see you all next year.

What is a Sister City?

Saturday, May 6, 10:00am  - 6:00 pm

Browse through hundreds of books and dozens of plants at the Friends of the Library 2023 Spring Book & Plant Sale! Everybody welcome. 

Want to get first pick? Become a Friends of the Library member and join us for the members pre-sale Friday evening, May 5! Memberships start at $15. Join at the door or SIGN UP NOW. 

Friday, May 5, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Join us on Friday for the members-only sale!

Community Conversation: Housing Solutions in the Greater Homer Area

The City of Homer and community partners hosted a “Community Conversation” to discuss housing in the greater Homer area on March 25, 2023. The workshop was well attended, with over 100 attendees, and discussion on housing challenges and solutions in the Homer area was abundant.

Saturday, May 20th at 10:00 AM AKDT

When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis discovers the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James, she teams up with Ashley's older sister, Nora, to find and bring the killer to justice before he strikes again. But their investigation throws Georgia into a world of unimaginable privilege and wealth, without conscience or consequence, and as Ashley’s killer closes in, Georgia will discover when money, power and beauty rule, it might not be a matter of who is guilty—but who is guiltiest....

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Wednesday, May 10th at 4:00 PM AKDT

Growing up, Jena Friedman didn’t care about being likable. And she never wanted to be a comedian, either. A child of the 90s, she wouldn’t discover her knack for the funny business until research for her college thesis led her to take an improv class in Chicago. 

That anthropology paper, written on race, class, and gender in the city’s comedy scene, was, in Jena’s own words, “just as funny as it sounds.” But it did lay the groundwork for a career that has seen her write and produce for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the Late Show with David Letterman, and the Oscar nominated Borat Subsequent Moviefilm...

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