Library

Special events for tweens and teens at the library throughout October! Hang out at the library, meet friends, have fun!

Monday, Oct. 2, 4:45-5:45pm: Rock painting! We'll supply the materials, you supply the creativity!

Bring your questions, ideas, and lunch (if desired) for an informal conversation with a different Homer City Council Member each month.

Next Up:  Jason Davis |May 13th, noon -1pm

Join the Friends of the Homer Public Library and local author Robert Stark as we discuss his new book, Warflower: A True Story of Family, Service and Life in Alaska.

Thursday, October 26th, 6:30 -7:30pm

Join the Friends of the Homer Public Library and Alaskan author John Messick as we discuss his new book, Compass Lines: Journeys Toward Home. 

Friday, October 6th, 6-7pm

Fireplace Reading Lounge and over Zoom!

Thursday, September 14^th @ 6pm - Assembly (Homer, Mayor)

Monday, September 18^th @ 6pm – Homer City Council

KDLL, The Peninsula Clarion and Central Peninsula League of Women Voters are hosting live candidate forums ahead of the Oct. 3 municipal election. Attend in person at community libraries around the peninsula or tune in to KDLL 91.9 FM on Mondays and Thursdays throughout September to hear candidates for city councils, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education...

For elementary aged kids. Join the children's staff at the library for fun activities each week on Thursday from 3:30-4:30. Each month, we'll highlight a different theme!

April: Readers' Theater! Get dramatic with a story!

Thursday, October 26th at 3:00 PM AKDT

You are in for a treat when you join us for an intimate conversation with John Irving as he chats about not only his most recent novel, The Last Chairlift, but also about his prolific body of work and a lifetime spent writing. Irving’s first novel was published when he was just twenty-six years old. He has gone on to be nominated for a National Book Award three times and won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay...

Wednesday, October 18th at 10:00 AM AKDT

You’re invited to tune in as we chat with New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10 and The It Girl as she talks about her newest book, Zero Days...

Tuesday, October 10th at 12:00 PM AKDT

Join guidebook author and TV host Rick Steves as he shares the latest in smart European travel. In this entertaining, information-packed slideshow lecture, Rick will teach you the secrets of safe, smart, inexpensive travel — low on stress and high on fun. You’ll learn how to travel smoothly and affordably by planning an efficient itinerary, eating and sleeping well, avoiding crowds, packing smartly, and more...

The library will be CLOSED on Labor Day, Monday, September 4.

Normal hours resume Tuesday, September 5.