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Answering Alaska's Call - Author Talk with Linda Fritz

Join the Friends of the Homer Public Library for an author Talk with Linda Fritz! She will discuss her book Answering Alaska's Call.

Tuesday, May 13th from 6:00 - 7:00PM

Homer Public Library Fireside Reading Lounge

Food and Comics: An Artistic and Culinary Adventure with Lee Post

Food And Comics:  An Artistic And Culinary Adventure.
Join Anchorage illustrator Lee Post in a fun, fast-paced comics class about everything food.  We’ll learn some comics basics and talk about our favorite foods.  You then design a simple poster trying to sway our little group that your favorite food is the best. No prior drawing experience required and suitable for all ages.  For the most fun, youth under 7 years old may need an adult to collaborate during the activities.  

One Step at a Time: Using Comics to Make Everything More Complicated, with Lee Post

One Step At A Time:  Using Comics To Make Everything More Complicated.  Join Anchorage illustrator Lee Post in a fun, fast-paced comics class about how to get things done in the most complicated, weird and wild way possible.  Ages 10+ 
Friday, July 25, 1:30-3:30
 

Teens and Tweens Hang out at the Library!

Hang out--play games, or do crafts! For tweens and teens!

Thursday May 1, 4-5:30.

Outdoor Adventures and Stories with CACS Summer 2025

Every Mon June 9-July 28
1-2:30pm

Ages 6-9
Join the CACS day campers, their counselors, and youth services librarian Cinda for read-alouds, games, and crafts on the library’s greenway (western lot).  Meet outside the library's front entrance.

Will you attend all 8 sessions?
Can you attend June 9?
Can you attend June 16?
Can you attend June 23?
Can you attend June 30?
Can you attend July 7?
Can you attend July 14?
Can you attend July 21?
Can you attend July 28?

Time Travel Escape Quest: A locked room puzzle for K-4th grades

Oh no! We're stuck in the past! Or is it the future? 

Join together to help solve the puzzles and follow the clues to put your time machine back together! Can you fix the machine before you run out of time? 

Snacks will be served!

Registration is required. For kids K-4th grades

Teen Mystery Party: Echo Spy Academy

At Echo Academy, secrets and shadows are part of the curriculum. It's not just any school--it's the premier spy training ground for teens, where mastering the art of deception is as essential as acing your finals!

Echo Spy Academy: The Hidden Agenda, A My Mystery party game by Dr. Bon Blossman

2025 Pre-parade meet up!

Kids chess club is one of the most popular programs at the library! We'll celebrate chess in this year's Independence Day Parade!  At our pre parade meet up, we'll create chess piece hats to wear during the parade!

Thursday July 3, 2-3:30

Walk with the library and BOB the book mobile on July 4! Kids under 12 need to be accompanied by an adult during the parade. 

HERC Community Information Meeting

The City of Homer is hosting a community informational meeting regarding the Homer Education and Recreation Center (HERC). Special guests include staff from the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation  Brownfields Program,  consultants from BGES – an environmental consulting firm hired by the state to conduct hazardous materials testing, and a facilitator from the Center for Creative Land Recycling.

Tuesday, May 20th at 6pm*

Homer Public Library Fireplace Lounge

Illuminating Hope and Grace in the Face of Hardship with Rex Ogle

Join us for the watch party in the library! Counts as a side quest.

Or register and watch at home.

Recommended for 5th-8th grades.

You’re invited to join us online with award-winning author Rex Ogle as he talks to viewers about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as written about in his book Free Lunch. 

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