Library

A pop-up exhibit on display at the library! November - December 2021

“While it can seem like magic, it’s a job with many steps.” – Michaela Goade

Illustrating Alaska: Artists Making Children's Books explores the colorful and intriguing process of illustrating children’s books. The exhibit, curated by Sarah Asper-Smith, highlights the process of four different Alaskan illustrators: Jim Fowler, Evon Zerbetz, Michaela Goade, and Mitchell Watley. Each has a unique perspective on creating illustrations for a children’s book. 

Due to a family loss, the webinar "Conversations – Challenges to Inuit Art Sovereignty" is rescheduled for December 16th at 9:30am AKDT. A new invitation with an updated link will be provided shortly.

The library will be CLOSED Friday, December 31st and Saturday, January 1, 2022. Regular hours resume Monday, January 3rd.

Happy New Year!

Homer Public Library will be CLOSED Friday, December 24th and Saturday, December 25th,  2021. Happy holidays!

Homer Public Library will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24-25 in honor of Thanksgiving. Enjoy your holiday!

In honor of Veterans Day, local author Doug Dodd will give a talk about his latest book, Hero Unaware: Letters Home from a Navy Corpsman During WWII. The book presents a collection of letters from his father, who served in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945. This is the story of how a farm boy from Montana ended up at Saipan and Iwo Jima, and the effect his wartime service had on the rest of his life.

The book is available at the Homer Public Library. Check it out today!

The library will be closed for Alaska Day on Monday, October 18th. The library will reopen on Tuesday, October 19th at 10:00am.

Join BOB the Bookmobile and Anchorage artist Jimmy Riordan’s Alaska Bookmobile for a pro-reading, pro-art event outside the Homer Public Library! Thursday, October 7th at 3pm.

Jimmy Riordan is the current Bookmobile Artist in Residence October 3rd – 10th at the Bunnell Street Arts Center.

On behalf of the Inuit Art Foundation, the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska and our Inuit advisors, we invite you to join us on Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 at 10:00-11:30am AKDT/ 2:00-3:30pm EDT for the webinar “Conversations: Learning Across Generations and Back.” 

On behalf of the Inuit Art Foundation, the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska and our Inuit advisors, we invite you to join us on Wednesday, September 15th, 2021 at 10:00-11:30am AKDT/ 2:00-3:30pm EDT for the webinar “Conversations: Music within Inuit Cultures and Languages.”