Calendar of Events
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Arctic Indigenous Film Festival: Special Screening + Filmmaker Q&A Join us for a special screening of Shaaghan Neekwaii (Two Old Women) alongside a curated slate of Indigenous short films, followed by a Q&A with featured filmmakers. Featured Films • Shaaghan Neekwaii (Two Old Women) — Special screening • Waking up Sassumap (Mother of the Sea) • Deneege Le£ Ghu Kk’ots’eedeneeyh Te He£ Hoozoonh Ts’e Denots’edeneeyh (We Get Better When We Tan Moose Hides) • This is a Story about Salmon • Vidrii Tr’aht£oo (Their Warming Heart) • Selected Films from Native Movement’s Film Intensive Special Guests • Princess Daazhraii Johnson: Emmy-nominated filmmaker; credits include PBS’s Molly of Denali and HBO’s True Detective • Brittany Woods-Orrison: Digital Equity Activist; Black & Brown Femme Film Awardee; Pathways Indigenous Art Fest Selection Event Details • Date: Friday, October 16, 2026 • Time: 5:30–7:30 PM • Location: Kenai Peninsula College, 156 College Road, Soldotna • Free to attend • Light refreshments & Filmmaker Q&A
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On Saturday, October 17, at 8:30 am on Kachemak Bay Campus in Pioneer Hall, Ilarion "Kuuyux" Merculieff and Marituly Mejia will introduce the Wisdom Weavers of the World Grand Council annual gathering. Join us on campus to learn about the Wisdom Weavers of the World (WWW) and stay with Ilarion for the online gathering on Zoom starting at 9:00 AM Anchorage time. Wisdom Keepers from across the Americas, Southern Africa, Siberia, Australia, and beyond will come together in council to discuss, "What does Mother Earth Need Right Now?" For information about how to participate online on your own, please see the WWW upcoming events page at https://www.gcill.world/upcoming-events/j8zty416v0q2wkp7e63221dwcvva6u. Wisdom Weavers of the World is a collaborative project that brings together Elders and Earth activists to share Indigenous wisdom and sacred teachings. They host events to gather with one another and produce recordings to share messages that help shift consciousness and instructions for how to live in balance and harmony with the natural world.
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On Monday, 10/19 at 5:30 pm, at Kachemak Bay Campus, the Homer Chamber of Commerce presents this moderated debate featuring candidates Theo Noomah and Larry Anthony
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On Wednesday, 10/21 at 5:30 pm, join South Peninsula Hospital at Kachemak Bay Campus for soup and bread and a free health and wellness presentation, followed by an hour of accessible yoga-inspired movement. Join Dr. Tortora of Homer Medical Clinic for an informative session that breaks down the meaning behind common blood tests and screenings. Whether you’ve participated in the Rotary Health Fair blood draw or just want to learn more about your health, Dr. Tortora will explain what each test measures, what high or low results may indicate, and why regular preventative screenings are so important. Walk away with practical tips for understanding your results and taking charge of your health.
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KPC's annual indoor Trick-or-Treating and Haunted Lab (12 years old and up)
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n this hands-on workshop, participants will enter the world of indigo through color, pattern, and experimentation. Working with indigo dye and simple resist techniques, participants will fold, bind, wrap, and block cotton fabric to create unique patterns before immersing their textiles in the dye bath. The transformation is part of the magic: fabric emerges from the indigo bath yellow-green and, as it meets the air, gradually changes into the characteristic deep blue of indigo.
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Simplify your process and free your mark-making. In this oil painting class, students will focus on simplifying what can often feel like a complicated painting process. Through the use of still life, students will find clear value relationships and subtle color notes, exploring techniques like alla prima, scumbling, glazing, and more. This class takes place at Kachemak Bay Campus. To register, visit our Community Education Portal or call (907) 235-1674.
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On Friday, 11/13 & Saturday, 11/14, join professional photographer Taz Tally at Kachemak Bay Campus and learn the ins and outs of smartphone photography, beginning with a skills workshop on Friday night that will unlock editing tools to help you enhance your images and compositional tools such as asymmetry, shooting for simplicity, eye lines, and point of view. Then practice those skills on a walking field trip from campus the next day. Workshop Details Cost: $98 per participant. Dates and Times: 11/13, Skills Workshop, 5:30 - 7:30 pm; 11/14, Field Trip, 9 am - 12 pm Location: Kachemak Bay Campus, Room P209 in Pioneer Hall To register, visit our Community Education Portal or call (907) 235-1674
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On Thursday, November 19, at 6 pm, naturalist-artist Kim McNett will share her experience in interfacing science and art in coastal Alaskan communities and her voyage on the R/V Tiglax's fall cruise for Long-Term Ecological Research in the Gulf of Alaska. This presentation is part of The Song of the Plankton project, an expression of gratitude for the source of life in the sea. Integrating scientific explorations of living plankton and the mindful creativity of mandala art, this collaborative public project showcases Alaskan coastal communities' knowledge and affections for local marine abundance. This project includes a workshop on November 21: The Science and the Art of the Gems of the Sea with Kim McNett and scientist Kim Schuster.