Calendar of Events
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On Thursday, August 21 at 7:00 PM, UAA's College of Arts and Sciences, along with Alaska Public Media, 49 Writers, and the Anchorage Museum, are pleased to bring you a LIVESTREAM of the moderated discussion with Bill Nye in Pioneer Hall at Kachemak Bay Campus. This livestream is free in Homer. For tickets to the live event at the Attwood Theater in Anchorage, visit https://centertix.com/events/uaacas-an-evening-with-bill-nye. For more information call (907) 235-1674.
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On Saturday, August 23, beginning at 9:00 am, Ph.D. Geologist (and KPC faculty) Taz Tally will lead a community class field trip by Kayak along Kachemak Bay to reveal its unique geological history, including active faults, pillow lavas, glaciation, mountain building, and evidence that the rocks of Homer were once near the equator! We may also be visited by otters and seals, who are very much at home along the shoreline. Round-trip water taxi and kayak rental included. For information about fees and further details, please visit our Community Education Portal or call (907) 235-1674.
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On Friday, Sept. 5, 5:30 - 8 PM, and Saturday, Sept. 6, 11 AM - 3 PM, join Taz Tally, aka "The Rock Doc," to find out how the mountains surrounding Homer were formed, or what secrets may lie in the stones and rocks that cover our beaches and trails. This two-day course features a short exploration of the rock cycle at Kachemak Bay Campus, which includes the use of the college’s classroom rock collections, and a field trip the next day, where the students will meet the instructor at the Diamond Creek Trail (Homer) and see the rock cycle “in action.” Both days are included in the fee, but attending the lecture is not necessary for students to fully enjoy the field trip. For more information, visit the Community Education Portal or call (907) 235-1674.
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Have you ever wondered how the mountains surrounding Homer were formed, or what secrets may lie in the stones and rocks that cover our beaches and trails? On Friday, September 5, at 5:30 PM, join Taz Tally, aka "The Rock Doc," to find out! This course offers a brief exploration of the rock cycle at the Kachemak Bay Campus. If you are interested in this lecture, which will also be available via Zoom, you can register here. ALTERNATIVELY, if you are interested in the lecture AND the field trip the following day, you can register for both together by selecting An Adventure for Rockhounds on our Community Education Portal, or by calling (907) 235-1674.
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Learn and practice the process of making dry pigment from rocks and blue mussel shells to use to create watercolor pans/shells. The pigment-making process is ages old, and there are amazing archeological examples of uses of this type of pigment in rock paintings throughout the world: Mayan, Egyptian, Incan, Plains Indians, and Inuit Peoples have left art on rocks, walls, and in caves. They utilized, egg, and crushed minerals/rocks with animal fat and more to create their medium. Kachemak Bay and Cook Inlet have their own special petrographs which have been studied and explored as a cultural heritage.