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For some craft vendors on the central Kenai Peninsula, Soldotna's What Women Want Shopping Expo is the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. The fundraising event will showcase the wares of several dozen women-run small businesses.

More than three years after a fire razed Triumvirate Theatre’s building in Nikiski, construction is underway on a new playhouse in Kenai. The local theater group says the new building wouldn’t be possible without the help of community support and state funding.

This week, Soldotna High School’s auditorium is alive with “The Sound of Music.” Triumvirate Theatre is staging a production of the Broadway classic, which follows a governess who falls in love with a naval captain during the height of Austria’s Nazi takeover.

Extras must be on the Kenai Peninsula August 7, 11, 16 and 17, but don’t need to be present every day to participate.

The contest gives Kenai Peninsula artists a change to design the city's "I Voted" stickers.

The Kenai Performers, a local theater company, is staging “Murder at the Renaissance Faire.” The murder mystery, as its title suggests, is a play within a play that follows a cast in an ever-decaying Renaissance fair.

The production is looking to cast local actors for more than 15 unpaid male and female roles.

The Kenai Peninsula will soon serve as the backdrop for a new movie. The locally-written fantasy film is a big step for local filmmakers, who are currently seeking interested actors.

Popular in Anchorage and Homer, First Friday events provide an opportunity for artists to have new work showcased, often spanning multiple venues. For the first time this year, Kenai will have two First Friday events within a stone’s throw of each other.

The Kenai Performers will stage the musical comedy “Greece is the Word: The Zeusical.” The unique act tells the well-known stories of Greek mythology with a modern-day twist.