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Staff Writer
The Gainesville Sun
Homemade mask covers are shown. The Matheson History Museum is asking for Alachua County residents to help document the community's experience with the coronavirus pandemic through digital submissions of photographs, video clips, stories or anything else county residents think helps tell their story.

WRITERS ALLIANCE ONLINE: Writers Alliance of Gainesville will hold an online program via Zoom with J.N. Fishhawk, poetry editor for Bacopa Literary Review, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Fishhawk will speak on "The Hunt for Live Language: Finding Poetry Everywhere." His talk is free and open to the public. Access to this online presentation is available on the Writers Alliance of Gainesville website, writersalliance.org. Unless we are actually sitting down to read, listen to or compose a poem, most of us don't think about poetry much, if at all. Fishhawk will speak from his own experience of a life in poetry — reading it, writing it, organizing events around it, watching it performed live on stage and seeking it in all aspects of life. He will argue that poetry is all around us, all the time, and is easily accessible to all. Fishhawk is a Florida-born poet and writer who has called the swamplands of North Central Florida home for more than 20 years. His work has appeared in a variety of print and online journals, such as “Steel Toe Review.” He also is author of two poetry chapbooks, and his first-in-a-series children's book, “Billy and Tugboat Sallyforth” with co-author Johnny Rocket Ibanez, debuted at the recent Sunshine State Book Festival.

QUARANTINE CAT FILM FEST: The "virtual cinema" presentation of the Quarantine Cat Film Fest made its debut last month, offering cat lovers and movie fans the chance to celebrate felines and support small movie theaters, as about half of each purchased "ticket" goes directly to an independently owned cinema. More than 1,300 entries were received from cat fans worldwide, and hundreds of cat videos have been compiled into the festival. You can view a trailer for the film festival at bit.ly/catfilmfest20. As a virtual cinema initiative, the Quarantine Cat Film Fest is designed to support independent cinemas nationwide. "Virtual cinema" means movie lovers can buy tickets online, but watch the feature-length feline festivities at home. You can watch on your device or computer, or choose to "mirror" or "cast" it onto your TV. A ticket is valid for three days, during which time you can watch as often you’d like. About half of the cost of each ticket sold goes directly to independent theaters. Details and tickets can be found at rowhouse.online/cats, where a full list of participating theaters can be found.

2020 BATTLE OF THE BOOKS: Alachua County teens can register now to compete in the Alachua County Library District’s annual Battle of the Books online and receive free copies of this year’s books while supplies last. Teens ages 11 to 17 can register at aclib.us/teens/battle-books and select which branch they’d like to pick up their books from using the Library District’s curbside service. The Library District purchased the books with a donation from The Friends of the Library. The 2020 Battle of the Books titles are “Long Way Down” by Jason Reynolds and “A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World” by Charlie Fletcher. Typically, local teens compete as teams in this trivia contest. This year, teens will take on the challenges individually online. The Battle of the Books will be held July 25 starting at 1 p.m. as a multiple-choice and true/false quiz on the two books using Kahoot! Teens can join the competition in their web browser or on the Kahoot! mobile app. Questions won’t be timed, and participants have until 11:59 p.m. on July 25 to complete the quiz. The 10 players with the highest scores will each receive a copy of George Takei’s award-winning graphic novel memoir “They Called us Enemy.” If more than 10 players have the same high score, the names of high scorers will be drawn randomly for prizes. Curbside service is available at all Library District branches from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Visit aclib.us/currentservice for more details.

SUMMER WITH THE LIBRARY: Community members can register at aclib.us/summer and track their participation through Aug. 2 for a chance to win a new Samsung Galaxy Tablet during Summer with the Library. Patrons of all ages can join in the Alachua County Library District’s summer program by registering online and tracking their progress with participation badges. Anyone who registers and earns at least one more badge will be entered into the raffle for a tablet. The more badges earned by Aug. 2, the better the chances of winning. Three winners will be selected — one child, one teen, and one adult — and will be announced Sept. 1 on Facebook and aclib.us. Popular library programs like story times will continue online this summer. Plus, patrons can catch special virtual programs including book clubs, DIY tutorials, Adult Summer Camp and more. Subscribe to the Library District’s YouTube channel, youtube.com/alachualibrary, and follow the Library District on Facebook to watch programs and interact with librarians. The library also offers dozens of digital resources for learning and entertainment, as well as more than 81,000 eBooks online. Patrons can pick up materials, including books, movies and music, Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at any branch.

COVID-19 COMMUNITY ARCHIVES: COVID-19 is a historic event of worldwide significance, and the Matheson History Museum wants to preserve the community’s stories. The museum’s goal is to create a COVID-19 Community Archive that will be shared digitally over the next few weeks and in exhibitions down the road. They are asking for Alachua County residents to help document the community’s experience through digital submissions of photographs, video clips, stories or anything else county residents think helps tell their story — feel free to get creative! A few things residents need to think about when creating their submissions: What strikes you visually about Alachua County in lockdown? What social distancing and health practices are you following? What do you do to stay socially connected? What do you miss about your life before COVID-19? How are you getting food and supplies? What has been hardest about this for you and your family? Participants should direct all submissions and questions to Curator of Collections Kaitlyn Hof-Mahoney at curator@mathesonmuseum.org. The museum also is interested in the tangible history of the pandemic. However, they cannot accept artifacts until the museum is fully open. Prospective donors should hold onto objects they wish to donate until it is safe for the museum to reopen.
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