Around Town

The 30th Annual Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival is going online May 7-10. Visit coppershorebird.com to watch videos, see new photos, get updates on migration, win prizes, and participate in a birding challenge.

Cordova’s High School choir is battling in a Lip Sync Battle Tournament. Watch videos each week and vote for your favorite “singer” to advance them to the next round.

The Cordova Public Library in partnership with Alaska’s Online with Libraries (OWL) is hosting Cordova’s first Virtual Poetry Slam via Zoom from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, April 27. Read about this event and more in this week's Around Town.

The Little Chapel will post a new 10 to 15-minute children’s Bible story each weekday at 1 p.m. on their Facebook page. The videos will stay on their page if you weren’t able to tune in live.

The deadline for filing for the 2020 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend has been extended to April 30. Mailed in 2020 PFD applications must be postmarked by April 30 in order to be considered timely.

In lieu of this year’s Community Easter Egg Hunt, there will be a Cordova Community Easter Egg WALK ABOUT where members of the same household can get out for some fresh air and look for eggs. The event begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 11. Eggs will be hidden around town, in plain sight and away from public entrances. If you find an egg with a number on it, post a photo of you and your egg on the Community Easter Egg Hunt Facebook page to win an Easter Basket.

Chenega Day is Friday, March 27.

If you have a Nintendo Switch and Mario Kart 8, a new daily Mario Kart activity allows you to socialize from your couch. Join the CORDOVID tournament, starting at 6:30 p.m. each day (at least while school is out).

Cordova Arts and Pageants will host a screening of the Oscar-nominated film “Jojo Rabbit” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 13 at the North Star Theatre.

A traveling exhibit on women’s suffrage in Alaska opens with a reception at 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 6 at the Copper River Gallery in Cordova.