Around Town

Summer Solstice is Saturday, June 20.

Help support Mim Hodges and her fight against cancer with a Mim Tuff bracelet. Various sizes are available at the Moose Lodge, Laura’s, The Jump, The Little Cordova Bakery and the CCMC Pharmacy for a $5 suggested donation.

A celebration of life commemorating Zakary Zeigler and potluck dinner is planned for 7 p.m. Friday, June 5 at Mt. Eyak Ski Area.

The Cordova Library offers curbside delivery from 8-10:30 a.m. and 4-6:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday outside the library by the drop box near the rear door.

The Cordova Community Foundation is sponsoring a free estate planning session by attorney Molly Mulvaney from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, May 27 via Zoom.

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is saluting COVID-19 responders and essential workers with flights over several Alaska communities on May 12, 13 and 15. In the early afternoon of May 15, two C-17 Globemaster IIIs will fly over Cordova.

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.