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SUMMARY:Poetry Play: The Journey of Finding Surprise by Aliesa Zoecklein
DESCRIPTION:Come join the Writers Alliance of Gainesville on Sunday\, April 12\, at 2:30 p.m.\, when local poet and former Santa Fe College writing instructor Aliesa Zoecklein will share her secrets about discovery in writing poetry. \nZoecklein’s poems have been published in New Feathers Anthology\, Bacopa Literary Review\, Thimble Literary Magazine\, River Heron Review\, and other journals. Her chapbook At Each Moment\, Air won the Peter Meinke Poetry Prize and was published by YellowJacket Press. \n“The thrill of writing poems is in the discovery\,” Zoecklein says\, “so I love to talk about how we can journey ourselves toward that surprise. I’ll share some practices I use when first searching for my poems and then drafting.” \nShe will offer ideas for keeping our initial attempts playful and wide-ranging. And how\, if we’re lucky\, these practices can dispel resistance or boredom. She’ll also discuss how shaping the poem—deciding on line breaks\, for example—can help open the poem in a generative way. \n“I am always learning anew how to trust language to lift me toward what I don’t already know. I look forward to exchanging ideas and taking the group through one or two fun exercises. \nZoecklein taught writing for 25 years at Santa Fe College. Happily retired\, she lives with her wife in Gainesville\, Florida\, where she writes\, gardens\, and studies Spanish. \nThe program is free and open to the public. \n2:30-4:30 PM\nApril 12 \nMillhopper Branch\, Alachua County Library
URL:https://alachuachronicle.com/event/poetry-play-the-journey-of-finding-surprise-by-aliesa-zoecklein/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, 3145 NW 43rd St\, Gainesville\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:UF College of Medicine career expo for high school students
DESCRIPTION:WHAT:          Is your high schooler interested in a career in health care? You’re in luck because the University of Florida College of Medicine is hosting the inaugural UF Healthcare Teams of Tomorrow. \n  \nThis complimentary event features a speaker series highlighting program opportunities for prospective doctors\, physician assistants and nurses. Other showcases include interactive\, hands-on clinical procedure demonstrations\, financial aid and college planning sessions and Q&A panels with current health professional students. \n  \nWHO:            Norman L. Beatty\, M.D.\, FACP\, associate professor of medicine\, division of infectious diseases & global medicine\, UF College of Medicine \nTrevi Perez\, student\, UF College of Medicine \nWHEN:          5 p.m. on Friday\, April 17 \nWHERE:       George T. Harrell\, M.D.\, Medical Education Building \n1104 Newell Drive \nGainesville\, FL 32601
URL:https://alachuachronicle.com/event/uf-college-of-medicine-career-expo-for-high-school-students/
LOCATION:Harrell Medical Education Bldg\, 1104 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T143000
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SUMMARY:Strategies for Writing and Developing Environmental Scenes
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis program is being held on the FIRST Sunday in May since Mother’s Day falls on the second Sunday.\n\nCome join us on May 3 at the Millhopper Library\, where author Benjamin Coward will share strategies for drafting\, writing\, and fully developing environmental scenes.\n\nDrawing on his background in environmental science\, he has interwoven environmental issues throughout his published books. And he has much to share about the importance of environmental scenes\, whether in fiction\, memoir\, or other nonfiction.\n\nHe will reveal how we writers can use environmental scenes to enhance the storyline\, plot\, and character movement. He will share his scene-writing tips that will help engage readers and draw them deeper into the story\, thereby helping them better understand the world around them.\n\nCoward earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Southern New Hampshire University. He is originally from the Saint Louis area in Missouri. He moved to Florida in the spring of 2013 to further his education. He still lives in Gainesville with his wife\, Julia\, and two-year-old daughter.\n\nLike all of WAG’s Sunday programs\, this one is free and open to the public.\n\n2:30-4:30 PM\nMay 3
URL:https://alachuachronicle.com/event/strategies-for-writing-and-developing-environmental-scenes/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, 3145 NW 43rd St\, Gainesville\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Trauma\, Part II: Trauma as a Character in Writing
DESCRIPTION:Join the Writers Alliance of Gainesville to learn how to use traumatic events as a resource in your writing. Kathy Connor Dobronyi will share her own stories of trauma and those of her characters to help you write about trauma. \nFew people reach adulthood without experiencing some painful\, emotional\, and traumatic events. Yet for us authors\, those trying events can become a treasure of knowledge and understanding that we can use in our writing. \nCome join us at the Millhopper Library at 2:30 p.m. on the second Sunday in June for a second look this year at using trauma as a resource in your writing. \nWAG member Kathy Connor Dobronyi will share her personal stories of trauma and the stories of her characters to help you write about trauma. \nTrauma is a word we often hear\, yet its true nature is frequently misunderstood and underestimated. There are three levels of trauma: acute\, chronic\, and complex\, a combination of the aforementioned. There is no single definition of trauma; it can be different things to different people. \nKathy has lived with complex trauma from a childhood of abuse and war. In her writing\, she uses the memory of her time in Saigon\, where she experienced terrorist bombings at an American theater and other facilities where Americans congregated. She also witnessed human immolation and heard the bombs and gunfire during the overthrow of the South Vietnamese President on November 1\, 1963. \nKathy is not a therapist or a clinician. She is a retired high school teacher\, a storyteller\, and a writer. Using stories from her life and the lives of her characters\, she shares the different facets of trauma and healing. \nAlthough she wrote articles for trade journals and developed lesson plans used by the Folgers Institute\, she never considered herself an author until she was asked by a local newspaper editor to write her story: Under the Wings of a Good Luck Phoenix: Memoir of an American Girl in Saigon\, 1963. \n2:30-4:30 PM\nJune 14 \nMillhopper Branch\, Alachua County Library\n3145 NW 43rd St.
URL:https://alachuachronicle.com/event/trauma-part-ii-trauma-as-a-character-in-writing/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, 3145 NW 43rd St\, Gainesville\, 32606\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Writer and the Machine: Collaborating with AI
DESCRIPTION:  \nAI won’t take your job. But someone who knows how to prompt it will. \nIn her book\, The Writer and the Machine\, Jaime Engle shows novelists\, screenwriters\, and entrepreneurs how to stay relevant and in demand by collaborating with AI—without losing their voice. Instead of fearing the future\, she teaches how to prompt AI with a story-first strategy to build intellectual property (IP) that sells. \nWith her proven creative framework\, you’ll learn to write faster\, pitch smarter\, and build IP that lasts—just like thousands of other creatives she has helped. \nJaimie Engle created the Engleverse stories in books\, film\, and TV. She wrote\, sold\, and produced Just Jake (2023)\, sold and developed a story with DreamWorks Animation Studios (2025)\, and was hired to write an audiobook for Fresh Produce Media (2025). \nShe founded Chapter Drops™ to help people with stories write and publish books\, offering a Pitch Drop service that connects authors with producers. She has written and published 25+ books\, earning awards such as Kirkus Choice Book of the Year (2020)\, Publisher’s Book Life Prize (Fiction and Non-Fiction 2020)\, and the Writers of the Future Award (2016). \nFor a deep dive into AI\, check out her book\, The Writer and the Machine\, which will be available for purchase following her talk. \nThis program is free and open to the public. \n2:30-4:00 PM\nJuly 12 \nMillhopper Branch\, Alachua County Library\n3145 NW 43rd St.\nGainesville\, FL 32606\n352-334-1272 (venue phone)\nMillhopper Branch | Alachua County Library District
URL:https://alachuachronicle.com/event/the-writer-and-the-machine-collaborating-with-ai/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, 3145 NW 43rd St\, Gainesville\, 32606\, United States
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SUMMARY:Managing stress through faith
DESCRIPTION:  \nKanapaha Presbyterian Church invites you to a free community workshop: Managing stress through faith. \n  \nThis event is free\, but donations are appreciated and will benefit Blessing Baskets.
URL:https://alachuachronicle.com/event/managing-stress-through-faith/
LOCATION:Kanapaha Presbyterian Church\, 6221 SW 75th Terrace\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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