#Watch and Discuss Great Films
Attend a film screening and discussion at your library! You'll meet filmmakers, local subject matter experts, and other movie buffs. Topics range from art to ecology, and from cycling to current events.
#Coming up soon:
- Watch the documentary Secrets of the Forest with Shannon Sharpe
- Watch Böikzmöind: A Fixed Gear Bicycle Documentary with Joey Marchy
#Screening Room: Secrets of the Forest
"Can forests help cool the planet? Follow scientists working in spectacular forest landscapes in Costa Rica, Brazil, Australia, and beyond as they try to untangle complex networks of trees, fungi, and creatures large and small--all in a quest to tackle the twin threats of climate change and species extinction."
Watch the documentary Secrets of the Forest (53 minutes) from 6:15 - 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Willow Branch Library. This program is sponsored by the Friends of Willow Branch Library.
The screening will be followed by a brief presentation and Q&A with Shannon Sharpe. As lead mycologist at Harmony Mushroom Co., she hosts local guided ecotours and educational events on mycology, sharing the wonders of fungi with naturalists from across the country. Shannon collaborates with the UNF on fungal research and travels year-round to mushroom and mycology gatherings—from regional meetups to national conferences—both as a speaker and participant. She finds her greatest pleasure in cataloging fungal diversity and observing forest ecology.
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#Screening Room: Böikzmöind
Böikzmöind is a 30-minute film about riding fixed gear bikes in Bristol, UK. The film shows the diverse cross section of riders and asks why ride bikes with no gears in a city full of hills. It also shines a light on the community and camaraderie that comes with the simple joy of riding bicycles.
Watch Böikzmöind: A Fixed Gear Bicycle Documentary from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Main Library (during Art Walk). After the screening, stat for a brief presentation and Q&A led by Joey Marchy, a cyclist who's been riding fixed gear bikes to commute and move around Jacksonville for 20+ years.
#Recommended Reading
Interested in mushrooms? Check out these titles:
- Mystical Mushrooms : Discover the Magic & Folklore of Fantastic Fungi, by Aurora Kane
- Mushrooms, by Todd Telander
- Mushrooms, by Julia Rutland
- How to Forage for Mushrooms Without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms, by Frank Hyman
- Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines: Our Lifelong Relationship With Fungi, by Nicholas P Money
- Of Mushrooms and Matrimony, by Amy Patricia Meade
- Psychedelic Outlaws : The Movement Revolutionizing Modern Medicine, by Joanna Kempner
- A Guide to Wild Food Foraging : Proper Techniques for Finding and Preparing Nature's Flavorful Edibles, by David Squire
- How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, by Michael Pollan
- Ghost Music : A Novel, by An Yu
- Forest Euphoria : The Abounding Queerness of Nature, by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
- What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust, by Alan Bradley
Interested in bicycles? Find these at the library:
- Bike Snob, by BikeSnobNYC
- Cycling’s Strangest Tales, by Iain Spragg
- Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, by Lennard Zinn
- It’s All About the Bike, by Robert Penn
- The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France, by Tyler Hamilton
- Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom, by Sue Macy
- Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike, by Grant Petersen
- Urban Bikers’ Tips & Tricks, by Dave Glowacz
- Bike Thief, by Rita Feutl
#Stream Movies Without a Subscription
Stream award-winning films and documentaries for free with Kanopy and your library card. Watch instantly on any device, anywhere. Each month, you will receive 10 tickets. Your tickets reset on the first day of the month, and unused tickets don't roll over to the next month.
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