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14 | March 26, 2020 | the homer horizon life & arts
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Homer native eyes opportunity to revamp YouTube channel during stay-at-home order
Mary Compton, Freelance Reporter
When Gabby Bach, a Homer
Glen native and sophomore at
Columbia College in Chicago,
was sent home from school due
to the outbreak of the coronavirus,
the avid reader knew this
gave her an opportunity.
She said she’s going to revamp
her YouTube channel, where she
talks about books, meets authors
and encourage reading during a
time when everyone is sequestered
in their homes.
“I started my YouTube channel
in 2015,” said Bach, who graduated
Lockport Township High
School in 2019 is now studying
broadcast journalism. Bach is a
sophomore in college after taking
several college classes in
high school. Today she maintains
a 4.0 GPA. “My YouTube channel
is called GABBY A BOOKS.
I wanted it to be clever.”
When Columbia College
closed its doors for in-person
classes, Bach explains the new
college norms in Illinois.
“After getting the last two
weeks of March off, I go back
to school online as of April 6,”
explains Bach. “Columbia is
a liberal arts college and they
rely on being in a community
and collaborating together. The
school wanted the students that
are in the film department and
theatre and music department to
be together and make sure all the
students had a place to stay.”
Columbia is planning to complete
the school year online
sometime in May.
“I was looking forward to
covering the Illinois primary as
well as doing an audit in my social
media class,” Bach said. “A
lot of Columbia is in person so
I was disappointed that it was
canceled. They still have encouraged
us to get the best possible
experience, despite now learning
online.”
As Bach continues to talk,
there are about five novels piled
up on her kitchen table. She’s
read all of the books within a
short amount of time. It’s her
love of reading that has encouraged
her to share that love with
other booktubers, as the community
calls itself.
“When I was in 6th grade
my friend introduced me to Instagram,
from there on I went
to Twitter,” said Bach. “What
social media does for me more
than anything else is to share the
same interests that I have. My
friends are not avid readers like
I am so social media gives me
the capability to share that with
others across the world. It has
helped me make a lot of friends
An avid reader since she was young, Gabby Bach of Homer Glen holds some of the most recent novels
she has read. Mary Compton/22nd Century Media
and grow into my skin.”
Bach began her YouTube
channel talking about pop culture,
books and movies.
“This is a way to express my
interests,” added Bach. “There
are so many people that are like
me, there are 600,000 booktubers.
It’s been fun to get to be
part of that community.”
“One of the big things about
the YouTube community is that
there is a divide between the big
channels and the smaller channels
that began recently,” said
Bach. “The smaller creators
recognize that divide and want
to do something for all of us
to come together and share our
love of books and being able to
entertain other people during
this time.
“There are a lot of people
stuck inside their house and feeling
alone and freaked out. I want
to just hang out with them and
talk about the books we’re reading
and be able to come together
as a community and bring it to
everyone in a live format.”
FAITH BRIEFS
Cross of Glory Lutheran Church
(14719 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen)
Sunday Worship on Facebook Live
9:30 a.m. Sundays. Visit
the Cross of Glory Lutheran
Church Facebook page. Stay in
the comfort of your home with
prayer, music and message from
Pastor Dana.
Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish
(16043 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen)
Online Mass
All Masses and gatherings are
canceled until further notice by
order of Bishop Richard Pates.
Masses can be viewed online radiotv.archchicago.org/television/
broadcast-masses.
St. Bernard Parish
(13030 W. 143rd St., Homer Glen)
Mass canceled
All Masses and gatherings are
canceled until further notice by
order of Bishop Richard Pates.
Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church
(14610 S. Will Cook Road, Homer Glen)
Online Mass
All services, including Sundays,
are canceled until further
notice. This includes Holy Week
and Easter. The Divine Liturgy
from the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist can be seen live at 10 a.m.
at www.logos.tv/parma-live.
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
(15625 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen)
Online Mass
All church services are canceled
indefinitely. Worship services
will be available to watch
online Sunday mornings beginning
at 9:45 a.m. online at www.
assumptionchicago.org/video/
liturgical-videos.
New Life Community Church - Homer Glen
(14832 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen)
Online Mass
All in-person Masses and
gatherings are canceled. Church
can be viewed online Sundays
at 10 a.m. at newlifecommunity.
church/homer-glen/.
Parkview Christian Church - Homer Glen
(14367 W. 159th St., Homer Glen)
Online Mass
All in-person gatherings are
canceled. Online services on
Saturdays at 3 p.m. and 4:30
p.m. and Sundays at 9 a.m.,
10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. Online
services can be seen at www.
parkviewchurch.tv/.
First United Methodist Church of Lockport
(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport)
Online Mass
In-person Masses are canceled.
Services can be viewed
online at www.umc.org/en/content/where-to-worship-online.
Lemont United Methodist Church
(25 W. Custer St., Lemont)
All services canceled
All services and events are
canceled until further notice.
Christ Community Church
(13400 Bell Road, Lemont)
Online Mass
Online Sunday worship at
9:30 a.m. can be viewed at www.
ccconbell.com/teachings/.
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