Check out what the library has going on this week:
Monday, June 30:
Derek Fridolfs @ Cedar Clinton 1pm
Teen Action Group @ Fig Garden 1pm
T-Shirt Modification @ Auberry 6:30pm
Tuesday, July 1:
Rescue Mission – Magnets @ Bear Mountain 10am
Live Flower Creations with Lucia Ayala @ Sanger 2pm
DDR @ Mosqueda 2pm, @ Fig Garden 3pm
Old School Games @ Sunnyside 5pm
Wednesday, July 2:
Fake Brains @ Politi 3pm
MySpace Photo Shoot @ Mendota 5pm
Looking for some alternatives to iTunes, Zune and MySpace to find some new music to listen to? There are some great web-based sites out there that will let you either build your own playlist (Fine Tune), choose songs for you based on a group or song you like (Pandora), or offer you some online radio stations (Live 365).
If you find a group you like, check out catalog to see if we have it. If we don’t, send us a suggestion and we’ll see what we can do!
The winning poems can be read here. The book of all the entries will be available soon. We had a lot of entries so, it's taking us a little time to get it all together.
Azumanga Daioh
Best Student Council
Dragonball (plus GT & Z)
GetBackers
Jing: King of Bandits
Kurau Phantom Memory
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
So, if you've caught any of the latest Real World (oh, admit it--we've all sneaked an ep when no one's looking) you know that the latest bunch of jokers are working at a comedy club doing improv. They've been taking classes so they can someday perform for crowds who are laughing with them, not at them.
Ah, I tease...but but here's my point! You don't have to wait until you are 21 and then drive all the way to LA to see a good improv group...no! We've lined one up for you FREE right here at the library, just for teens. They are called the Knuckledraggers and they are funny. Just catch them quick at one of the following locations as they are here for a limited time only:
Monday, June 16th: Cedar-Clinton @ 1pm, Woodward Park @ 3pm, Auberry @6:30pm
Tuesday, June 17th: Fig Garden @ 3pm, Sunnyside @ 5pm
Wednesday, June 18th: Politi @ 3pm, Mendota @ 5pm
Thursday, June 19th: Clovis @ 2pm, Gillis @ 4pm
Tuesday, June 22nd: Sanger @ 2pm
Thursday, June 24th: Reedley @ 1pm, Fowler @ 3pm
Don't miss it!
We want to know what you think of the cover!
And don’t forget about our Breaking Dawn Prom!
Sweet Seasons (series) by Debbie Viguie
Candy Thompson juggles her job at an amusement park called The Zone with all the other commitments in the life of a teenage girl.
Catch this series from the beginning:
1. The Summer of Cotton Candy
2. The Fall of Candy Corn
3. The Winter of Candy Canes
4. The Spring of Candy Apples
Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Six teens sneak into the abandoned Danvers State Hospital to film a movie just a few days before the former insane asylum is set to be torn down. Once inside they realize someone or something has been waiting for them. Locked doors, strange noises, patient files describing lobotomies and other horrors….Six teens go in, but will six leave? The suspense kept me turning the pages late into the night. What I think makes the story even more interesting, Danvers State Hospital is a real place! Check out its official website.
--Lisa E., guest reviewer
Every week--sometimes daily!--new music is added to our catalog. We add it the moment that we order it, which means that it's not technically here in the library yet, but it IS available for you to reserve. It's like cutting in line, only fair.
Here's a random sample of just 15 new CDs that were added this week (out of many more). If you'd like to borrow any of them once they arrive, just click on the button that says "Request Item" and follow the directions. You'll need your library card (but doesn't everyone keep that handy?).
The Black Swan / Story of the Year
A Mad & Faithful Telling / DeVotchKa
Beat Pyramid / These New Puritans
Scars & Souvenirs / Theory of a Deadman
Punk Goes Crunk / Various Artists
Kung Fu Panda Soundtrack / Various Artists
The Black Parade is Dead! / My Chemical Romance
The Sound of Madness / Shinedown
The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg
After experiencing a horrific trauma in the big city, Jane's family moves her to the suburbs where they think they'll be safe. Jane is bored, though, and tries desperately to find meaning in her life. She enlists the help of other Janes at her school to form a vigilante art gang -- the P.L.A.I.N. (People Loving Art In Neighborhoods) Janes. A fun, quick read with artwork to match.
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
After a catastrophic natural disaster that kills millions, Alex is left alone to care for his younger sisters and brave the wilds of a ravaged New York City.
If you like this, check out Life As We Knew It, which features the same disaster but from a different point of view.
Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi
Miles and his dad battle the chaos of the Superdome as Hurricane Katrina rages outside.
