Things for Teens

Read Beyond Reality: Teen Read Week is October 18 - 24

This year, teens are encouraged to experience something out of this world, expand their horizons, and Read Beyond Reality for Teen Read Week 2009, October 18 - 24. Teen Read Week reminds teens that reading is fun, free, and can be done anywhere!

Help us celebrate Teen Read Week at these great events just for teens in grades 6 through 12!

 

Friday Movie Matinee: Twilight

We're starting the party early! On Friday, October 16. 3:30 p.m. at the Lakeview Library, catch the movie "Twilight" at the library and enjoy some pizza. All for FREE! PG-13 permission form signed by a parent or guardian is required. Register online or call 246-4547 to reserve seats.

Twilight Costume Parties!

Join other vampire fans as we celebrate the upcoming November release of the "New Moon" movie with a Twilight costume contest! It will be a bloody good time with Twilight trivia, movie clips, vampire skin, food and more! Prizes will be given to the BEST COSTUME and the top TWILIGHT TRIVIA STAR.

Best costume prize: 4 free tickets to see "New Moon" in theaters!
Twilight trivia star prize: A full set of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books!

• Monday, October 19, 6 - 7:30 p.m. at the Meadowridge Library - Register online or call 288-6160
• Thursday, October 22, 7 - 8:30 p.m. at the Pinney Library - Register online or call 224-7100

Funding for these parties is provided by the Friends of the Meadowridge Branch Library and the Friends of the Pinney Branch Library.

Guitar Hero Free-Play

See if you have what it takes to be a guitar hero! Bring your friends to the Hawthorne Library on Tuesday, October 20, 3:30 - 5 p.m. and have fun playing, singing and rocking to your favorite songs! Enjoy pizza and pop while you play.

Bad Poetry Nite

On Friday, October 23 at 7:00 p.m., bring your poetry to the Alicia Ashman Library where we'll read some bad poems, then write some bad poems, then throw some poems in the blender and see if we can make good poems out of bad ones... or at least funny ones. Register online or call 824-1780 to reserve your spot!

Teen Read Week is a national literacy initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association. Teen Read Week will be celebrated at thousands of public and school libraries, classrooms, and bookstores across the country. Although teens realize the importance of reading, they have a huge menu of activities to choose from when deciding how to spend their free time, and reading often gets lost in the shuffle. Teen Read Week serves as a weeklong reminder to teens that reading for pleasure is fun, free, and can be done anywhere.

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