TeenFusion @ the GDL

Twilight was the most popular movie this weekend.  If you had the opportunity to see the film, was it good, bad or so-so?  Let us know!!  Pictures from the Twilight Party at the Grand Blanc-McFarlen Branch will be coming soon.  If you have photos you would like to share, send them to teenfusion2008@thegdl,org.

 

TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer, the biggest book/movie event of the year begins in Grand Blanc at the NCG Trillium Cinemas with a special screening at 12:05 AM on November 21st. (Thursday night).  Tickets are on sale via the box office, telephone or web page.  Later show times at the Trillium will be 11:30 AM, 2:00, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 and 11:55 PM. 

 

Courtland Center’s first show will be on November 21 at 1:00 PM.  Daily shows are scheduled for 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, and 9:35 PM.

 

Showcase Cinemas Flint West offers eight daily performances.  Show times are 1:00, 1:30, 3:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:10, 9:30 and 9:35 PM.

 

To verify show times and prices click on the link to the theater of your choice.

Trillium Cinemas

Courtland Center

Showcase Cinemas Flint West

 

You can look forward to more Bella and Edward on the big screen.  The remaining three books have been optioned and are in development.

Knitting Knatters at the Clio Area Branch is an opportunity for novice or experienced knitters to share ideas about projects, get help with problems and learn new techniques.  Meet with Karen, the GDL Teen Librarian on Thursday, November 20 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM.  Basic knitting instruction with handouts will be provided.  Experienced knitters may select a program project or bring a project in progress.  For instructions and a materials list click here or in the “Things to Do” link on the right.  Registration is preferred and may be made at Clio or by e-mailing teenfusion2008@thegdl.org.

Get ready to create the most gruesome Halloween costume ever!!   On Thursday evening, October 30, at 7:00 PM, the Grand Blanc-McFarlen Branch opens the doors to Frankenstein’s Workshop of Creepy Concoctions.  Step into the laboratory to discover the scientific formulas for making blood and other theatrical props to enhance your Halloween attire.  Show off your skills as a pumpkin carver by bringing an entry for the great pumpkin carving competition.  It’s a Pre-Halloween monster blast!

 The traveling Wii game moves to the Montrose-Jennings Library today.  With a valid GDL library card, check out Wii Sport or Wii Play and the controls for all the games.  Up to four players can share the Wii Fun, so bring your friends for a Wii Sport round of golf, a bout of boxing, or a few frames of bowling.  Wii Play features a shooting gallery, billiards, tank battles and more.  Have your own Wii or other game platform?  Request your favorite Wii, PlayStation or XBox game and check it out with your library card for seven days.  It’s free!!  The GDL is Wii more than books!

 

Teens will be meeting on October 23 at 7:00 PM at the Grand Blanc-McFarlen Library for the monthly TAG (Teen Advisory Board) session.  This month we will be talking about programs for January, February, March, April and May.

Votes for YALSA’s top ten teen reads from books published in 2007 have be tabulated.  Here are the results.

10. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

 9.  Before I Die by Jenny Downham

 8.  Extras by Scott Westerfeld

 7.  The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

 6.  City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

 5.  Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson

 4.  Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

 3.  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal by Jeff Kinney

 2.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K Rowling

 1.  Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Is your favorite book on the list?

Each year YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Associations) gives teens the opportunity to select and vote for their favorite books published over the past year.  It’s time to vote for your favorite teen read of 2008.  Click here to go directly to the YALSA ballot.  Don’t worry about titles you haven’t read, just choose from the titles you have enjoyed reading.  To locate or request a featured title, visit the GDL online catalog.

Do great stories make great movies?  Find out when three stories with “Bite” are being screened this week at GDL.  Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause is the main attraction at Grand Blanc on Wednesday, October 15 at 7:00 PM.  Spiderman, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, spins his web at Clio on Thursday, October 16 at 6:00 PM.  The suspense of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum will chill your bones on Saturday, October 18 at 2:00 PM.  Traditional movie refreshment will be served at all performances.  A book vs. movie discussion will follow the movie.