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.

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.

 

Let your imagination soar!  Design a bookmark to commemorate the Grand Blanc-McFarlen Twilight Party celebrating the opening of Twilight the movie.  The winning designer will be presented with Stephenie Meyer’s final book of the Twilight Series, Breaking Dawn.  Below are the contest guidelines.

1.     Bookmarks will measure 7″ x 3″.

2.     Designs may be created digitally or freehand.

3.     All artwork must be original.

4.     All four titles will be printed on the bookmark

5.     Designs may be based upon one or all of the books

         in the Twilight Series

6.     Entries will be accepted until October 30, 2008.

 

TWILIGHT the movie is being released three weeks early!!!!  The opening is now scheduled for November 21, 2008.  To recognize this momentous event, the Grand Blanc-McFarlen Branch is holding a CELEBRATION!!!  Dress for the occasion as your favorite Twilight character when you attend Bella and Edward’s wedding.  Listen to great tunes while competing for vampire prizes playing Twilight Jeopardy.  Don’t miss the event of the year on November 21, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.  Keep reading for updates on Twilight the Movie and Twilight the Party!

 

 

 

A few summers ago close friends Bridget, Carmen, Lena and Tibby were separated by summer vacation commitments.  They stayed connected through a magical pair of blue jeans.  On August 6, 2008, Warner Brothers continues their story with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.  The film is based on the last book, Forever in Blue, with flashbacks to books two and three, Second Summer of the Sisterhood, and Girls in Pants.  To find out more and view clips click here.

How often would you use a digital library with ebooks, audiobooks, music and videos?  The GDL Overdrive digital library is ready for checkouts.  To access Overdrive, log in to the GDL webpage.  Select digital library under the word Service or the word Overdrive on the TeenFusion blog.  Choose up to seven titles to check out, download them to your computer then sync them to your MP3 player or other portable media device compatible with Windows Media Player for entertainment where and when you want it.  Click here to go directly to the GDL Overdrive catalog and more details on going to the library without leaving home, then take your personal library to your favorite places.

Twilight the movie is scheduled for theatrical release on 12-12-08.  Summit Entertainment’s trailer is ready for viewing now on myspacetv.com.   MTV.com features movie updates each week on “Twilight Tuesdays”.  Check out the trailer reaction video contest, cast interviews and the poster created by Joey Lawrence, exclusively for MTV.com.  Stephenie Meyer has been visiting the set and getting to know the cast.  Visit her blog for details.  Ms. Meyer’s Twilight Series books are available at your favorite GDL Branch.