Register for Reel Reads! June 12, 2008

Lights! Camera! Action!

No more annotating books. Read for fun! And then…MAKE A VIDEO! TAKE A PHOTO! MAKE UP LYRICS FOR A MOVIE SOUNDTRACK ABOUT THE BOOK YOU JUST READ! Or just stop by the Loft or a Branch library and tell us what you’ve been reading. OR…submit an online review about why you think, or don’t think, the book you just read would make a good movie. Enter the contest and a chance to win a video camera, YMCA membership, Robert Crown Skating Pass, Beadazzled Gift Certificates, and more!

Click here to register! (Grades 7-12)

Don’t have a video camera? Come to our YouTube club on Thursday afternoons, from 3-4:30, and use ours! Looking for reading ideas? Click here!

Read through the registration guidelines and still confused? Check out these FAQs

Saturday Afternoon Movie! May 31, 2008

Pull up a beanbag chair for the Saturday Afternoon Movie: The Golden Compass.

Check out the book by Philip Pullman! May 31, 2 pm, in the Loft.

Runaways headed for the big screen! May 24, 2008

Runaways, the graphic novel written by Brian Vaughan and illustrated by Adrian Alphona, is the latest Marvel comics headed for the big screen.

Vaughan (who is also a co-producer of LOST) is writing the adaptation.

In Runaways, six LA teens are on the run from their villainous parents. As they realize the extent of their parents’ evil, they also discover super powers of their own. Check it out in the Loft!

Last Chance to see Death Note May 21, 2008

Death Note, based on the popular Manga series by Tsugumi Oba (that we have in the Loft), is playing in select theatres nationwide for just one more night (tonight, May 21).

If you’ve seen it, what did you think?

Behind the scenes on Twilight April 27, 2008

Take a look behind the scenes of the vampire flick, Twilight, on MTV.

Drop by the Loft and check out Stephenie Meyer’s books:

Twilight (Little, Brown, 2005)

New Moon (Little, Brown, 2006)

Eclipse (Little, Brown, 2007)

Saturday Afternoon Movie April 26, 2008

April 26, Saturday, 2 pm. Saturday Afternoon Movie! 10 Things I Hate About You.

Pretty and popular Bianca wants a date. But her father won’t let her date until her older, odious sister, Kat, has a date of her own. Bianca’s desperation for romance turns into a convoluted scheme sure to entertain. A modern day Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare)! Teens only! Rated PG-13

Loft Events this Weekend January 26, 2008

 events this weekend:

Manga/Anime Inking & Toning Workshop with Addie Afable on Saturday, Jan 26, 2pm.

On Sunday, Jan 27, join us for a screening of Hairspray at 2 pm.

For Teens Only!

Saturday Afternoon Movie! December 28, 2007

Relax in a bean bag chair in the Loft on Saturday (Dec 29) at 2 pm for a screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.

When Captain Jack gets taken literally to the end of the world, Will, Elizabeth and Captain Barbossa band together to bring him back in this fun filled adventure. The crew must then employ the help of the nine pirate lords in a final stand against Beckett, Davy Jones and the East India Trade.

And check out our line-up of cool programs next week during winter break! Knitting, Chainmaille, High School TAB, and more gaming!

Guitar hero & Wii in the Loft December 27, 2007

Wii will rock you over winter break!

Guitar Hero III  and Nintendo Wii in the Loft, Friday, Dec 28, 3-5:30 pm.

and…pull up a bean bag chair for:

Saturday afternoon (Dec 29) movie in the Loft at 2 pm: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.

Guitar Hero, Wii, and Saturday Afternoon Movie! December 20, 2007

Winter Break officially begins after school today (Friday)! Stop by the Loft for Guitar Hero and Nintendo Wii!! Let the games begin!

Movie: On Saturday afternoon (Dec 22), relax in a bean bag chair and join us for a screening of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at 2 pm in the Loft.

Book: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine, 2003)