Posts Tagged ‘movies’

Thanks to everyone who signed up to be part of the Teen Advisory Board yesterday at the ETHS Community Service Fair!  The first meeting is Wednesday, September 30, from 6-7:30 pm in the Evanston Public Library Community Room.    Upcoming programs this fall: filmmaking, science cafe, Sharon Flake author visit, ugly dollmaking, book group, movies, gaming, and [...]

When we first reported that director Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Home Alone) has started filming the first in a series of movies based on Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, readers of The Virtual Loft drew lines in the sand proclaiming that Columbus had chosen a “terrible” cast.  One [...]

Books and Movies For Valentine’s Day

Posted: February 11, 2009 by jdapier in The Loft
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Love Valentine’s Day? Hate it? Or are you totally indifferent, thank you very much? Whatever your feeling towards this 14th of February check out The Loft list of recommended love-themed books and movies to see you through the week and beyond. Come talk to one of the Loft staff members for more information or for [...]

Coming soon to movie theatres – books made into movies! Read the book, then watch the movie and compare. Then submit your thoughts online to Reel Reads!     The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 based on Ann Brashares best-selling series  of novels. Hellboy II: The Golden Army based on the Dark Horse comic series by Mike [...]

Join us this afternoon (Fri. Oct. 26) at 4pm for a Halloween Movie in the Loft!  Blood & Chocolate Vivian is a mysterious young woman living in Bucharest with her family who holds a strange and terrible secret - they are members of a rapidly shrinking colony of werewolves. When Vivian learns that she must marry [...]