Flock to the Westhampton Library

From the Westhampton Library website:

Flock to the Library Flamingo Art ~ Saturday, May 17

"Exciting news! 600 pink flamingos (original Don Featherstone models, thank you very much) have arrived in Westhampton, MA, and we need your help. To celebrate spring bird migration and help raise money for Westhampton's Town Center Library Project, the Friends of the Westhampton Memorial Library will be hosting America's first Flock to the Library event.

To make this event a success, we need you and your friends--artists, engineers, business owners, library supporters, book lovers, etc--to decorate a flamingo(s) and then bring it to Westhampton so that it can rejoin the flock on the Parsonage Lawn. We're hoping to get lots of press coverage, so your task is to be inventive as possible. (One person is already planning to outfit his flamingo with rockets and launch it into the air!) " Visit the library website for complete information: http://www.librarywesthampton.org/

Free Comic Book Day: May 3, 2008.

Libraries all over the country are going to be celebrating free comic book day with their patrons. What is Free Comic Book day? Well, to quote from the official web page: “Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores.” Store owners, librarians, and the comic industry use this special day to promote the world of Graphic Storytelling to the world. Be you new to comics, a long time fan, or maybe someone who hasn’t read a comic book in years, there will be a give-away that’s of interest to you! Every year, on the first Saturday of may, that is the day comic fans flock to see what’s in store for them.

So what can a library do on free comic day? Well, many stores will happy share their stock of free comics with their local library to help give away to interested patrons. Libraries can do much more than just give away though! Many host events to celebrate the world of comics. Perhaps a local comics creator will come and speak at your library, and sign books. Some libraries host readers theatre events where students will read comics out loud, each participant taking on the role of a particular character. A comics character themed scavenger hunt is great for the younger comics fans, and very easy to run. Many libraries will host an comics creation event, encouraging young comics fan to make their own comics to display. Art contests in a comic style are popular as well.

The possibilities are as endless as the imaginative power graphic novels themselves! Don’t miss the chance to draw new readers into your library on May 3rd!

Librarian as Action Hero - Take 3

Noah Wyle, former Doctor John Carter in NBC's ER, is working on his third film in TNT's The Librarian series. Filming for The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice is underway is Louisiana. Other actors in this third installment include Bruce Davidson, Jane Curtain and Bob Newhart. The Librarian, reluctant hero Flynn Carsen, works in a special collection hidden under the great library in New York City. The collection contains some of the world's greatest treasures - for a partial list check the Internet Movie Database in the trivia section of The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004). Of course, as an adjunct to his responsibilities, he needs to protect or recover some of the collection's contents.

If you'd like to get up to speed on Flynn Carsen's movies, TNT TV will be airing film 2, The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, on Thursday, April 17 at 11 p.m. and Sunday, April 20 at 11 a.m.

Quote from Flynn Carsen: "The fate of the world is in my hands? That's so... sad." Everyone needs a little adventure and humor. Enjoy.

~ Jan Resnick, WMRLS

Clip Art from Open Clip Art Library

National Library Week is April 13 - 19

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Academy-award-winning actress and honorary National Library Week chairperson, Julie Andrews, discusses what libraries mean to her. National Library Week is April 13-19, 2008.

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